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EXPERIENCE
AMAZON 2021-present
Principal Product Manager - Technical, Artificial General Intelligence San Francisco, CA
- PM for Nova Sonic, a speech-to-speech foundational model for Conversational AI
- Co-own the roadmap of this 0-to-1 product, from research to general availability
Sr. Product Manager - Technical, Artificial General Intelligence Aachen, Germany
- Built 2 generations of spoken language processing AI models (LLMs)
Sr. Product Manager - Technical, Alexa Speech Seattle, WA
- Head of Entertainment domain, leading Science and Engineering; improved voice recognition for all devices (XXX MM users), with Fire TV reaching best-in-class within streaming category
- Launched on-screen, word-by-word live transcription of speech on Alexa and Amazon apps in 4 countries (XX MM users); set up expansion plan to physical devices and other countries
Sr. Product Manager, Supply Chain Optimization Tech Seattle, WA
- Led Data Science in restructuring 10K-warehouse node-level forecast, focusing on Q4 peak model that achieved 16.9% weighted error (-177bps YoY); created roadmap to scale up
- Planned and implemented custom product suppression rules that recovered 10K of the most important SKUs in Q4, increasing sales by $39M with only -$2M of profit loss
VROOM 2020
Product Management Intern New York, NY (remote)
- Oversaw team of 7 engineers, data scientists, and designers in building internal A/B testing platform from zero to one; shipped and live demoed to CEO, CPO, and 70 other employees
15 SECONDS OF FAME 2019
Product Management Intern Santa Monica, CA
- Designed web platform to enhance customer service, writing PRD with user journeys, wireframes, and acquisition strategy; presented to and got buy-in from CEO and Product team
DIDI (ACQUIRED 99) 2017-2018
Product Owner São Paulo, Brazil
- Spearheaded 7-person cross-functional team in migrating Taxi operations to DiDi's app infrastructure, relying on customer feedback to localize and adapt features to X MM users
- Reshaped driver acquisition funnel based on competitive analysis and government API availability for document verification, reducing user registration steps by 70% and time by 50%
Operations & Growth Manager São Paulo, Brazil
- Coordinated 6 engineers in developing 3 driver app features, gathering insights from historical data, driver behavior, and user interviews to increase supply by 20% and satisfaction by 40%
- Expanded private car service to São Paulo outskirts (8M people) based on field research with customers and competitive map, growing rides by 60% in 2 months
PROCTER & GAMBLE 2012-2015
Ecommerce Brazil Manager São Paulo, Brazil
- Managed cross-functional team of 14 across 6 departments, securing buy-in from brands' and geographies' top management by promoting channel's strategic importance
- Negotiated joint long-term plans with top customers, quadrupling net sales in 2 years and nominated for "eCommerce Innovation Prize" in sales category (5 nominated industry-wide)
Sales Supervisor - Ecommerce São Paulo, Brazil
- Created eCommerce channel; designed go-to-market strategy and structured multifunctional team, growing net sales by 70% and awarded "Thought Leader" (out of 95K employees)
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ann Arbor, MI
Ross School of Business / School of Information
Master of Business Administration / Master of Science in Information (dual degree)
- Sanger Leadership Center Board member, Admissions Ambassador, Global Ambassador
UNIVERSIDADE DE SãO PAULO São Paulo, Brazil
Escola Politécnica
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
- Athletics President, led 26 people in organizing 30 varsity sports; Founder of Varsity Tennis team, awarded "Best Sports Director" and "Player of the Year"
ADDITIONAL
- Hobbyist coder in JavaScript, Python, SQL, and HTML/CSS
- Fluent in Portuguese and English; proficient in Italian and Spanish
- Sports fanatic; former competitive tennis player, wreck SCUBA diver, and solo skydiver