Marco Kitagawa Pedroso

Marco Kitagawa Pedroso is an accomplished engineer with a strong background in software development and engineering management. Currently serving as a Founding Engineer at Class Companion since July 2023, Marco previously held the position of Senior Engineering Manager at Clever Inc., where significant achievements included expanding a remote team by four times, launching a critical education infrastructure product, and achieving a 95% retention rate among senior engineers. Prior experience at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer saw Marco lead projects contributing to substantial revenue growth, mentor numerous engineers, and co-author influential technical papers. Marco's early career includes a Graduate Research Assistant role at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, focusing on advanced voting systems. Marco holds both a Master of Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.