Marcio is a post-conventional thinker on a quest to accelerate the spread of management innovation.

He has pioneered the Value Stream Management space, helping fast-movers and progressive organisations to forge resilient and more humane Value Streams.

With a software engineering and management consulting background, Marcio stands as a global authority in Kanban, Lean Management, and Flow Efficiency. His extensive hands-on experience encompasses the entire software lifecycle, portfolio and product management, delivery management, and continuous improvement.

Marcio’s dynamic energy and expertise are pivotal in shifting paradigms. His ability to bring new ideas and visions to life is unmatched. He excels in creating alignment and shared vision among large, diverse groups, engaging them deeply in pursuing common, meaningful goals. Known for his ability to function as a compass and pacemaker for team-of-teams, he embodies the essence of transformative leadership.

Marcio has extensive experience advising, coaching, and training teams and leaders in a wide range of value streams, operating models, organisational designs, cultures and social dynamics. He has an insatiable curiosity for what makes high-performing technology organisations great.

Marcio has had several entrepreneurial experiences and has a unique ability to nurture environments where innovation thrives, building and growing world-class engineering cultures. Recently, Marcio was the founding engineer and former Chief Product and Technology Officer of Flomatika, a disruptor platform in the global Value Stream Management space.

As a Brazilian-Australian who is introverted and occasionally socially awkward, Marcio is recognised for his authentic and empathetic leadership style. Farming ideas and sparking innovation are among his superpowers. He is a frequent speaker at international tier-1 conferences and an author of various thought-provoking articles.

After neglecting to prioritise his physical and mental health, he now understands its importance as a fiduciary responsibility, transforming his relationship with the work. He now better balances his professional life with activities that bring him joy, like going on weekly dates with his wife, cooking with the kids, reading, going to the gym, doing yoga and walking Brownie, the dog.