Piero Contezini

BIO

Self-taught professional, started his career at 16 in information security consulting, working with vuln-dev and penetration testing. He founded one of the first Brazilian companies in the sector and at 19 sold it to a larger group going to work with them as their main consultant for larger companies. At 21 was hired as the team leader to develop technology for the gambling industry heading the efforts in a new software and hardware platform including true random number generators and high availability communication protocols. At 24 founded Informant, a software development services company with a focus on the web, mobile, and embedded applications, later being responsible for the sales operations of the company in São Paulo, working with companies like Mastercard and Rede Globo. Still in Informant, with the former founders, co-founded ContaAzul, the leader in SaaS accounting systems for SMBs in Brazil, accelerated by 500Startups in Silicon Valley. In 2013, created a second product in Informant called ASAAS, a fin-tech that focus on cash collection for individual entrepreneurs and small businesses. As ASAAS succeeded, in 2014 executed the second spin-off of Informant, becoming the CEO of ASAAS and ending his executive role in Informant. Today, besides being the CEO of ASAAS, he also acts as a small shareholder and technical advisor for GuiaBolso and investor in Motoboy.com.