Pedro S. Pereira, a high-tech executive and entrepreneur, boasts an impressive international career with a focus on innovation strategy, digital transformation, and new business development. With two decades of experience, he has been recognized for his leadership and expertise in investing and advising startups, accelerating time-to-market, new business model generation, and leveraging exponential technologies like IoT, Blockchain, Big Data, Advanced Analytics, AI & Machine Learning, and Cloud Computing. Pedro's experience includes serving as the Director of Innovation Strategy and Digital Transformation at SAP EMEA South, the Head of Big Data at SAP, and the Vice President of Middle East Operations at Corporater, where he founded STEX, an enterprise performance management software distribution company, and established the Middle East operations for Corporater Inc. He also served as a Venture Partner at SAP.iO and as an Advisory Board Member at Repple.com.

In addition to his corporate endeavors, Pedro is a public speaker who has been invited to speak at various smart city, AI, and blockchain conferences. He is the host of the AI Camp at the UAE Ministry of State for Artificial Intelligence, a past Chapter Lead for Singularity University Dubai, a jury member for MEED Gulf Capital SME Awards and Dubai 10X, and a guest professor for IE Business School and SP Jain, among others. He is also a mentor for startup accelerators SAP.iO, Techstars, and In5.

Pedro holds an Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management, a Certificate in Executive Management from the University of La Verne, and a Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology and Internet Management from Centro Universitário Nove de Julho, Brazil.