Rafael Joelsons

Rafael Joelsons is the Finance & Operations Manager at Azion Technologies. Prior to their current position, they served as the COO and co-founder of Vigios from January 2015 to February 2017. Vigios is a digital anti-fraud tool that increases efficiency in identifying and proving fraud. Through a high level of data processing and risk intelligence, it is able to convert this information into indications of suspicious claims. And from the crossing of data of those involved in the claim, it presents a report identifying possible frauds, without the need for physical investigation. This makes it more agile, less costly to raise and prove fraudulent claims. In 2016, it received funding from the CVentures fund after being selected from more than 400 startups to be accelerated by Darwin Starter SC.

Before their time at Vigios, Joelsons served as Barko Temaki & Sushi's finance analyst from January 2010 to March 2014. Rafael began their career as a trainee at Lojas Americanas in January 2006 and remained there until July 2007 when they transitioned to W Advisors as a finance analyst until April 2009.

Rafael Joelsons has a background in corporate finance and operations analytics. Rafael has completed an executive program in corporate finance from Ohio University, and has also completed an online course in operations analytics from The Wharton School. In addition, they have a certification from the Corporate Finance Institute (CFI) in corporate finance. Rafael also has a certification from Coursera in accounting and from the University of Melbourne in corporate financial decision-making for value creation. Finally, they have a certification from the Australian College of English in advanced English.

They are on a team with Julio Silvello - CPO, Fabiano Fração - CRO, and Marcus Grando - CTO. Rafael Joelsons reports to Rafael Fruhling Umann, CEO.