João Vicente Gonçalves

His education includes performance arts, social sciences, and information technology. He holds a post-graduate degree in Marketing and an MBA degree from COPPEAD–UFRJ. He enhanced his management and leadership knowledge at MIT Sloan Executive Education, Boston, USA; IMD–Lausanne, Switzerland, and AMANA-KEY.

Complementing his diverse profile, Vicente is an actor, author, director, drama teacher, poet, and writer. During recent years, he has published several articles on creativity, innovation, and the book HCMBOK - The Human Change Management Body of Knowledge - A Guide to Addressing Human Factors in Project Management, published in english, spanish and portuguese.

For 30 years he was a consultant and executive in national and global companies, having received 12 innovation-, project-, and change-management-related awards from renowned publications. He was elected CIO (Chief Information Officer) of the Year in the media and communication area four times. In 2010 he received the Assis Chateaubriand commendation from the São Paulo Arts and Literature Academy, for relevant services in the area of scientific and human development. He is a guest professor and lecturer in several organizations, including PMI, PMO Alliance, CIO Summit, PMO Master Class, ACMP, FGV, ABPMP, among others.

In addition to being CEO of the Human Change Management Institute, Vicente is a consultant in the areas of creativity and innovation, change management, conflict management, team creation, and integration. His extensive experience includes work in Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Peru, Spain, South Africa, the United States, and Uruguay.

Specialties: IT Management, Change Management, Innovation Management