Engineer Entrepreneur Executive Director Master's student at MIT FIRST Robotics mentor

Never stop being a beginner.

I'm Thomaz Pinelli, an engineer, entrepreneur, husband and father of Pedro, Luiza and Manuela. I built my career in industry, went broke, started over and today I lead the Teagá companies. I founded and still mentor Alphabots 1860, a FIRST Robotics Competition team, and I went back to school, now at MIT and Harvard. I share all of it on social media, in talks and in mentoring.

What I talk about

Corporate: 13 years at Johnson & Johnson
Entrepreneurship
FIRST Robotics Competition
I've gone broke: mistakes, fresh starts and what I learned
Academia: my path and tips for getting in
Technology, industrial and beyond
MIT and Harvard: what I'm learning at the two best universities in the world

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200+people led across the Teagá companies
5companies where I am a shareholder and industrial and management board member through TeagáPar

About me

A path always under construction

I started early, at my family's store. By 12 I already had a job outside, as an office boy. Engineering took me into industry, industry took me into management, and the urge to build took me into entrepreneurship. Today I still run the businesses, and I went back to the classroom because I still have a lot to learn.

ETEP: Electronics Technician

Technical school was where my path in engineering began.
Johnson & Johnson: Engineering Manager

In industry, I learned to connect technical knowledge, management and accountability for results.
ETEP: Electrical Engineering

I broadened my engineering foundation while building my professional experience.
USP: Graduate Program in Business and Project Management

Studying management changed the way I look at projects, people and business.
Teagá: Executive Director

Entrepreneurship brought the responsibility of building companies, developing teams and making decisions every day.
MIT: Master's Student in System Design and Management

I became a student again to connect new ideas to the challenges I face in the companies.

Courses at Harvard Business School

FIRST Robotics Competition

Where it all connects

EducationSocial impactTechnologyIndustry

Alphabots 1860

Founder and mentor of Alphabots 1860, a FIRST Robotics Competition team. Young people designing, building and programming real robots.

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Talks and mentoring

Conversations I bring to the stage and to business

I share experiences on careers, entrepreneurship and technology with people who need to make decisions in practice. Topics can be adapted to each company's moment and each audience.

Never stop being a beginner

The value of continuing to learn, questioning certainties and starting over. A conversation about careers, leadership and the choices that took me from industry and entrepreneurship back to the classroom.
For whom

Leaders, teams, professionals in transition and entrepreneurs.
What you take back to work

Willingness to learn
Openness to revisit decisions
Reflection on careers and new cycles
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Entrepreneur on stage

Behind the scenes of building and running companies: hard decisions, people, cash, growth and fresh starts. Experiences from someone still living these challenges.
For whom

Business owners, founders, leaders and business communities.
What you take back to work

Reflection on the owner's decisions
Delegation and management
Lessons from mistakes and fresh starts
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Real-world AI

What a business owner or leader needs to understand about artificial intelligence to decide where to apply it. Concepts I study at MIT and Harvard, connected to hands-on experience in the companies.
For whom

Business owners, managers and teams who need to understand and apply AI without a technical background.
What you take back to work

Telling concepts apart
Spotting useful problems
Choosing where to start
Understanding the role of data, people and processes
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Companies

Where ideas meet operations

At Teagá, we bring together companies and specialties to solve engineering, industrial and technology challenges. It's where many of my ideas meet reality: clients, teams, projects and decisions that need to deliver results.

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Other businesses, the same drive to build

Through TeagáPar, I am a shareholder and industrial and management board member in five companies: three product businesses and two in education. Companies with their own history, where I bring what I learned building Teagá.