PROFILE & STRATEGY

Design, Strategy & The Evolution of Experience

Professional Summary
20+ Years Trajectory

Over 20 years of transforming complexity into operational clarity. My journey is driven by a passion for solving real problems, bridging strategic design, growth, and the potential of AI.

Currently

Product Designer at Ticket Edenred Serviços, focused on the self-service acquisition journey and activation strategies.

My initial education was in Advertising and Publicity (technical), followed by a degree in Social Communication with a focus on Public Relations from PUC-RS, and later an MBA in Business Management from FGV.

The beginning of my career took place in traditional communication contexts, with a brief stint in the broadcasting industry, followed by a role in corporate communications within chemical industries, where I remained for about three years.

Joining the marketing department of a management systems company marked the beginning of a deeper transition. It was in this environment that a deliberate career change began: moving from a focus on communication and marketing to an increasingly technical area linked to product design, processes, and technology. This transition did not happen abruptly, but as a continuous process of relearning—methods, techniques, tools, and ways of working—over time.

Later, the experience at Gympass (now Wellhub) was the gateway into the Growth universe. Acting as the company's first Growth Designer, I found in Product Growth an axis that connected product, business, data, and communication, and I began to use this mindset as a guide for career decisions and professional performance.

Over the last two years, an interest in artificial intelligence has taken on a significant role. It is a field still in formation, and the focus has been on exploring practical applications, understanding how AI can integrate into work processes, design methods, and, in some cases, be thought of as a product. Whenever possible, this exploration happens not only in the final result but throughout the process itself—just like in this portfolio.

Seniority

20+ Years

Location

Remote / Global

Specialization

B2B SaaS Growth

Portrait of Sabio Lopez

Operational Principles

  • 01Data-Driven Discovery
  • 02Systemic Thinking
  • 03Frictionless Handoff

Stack & Tools

FigmaReactNext.jsTailwindCSSPythonLLM Fine-tuningMixpanelAmplitude

Education & Specializations

FORMAÇÃO ACADÊMICA

MBA in Business Management

FGV

B.A. in Social Communication (PR)

PUC-RS

Technical in Advertising & Publicity

UFRGS/Escola de Comércio

CURSOS & ESPECIALIZAÇÕES

Design Systems

Design System Specialist

Meiuca

Planning, construction, and governance of scalable design systems

Product

Product Management

PM3

Fundamentals of product management, life cycle, and working in squads

Product

Product Discovery

PM3

Research techniques, problem definition, and hypothesis validation

Product

Product Analytics

PM3

Using data to guide product decisions

UX / Architecture

OOUX Certification

OOUX.org

Structuring UX from objects, relationships, and domain rules

Growth Design

Growth Design

Growth.Design

User psychology applied to acquisition, activation, and retention

Product / Growth

Product Design 2.0 – Product-Led Growth

BTX

Product-oriented design and growth in PLG environments