Summary
Alysson Melo is a computer engineer-turned-entrepreneur with 10 years of experience building developer-friendly SaaS platforms and product-led startups from São Paulo. As Co-Founder and CPO of Back4app since 2015, he focuses on simplifying software development by blending deep technical roots with product strategy. His background includes hands-on systems engineering at Embraer and early-stage company-building at Gtac Solutions, giving him a rare mix of avionics-grade engineering rigor and commercial product sense. An MBA with entrepreneurship training from FGV and coursework at Stanford, he pairs strategic finance and go-to-market thinking with product roadmaps and KPIs. He has repeatedly taken seats on boards and invested in startups, signaling a talent for spotting scalable ideas and operationalizing them. Outside the obvious, he applies enterprise integration experience (large baggage of B2B/B2C integrations and support operations) to make platform developer experiences more reliable and measurable.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Finance Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Finance Entrepreneurship at FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas
Engineer's degree Computer Engineering, Engineer's degree Computer Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica - ITA
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Stanford University
English, Portuguese, Spanish