# Miguel Cararine > Creative Lead | Product Builder | Product Owner | @ NEXD Games Location: São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Profile: https://flows.cv/miguelcararine Gerente de Produtos com mais de 8 anos de experiência em empresas de tecnologia como IBM, Plug Apps e NeoSpace Games. Expertise comprovada em todo o ciclo de vida do produto, desde a concepção e desenvolvimento até o lançamento e estratégia de crescimento. Habilidade em liderar equipes multifuncionais, definir roadmaps de produtos e utilizar análise de dados para otimizar processos e impulsionar resultados. Especializado em análise de mercado, design de sistemas e aplicação de gamificação para aumentar o engajamento do usuário. Foco em soluções proativas e no alinhamento de metas de produto com os objetivos de negócios. ## Work Experience ### Creative Lead & Product Builder @ NEXD Jan 2026 – Present | Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil As a creative leader, I focus on developing products and services that fill gaps in underserved markets and meet massive demands. I specialize in combining game psychology and business strategy, transforming complex corporate challenges—such as hiring, engagement, and culture—into high-impact gamification experiences for large conglomerates. Throughout my career as a Game Producer, I have led projects that have reached thousands of users, combining aesthetic vision with real conversion and sales metrics. Combining my technical background in development with analytical market skills, my main deliverable is the "zero to one" journey: ideating, prototyping, and launching functional solutions that deliver immediate value to the end customer. ### Product Manager & Game designer @ NEXD Jan 2024 – Present | Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil Cross-functional Leadership: Led multidisciplinary design and engineering teams in the end-to-end development and launch of the ASTRON B2C SaaS, managing the product lifecycle from initial ideation through to Go-To-Market (GTM) execution. Strategic Opportunity Identification: Identified a significant market gap through extensive customer research; structured a compelling business case that secured executive board approval for MVP development. Market Validation & Media Relations: Orchestrated the MVP launch and spearheaded outreach to specialized media outlets, generating organic coverage and over 247,000 unique interactions, effectively validating initial product demand. Data-Driven Roadmap & UX: Leveraged user feedback and behavioral data from 247k interactions to validate core concepts, refine the UX/UI design, and establish a high-impact product roadmap for the engineering organization. Process Optimization: Streamlined engineering workflows by implementing Six Sigma methodologies, ensuring continuous value delivery and rigorous alignment with the strategic product roadmap. ### Product Owner @ NEXD Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil Strategic Cost Optimization: Spearheaded a large-scale migration to Open Source frameworks, streamlining internal processes and delivering a 12% reduction in annual operational expenditures. Product Ideation & Growth: Conceived and launched the ASTRON Mobile Launcher, a strategic product that successfully built a loyal player base, engaging approximately 15,000 annual active users. Data-Informed Leadership: Expert in defining and monitoring strategic KPIs to drive product direction, ensuring every roadmap decision is backed by solid metrics and business value. ### Product Manager | Mobile and Web Lead @ PlugApps Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil Responsible for resuming and modernizing the Brazilian social network project ‘Status’. I developed and implemented modern management processes based on agile methodologies and also contributed to the technical development using mobile technologies such as Kotlin and web technologies including JavaScript and TypeScript. Throughout the modernization process, the project gained significant recognition and market approval, being featured by major news outlets such as TechTudo, part of the Globo telecommunications network. ### Software engineer | Project Petrobras @ IBM Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | São Paulo, Brasil As a software engineer, I integrated Petrobras’ parts ordering systems with the FORAN system, a 3D platform used in the naval engineering process for assembling FPSO ships. ### Software Engineer | Project Bradesco @ IBM Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | São Paulo, Brasil For a short period, I was part of the support and maintenance team for BIA, an AI developed for customer service on Bradesco’s platforms and mobile apps. ### Software Application Developer | Project Honda @ IBM Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | São Paulo, Brasil The Honda project was IBM’s largest project in 2020. I was responsible for developing the two-wheeler and four-wheeler buying and selling system at dealerships. It was a system that integrated payment processing, seller verification for commission approval, and vehicle release or direct ordering from the factory yard. ### Desenvolvedor front-end @ Bigland.co - Plataforma de Recrutamento e Seleção Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil Web and mobile developer ### Estagio Professor @ Ctrl+Play Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | São Paulo e Região ## Education ### Pós-graduação Lato Sensu - MBA in Product Manager & Digital Growth Impacta Tecnologia ### Bacharelado em Jogos digitais in Programação de Jogos Digitais Impacta Tecnologia ### Desenvolvimento de Sistemas in Desenvolvimento de Sistemas Universidade Católica Dom Bosco ### Ensino Médio Completo ETEC - Albert Einstein ### Fundamental in Pedagogia - Ensino Fundamental Colégio Santo Ivo ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/miguelcararine - Portfolio: https://neospacegames.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/miguelcararine JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/miguelcararine/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31