AI Sovereignty
“AI Anywhere. Under Your Control.” Enterprise AI that runs wherever the business needs it, with control over data, cost and governance.
Technology · Services · Artificial Intelligence
AI that delivers results. With control.
I’m Valério Mateus. I lead Lenovo’s Services & Solutions business in Latin America and split my time between customers, stages and a local AI lab, where I test in practice what I advocate on stage.
30years in technology and services
1,500+leaders at the Barranquilla keynote
3languages: PT · ES · EN
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Service Desk agent · voice and text · local
semantic search over drone footage
edge inference · data under control
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01 · What I’m doing with AI
From hype to real operations.
Three fronts I’m working on right now: bringing AI into enterprises with governance, learning from the world’s most demanding environments, and testing everything hands-on.
AI at the edge
From Formula 1, with 650 TB of data per race weekend, to the 2026 World Cup: the same lessons apply to banking, retail and manufacturing.
Local lab
On a ThinkStation PGX: a voice and text Service Desk agent and a semantic indexer for my drone footage. All running locally.
02 · Talks and events
On stage.
Nov 2026 · Barranquilla, Colômbia
Tech Forum — Cámara de Comercio de Barranquilla
Keynote session on AI Sovereignty for more than 1,500 leaders, alongside partners Accesar and Adistec Colombia.
Mar 2015 · São Paulo
WTC Business Club — Grupo de CHROs
Panel on variable compensation and sales team motivation.
Feb 2015 · Curitiba
WTC Curitiba
Sales strategies in times of instability and low growth.
03 · In the media
Interviews and coverage.
IT ForumArticle
Os bastidores tecnológicos da Lenovo na Fórmula 1
Sport InsiderVideo
Mais que patrocínio: a parceria tecnológica com a FIFA
Folha de S.PauloArticle
A ferramenta de IA da FIFA para as seleções na Copa
TecMundoArticle
VAR 2.0: avatares 3D dos jogadores como tira-teima
CNN BrasilArticle
Da tática ao VAR: como a IA promete inovar na Copa de 2026
Times Brasil | CNBCVideo
A primeira Copa da inteligência artificial
TI InsideArticle
Lenovo e FIFA levam IA para o centro da operação da Copa
Mobile TimeArticle
O ecossistema tecnológico da Lenovo na Copa do Mundo
Rádio PelotenseAudio
Tecnologia e experiência das pessoas em grandes eventos
UOL EconomiaArticle
IA transforma esportes em infraestrutura de dados
04 · On LinkedIn
Recent posts.
Nov 2026 · ENLinkedIn
Representing Lenovo at the Tech Forum in Barranquilla: over 1,500 leaders and a key session on AI Sovereignty — moving past the AI hype toward real results, with control and governance.
Nov 2026 · PTLinkedIn
A tecnologia da Fórmula 1 e os desafios do mercado corporativo têm muito mais em comum do que parece. O que muda é apenas o “autódromo”.
Aug 2026 · ESLinkedIn
“Break the Rules” não significa ignorar regras. Significa desafiar o pensamento convencional e encontrar formas melhores de entregar resultados ao cliente.
06 · Career
Thirty years building services businesses.
I started as a partner in a software company, helped build services operations from scratch at multinationals, and today I lead Lenovo’s SSG in Latin America.
Education
Computer Engineering — Unicamp
MBA in International Business — FIA
MBA in Business Management — FIA
- LenovoGM, Services & Solutions Group LATAM2022 — present
- CognizantHead of Digital Business LATAM · Director CIS Brasil2019 — 2022
- DXC TechnologyPractice Leader LATAM DXC/AWS · Digital Services2016 — 2019
- DellServices Director Brasil2011 — 2016
- T-SystemsSales Executive2010 — 2011
- EDS / HPBusiness Development Executive2006 — 2010
- PCA Engenharia de SoftwarePartner, sales director and consultant1996 — 2006