Summary
Ricardo Alvarenga is a product and data leader with over 20 years of experience driving measurement and retail insights across Latin America, currently heading LatAm Product Leadership for NielsenIQ’s Measure portfolio. He blends a marketing foundation (ESPM) and an MBA (FIA/USP) with hands-on mastery of data, systems and backend thinking—reflected in a GitHub-linked interest in computing and databases—to modernize core measurement products and launch digitized solutions. Known for full P&L and product accountability, he has led large teams and multi-million budgets to replatform retail measurement, relaunch flagship indices and accelerate product modernization across Brazil and LatAm. Ricardo’s cross-functional career spans product, data acquisition, customer success and revenue management, giving him rare fluency in go-to-market, operations and tech-driven product design. He repeatedly converts legacy processes into scalable, data-driven workflows and has a track record of building internal capabilities (Nielsen University) and strong client outcomes for FMCG/CPG customers. Based in São Paulo, he combines strategic leadership with a maker’s curiosity about systems and databases, enabling pragmatic execution of ambitious regional growth plans.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor, Marketing, Advertising, Bachelor, Marketing, Advertising at ESPM Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing
MBA, General Business, MBA, General Business at FIA - Fundação Instituto de Administração
Portuguese, English, Spanish