about me
Thaisa helps businesses create outstanding products and programs. She manages tech teams and facilitate effective communication that ensures maximum visibility of the project to all stakeholders using Lean-Agile frameworks such as Kanban and Scrum. Thaisa has the ability to figure out solutions in the midst of chaos.
Research-backed Product Strategy: From market research to development, she observes and analyze behavior, transforming it into actionable insights.
Agile Framework and Design Sprints: Whether conceptualizing a new product or working on an existing one, she solves problems and iterate engaging ideas.
Leadership Mastery towards the Goal: Leadership is more than just delegating tasks, but beyond that, a leader should help to create a collaborative work environment.
Managed Multicultural Teams: Being bilingual helps Thaisa to combine the best of both worlds, coming up with creative solutions and having more empathy.
CERTIFICATIONS
2022 - Product Management from Cornell University
2020 - Design Research from Cooper Professional Education
2020 - Product Owner (PSPO) certification from Scrum.org
2018 - Product Management for the Internet of Things from Stanford University
2018 - Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification from PMI.org
2017 - Scrum Master (PSM) from Scrum.org
2016 - Full Stack Web Development from BAVC and Free Code Camp
EDUCATION
2016 - Project Management from UC Berkeley
2009 - MBA in Marketing and Sales from Newton Paiva
2007 - BA in Social Communication, Advertising from Newton Paiva
CURIOSITIES
Co-author of the first book about Product Management written by women published in Brazil, “Gestão de Produto como você nunca viu”
Had two cats and a dog, they lived happily together (the cats passed away in 2021/2022 with 18 years old and she adopted another dog in 2023) ♡
Thaisa’s dream is to publish her own book (it’ll happen next year)
Her favorite cities in the world are San Francisco and Paris (perhaps Barcelona and Bangkok too)
She’s been vegan for 10 years (she was vegetarian before that)
If you want to make her happy recommend her a book, here’s what she’s reading now
She host a podcast called Latinx in Power and conducted interviews with individuals of Latinx and Caribbean heritage
She’s the writer of a blog called PM101 which has been receiving a million visitors per year
She used to have an online store where Thaisa sold her podcast merchandise