Ricardo Martins Costa is co-founder and Chief of Operations at Hartics, a holding company with several businesses in its portfolio. Hartics is a forward-looking holding company that invests in, builds and scales businesses across real estate, services, industry and clean energy. In this role, he leads operational strategy and execution, governance frameworks and shared-services delivery to ensure portfolio companies, which span from high-end property developments and 3D-printed housing ventures to co-working/co-living concepts and green-energy projects, move efficiently from prototype to market and achieve sustainable growth.
With more than ten years in the tech sector, Ricardo is a seasoned executive and entrepreneur, with a background spanning startups, scale-ups, and established firms, and leadership roles in operations, AI, blockchain, marketing, sales, among others.
He co-founded turnU, a bespoke communication agency delivering custom branding campaigns and highly-tailored events, and spearheaded Wipanto’s expansion, deploying its Wi-Fi-based consumer-insights platform in hundreds of locations across the country. More recently, he shaped go-to-market and community-building strategies in AI at Dotmoovs, translating emerging technologies into scalable business solutions.
Ricardo is also committed to fostering entrepreneurship education through a long-standing collaboration with Junior Achievement, both nationally and internationally.
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