Pedro Couto

Pedro Couto has over 12 years of work experience in the technology and business sectors. From 2022 to present, they have been a Senior Product Manager at Hala Systems, Inc., Instruqt, and Mercedes-Benz.io. In 2019, they joined Volkswagen Digital Solutions as a Senior Product Manager and worked on the Car Tracker (Team Eagle) project. In 2018, they worked as a Product Owner: Independent Consultant at Birdie and a Senior Product Owner at Mercado Pago Brasil, where they were responsible for developing and customizing an App and integration hub to approve more transactions and provide a better experience to customers. From 2015 to 2018, they worked at Cielo as a Product Owner and Product Trainee. From 2012 to 2014, they worked at The Timken Company as a Senior Commercial Analyst, where they were responsible for developing and maintaining an automatic visual tool to display company performance. In 2010, they worked at RB as a Trade Marketing Intern, where they were responsible for evaluating the national market and distributing promotional consumer goods. Lastly, from 2009 to 2010, they worked at Empresa Junior Mackenzie Consultoria as a Commercial Consultant, where they were responsible for collecting information to support the client's decision in the opening of its new venture.

Pedro Couto obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in the field of International Business/Trade/Commerce from 2009 to 2014. Pedro then took courses in Business Administration and Management, General online from FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas from 2015 to 2016. From 2016 to 2017, they earned a CRM - Customer Relationship Management from ESPM Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing in the field of Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services. In 2018, they completed a Digital Transformation in Financial Services course from Copenhagen Business School in Strategic Management and Innovation via Coursera. Pedro also holds certifications in CAE - Certificate of Advanced English from University of Cambridge, Internal Auditing - ISO 9001 from ISO - International Organization for Standardization, Scrum Fundamentals Certified - SFC™ from VMEdu Inc., and Yellow Belt - DMAIC from Lean Six Sigma Institute LLC.