Andy Tsao is a Managing Director and leads SVB’s Global Gateway, which assists innovation companies in the emerging markets with their US and international market expansion. In addition, Andy leads SVB Global Private Equity Services, working with SVB’s international private equity and venture capital clients, particularly those in the emerging markets. He brings more than…
Anderson Thees is Managing Director and co-founder of Redpoint e.ventures, the first Brazilian VC fund sponsored by Silicon Valley firms. Redpoint e.ventures was created to bring to Brazil the best practices of venture investing developed over decades in the Valley, to help foster the nascent tech entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country and region. Previously, Anderson…
Vicente is an experienced Internet professional, with a passion for social media and a strong belief in the potential of emerging countries such as his native Brazil. He currently works as Director of Engineering at LinkedIn, focusing on building a safe, scalable and engaging professional network site. Prior to joining LinkedIn, Vicente worked for VeriSign…
Avanish Sahai is an India-born, Brazil-raised, US-educated senior technology executive, investor, and entrepreneur. He thrives on building global business and social ventures. In addition to his role at BayBrazil, he is also on the Board of Trustees of the World Affairs Council of Northern California. Professionally, Avanish has held leadership positions at global companies such…
Marcelo do Rio, has one the most successful and unique Brazilian entrepreneurship careers. Beginning his career in Arts, Marcelo moves in his early 20s to NYC to experience creativity. Back in Rio, he starts his first venture, which collects more than 10 awards as the most innovative social place. In 2000, he opens his second…
During his 30-year career as a technical executive, Nelson was Google’s Vice-President for Europe and Emerging Markets, an IBM Distinguished Engineer and VP for Information and User Technologies, as well as a Professor at the University of Kaiserslautern. During his tenure at Google, he grew the engineering presence in Europe from less than 300 to…
With more than 25 years of experience in computer networking technology and marketing, Dalarossa built in 1989 his first venture, Cyclades Corporation, with partner John Lima in Brazil. Cyclades grew to become a global organization with more than 8,000 customers and more than 350 employees in 19 locations worldwide and was sold in the year 2006.…
Ron Czerny the Founder & CEO of Playphone inc. acquired by GungHo (Softbank group). Ron Czerny serves as the visionary and driving force behind PlayPhone’s corporate strategy. Czerny’s more than 20 years of experience in the games and tech industry has allowed him to help establish PlayPhone’s dominance in the mobile social games industry and…
Harald Batista is currently assisting several Silicon Valley startups, including Appko, Fankix, Bayesco, with Financing and Marketing Strategies. He is a board member at two Canadian companies: Prophecy Platinum and Prophecy Coal and in the past two decades, he’s been a software programmer, a sales engineer and sales rep at companies such as GE, IBM,…
Fred Aslan is a Vice President at Venrock, a premier venture capital firm with over 40 years of investing history. At Venrock, Fred specializes in the health care industry, having made a number of investments in medical technology companies. Fred is also founder and CEO of ADVANCE Medical, a Venrock-backed portfolio company initially created to…
Margarise founded BayBrazil in 2010 to serve as a source of information and assist business communities in Silicon Valley and Brazil to establish bi-lateral ties. For that, she’s been creating a series of programs to nurture entrepreneurial ecosystems and address critical issues of doing global business. She works with several organizations to encourage networking among the Brazilian-American…