Francis de Mendonça Navarro

Francis Navarro holds a degree in Business Administration, an MBA in Software Engineering, and completed an Executive Program at Ohio University, USA. He is a Brazilian senior executive with over 20 years of experience leading organizational transformation across technology, processes, strategic projects and innovation. He currently serves as an executive leader at BRZ, one of Brazil’s leading homebuilders, helping transform the lives of Brazilian families through affordable housing. Under his leadership, technology became the company’s largest budget area, and he led the creation of BRZLab, its innovation lab. He also created Kintú, the first corporate AI platform in Brazil’s real estate sector, now generating revenue through licensing to other homebuilders.

At BRZ, a Brazilian homebuilder with annual revenue of about USD 300 million, he led enterprise transformation across technology, processes, projects and innovation. He made technology the company’s largest budget area, created BRZLab, and developed Kintú, the first corporate AI platform for Brazil’s real estate sector, generating licensing revenue and expanding BRZ beyond real estate sales into digital products.

Executive leadership in enterprise transformation, digital strategy, governance, innovation and change management. Strong ability to connect business, people, processes and technology to deliver scalable execution and measurable impact. Experienced in leading multicultural teams, aligning senior stakeholders, driving AI adoption, launching digital products and influencing the market through major industry events in Brazil, the U.S. and Europe.