Summary
João Andrade is a founder and operator with 9 years of leadership experience helping service businesses escape founder-driven bottlenecks and adopt professional management practices. As founder of Copilot Advisory and former COO/CHRO roles across startups and scale-ups, he implements management rituals, intelligent processes and margin-protecting controls that prepare companies for strategic exits or smooth succession. He blends hands-on operational rigor—from budgeting and OKRs to people programs and HCM implementations—with investor experience in fintech and planning platforms. A former educator in UX futures and a serial early employee and founder since the 2000s, he pairs pragmatic street-level business experience (starting as an office boy and delivery driver) with an MBA from FGV. Colleagues describe him as the kind of advisor who turns firefighting founders into disciplined leaders who sleep better at night.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General at FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas
Especialização em Gestão de Projetos Digitais, Especialização em Gestão de Projetos Digitais at I-Group
Especialização em Educação para Negócios, Especialização em Educação para Negócios at Metanoia
Bacharel, Administração e Marketing, Bacharel, Administração e Marketing at Faculdade Cenecista de Joinville
Spanish, Portuguese, English