Curriculum Vitae
João Victor Dias
CTO at WingsAI | PhD Candidate | AI Expert

Perfil Profissional
João Victor Dias é co-fundador e CTO da WingsAI, onde implementa soluções de IA vertical no Brasil e Estados Unidos. Também atua como consultor tecnológico do Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia e está cursando doutorado em Ciências Médicas Oftalmológicas.
Tem experiência na criação de equipes de Data Science, liderando-as e ensinando novos gerentes/diretores como torná-las bem-sucedidas. Também ajuda a salvar equipes e áreas de dados/analytics de problemas sérios.
Com mais de 12 anos de experiência em inteligência artificial, João liderou com sucesso equipes em bancos de investimento e hospitais. Especializa-se na implementação de soluções de IA de ponta—particularmente em visão computacional e processamento de linguagem natural—e contribuiu para projetos em finanças, crédito privado, saúde e varejo, entre outros setores.
Experiência Profissional
CTO
AEO Brasil [07/2025-Present]
- • Liderança tecnológica da comunidade
- • Estratégia de transformação digital
- • Inovação em soluções corporativas
CTO
Wings AI [02/2025-Present]
- • Vertical AI
- • Built MicroSaaS Leverage
- • International Expansion
Data & Analytics Management
iFood Pago [07/2024-02/2025]
- • Management of transactional data ingestion into the Data Lake using AWS DMS, S3 and PySpark
- • Continuous optimization of Data Lake jobs with AWS EMR and Glue
- • Creation of interactive dashboards for general analysis, anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud detection
Senior Vice President of Data Science and Analytics
Captalys [08/2020-10/2022]
- • Structured the areas and set up the Analytics, BI, Data Science, Portfolio Monitoring and Data Engineering teams
- • Led the transformation of the company into an AI-Ready company
- • Implemented: the Data Lake, the Machine Learning model deployment environment, GraphQL to unify the API queries and the models documentation
- • Designed systems focused on scale, reproducibility and automation
- • Our teams provide world-class products
Lead Data Scientist
NTT DATA [08/2019-07/2020]
- • Planned and executed large data science projects
- • Organized the career development of the Data Scientists at the company
- • Participated in management meetings to help establish data roadmap and strategies
- • Built a great team by both recruiting great talent and helping them grow
- • Implemented DataPrivacyOps with Federated Learning, Differential Privacy and Multi-party Computation
Statistical Analyst
Fundação Getúlio Vargas [01/2014-12/2015]
- • Created the sentiment analysis model for political debate in social media
- • Developed a spam filtering machine learning model applied to text data and Twitter account attributes
- • Co implemented social network graphs framework, which illustrated major national and international newspapers, covers such as the Financial Times
- • Co implemented a Bayesian spatial model using Twitter data applied on calculating ideological ideal points for legislative actors in Brazil
Consultor de Tecnologia
Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia [09/2024-Present]
- • Consultoria em soluções tecnológicas
- • Desenvolvimento de diretrizes de IA
- • Suporte estratégico em inovação
Head of Data & Analytics
Zoop [11/2022-07/2024]
- • Datalake expansion
- • Built Data Products
- • Data Contracts, Data Quality
StartupMentor
Bluefields Aceleradora [05/2019-Present]
Artificial Intelligence Mentoring.
Head of Artificial Intelligence
IA para Médicos [06/2018-Present]
- • Editor of Artificial Intelligence Futurism news applied to Medicine
- • Workshops about productionizing AI projects
Artificial Intelligence Coordinator
GeekVision - Clinical Hospital, University of São Paulo [05/2017-Present]
- • Supports AI innovation at University of São Paulo's Ophthalmology Clinics Hospital
- • Implemented Convolutional Neural Networks to assist low vision patients on identifying chosen elevators
- • Developed an Eye Drops Identifier with RetinaNet
- • Implemented Dashboards integrated with non relational databases to structure clinics data and deliver on a mobile solution
- • Developed a Dry-Eye disease solution with Neural Networks on Smartphones
Data Scientist
NTT DATA [08/2017-08/2019]
- • Coordinated NTT DATA Machine Learning Community Americas
- • Led the Data Science team on publishing research papers
- • Spread AI culture and helped attracting more talent to the company
- • Supervised Neural Networks architecture framework implementation
- • GAN architectures for data augmentation
- • Automatic documents classification with ELMO + BI-LSTM + CNN + CRF
- • Developed a hybrid model for Automated Offline Handwritten Signature Verification on checkbooks using Convolutional Networks
- • Stock price estimation using LSTM + Attention
- • Object Detection, Recognition and Segmentation
- • Face Recognition, Alignment and De-identification
- • Developed a pedestrian tracking surveillance on Raspberry Pi 3
- • Developed a Retrieval-based banking chatbot on Facebook Messenger with Tensorflow
Statistician
NIC.br [01/2016-08/2017]
- • Developed an automated and optimized system focused on enduring brazilian´s complex Internet Traffic Measurement System database
- • Implemented prototypes of Disclosure Control Methods for MicroData databases
Trainee
Fundação Getúlio Vargas [2013-2014]
- • Developed a social Twitter bots identifier through NLP methods and model ensembling
- • Co implemented social network graphs framework using Gephi and R packages
- • Created R Shiny visualisations for Urban Mobility
Co Founder
estatisti.CO [12/2012-12/2013]
At 2012 he co-founded www.estatisti.co, a statistics based website focused on establishing a place where people could stay informed about the latest news, tips on career, Big Data, theoretical statistics, scientific articles, biographies, job opportunities, among other issues. It quickly became one of the brazilians most famous statistics website.
External Journalism Operator
Rede Globo [07/2008-09/2009]
Acted in aid of adjustment of satellite signals from mobile units of telejournalism, color correction, equipment assembly and lighting for journalism outdoors production.
Competições
Kaggle
- 148th of 2023 - PetFinder.my Adoption Prediction BRONZE MEDAL
- 1776th of 9038 - Santander Customer Transaction Prediction
- 666th of 3835 - Mercedes-Benz Greener Manufacturing
- 838th of 2931 - APTOS 2019 Blindness Detection
Hackathons e Desafios
- Gold Medal - OftalmoHack Hackathon, FMUSP (2025)
- AI Mentor - HackHealthTech (2021)
- Global Finalist - NTT DATA Hackathon (2018)
- Semifinalist - Data For Climate Action, UN Global Pulse (2017)
- Rio de Janeiro Semifinalist - SEBRAE Challenge (2012)
Membro de Grupos Temáticos
AI For Health: Artificial Intelligence for Ophthalmology
I.T.U./W.H.O. [09/2019-11/2022]
Formação Acadêmica
Universidades
Instituição | Curso | Ano |
---|---|---|
University of São Paulo, Medical School(FMUSP-HC) | PhD in Ophthalmological Medical Sciences | 2024-2029 |
University of Mannheim [Incomplete] | MS in Survey and Data Science | 2019 |
National School of Statistical Sciences | B.S. in Statistics | 2010-2015 |
State Technical School Henrique Lage | Electronics Technician | 2007 |
Habilidades Técnicas
Atividades Adicionais
Atividade | Instituição | Ano |
---|---|---|
Focus Group - Curso Técnico em Ciência de Dados | Secretaria de Educação do Estado de SP | 2024 |
Aluno Especial - Análise de Algoritmos | Universidade de São Paulo | 2016 |
Ferramentas
Idiomas
- Portuguese [Native]
- English [Fluent]
- Spanish [Beginner]
- Japanese [Beginner]
Certificações
Título | Provedor | Ano |
---|---|---|
Treinamento Turnitin Autochecagem | Turnitin | 2025 |
AI for Everyone | Coursera | 2019 |
Survey Skills Development Course | Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics | 2016 |
Big Data in Healthcare | Coursera - University of São Paulo | 2015 |
Laboratório - RJ | Fundação Estudar | 2015 |
Machine Learning | Coursera - Stanford University | 2014 |
The Data Scientist's Toolbox | Coursera - Johns Hopkins University | 2014 |
Practical Machine Learning | Coursera - Johns Hopkins University | 2014 |
Data Analysis with R | Udacity - Johns Hopkins University | 2014 |
Statistical Methods for Disclosure Control | Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics | 2012 |
Bolsas de Pesquisa
Título | Provedor | Ano |
---|---|---|
Milu Villela grant ($ 500 USD) | TVST | 2021 |
Knights Templar Eye Foundation Travel Grant ($ 1,110 USD) | ARVO | 2020 |
Tools for Formatting and Validation of Research Microdata | CNPq PIBIC | 2012 |
Reconhecimentos e Publicações
Prêmios
Most Valuable Professional
NTT DATA, 2018
TOP 46 - Valuable Young Leader
Harvard Business Review, 2018
Survey Skills Development Course
IBGE, 2017
Relatórios de Pesquisa
Título | Instituição | Ano |
---|---|---|
Strabismus and Artificial Intelligence App: Optimizing Diagnostic and Accuracy | TVST | 2021 |
A polícia e os 'black blocs'. A percepção dos policiais sobre junho de 2013 | FGV/DAPP | 2014 |
Mobilidade urbana e cidadania: percepções dos usuários de transporte público no Brasil | FGV/DAPP | 2014 |
Imprensa
Podcast: How AI is Rapidly Accelerating the Growth of Small Businesses
Rede Tela, 2025
Podcast: The Future is Here! Is Your Company Ready for AI?
Rede Tela, 2025
How do data driven companies monetize their data?
Chief Data & Analytics Officer Brazil, 2021
Podcast: What is A.I.?
IPP - Radio Pinheiros, 2019
Grandes artistas na oftalmologia
Revista Universo Visual, 2018
Brazil's election: as polarised as can be
Financial Times, 2014
What does a Statistician do?
Rádio Família 104.5fm, 2013
Livros Publicados
Título | Ano |
---|---|
ICT IN HEALTH 2016 | 2017 |
ICT IN HEALTH 2015 | 2016 |
ICT HOUSEHOLDS 2016 | 2017 |
ICT HOUSEHOLDS 2015 | 2016 |
ICT ENTERPRISES 2015 | 2016 |
ICT IN EDUCATION 2016 | 2017 |
ICT IN EDUCATION 2015 | 2016 |
ICT KIDS ONLINE BRAZIL 2016 | 2017 |
ICT KIDS ONLINE BRAZIL 2015 | 2016 |
ICT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS 2016 | 2017 |
ICT IN CULTURE 2016 | 2017 |
CULTURA E TECNOLOGIAS NO BRASIL | 2017 |
ICT ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT 2015 | 2016 |
ICT PROVIDERS 2014 | 2015 |
Conferências, Palestras e Ensino
Conferências
Título | Conferência | Ano |
---|---|---|
Invited Session - Offline Signature Recognition with Machine Learning | 11th IASC-ARS Conference | 2019 |
Tools for Formatting and Validation of Research Microdata | 21º SINAPE | 2014 |
Palestras e Painéis
Webinar: The New Lean Startup
FIAP, 2025
Webinar: What's Coming and What's Already Reality in Medical Offices
BRASCRS, 2025
Panel: AI and the Future of Ophthalmology
OftalmoHack, 2025
Talk: The History of Artificial Intelligence
XXXI International Symposium of Ophthalmology, 2025
Panel: AI in Business and Purpose-Driven Work
Igreja Butantã, 2025
Risks and Opportunities for Privacy and AI Marketing
Jacto, 2024
Data Privacy Ops and GDPR
CIAB, 2020
AI for Strabimus
ARVO, 2020
Tracking Systems for Banking Sector
CIAB, 2018
IX International Life Sciences Institute Congress
ILSI, 2018
Congressos
Congresso Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2024 - Brasília CBO, 2024
Congresso de tecnologia da informação para instituições financeiras CIAB, 2018
60th ISI World Statistics Congress ISI, 2015
Simpósios
Inovações e I.A. em Oftalmologia XXXI SIOJT, 06/2025
Uso de I.A. para o desenvolvimento de ferramentas diagnósticas para avaliação de pacientes com Orbitopatia Distireodiana USP Eye Research Symposium, 09/2024
Web Scraping as a alternative data sources to predict E-Commerce indicators StatCan International Methodology Symposium, 2018
Workshops
Coordinated WetLab - Development of Artificial Intelligence Models
Brazilian Congress of Ophthalmology, 2025
Intro to LLMs and RAGs - 7th Week of Scientific Initiation
IBGE, 2024
No Code AI
XIII SBO, 2022
DRY AI - A mobile app to assist physicians on assessment of dry eye
ARVO Learn, 2019
VII NIC.br Annual Workshop on Survey Methodology
NIC.br, 2017
VI NIC.br Annual Workshop on Survey Methodology
NIC.br, 2016
Seminários
AI, Privacy and Open Banking
Bradesco Innovation Day, 2020
Meetups
Reproducing papers and evaluating benchmarks in the pre-training of Language Models in Portuguese Santander Meetups, 2019
DataOps Frameworks Itaú Meetups, 2019
Ensino
Vertical AI in Marketing ESPM, 2025
Vertical AI Mackenzie University, 2025
Telemedicine applied to Ophthalmology FM-USP, MOF-5770-31, 2024/03/14
AI in scientific research. For PhD students only FM-USP, MOF-5741, 2024/10/02
Innovation Class in Ophthalmology: How to train your algorithm USP HC, 2023
Introduction to Neural Networks Captalys, 2021
Innovation Class in Ophthalmology: ML for Physicians USP HC, 2020
Statistical Power for Data Scientists NTT DATA, 2019
Innovation Class in Ophthalmology: How to train your algorithm USP HC, 2019
The Grammar of Graphics NTT DATA, 2019
Data Visualization with Python and R NTT DATA, 2019
Introduction to Neural Networks NTT DATA, 2018
Machine Learning Hands-On NTT DATA, 2018
Convolutional Neural Networks NTT DATA, 2018
Introduction to TensorFlow Mackenzie, 2017