Biography
Sílvio Romero de Lemos Meira is a Brazilian scientist, professor, and entrepreneur with extensive experience in software engineering and innovation. He is currently an associate professor at the Rio de Janeiro Law School of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) and a professor emeritus at the Center for Informatics at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). Meira serves as chairman of the board at Porto Digital and is a board member and partner at various companies.
In 2000, Meira was instrumental in founding Porto Digital, recognized as Brazil’s largest technology park. He is also a co-founder of the CESAR innovation institute, where he served as chief scientist for over 12 years, as well as Genomika, the IKEWAI and Saints Investments funds, and other ventures. In the 1990s, Meira co-created the Radix.com search engine, which was later acquired by Banco Opportunity.
He has received numerous prestigious honors, including the National Order of Scientific Merit in 1999 and the Order of Rio Branco in 2001 from the Brazilian Presidency, the title of Commander of the Order of Merit of Guararapes by the Pernambuco State Government in 2007, and the Medal of Knowledge from the Ministry of Development, Industry, and Foreign Trade in 2008. Meira also served on the President’s Council for Economic and Social Development in 2009.