Nilson Furquim da Silva

As a Manager at EY with over 4 years in the health and life sciences sector, I bring a wealth of experience in driving innovative solutions within this dynamic industry. With a strong foundation in project management spanning over 6 years, and a keen focus on product management for the past 2 years, I have honed my ability to lead diverse teams through complex projects, from conception to execution.

My passion for continuous learning and leadership has been the cornerstone of my career, enabling me to inspire my teams and foster a culture of innovation and excellence. At EY, I've been instrumental in leveraging cutting-edge technologies, including Azure AI and Generative AI, to develop and implement data-driven strategies that significantly impact our clients and the broader health sector.

With a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Universidade de São Paulo and a professional certification in product management, my technical expertise complements my strategic vision. My hands-on experience in conducting user experience interviews, managing advanced analytics platforms like Adobe Analytics and Power BI, and expanding our innovation community, underscores my commitment to driving growth and innovation.

I am driven by the desire to make a meaningful difference, guiding my teams to explore new business models and harness the power of technology. My goal is to continue leveraging my unique blend of skills and passions to deliver transformative solutions that not only meet but exceed our clients' expectations.

EY - Data & AI - From Senior to Manager JUL 2021 - Present

• As a Product Manager Coach for LATAM Data Products in Pharmaceutical Company (English and Portuguese)
  • Coached product owners, UX designer and developers on building and shipping internal products (data products) on agile and product management of 3 different countries in LATAM resulting in:
    • 5x faster features being shipped.
    • Recognition of deliveries most aligned to business needs.
  • Created vision, strategy and OKRs and metrics for 2 squads.
  • Related skills: Leadership, Coaching, Agile, Azure DevOps, SAFEe, Interviews, Vision, Strategy, Data Analysis, Power BI, Building and Shipping Technical products, English

• As a Product Manager of LATAM Commercial Dashboards in Pharmaceutical Company (English and Portuguese)
  • Led team on building and shipping internal analytics products (20 dashboards) for +700 active users with a multicultural team of full stack developers and business owners to business teams.
  • Led technically the improvement of the data pipeline reliability to reduce the number of incidents by 80% on ongoing dashboards.
  • Empowered developers from India (back-end and front-end) increasing in 3x the speed of incident response time and reducing my time dedicated to making technical decisions by 80%.
  • Defined, queried and interpreted data for internal product adoption and business metrics.
  • Planned and led the product discovery via exploratory and validation interviews increasing the adoption of dashboards by 300%.
  • Led end-to-end development of brand, finance, tax,  and supply dashboards launched for LATAM Management Team including:
    • Drew conceptual and functional  architecture and data modeling
    • Coached and trained junior developer on best development, data and DevOps practices
    • Cross-functional partner with multiple business teams
  • Changed team’s development, validation and testing practices resulting in 2x more features being shipped with less bugs.
  • Related Skills: Leadership, Coaching, Agile, Data Modeling, Azure DevOps, Interview, Focus Groups, Vision, Strategy, Data Analysis, Power BI, Backlog Management, English, Agile discovery

• As an Innovation Consultant and Innovation Community Product Manager for EY (English)
  • Created and implemented a culture of innovation metrics helping the team stop 25% of initiatives that didn't yield any result.
  • Led 2000+ innovation community 
  • Implemented “AARRR” metrics to Innovation Community
  • Created vision and strategy for the Innovation Community
  • Implemented Discovery Practices: Interviews, Focus groups, Quantitative Analysis  resulting in initiatives that increased engagement by 20%
  • Certified Digital Product Leader by Tera (Product Management Certification)
  • Related Skills: AARRR Metrics, Focus Groups, Discovery, Vision, Strategy, Project Management, Data Analysis, Power BI

EY - Data & AI - From Trainee to Consultant (consulting) SEP 2018 - JUN 2021

• As a Data Governance and Migration Project Manager for Healthcare Company (Portuguese)
  • Successfully led end-to-end data quality and migration of billions of records of clients, suppliers, materials, passives, accounts payable, accounts receivable and balance sheet.
  • Led developers and business analysts in the development of ETL programs for multiple business areas (data mapping, development, testing, validation, and deployment).
  • Led business data mapping meetings with multiple engineers and business teams.
  • Successfully managed and communicated project risks at executive/director level meetings.
  • Related Skills: Building and shipping complex solutions, Project Management, ETL, SQL, Data Analysis, Power BI, Business Data Mapping
• As a Data Quality and Migration Consultant for Healthcare Company (Portuguese)
  • Developed, tested, validated and shipped data quality solution now used on all data migration projects in Brazil.
  • Trained consultants to executives on data migration practices.
  • Developed ETL data pipelines to automate testing and migration of billions of records.
  • Managed migration of one data object
  • Related Skills: Building and shipping solutions, SQL, Data Analysis, Business Data Mapping

Monsanto - Business Architect Intern  FEB 2018 - AUG 2018

• Ran Q&A tests for application to support commercial team visits

SIDE PROJECTS AND COLLEGE EXPERIENCE  São Paulo

• Developed an enrichment and personalization tool using generative AI (OpenAI API and Streamlit).
• Ran discovery and used chatbase to create generative AI chatbot for motel companies.
• Led student organization of 480 volunteers, developing the strategic plan, managing teams and leading others.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelors in Computer Science at University of São Paulo São Carlos, SP - 01/2014-12/2018

Courses and Certifications::

• Digital Product Leadership (Product Management) Certification from TERA São Paulo, SP - 2020
• AI-900 Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals Certification from Microsoft São Paulo, SP - 2023
• Digital Adoption Certification from Pendo.io and Mind the Product São Paulo, SP - 2024
• User Experience from FIAP São Paulo, SP - 2024

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science at USP