Summary
Marcelo Sales is a CEO and founder specializing in digital accessibility and inclusive design with over two decades creating products and services across web and mobile. He combines deep WCAG expertise and knowledge of global accessibility laws with practical skills in front-end development, IA, UX research, and automated plus human testing to drive organizational change and compliance. Marcelo has built accessibility programs and tools used at major companies (including Itaú, Nubank, Globo and Google), created the widely adopted Guia WCAG and trains teams as a sought-after instructor across universities and industry. His background in industrial design, design thinking and neuroscience informs a rare blend of business strategy, cultural change management and hands-on design craft. Colocated in São Paulo, he’s known for turning complex accessibility standards into pragmatic workflows that scale across teams and products.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Especialização Transformational Design Thinking, Especialização Transformational Design Thinking at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
Bacharelado Desenho Industrial - Programação Visual, Bacharelado Desenho Industrial - Programação Visual at Universidade São Judas Tadeu
Pós-Graduação Ciências Humanas: Sociologia História e Filosofia, Pós-Graduação Ciências Humanas: Sociologia História e Filosofia at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Colegial Técnico Processamento de Dados, Colegial Técnico Processamento de Dados at Colégio Santo Antônio do Pari