Programme Coordinator
Brazil Games Accelerator
Developing and monitoring the training methodology for the national games company acceleration programme run by Abragames and ApexBrasil.
Full curriculum vitae
Updated 10 October 2026
Experience
Research and
professional practice.
Working with universities, governments, associations and games industry development programmes.
Founder and Director
Savegame.dev
Specialist consultancy, sectoral research, training programmes and evidence for public policy.
Board of Directors
First board member from Latin America in IGDA, focused on creating opportunities for creators in the Global South. Brings experience in connecting academia, policymakers and the games industry.
Previous experience
Visiting Researcher
Associação de Produtores de Videojogos Portugueses
Industry placement within the MSCA fellowship, supporting ecosystem development and the application of GameDevUp results.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Utrecht University
Research in the Collaborative Technologies Lab, Information and Computing Sciences, leading GameDevUp under a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship.
Strategic Advisor
Ministry of Culture — Brazil
Opportunities under the Legal Framework for Games and international cooperation within project OEI/BRA/22/002.
Consultant
World Intellectual Property Organization
A diagnostic review of the Dominican Republic games sector and implementation of an intellectual property and entrepreneurship course.
Expert Consultant
Spcine
Design and implementation of games sector policies in São Paulo, including the SP Game Start incubation programme.
Show experience completed before 2024
Postdoctoral Researcher
Universidade Feevale
Research on the Rio Grande do Sul games cluster.
Consultant
Instituto Juventude Inovação
Developed the Digital Games Sector Plan for the Municipality of Fortaleza.
Lecturer
Faculdade Méliès
Taught Executive Production in Games in the postgraduate programme in Creative Production in Digital Arts.
Content Specialist
Sebrae
Developed business management training content for digital game entrepreneurs.
Strategy Director
Game Jam Plus
Helped shape the mission, methodology and expansion plan of Game Jam Plus, an international nonprofit movement supporting game creators. Developed talent scouting and training initiatives to help developers professionalise their work and achieve economic sustainability.
Game Industry Expert
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Provided expert services for the Baltic Sea Games Incubation project, including webinar moderation, event support, research assignments, professional connections and review of project outputs.
Consultant
PROCOLOMBIA
Evaluated Brazil’s video games market to identify business opportunities for Colombian companies and define strategies for entering the market, within the Support Programme for the Diversification and Internationalization of the Colombian Economy.
Researcher
BGZ Berliner Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit
Commissioned research for The Game Incubation Landscape in Europe, comparing incubation approaches for the Baltic Game Industry project, co-funded by Interreg Baltic Sea Region.
Lecturer
BENDITAS Projetos Criativos
Taught Digital Games and Their Interfaces in the postgraduate course in Game Design.
Strategic Advisor
Abragames
Market intelligence, public policy advice and projects to support Brazilian game development companies.
Senior Researcher
Homo Ludens
Contributed to the 2nd Census of the Brazilian Digital Games Industry, commissioned by the Ministry of Culture in cooperation with UNESCO, under project 914BRZ4013.
Substitute Professor
São Paulo State University — UNESP
Taught Graphic and Editorial Planning, Communication Planning, Professional Ethics, Interview Techniques and Photography in Bauru.
Master’s Research Fellow
CAPES · UNESP
Master’s research in Communication on the formulation of communication and cultural policies for digital games in Brazil between 2003 and 2014, supervised by Juliano Maurício de Carvalho.
Education
Academic background.
PhD in Communication
São Paulo State University — UNESP
Evidence in Public Policy
Blavatnik School of Government · University of Oxford
PhD secondment in Economic Geography
University of Porto
MA in Communication
São Paulo State University — UNESP
BA in Journalism
São Paulo State University — UNESP
Voluntary & Advocacy
Networks and service.
Board of Directors · International Game Developers Association
Connecting academia, policymakers and industry, with a focus on opportunities for creators in the Global South.
Vice Chair · IGDA Incubation SIG
Supporting an international network of games incubators, accelerators and entrepreneurship programmes.
Advisor · Game Jam Plus
Supporting an international initiative for game creators.
National Council for Cultural Policy — Brazil (CNPC)
Civil society representative.
Industry Track Chair · SBGames
Service at the Brazilian Symposium on Games and Digital Entertainment.