Olga Ofelia Acosta Darias Gomes | Júri do Pitching

Administrator, with a specialization in Public Cultural Management from UERJ and post-graduate degrees from Itaú Cultural in Cultural Policy Management and in Management and Innovation in Cultural Institutions, by ABGC. Serves as a Cultural and Art Consultant for Firjan SESI, working on the development of strategic projects for the Culture and Art Management. Notably involved in the development of the Firjan SESI Culture Announcement and Institutional Partnerships, both public and private, for the execution of projects in the field of Culture and the Creative Industry.

Luciana Leão | Júri do Pitching

Liga Ventures

Luciana is Operations Director at Liga Ventures. For 10 years has been dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship, innovation and startup-corporate engagement in different territories. She holds a degree in Business Administration from Universidade Federal Fluminense, an MBA in Marketing from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and a Master in Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology from the University of Waterloo - Canada. She was directly involved in renowned initiatives in the innovation ecosystem, nationally and internationally, which includes: acceleration manager at BNDES Garagem, manager of the Mindsets for Growth program (MaRS - Canada) and Mentor of Women in Tech Program (Communitech - Canada).

Leonardo F Filardi | Júri do Pitching

iDG - Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Gestão

As an Expert in Design Thinking from Stanford’s d.School and an Entrepreneurship graduate from Babson, I have over 20 years of experience in impactful social innovation projects. I was part of the team that established the Incubator at Universidade Veiga de Almeida, the Ibmec Entrepreneurship Center, and Startups Brasil Factory. Additionally, I coordinated the Shell Youth Initiative Program and Yunus Social Businesses. I led the implementation of 42 Rio and 42 Abu Dhabi, innovative programming schools that prepare young individuals for the job market. Currently, I am the Director of Education at iDG

Patricia Cesario | Júri do Pitching

Abramus

25 years experience leading teams cross functionally to build value through executing technology vision. IT manager with strong knowledge in database architecture, statistical data analysis, KPI’s, reporting, dashboards; Technical product development and program management; Big data, data science platforms, enterprise systems; Agile/Scrum software development; Business analysis/process improvement; Revenue and profit generation/enhancement; Acquisition strategy and integration. Bias towards taking action to grow and transform organizations. Built to work with others on difficult, complex initiatives requiring innovation and endurance.

Valéria Pessôa | Júri do Pitching

Ecad

Graduated in production engineering with GBA in leadership and people management, she has almost 30 years of experience in Information Technology and Operations, having led areas such as IT, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Production and Customer Service. Since 2021, she has been in charge of ECAD's Technology area, also leading the institution's digital transformation and innovation initiatives.

Claudio Vargas | Júri do Pitching

Claudio Vargas is a Production Engineer graduated from Poli USP. He has an MBA from Columbia University in NY and a master's from Mackenzie University. He has been working in the music market since 2006. At Sony Music he was responsible for developing the digital department and held different positions in the Commercial and Marketing areas. He is currently Commercial VP at Universal Music Brasil, being responsible for the departments: digital, business intelligence, music and brands, catalog and e-commerce. He also worked at NET / Claro where he was responsible for implementing Digital TV.

Cláudia Schulz | Júri do Pitching

Cláudia Schulz is currently Director of Special Programs for Communities at Abstartups. She was a network and social mobilization coordinator at the Digital Office of the Government of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (2013 to 2015) and was chief of staff at the Secretariat for Citizenship and Cultural Diversity of the Ministry of Culture and Coordinator of the Rede Cultura Viva Platform (2015 to 2016). She is co-founder of Fora do Eixo e Mídia NINJA (2009 to 2021) and was coordinator of the Propulsion Zone - NINJA Innovation Hub (2019 to 2021). He was a Digital Culture and Innovation agent at UNIJUÍ Space + Innovation (2021 to May 2022).

Claudio Dipolitto | Júri do Pitching

InoveLab Ateliê da Inovação

Claudio Dipolitto has a PhD in Innovation Management from COPPE/UFRJ. Innovation Leader of the Sokrates.AI Platform of Intelligent Socratic Applications and Post-Doctoral Researcher, at with the LUDES laboratory at PESC/COPPE/UFRJ. Advisor on the SEBRAE Local Innovation Agents Program. Mentor of purpose-driven businesses which combine profitability and positive impact. He created Hope Canvas and WEkigai to design businesses aligned with the 17 SDGs and the Inner Development Goals (IDGs). He was a teacher and mentor at the Business Incubators at UFRJ and UFF. At FGV, he taught Innovation in the Creative Economy. He was a consultant on the Strategic Plan for the UFRJ Technology Park.

Pedro Saliba | Júri do Pitching

Alexandre Batalha Chrockatt de Sa Jacobs | Júri do Pitching

Mentor com 11 anos de experiência em Mentoria. Executivo e Empreendedor nas áreas de tecnologia e educação. Conselheiro da ABMEN.