Michel Pereira is a seasoned cloud and data leader with over a decade of experience building secure, scalable architectures and operational governance across tech and finance sectors. He has led Data & AI at Microsoft and served as Chief Data/Cloud Officer in major Brazilian firms, blending strategic leadership with hands-on engineering from Linux-era system hardening to modern cloud-native platforms. Known for translating complex regulatory and security requirements into pragmatic governance and cost-optimized cloud programs, he also advises healthcare tech to deliver more with less. Based in São Paulo, he combines enterprise-level program management with deep technical roots in networking, DevOps, and data governance. Michel’s career reveals a consistent pattern of driving measurable business impact through data-driven decisions and ethical AI practices. An early practitioner of internet-scale operations, he still carries that operational rigor into today’s AI and cloud initiatives.
10 years of coding experience
16 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 EAESP
Gestão Comercial, Business/Commerce, General, Gestão Comercial, Business/Commerce, General at FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas
Digital Economy, Digital Economy at Renmin University of China
Business Strategy, Business Strategy at UNSW Business School
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