Douglas Silva
Managing Director, Technology Strategy
São Paulo, Brazil
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Top SchoolDouglas Silva is a Managing Director in Technology Strategy with 17 years of experience translating engineering rigor into high-impact business transformations across banking, payments, private equity, media and retail. Based in São Paulo, he leads C-suite engagements on technology transformation, M&A and product-led architectures, having designed carve-outs, fintech platforms, digital wallets for low-income segments and market infrastructure strategies ahead of major regulatory shifts. Trained as an electrical engineer at Poli-USP and an MBA from Stanford GSB, he blends deep technical roots—he was a hands-on software engineer a decade ago—with senior consulting leadership at Accenture. Douglas has run P&L-driven engineering operations, built multi-location teams and sold multimillion-dollar industrial software services, bringing both delivery discipline and commercial acumen. He’s known for anticipating ecosystem moves (e.g., instant payments, open banking, crypto) and converting them into pragmatic architectures and operating models. A rare mix of former full-time developer and strategic advisor, he excels at bridging product, tech and organizational change to unlock growth.
17 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Business Administration and Management, General, Master's degree, Business Administration and Management, General at Stanford Graduate School of BusinessBachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering at Escola Politécnica da USP
English, Portuguese, SpanishGithub contributions (5)
dougfernando/scripts
Sep 2015 - Jul 2020
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
dougfernando/utility-scripts
Apr 2009 - Apr 2013
Contributions:8 commits in 4 years
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