Ricardo Sudario

Founder & CEO of Dual Pace, a strategic advisory firm that combines advisory and hands-on implementation to help organizations navigate complex business and product challenges with clarity and rigor. At Dual Pace, we work closely with senior leadership teams to precisely frame strategic problems, design actionable roadmaps, and actively support execution, from operating models and metrics to product and technology alignment. Our approach bridges strategy and delivery, enabling clients to move from insight to impact and build sustainable, scalable growth.

Quantica is a technology boutique founded to solve complex business challenges through tailor-made digital products and AI-driven solutions. With over 15 years of experience and projects delivered across more than 17 countries, Quantica connects strategic vision and technical excellence to develop custom software, platforms, and intelligent systems that drive sustainable growth, resilience, and future readiness. The company combines structured governance, flexibility, and deep business understanding to ensure every project delivers measurable impact and aligns technology with real strategic needs across industries and global contexts.

Cogna Educação is the largest education group in Brazil (24,000 employees; ~R$5bn in annual revenue), encompassing more than 150 brands and serving over 2.5 million students per year. Led Product and Go-To-Market strategy for multiple large-scale online education products (college prep, lifelong learning, professional education, and public-service exam prep). Owned the business P&L and, in the final six months, increased media ROI by 13x and subscription conversion rates by 10x.

Stoodi is a digital education company within the Cogna group, focused on expanding access to high-quality education and higher education in Brazil, serving millions of students annually. Led a full company turnaround with a strong focus on financial sustainability. Drove workforce right-sizing, discontinued underperforming business lines, redesigned core products and pricing plans, and restructured the operating model across Technology, Product, and Operations. Throughout the transformation, the business maintained NPS above 70 and achieved subscriber MAU levels 8x above market benchmarks.

Vetor Brasil (now Motriz) is an organization that attracts, selects, and develops top talent to drive impact at scale across Brazilian governments. Led Product and Innovation functions, overseeing the planning and delivery of digital products, technology platforms, and data analytics capabilities to increase organizational scale and operational efficiency. These initiatives expanded annual selection-process capacity by 15x and increased applicant volume by 3.5x, with no proportional increase in costs.

Escola de Políticas Públicas (EPP) develops educational solutions to strengthen public-sector leadership in Brazil, with a focus on municipal governments. Led a full organizational restructuring, including new business development, modernization of the project and services portfolio, team development, and relationship management with institutional partners and the board. Drove strategic repositioning to improve organizational focus, execution capacity, and long-term sustainability.

Sílabe was an online learning platform designed for teachers, school leaders, students, and parents. The product enabled educators to publish and manage learning content and activities, combining original materials with curated external resources; provided real-time visibility into classroom, student, and school-level performance; and introduced more interactive learning experiences beyond the classroom. In parallel, led the development of a white-label LMS offering, adopted by corporate clients as a customizable learning platform.

Quantica is a technology company specializing in large-scale e-learning and digital learning solutions for enterprise and public-sector organizations in Brazil and the United States. As Co-Founder and CEO, led the company’s growth and delivery of strategic projects for organizations including World Bank Group, Poupatempo, Secretaria da Fazenda de São Paulo, and the Manaus Fund, among others. After five years, successfully completed a structured executive succession process, transitioning leadership while ensuring business continuity and long-term relevance. Quantica continues to operate globally, with projects delivered across several countries.

Served as a Product and Technology Consultant for Evoke, a large-scale, multiplayer educational game built around project-based learning to develop socio-emotional and leadership skills. The initiative blended real-world challenges with digital gameplay, engaging participants as “Evoke Agents” completing missions that addressed local development needs. The program was deployed across South Africa, Colombia, and Brazil, reaching 100,000+ learners in total. (Project delivered for the World Bank Group.)

Contributed to the development of learning-support platforms used in blended and online graduate programs delivered under the USP / UNIVESP initiative. Worked on product development using lean management and design thinking methodologies, in collaboration with the d.school (Stanford). Focused on deeply understanding the needs of students, faculty, and academic administrators, and translating those insights into continuously evolving digital learning products.

INFO Exame was a leading Brazilian monthly magazine covering technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Worked at INFOLab, the publication’s product-testing lab, evaluating consumer and enterprise technology products featured in each issue. Contributed to hands-on testing, comparative analysis, and technical assessments that informed editorial coverage.

O Columbia Startup lab é um non-credit course transversal da Columbia University (EUA), criado a partir de uma parceria entre o Columbia College, e as schools of Business, Engineering, Law, e International and Public Affairs. O objetivo do programa é apoiar, durante um ano, o desenvolvimento de startups de ex-alunos que passaram por um processo de seleção. Fui um dos dois empreendedores externos e estrangeiros convidados a fazer parte do programa, na turma de 2016.