ADVISORY

Due to his experience in the Finance and Tech sectors, Thiago can help companies, especially startups, navigate the first years of growth and expansion. Not only Thiago can help organize and support the operations, but also build a strategy to attract private investors and VCs.

Thiago has over 10 years of experience leading a tech business from ground up. Thiago founded AIQON in 2012 when he signed an exclusivity deal with Verismic Software, a tech company with decades of experience in developing endpoint management solutions. The partnership was fruitful and allowed Thiago to expand AIQON portfolio by adding other solutions from the US and Israel. Since 2018, AIQON became a one-stop shop for cybersecurity, data protection and auditing/compliance solutions in the Brazilian market.

All was accomplished with investment-driven and cost-minded approach. Brazil is a tough place to do business and the many local and global crisis of the past decade did not help. Thiago always says that AIQON survived and thrived in this environment mainly for two reasons: the team ownership of the company and culture and paper clip mentality. The paper clip mentality is the notion that resources have to be focused on making the company grow and on making its people grow and be better. So, if you receive a contract or a letter with a paper clip on it, you save the paper clip. A single paper clip may not make much difference, but many of them will. And this approach, along with the owner-like culture, when applied to all strategies makes a significant difference in a company’s financial health and success.

Thiago implemented at AIQON what he learned from his past experience at AmBev / Anheuser-Busch InBev, a company that has always focused on attracting the very best people with an entrepreneurial mindset and proactivity. With a similar mentality, Thiago ensured there are no employees at AIQON but rather stakeholders; everyone works for the overall good of the company and is proud to be a part of. Everyone sees how valuable they are and the difference they make. This creates a company that has its gears well lubed.