Manuel Maria Pulido Garcia Ferrao de Souza

ICT Group, Inc. provides outsourced customer management and business process outsourcing solutions. ICT Group offers customer care/retention, cross-selling/upselling, technical support, database marketing, data entry/management, voice analytics, scanning and imaging, e-mail response management, remittance processing, collections and other back-office business processing services. The company provides services to retail banks, mortgage companies, credit rating agencies and insurance carriers in the financial services industry. ICT Group was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Newtown, PA.

Inter-American Dialogue is an organization that works towards promoting democratic governance, prosperity, and social equity in the Americas. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The American company engages with leaders in the region to shape policy debate, devise solutions, and enhance cooperation.

Part of Claranet Ltd., Claranet Brasil - Tecnologia da Informacao Ltda. Based in Barueri, Brazil, the company was founded in 1996. is a provider of managed Cybersecurity and Cloud services. The Brazilian company's focus is on helping businesses make their IT departments more strategic. The CEO is Edivaldo Rocha.

100 Open Startups Tecnologia e Servicos SA is a leading platform in open innovation. The company is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil and was founded in 2004. The Brazilian company focuses on connecting innovation opportunities between companies, startups, the scientific community, and investors. The company is responsible for the Open Innovation Week - Oiweek, a reference platform for events in the sector since 2008, and the Ranking 100 Open Startups, created in 2016.