Summary
Gustavo Cassab is a seasoned technology leader and CTO based in São Paulo with over 25 years in IT and 12 years in senior engineering roles, specializing in building and scaling product-driven engineering organizations. He has co-founded and led engineering teams across startups and large fintechs, shaping architectures, mobile and backend platforms, payment APIs and AI-enabled features to ensure high availability and performance. At Aro and previously Dock and Merci Brasil he combined hands-on technical direction with people leadership, forming multidisciplinary teams across mobile, frontend, backend and AI. Earlier in his career he founded GCCore, delivering dozens of mobile apps for fast-growing startups, and his roots in early iPhone development give him deep product and platform empathy. Known for translating product strategy into sustainable engineering practices, he emphasizes culture, quality and innovation while navigating rapid growth. Gustavo brings entrepreneurial grit and a long track record of shipping customer-facing systems in Brazil’s evolving tech and payments landscape.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Ciência da Computação, Ciência da Computação at Univap
English, Portuguese