Co-founder and CEO at Portal Telemedicina, a Brazilian company accelerated by Google, which invests in cutting-edge technology and Artificial Intelligence to speed up the process of medical reports with the support of an online specialist network. Rafael holds a graduate degree in Economics from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and a specialty in Design Thinking from Berkeley University. In addition to the 5-year experience in investment banks, he is specialized in Algorithm Applied Mathematics. He currently conducts Artificial Intelligence research and is recognized by Google as one of the 40 world authorities in Machine Learning. He was also invited to mentor Startups in the Silicon Valley.