Summary
Marcelio Leal is an experienced engineering manager and founder with 14 years building and scaling cross-functional tech organizations from startups to global platforms. Currently leading Google’s Child Safety engineering efforts and advising multiple education and tech ventures, he blends hands-on product strategy with people-first leadership. As co-founder/CTO at BHub and earlier roles at Amazon, Nubank and GetYourGuide, he designed tech and data strategies, created remote/async cultures, and grew teams from single digits to 50+ engineers, product and data roles. He has deep experience in e-invoicing, fraud/security, and platform migrations that reduced incidents by 90%, and he favors experimentation with low/no-code and SaaS to accelerate outcomes. A former NGO CTO and product builder in education, he pairs Lean and Kanban practices with formal training from Columbia and Harvard to turn ambiguous problems into measurable impact. Based in São Paulo, he combines startup grit with enterprise rigor and a recurring focus on operational resilience and scalable team design.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Master Computer Science Software Engineering Requirements Management Software Traceability, Master Computer Science Software Engineering Requirements Management Software Traceability at Universidade Federal do Pará
Lean Launchpad with Steve Blank, Lean Launchpad with Steve Blank at Columbia University
Disruptive Strategy with Clayton Christensen (through HBX), Disruptive Strategy with Clayton Christensen (through HBX) at Harvard Business School
Kanban Coaching Professional Masterclass w/ David J Anderson, Kanban Coaching Professional Masterclass w/ David J Anderson at Kanban University
English, Portuguese