Brazilians in Silicon Valley
It’s time for one more networking evening featuring Brazilian tech professionals in the region!
The event format will be a cocktail reception with brief introduction of all attendees, followed by a conversation with two special guests. Meet new members in our tech hub & mingle with BayBrazilians!
When: Friday, April 8th, 6pm-9pm
Location: YouTube headquarters, 900 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA
6pm: Cocktail & networking
7pm: Introductions & chat with guests
7:45pm: Networking
Nelson Mattos, BayBrazil’s Chairman of the Board, former Google’s VP for Europe and Emerging Markets, IBM Distinguished Engineer and VP for Information and User Technologies, as well as a Professor at the University of Kaiserslautern. During his tenure at Google, Nelson grew the engineering presence in Europe from less than 300 to more than 3000 engineers, and his team made major contributions to many Google projects including: Google Chrome, Android and Mobile products, Google+ Hangouts, Priority Inbox for Gmail, and many more. Besides his role at BayBrazil, Nelson is an independent consultant, an active member of the Board of Directors of Grameen Foundation, RBS – a large media group in Brazil, and Mobile Planet in Kenya. Nelson received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Kaiserslautern and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in CS from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
