Alexandre Alvaro is PhD in Computer Science from Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) with sandwich period in Malardalen Univesity/Sweden at School of Innovation, Design and Engineering. He has participated in the business incubation / acceleration program at Flextronics Institute of Technology (FIT), Wayra-Telefonica and Startup Network from Endeavor. Startups evaluator of several programs in Brasil like: Startup Brazil, CESAR.Labs, SEED (Startups and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development) and Hubiz Inova Sorocaba; and evaluator of the Innovative Research in Small Companies (PIPE) from FAPESP. He was advisor from "Programa de Agente Local de Inovação" (ALI/SEBRAE). Was selected in 2016 by the Leaders in Innovation Fellowship promoted by Royal Academy of Engineering and Oxford University. Actually he is Associate Professor in Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) - Sorocaba and he is entrepreneur at SmarToys.
Alexandre Alvaro é Doutor em Ciência da Computação pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE (2009) com período sanduiche na Mälardalen Univesity / /Sweden at School of Innovation, Design and Engineering. Participou de processo de aceleração na Flextronics Institute of Technology (FIT), no Wayra-Telefonica e no Startup Network da Endeavor. Avaliador de startups de diversos programas como Startup Brazil, CESAR.Labs, SEED (Startups and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development) and Hubiz Inova Sorocaba. Foi orientador do Programa Agente Local de Inovação (ALI/SEBRAE) e é assessor Ad-hoc do Programa PIPE (Pesquisa Inovativa em Pequenas Empresas) da FAPESP. Foi selecionado para ser Fellow do Leaders in Innovation, promovido pela Royal Academy of Engineering e Oxford University. Atualmente é prof. Adjunto da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) - Sorocaba e cofounder da SmarToys.