Luis Bitencourt

Group Chief Product & Technology Officer at Loft

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Luis Bitencourt's Summary

Seasoned business executive with over two decades of experience leading engineering, product, design, data and operations teams across global markets for Loft, Rappi, Reddit & Microsoft. Proven track record driving innovation, profitability, and growth in high-paced companies, and deep expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Fintech, Big Data, B2B, Marketplaces and SaaS. Fluent in English, Portuguese & Spanish with Brazilian, American & Italian citizenships. Notable Achievements: - Led cross functional teams of 650+ people implementing product methodologies as a C-level at multiple unicorn startups in Latin America. - Orchestrated profitability and growth as needed by the phase of the company. - Successfully integrated multiple companies through M&A, leading the CEO and P&L during the integration and centralizing technology initiatives greatly improving EBITDA. - Founded and led Reddit’s first AI team and served the Wikimedia Foundation’s Board, contributing to the top training data sources for AI models. - Founded a startup and successfully executed on multiple others of all sizes, with a track record of successful exits. - Made significant impact at large enterprises, overseeing 700 employees in 57 countries and strategic decisions including executive selection & compensation at Wikimedia, alongside nearly a decade of yearly recognition while shipping major Microsoft products. - Fundraised & led technical board relations at all stages, from a seed to growth stages in difficult VC markets, working with top investment funds & sovereign wealth funds. - Recognized thought leader, speaker at multiple industry conferences and featured in numerous press articles on AI, data, mobile and tech leadership (Época Negócios, Exame, Estadão, Startups.com.br, Jornal do Comércio, Radio Itatiaia, and Think with Google).