Vandré H. Sales CAIO | Staff AI Engineer | Senior AI/ML Architect |

Founder & Art Director

Dtwin Online

Dec 2022 - Current (3 years 7 months)

3D Digital Twin Studio Dtwin Online is a 3D avatar design studio that creates photorealistic digital twins with AI-controlled personalities for enterprise applications -- from synthesized voice to full-body motion capture. • Founded the studio and built the core pipeline for creating human-like digital avatars with natural voice synthesis and AI-driven personality systems. • Pioneered AI-driven character animation integrating neural voice synthesis with facial motion capture for enterprise metaverse and virtual assistant applications. • Delivered custom 3D avatars with personalized clothing, accessories, and controlled expressions for corporate clients. Tech: Unity, Unreal Engine, Blender, Neural Voice Synthesis, Motion Capture, AI Charac

Co-founder & CEO / CAIO

Melivaai

Jan 2021 - Current (5 years 6 months)

AI-Powered Content Platform for Enterprise Meliva.ai is a Generative AI platform that orchestrates the full lifecycle of brand-compliant visual asset production -- from brand ingestion to mass generation via API. • Architected an end-to-end GenAI platform serving enterprise clients including Porto Seguro (15M customers) and RD Saude/Drogasil (Brazil's largest pharmacy chain). • Designed multi-LoRA orchestration system on ComfyUI with Custom Nodes V3 API -- identity + style + color palette stacking for brand-compliant batch generation on H100 and A100 GPUs. • Developed proprietary LOCKED/UNLOCKED captioning protocol for LoRA fine-tuning datasets (Flux.1 DiT / Flux.2) -- eliminates 90%+ of caption-related training failures by mathematically

Partner Advisor

PontoGet Inovação

Jan 2021 - Current (5 years 6 months)

MBA Professor -- Innovative Business & Design Thinking

IPOG Instituto de PósGraduação e Graduação

Dec 2017 - Current (8 years 7 months)

MBA Professor -- Innovative Business & Design Thinking IPOG is one of Brazil's leading postgraduate institutions with campuses nationwide. • Teaching MBA courses on Innovative Business Models and Design Thinking for 7+ years -- bridging academic theory with hands-on startup methodology and real-world innovation frameworks. • Mentoring MBA students on business model design, lean validation, and innovation strategy -- integrating AI and digital transformation into the curriculum.

Founding partner

MidWest Ventures SA

Dec 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 1 month)

Co-founder -- Venture Capital Fund for Digital Startups MidWest Ventures was a venture capital fund focused on early-stage, high-impact digital startups in Brazil's Central-West and North regions -- reducing investor risk through a diversified portfolio while preparing startups for follow-on funding rounds. • Co-founded a regional VC fund targeting digital-native startups with high scalability potential in underserved markets outside the Sao Paulo-Rio axis. • Managed deal flow, startup evaluation, and investment thesis development -- focusing on business model validation, market sizing, and founder assessment. • Prepared portfolio companies for subsequent investment rounds -- increasing valuations through structured mentoring, governance,

Innovation Advisor

HP Mobilidade

Feb 2017 - Jan 2021 (4 years)

Innovation Advisor -- Public Transportation HP Transportes Coletivos is one of the largest public transit concessionaires in the Goiania Metropolitan Area (RMTC). Advised the company on innovation strategy and co-creation of disruptive products for public transportation. • Co-created the Citybus 2.0 -- the first on-demand public transit platform by app in Latin America (launched Feb 2019), built in partnership with Via (global leader in shared mobility). • The platform transported 80,000+ passengers in its first year and prevented 64+ tons of CO2 emissions by shifting 73-81% of users from private vehicles to shared transit. • Helped expand the service from 11 neighborhoods to 56+ km2 coverage across Goiania and Aparecida de Goiania, servin

Executive Director

Instituto GYNTEC Academy

Dec 2016 - Dec 2018 (2 years 1 month)

Executive Director -- Innovation Hub & Startup Incubator Instituto Gyntec de Inovação was the first technology and innovation hub in Brazil's Central-West region -- fostering entrepreneurship, incubating startups, and connecting public and private agents to build a sustainable innovation ecosystem. • Led the first innovation hub in Brazil's Central-West as Executive Director -- managing coworking spaces, startup incubation programs, training courses, and high-impact networking events. • Partnered with ACE Accelerator (one of Latin America's top accelerators) to launch the first acceleration program in Goiania -- selecting 4 startups (AUVO, BuzzLead, Skill Tools, Galileu/Resultys) from 400+ applicants. • Contributed to growing the local sta

Head of Operation HUB Goiânia

Ace Ventures

Aug 2016 - Jul 2017 (1 year)

Head of Operations -- ACE Startup Accelerator HUB Goiania ACE (formerly Aceleratech) is one of the top startup accelerators in Latin America, based in Sao Paulo. Appointed to lead the expansion of ACE's acceleration model to Goiania through a partnership with Instituto Gyntec de Inovacao. • Led ACE's first regional hub outside Sao Paulo -- managing operations, startup selection, mentoring programs, and investor relations for the Goiania ecosystem. • Ran the first acceleration program in Brazil's Central-West region -- evaluating 400+ applicants and selecting 4 high-impact startups (AUVO, BuzzLead, Skill Tools, Galileu/Resultys) for the ACE Growth program. • Organized Open Mic ACE Goiania events -- a platform for startups to pitch, receive

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GBG Manager

GBG Google Business Group

Sep 2013 - Dec 2014 (1 year 4 months)

Através de líderes de uma comunidade local, os GBG Managers ajudam a inspirar e capacitar as pessoas para uma melhor utilização das tecnologias de internet para o seu negócio e para aproveitar as oportunidades de networking que os grupos geram. O programa Google Business Group é focado na criação de comunidades de negócio através de voluntários independentes do Google com objetivo de adquirir e compartilhar conhecimento sobre as ferramentas do Google para negócios.

Startup Weekend Facilitator

Techstars Startup Weekend

Nov 2012 - Jan 2016 (3 years 3 months)

Startup Weekend Facilitators are an extension of the SW Core team who are on the ground at all of our events around the globe. We heavily rely on them to be stewards of the Startup Weekend mission and ensure every community has a world class experience with our grassroots movement.

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Founder

Tippz

Oct 2012 - Feb 2017 (4 years 5 months)

Founder — Consumer Intelligence Platform for Beverage Industry Tippz was a mobile platform that produced Business Intelligence from real consumer experiences in bars and restaurants — delivering dynamic real-time reports on consumer behavior to beverage manufacturers and retailers. • Built a mobile app enabling restaurant customers to browse digital menus, split bills proportionally by consumption, and pay via smartphone. • Generated unprecedented BI insights for beverage manufacturers — enabling data-driven strategic decisions on product distribution and consumer preferences. • Successfully exited: acquired by Brazil's largest bank (2016) after 4 years of operation. Tech: Mobile Development, Business Intelligence, Consumer Analytics, Finte

Strategy Director & Founder

PontoGet Coworking

Jan 2012 - Jan 2016 (4 years 1 month)

Strategy Director & Founder — Innovation Coworking Space Founded and operated the first innovation-focused coworking space in Goiânia (2012-2016) — creating a collaborative professional environment for tech professionals, freelancers, and early-stage startups in the local ecosystem. • Managed workspace operations, community building, and event programming for 4 years. • Hosted the local startup community and served as launch pad for multiple companies in Goiás' tech ecosystem. Tech: Community Management, Coworking Operations, Startup Ecosystem Development

Founder e CEO | Chief Empathy Officer

PontoGet Inovação

Oct 2010 - Jan 2021 (10 years 4 months)

Innovation Consultancy & Design Thinking PontoGet is an innovation consultancy that helps entrepreneurs and companies innovate with agility and strategy -- delivering Design Thinking workshops, business model mentoring, and digital transformation programs. • Founded and led the consultancy for 10+ years, serving 50+ companies across Brazil with innovation strategy and business model design. • Certified in Design Thinking at UC Berkeley (The Design Thinking Seminar by IDEO / ThinkingInnovation) -- applied human-centered design methodology to corporate innovation programs. • Created and managed PontoGet Coworking -- the first innovation-focused coworking space in Goiania, fostering the local startup ecosystem. Tech: Design Thinking, Busines

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Professor de Física

Colegio Mega Educ Ltda

Jul 2004 - Dec 2011 (7 years 6 months)

Professor de Ensino Médio Admitido como professor de física nas 3ª Série e Curso pré-vestibular do Ensino Médio

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Professor de Física

Colégio Degraus

Jan 2003 - Dec 2011 (9 years)

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Professor de Física

Colégio Ávila COC

Jan 2003 - Dec 2011 (9 years)

Professor de Ensino Médio Admitido como professor de física nas 1ª e 2ª Séries do Ensino Médio e curso pré-vestibular. Organizou e realizou palestra com público total de 900 alunos sob o tema Física Moderna no Oliveiras Place em Nov/2003 Professor de Laboratório de Física Professor de Laboratório de Robótica

Diretor Operacional

ESAMC

Oct 2002 - Jan 2004 (1 year 4 months)

Programming Instructor -- Age 14 (1990 - 1992) Started teaching Computer Science at age 14 -- recognized by Jornal Correio Braziliense as the youngest CS teacher in Brasilia. • Taught COBOL 80, FORTRAN, Algorithms, Database fundamentals, and Word Processing to adult students at a professional computing school. • First professional experience that defined a lifelong career bridging education and technology -- from Physics teaching to AI architecture 35 years later.

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Professor de Física

Planeta Vestibulares

Aug 2002 - Jun 2003 (11 months)

Professor de curso pré-vestibular Admitido como professor de física nos cursos semi-extensivo e maratona. Organizou e realizou uma palestra com público total de 1200 alunos sob o tema Física Moderna no Oliveira´s Place em Dez/2002

Coordenador Pedagógico

Oficina do Estudante

Jul 1998 - Nov 2000 (2 years 5 months)

Auxiliou na montagem da equipe de professores da instituição Recebeu prêmio de melhor coordenador técnico Participou do crescimento de 150 alunos (em 98) para 1700 (em 2000) Coordenou projetos Didático-pedagógicos como: Projeto Água, Problemas do Lixo, Aula no Ar (projeto registrado e premiado pela Imprensa de Campinas)

Professor de Física

Oficina do Estudante

Jul 1998 - Nov 2000 (2 years 5 months)

Professor de Curso Pré-Vestibular Ministrou aulas de Física para mais de 4000 alunos em preparatório para vestibular Professor de RPM (Reforço Para Medicina), RPI (Reforço Para Ita), RPE (Reforço Para Engenharias) e Turma TOP 50 (50 melhores alunos do curso) Realizou o Projeto Aula no Ar – A Física do Paraquedismo com saltos de paraquedas

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Software Programming Instructor

Micro News

Jul 1990 - Nov 1992 (2 years 5 months)

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