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Julio Navas is a Founder & Principal at Navas Innovations based in San Francisco Bay Area, United States, North America. Proven global technology leader with over 30 years of experience in software architecture, product definition, and global team leadership within the B2B SaaS and enterprise software industries. Demonstrated expertise in leading large, diverse software organizations, overseeing end-to-end product development, and driving software validation, verification, and integration. Successfully scaled global teams of 100+ engineers and AI/ML specialists, launched 9 innovative products, and established strategic partnerships with industry leaders like SAP, Discover, and AMEX. Skilled in identifying industry trends, executing competitive analysis, and aligning product strategies with market needs. Recognized for optimizing processes, accelerating time-to-market, and delivering scalable, high-performance solutions that drive revenue growth and market leadership. Experience: ● 30+ years of product development experience ● 21+ years executive leadership leading global Product Marketing, Product Management and Engineering ● 10+ years delivering B2B enterprise-class SaaS products ● 8+ Years as market category & product portfolio owner Revenue: ● $12M Raised in Venture Financing ● 10X new customers, 4X non-U.S. revenue, +25% U.S. revenue, 14k+ suppliers, and $60B+/year payments achieved for SAP financial products ● 5X y-o-y increase in MQLs leading to multi-million-dollar increase in sales pipeline Innovation: ● 9 new products innovated from 0-to-1 including ideation, funding, development, and market deployment ● 50 countries achieved for product globalization and global growth ● 97% decrease in supplier onboarding time and 80% reduction in partner integration time through data-driven and metric based improvements AI / ML: ● 30%-50% savings achieved using AI to solve intractable supply chain and human resources prob-lems Leadership: ● Manager of managers for a global team of Solution Management, 9 Product Managers, 100+ Engineers, and 13 Deep Learning AI/ML engineers with people in the U.S., South America, Europe, and India ● Grew B2B payments team from 5 to 54 with sales, operations, product, marketing, and engineering Ecosystems: ● 11 partners, 55 financing funders, and 2 internal VARs achieved for a new global partner ecosystem ● Secured SAP's Industry Cloud Preferred Partner and Store Spotlight (top 0.16% partner) Awards: ● Twice won the SAP Employee-of-the-Year award and my products have won top industry awards Publications: ● Engineering Leadership: A Silicon Valley Perspective book with focus on Product, AI, and Career ● 6 Patents Granted