João Luis Olivério

Serial entrepreneur, investor and executive of multinational technology and investment funds, João Luis Olivério began his career in top consulting firms like Ernst & Young and Accenture, while still studying at Polytechnic School of São Paulo (Brazil).

As an entrepreneur, Olivério founded The Best Solution Group, a holding company that owned the digital agencies Brownbag, Pinx and Mail in Time. He also founded WeGo!, the first deal-of-the-day website in São Paulo, which also partnered and built joint-venture companies with Saraiva and AB/Inbev.

As a leader in global technology startups, Olivério recently worked as Country Manager and Sales Director for Zendesk and Indeed in Brazil, as well as Managing Director of the Rocket Internet investment fund. In 2014, he was honored as the Best Executive of global technology companies by the Latam Founders Awards, considered the “Oscar of the Internet Ecosystem at Latin America”.

As the executive of large corporations, he was Director of Brasil Plural Bank, being responsible for the PiggyPeg app and the digital initiatives of the holding. His last experience was as the Sales, Innovation and New Business Director at Alper Seguros (former Brasil Insurance, a public company), during its recent turn around phase.

Olivério is currently focused on disseminating the “Sales as a System” methodology, which seeks to foster the practice of sales operations and management for companies of all sizes. He also acts as a consultant for international companies that want to have a presence in Brazil or local companies that want to go global.

Olivério is also an investor, advisor and mentor for several startups and acceleration programs, including Ace, Google Launchpad, Oracle for Startups and Idexo by Totvs.