Summary
Lucas Passos is a seasoned general manager and growth leader with 8 years of experience driving sales, operations and people strategy across fast-scaling food-tech businesses in Brazil and Latin America. He led major expansions at iFood—launching new markets, scaling teams from dozens to hundreds, and growing partner sign-ups and contracts by multiples—then moved into leadership roles at Nomad and Praso focused on organizational growth. With an academic grounding in international business and executive training from Harvard and UC Berkeley, he bridges commercial strategy and technical fluency in areas like legacy integration, APIs and DevSecOps. He’s skilled at building repeatable go-to-market engines, improving customer experience metrics, and turning pilots into nationwide operations. Notably, he has a track record of launching novel initiatives (e.g., Restaurant Week Delivery) that opened premium channels for delivery while simultaneously scaling core logistics. Based in São Paulo, he combines operator rigor with a talent-first approach to scale sustainable businesses.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Leadership program, Leadership program at University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor's degree Negócios Internacionais, Bachelor's degree Negócios Internacionais at ESPM Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing
Ecommerce masterclass, Ecommerce masterclass at Harvard University
Harvard Business School
English, Spanish, Portuguese