Summary
Elina Torres is a product leader and technologist with 8 years of experience building user-centered financial products and developer-facing infrastructure. Currently Partner & Product Lead at Unblock, she designs compliant rails that link stablecoins and fiat to simplify global money movement, drawing on prior BaaS product leadership at Stone. Trained as a software engineer with postgraduate UX credentials, she blends technical fluency, design empathy, and product strategy to balance feasibility, usability, and market impact. Elina has led UX teams, co-founded product ventures, and scaled services from agency work to partnerships with platforms like ESPN—demonstrating an ability to turn niche ideas into commercial partnerships and social reinvestment. Based in Paraná, Brazil, she also drives regional innovation as the head of Campos Tech, catalyzing the local tech ecosystem beyond her day job.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Tecnologia da Informação, Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Tecnologia da Informação at Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa
Certificate in User Experience Design, Certificate in User Experience Design at Google Career Certificates
Computer Technician, Tecnologia da Informação, Computer Technician, Tecnologia da Informação at Colégio Sant'ana
Postgraduate degree in User Experience Design and Beyond, Postgraduate degree in User Experience Design and Beyond at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
English, Spanish, Portuguese