Paulo Caroli has more than 20 years of experience with software development, working at various corporations from Brazil, India, USA and other across Latino America. In 2000, he discovery the Extreme Programming and, since then, focused his experience on Agile & Lean processes and practices. He joined ThoughtWorks at 2006 and worked as Agile Coach, Trainer, Project and Delivery Manager. He has a bachelor's degree in Computing and master in Software Engineering, both at PUC-Rio. Caroli is passionate about innovation, entrepreneurship and digital products. He is software engineer, writer, speaker and an exepctional facilitator.

Holding a master’s degree in Strategic Design, Carla believes in the collaborative potential of people to turn cities into better and more sustainable places. For 6 years, she has developed social innovation projects based on design, working on strategies, platforms and services to improve urban systems and quality of life in cities. As an example, in one of her projects, she traveled around 9 cities in the Brazilian semi-arid region, co-creating new futures for and with the local youths. Her company, Talking City, focuses on improving public services based on collaboration with citizens, with one of the main initiatives being the Safe City Movement - a safety innovation laboratory for the City of Porto Alegre. She is a member of the Ocupe & Abrace(Occupy and Hug) Collective (who works in the cultural and environmental occupation of “Praça da Nascente” city park in São Paulo) and she is a Professor in undergraduate and graduate programs at IED-SP and in the MBA Branding Innovation of Faculdades Rio Branco.