Founder of  Stratsense

• More than  25 years of professional experience in projects involving strategic planning, marketing, innovation, post-merger integration, operational improvements and organizational redesign;

• Worked in several industrial sectors such as petrochemical, construction, consumer goods and retail;

• Innovation expert. Gustavo led the Monitor Group innovation practice in Latin America and wrote the book “101 Brazilian Innovations”.

 

Professional experience previous to Stratsense

 

• Gustavo is a former consultant from  McKinsey & Co and BCG (The Boston Consulting Group) and a former partner from  Monitor Group and EY (Ernst & Young), always working in projects related to strategy;

• Gustavo also hold executive positions in strategic planning, marketing and finance in companies in Brazil  (Newell Rubbermaid - Business Development VP for Brazil) and in  the USA (Whirlpool).

 

Academic Background

 

• B.Sc. in Infra-structure Engineering from  ITA (Technological Institute of Aeronautics);

• MBA from  Wharton (University of Pennsylvania).

 

Others

 

• Native Portuguese speaker. Fluent in English, French and Spanish;

• Conducted projects in Brazil and several countries abroad (Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Austria,  Argentina, Peru, México and USA among others).