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Francisco Milagres

Compliance and internal audit committee at Santa Maria

São Paulo, São Paulo

Overview 

Francisco Milagres is an Advisor for Innovative and Exponential Futures with a diverse background in areas such as IT Strategy, Business Strategy, and Information Security Management. Currently serving as a Board member and speaker, he has made significant contributions to companies like Mirach as Founder & Executive and F22 Tech Factory as an investor, showcasing his expertise in entrepreneurship and strategic decision-making.

Work Experience 

  • Founder & Executive

    2013 - Current

    Founded by Francisco Milagres, Mirach Ventures brings clarity where there is complexity, helping businesses thrive in an increasingly abundant, digital, and challenging future. Incorporated in 2011 in Brazil and the USA, the company offers many services, including inspiring lectures, practical training, strategic consulting, transformative mentoring, and structuring boards and committees, with expertise in strategy, technology, and innovation. Mirach Ventures is one of the few companies in the world connected to the innovative global platform OpenExO, created by Salim Ismail, founder of Singularity University and author of the influential books Exponential Organizations (2016), Exponential Transformations (2019) and Exponential Organizations 2.0 (2023) — the latter two developed in collaboration with Francisco Milagres. For over a decade, Mirach Ventures has operated in various sectors, sizes, and locations, serving companies on all continents such as Aboitiz, BASF, BHP Petroleum, Boston Scientific, Braskem, Claro, Coteminas, Embracon, Embratel, Indigo Group, Ipiranga, KPMG, Marcopolo, Mobly, Randoncorp, SEBRAE, Senior Sistemas, Siemens Energy, Sucos Tial, Unimed, VISA, Votorantim, YPO, among others.

  • Member of the Advisory Board

    2025

    Grupo Doc is a leading organization in managing medical staffing, talent, and care processes for public and private healthcare institutions. With a strong presence in Rio Grande do Sul and ongoing expansion into São Paulo, it has built one of Brazil's largest networks specialized in emergency and intensive care medicine. As a member of the Advisory Board, I provide strategic guidance in innovation, technology, and governance, supporting the organization’s accelerated and sustainable growth.

  • Member of the Information Security Committee

    2023

  • Member of the Innovation Committee

    2022 - 2024

    Embracon is one of the largest consortium administrators in the country, according to a ranking by the Central Bank, operating for over 30 years, with around 90 branches and over 600 sales partners throughout Brazil.

  • Mentor

    2021

    Top2You is a platform that connects inspiring mentors to professionals who want to accelerate their development.

  • Chief on Demand | Chief as a Service

    2021

    We brought together a group of C-Level professionals with years of experience and numerous achievements in the most diverse sectors of the market, willing to make their knowledge, know-how, and ability to transform the reality of new companies available. Chiefs commit just a fraction of their weekly schedule at a fraction of the hiring cost.

  • Investor

    2020

    Preparing ideas to takeoff

  • Certified ExO Workshop Trainer

    2018

  • Certified ExO Ambassador

    2018

  • Certified ExO Coach

    2017

    OpenExO is the global transformation ecosystem with more than 1,000 coaches, investors, consultants and innovation specialists helping organizations, institutions and people unlock abundance to change the world.

  • Member of the compliance and internal audit committee

    2024 - 2024

    Located in Guarapuava, in the Center of Paraná, the southern region of Brazil, the Santa Maria Group is one of the 100 largest companies in Paraná. It stands out in paper, reforestation, agriculture, and energy. For over 60 years, Santa Maria began her activities serving the national timber market. In the 1970s, it diversified its activities with the introduction of the first paper production machine, in addition to the construction of a hydroelectric plant. In the 1980s, the paper unit was expanded with the installation of a second machine. In the Group, I will be an external member of the compliance & internal audit committee.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2022 - 2022

    We are the sum of efforts since 1986. Over the years, MD Sistemas in Espírito Santo and Sistemas Senior RJ in Rio de Janeiro have presented themselves to the market with products and fundamental solutions for companies of all segments and sizes. WeDo Tecnologia serves more than 280 customers in 7 states and 2 countries, with 700 m² of state-of-the-art physical structure in offices in Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo.

  • Certified ExO Consultant & Coach

    2016 - 2022

    ExO Works is an advisory firm transforming businesses globally by shifting the organizational mindset. Our programs are designed to catapult established organizations into the world of exponential thinking and disruptive innovation demanded by the emerging Fourth Industrial Revolution. With this process, we help develop ExOs (Exponential Organizations), a new breed of businesses that leverage new organizational structures, the scale at the pace of technology and help move society from scarcity to abundance. ExO Works services are now part of OpenExO.

  • Certified ExO Agent

    2017 - 2017

    ExO Works is an advisory firm that transforms businesses on a global scale by shifting the organizational mindset. Our programs are designed to catapult established organizations into the world of exponential thinking and disruptive innovation demanded by the emerging Fourth Industrial Revolution. With this process, we help develop ExOs (Exponential Organizations), a new breed of businesses that leverage new organizational structures, scale at the pace of technology and help move society from scarcity to abundance. ExO Agents are certified to represent ExO Works, sell ExO Sprints & Workshops on behalf of ExO Works, and promote membership in the ExO Network.

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