Růbens Mendrone is a tech executive and founder with more than 25 years’ experience turning innovation into scalable, revenue-generating businesses across Brazil and Canada. As CEO of LINDA and its former Founder/Chief Product Officer, he led R&D, regulatory and clinical teams to create patented early-detection breast cancer products that produced over 1M reais in the first year and earned acceptance into MaRS Discovery District. His background spans senior roles at IBM and Oracle where he consistently exceeded sales and growth targets, built new enterprise accounts, and launched innovation units using AI, IoT and blockchain. He combines a nonconformist, purpose-driven leadership style with hands-on product and go-to-market execution, bridging clinical, regulatory and commercial domains. Active in regional AI strategy and business expansion, he now advises expansion efforts and chairs AI initiatives in southern Brazil, demonstrating influence beyond the startup into public–private ecosystems. Colleagues describe him as an outcomes-focused builder who aligns profit with social impact while still being “an advocate of his own code.”
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Management, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Management at Instituto Brasileiro de Tecnologia Avançada - IBTA
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
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