AI and open innovation
Research and development of platforms using artificial intelligence to connect challenges, solutions and opportunities.
Innovation Ecosystem Builder
Building innovation ecosystems that transform territories.
Entrepreneur, researcher and innovation ecosystem builder. I connect companies, startups, academia and government through territorial development and AI-powered open innovation projects in Brazil and through international collaboration.
- 23+
- years in management and new business
- 4
- fronts connecting innovation and impact
- BR
- local roots, global connections
Lagoa Santa · Brazil
The future will not be built only in major centers
Decentralizing means revealing unseen potential
01 — VISION
Innovation does not belong to one place. It happens where people, knowledge and courage find a bridge.
My journey spans entrepreneurship, technology, academia and territorial development. For more than 23 years, I have connected people, projects and opportunities to turn complexity into movement.
Today, my research at UFMG explores AI-powered open innovation platforms, with Innovation Bridge serving as a central axis for development and practical application.
02 — WORK
Three forces.
One direction.
Turning technology into capability, connection and development.
Innovation Bridge
A method and platform to identify real needs, qualify startups and turn connections into applied innovation.
Ecosystems and territories
Connecting companies, startups, academia and government to reveal potential that remains outside the spotlight.
03 — IN MOTION
Ideas brought to life.
Projects that embody the mission of building bridges between worlds.
01METHOD
Innovation Bridge
A bridge between corporate challenges, startups, knowledge and innovation opportunities.
02ECOSYSTEM
Saint Lake Valley
An institute of science, technology and innovation created to activate the potential of Lagoa Santa and northern Greater Belo Horizonte.
03CONNECTION
Vetor Norte Valley
A platform bringing business, capital, technology and regional development closer together.
04EXPERIENCE
Vetor Norte Summit
A gathering that places Minas Gerais on the map of possible futures and the connections that make them real.
04 — JOURNEY
Between strategy and what is achievable.
“Innovation is not an event. It is installed capacity.”
Research
Master's researcher in Technological Innovation at UFMG
Leadership
President of the Saint Lake Valley Institute
Business
CEO of Vetor Norte Valley and serial entrepreneur
Speaking
Speaker on innovation, AI and territorial development
Human dimension
Biohacking, cognitive performance and antifragility as personal practice
Let us build the next movement
The right connections can transform an entire territory.
Keynotes, AI-powered open innovation platforms, advisory work and innovation ecosystem building.
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