I gained experience at building products by co-founding and successfully exiting Clube FII and collaborating closely with early-stage VC-backed startups like Permiso and Plans Well, as well as with some bootstrapped founders, always combining my passion for offering holistic design direction while engaging with a network of remote skilled talent.

Helping a Silicon Valley Cyber-Security Startup Emerge with $10M 

Advising North Americans on how to Retire Faster

Revolutionizing the real estate industry in Brazil

Centralizing agreements in one tool

Motivating employees remotely

some startups that i've worked with

As a founding designer to this Silicon Valley startup, I led and hired a small team to set a holistic design direction, working alongside the founders by helping them emerge and secure $10M from major investors.

I led the design at this Canadian startup offering free online financial plans through a robo-advisor. I created a unified design direction, improved web applications, and worked with development, marketing and founding team.

I Co-Founded and led design and creative efforts for Clube FII, a SaaS for Brazilian REITs offering resources and tools for investors. After 7 years of bootstraping, the platform reached 300k users leading to a successful exit.

I’ve worked directly with the founders on the first MVP release for this US based startup that helps businesses accept various payments, manage customers, get paid faster, and more.

I worked as their design partner, designing a series of initiatives for a diverse range of verticals, including an ecommerce website powered by shopify to sell exclusive graphic novels.

I worked as an advisor to this Canadian Legaltech Startup, supported by the Founder Institute and helped creating a unified design direction and designing a MVP that supported the launch of the product.

I developed a MVP for this remote people management B2B SaaS startup on a paid trial basis. This endeavor served to assess the viability of assuming a co-founder role within the company.

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