Summary
Eduardo Arruda is an entrepreneurial business development and language intelligence leader with 10+ years of experience building global partnerships, driving consistent revenue growth, and scaling product and customer success functions. As Co-Founder of Start Smart he combines language education for executives with product-minded consulting—refining contracts, communications, and market-entry materials for multinational clients across Brazil and the U.S. His background spans product ownership, customer success, and strategic sales roles at companies like Simeio and Fujitsu, where he consistently met aggressive targets and improved feature delivery cycles. A former professional volleyball athlete who competed internationally for two decades, he brings high-performance team leadership, discipline, and cross-cultural fluency (English, French, Italian, Spanish) to commercial strategy. He also pairs hands-on technical exposure as a software developer at PagBrasil with an executive education from Harvard Business School, making him fluent at the intersection of product, sales, and global communication.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Executivo (english) Administração de Empresas, MBA Executivo (english) Administração de Empresas at BSP - Business School São Paulo
Licenciatura English Language and Literature/Letters, Licenciatura English Language and Literature/Letters at Uniplena Educational
Leadership and management program Extension School, Leadership and management program Extension School at Harvard Business School
Post Graduation - International Marketing and Trading International Business, Post Graduation - International Marketing and Trading International Business at Universidade Paulista
English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese