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Thais Castello Branco is the founder and CEO of Taste Labs. She was previously a member of the founding team at Exa.
Founder at Tastelabs
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Experience
- Taste LabsFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — present
- ExaFounding Head of Strategy & Marketing2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- CreioInvestor2024 — 2025
- CreioCo-Founder & CPO2023 — 2024
- LatitudLatitud Fellow2023 — 2024
- HublaVP of Growth and Marketing2023
- The Kraft Heinz CompanyStrategy & Innovation - Sauces, Desserts and Foodservice2020Chicago, Illinois, United States
- The Kraft Heinz CompanyBrand Lead for Claussen & Growth Product Innovation2019 — 2020Greater Chicago Area
- The Kraft Heinz CompanySpringboard Startup Incubator2018 — 2019Greater Chicago Area
- Columbia Business SchoolAdvanced Projects and Applied Research in Fintech2019New York, New York
- AmbevBrand Marketing2016 — 2017São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Skills & more
Innovation Management6Public Speaking2Strategic PlanningStrategic PartnershipsStrategyBrand StrategyConsumer GoodsE-commercePerformance Marketing1AdvertisingHiringFinTech
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- Who is Thais Castello Branco?
- Thais Castello Branco is the founder and CEO of Taste Labs. She was previously a member of the founding team at Exa.
- Where does Thais Castello Branco work?
- Thais Castello Branco is Founder of Tastelabs.
- What companies did Thais Castello Branco found?
- Thais Castello Branco founded Tastelabs.
- Where did Thais Castello Branco go to school?
- Thais Castello Branco studied at University of Chicago (B.A., Econometrics and Quantitative Economics); Harvard Business School (Accepted to MBA 2+2 - dropped out to keep building in tech :)); Latitud (Fellow).
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