About Me

I'm a Product and Service Designer with nearly 30 years of experience, the last 15 of which have been dedicated to building digital products across industries like banking, education, insurance, agritech, recycling, content portals, hosting, and risk & compliance management.

Presenting my self

I specialize in research, discovery, and facilitating design processes that create real business impact. Beyond designing, I engage in mentoring, team building, and driving alignment between design and strategy.

My background combines Communication and Technology, with hands-on experience in HTML/CSS (from version 1 to 5/3), as well as agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, PDCA, and the Double/Triple Diamond approach.

I'm fluent in Portuguese and Italian, and have an intermediate command of English and Spanish — I can hold conversations, write, and navigate work in both.

I’m also a strong communicator and presenter — over the years I’ve received over a dozen testimonials for my ability to articulate, influence, and defend design decisions clearly and effectively.

I’m not looking for a role tied to big cities like São Paulo or Rio. I believe design can (and should) be done from anywhere — I’m happiest in small towns and quiet places. What truly drives me is helping companies grow their design culture — whether joining an established team or helping to build one from scratch.

I'm available to start immediately and eager to collaborate with teams that value continuous improvement and real-world impact.

My experiences

Materialize Pro

March · December 2025

Senior Product Designer

Materialize Pro

Responsible for design all the platform, help on identify and design improvements on working like an product team.

Netrin

October 2024 · Jannuary 2025

Senior Product Designer

Netrin

Responsible for design all the platform, help on identify and design improvements on working like an product team.

BRQ/KingHost

Jannuary · June 2023

Design System Specialist

BRQ/KingHost

Lead an small team to design a UI Kit for Design system and ensure that was applied the organization and tokens needed.

BRQ/Intern

October 2022 · June 2023

Design Team Lead

BRQ/Intern

Training and supporting the internal team of designers, participation in the COE and documentation of design processes.

BRQ/Locaweb

June 2022 · Jannuary 2023

Senior Product Designer

BRQ/Locaweb

Propose a new design for web hosting service panel and make any improvements to their Design System in development at that time.

BRQ/BTG Pactual

April · May 2022

UX Researcher

BRQ/BTG Pactual

Start and design ux research process and methods, script, plan and execute user interview, and usability tests through maze.

BRQ/BTG Pactual

July 2021 · March 2022

Senior UX Designer

BRQ/BTG Pactual

Designed the first modular credit card Black for costumers and improved their navigation on app.

Datum/PagoNxt Solucciones

May · June 2021

Senior Product Designer

Datum/PagoNxt Solucciones

Designed the first modular credit card Black for costumers and improved their navigation on app.

Serasa Consumidor

October 2020 · April 2021

Senior UX Designer

Serasa Consumidor

Re designed the customer flow to assign a credit card and growth base and partner sales.

everis/BBSeguros

Oct 2019 · Aug 2020

Senior UX Designer

everis/BBSeguros

Worked on large-scale enterprise projects, focusing on co-creation and strategic alignment between business goals and user needs. • Service Architecture: I guided cross-functional teams in building Service Blueprints to map complex ecosystems. • Facilitation: I led Design Sprints and ideation workshops to align stakeholders and define solution roadmaps before development. • Structural Design: Delivered low-fidelity wireframes and flows (using Whimsical/Sketch) to validate concepts rapidly, ensuring technical feasibility in early stages.

Ace Cortex/Braskem

Oct 2018 · Mar 2019

Senior UX Designer

Ace Cortex/Braskem

Application of Job To Be Done to the project, use of the CSD Canvas to understand each channel, its pains and gains. Execution of Deep Dive to discover new types of action to serve and new communication formats that can be used. • Creation of interview scripts, digital media communication scripts, interviews and understanding with users from the most different domestic levels and execution chain. • Co-creation of Blueprint Service to understand the flow and timing of mobile app communication with users and non-users and how to activate them. • Creation of presentation on Gamification and generation of insights through gamification, how to change behavior and how to understand motivators and their habits; design and planning printed, digital communication design. • Co-creation of new content and pride in being an ACE Consultant.

BOZ Solutions

Mar 2015 · Jul 2018

UX Designer

BOZ Solutions

Project management and application of new methods such as A/B Testing and user interviews, validation of business rules through stakeholders and PO's; design of new flows and interaction for customers and system administrators • Customers under NDA.

e-Smart Commerce do Brasil

Jun · Nov 2014

Techincal Lead

e-Smart Commerce do Brasil

Development, maintenance and improvements of the online store made in Magento, I also did some usability tests and A/B tests in the store, as well as the store's Interface Design based on data from Google Analytics and Hotjar.

e-Smart Commerce do Brasil

Feb 2013 · Feb 2014

FrontEnd Web Developer

e-Smart Commerce do Brasil

Development, maintenance and improvements of the virtual store made in Magento for projects such as GrandCru, Futfanatics, Hering Web Store, Megababies.

Envision

Jul 2012 · Feb 2013

FrontEnd Web Developer

Envision

Development and maintenance of Viajanet's travel website, conversion to HTML5 + CSS3, reducing load and improving visibility in search engines at the time.

Visie

Jan · Dec 2011

FrontEnd Web Developer

Visie

Frontend development of websites and integration with Wordpress for several websites • Integration support for CMS Vignette for the Oi portal.

Click Agency/Isobar

Jun 2008 · May 2009

FrontEnd Engineer

Click Agency/Isobar

Frontend development of websites for Credicard, Credicard Corporate, Diners, Citi and Citi Corporate • HTML integration with community platforms for Bradesco, Sadia • Testing, management and implementation of HTML for the new Meio&Mensagem portal.

Mult-Connect

Aug 2007 · Jun 2008

Web Designer

Mult-Connect

Website design for internal campaigns for the callcenter team of the following banks and companies: • Renault Open Doors Operation • Caixa Economica Federal • Santander • Maintenance of websites in C# and Visual Forms.

Italian Brasilian Chamber of Commerce

Jan 2003 · Aug 2005

IT Manager

Italian Brasilian Chamber of Commerce

Administration of Linux servers • Management and organization of the wired network for more than 50 computers • Maintenance of windows equipment • Assessment and production of budget for annual investments in 2 languages ​​(Portuguese and Italian) • Creation of presentations about investments and technologies • Search for partners and maintenance services for computers, servers, networks and printers • Carrying out tests to implement Linux as terminals for everyday use.

Italian Brasilian Chamber of Commerce

Jan · Dec 2002

Web Designer

Italian Brasilian Chamber of Commerce

Created and maintained the company website • I helped with the creation of presentations to promote Brazil x Italy trade.

Bigmaster Licitações

Jul 2000 · May 2001

Web Designer

Bigmaster Licitações

Created and maintained the company website • I helped with the creation of teaching material for courses on how to work with bidding • I learned and helped in the creation and improvement of image capture and registration systems using Delphi Design.

Hi-Top Telecom

Jan · Oct 1999

Web Designer

Hi-Top Telecom

Created and maintained the company's first website • Evolves into a small version of a virtual store with a product catalog and sales through CGI codes and forms • I learned and worked on designing trays and accessories for server racks • I learned and worked with logical computer network cabling.

Benetti Designer

Jan 1997 · Dec 1998

Web Designer

Benetti Designer

Web sites development and design • Worked for bee network.

Big Solutions

May 1996 · Jul 1997

Web Designer

Big Solutions

Administration of Windows NET 3.5 web server • Maintenance of the company website.

Let's Connect

If you want you can send me an email and I'll be sure to get back to you.

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Working since 1996 until now.