Ricardo Sangion

Mentor

2024 - Current

Partner

2018

Looking for inspiring startup founders in the Americas. Led +25 investments in software startups from 8 different countries.

Co-Founder

2007

Community driven website about beer, with thousands of users reviews, forum, blog, photo gallery and more.

Co-Founder

2012 - 2023

Beach Houses in Taipu de Fora, Bahia, Brazil

General Manager - LATAM

2016 - 2018

Responsible for the whole operation in Latin America with a special focus on user growth.

Country Manager Brazil

2014 - 2016

Responsible for starting the operation in Brazil, opening the office in São Paulo/Brazil and hiring the local team: Community/Influencers, Strategic Partnerships and Marketing. Define the local growth strategy - both on the B2B (content creators) and B2C (people looking for ideas) sides - develop strategic partnerships and educate the market about the Pinterest platform.

Sr. Business Development & Strategy Manager for LATAM

2013 - 2014

Responsible for all Business Development and Partnerships for Bing in Latin America.

Head of Growth, Engagement and Mobile - LATAM

2010 - 2013

First full time employee hired in LATAM. Responsible for mobile, platform evangelization, business development, payments, partnerships and all product management and growth initiatives in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Chile and Colombia.

Product Development Director

2008 - 2010

Responsible for the Product Development unit (Product Managers + Software Engineers), which delivers out of the box and customized solutions for wireless operators, handset manufacturers, media companies and advertising agencies.

Business Development Manager - LATAM

2007 - 2008

Responsible for the development and got to market strategy of all alternative sales channels initiatives in Latin America for EA Games mobile, including off-deck portals, retail and strategic media partnerships.

Senior Product Manager - Multimedia Mobile Services

2002 - 2007

Manager at Vivo of a 6 people group responsible for the development and management of all content value added services: games (BREW and JAVA), audio, video, interactive services, news & information, WAP and Voice portals. Responsible for the project management and strategic market planning, including marketing mix, P&L, product life-cycle and portfolio management, managing over 80 content providers.