From AI pilot to result on the balance sheet.
Twenty years in enterprise technology — banking, insurance, fraud prevention. I design AI strategy, architecture and governance for companies that need an operation, not another proof of concept.
AI & Automation Expert
I am one of the leading names in automation, generative AI and n8n in Brazil. Over more than 20 years in technology I have worked across billion-dollar corporations, startups and consultancies.
Today I am an n8n Expert Partner Premium in Brazil, Executive Director — AI & Innovation at ed, and founder of Flowgrammers AI Academy.
When I started there was no clear track for automation or AI. I built my own while juggling study, family and work — and that is where the mission took shape: teaching people to build intelligent systems.
Today I lead Flowgrammers AI Academy, the first Brazilian community dedicated to training automation managers and AI agent builders.
My commitment: equipping professionals to master automation and generative AI, and to transform their careers with it.
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Official n8n certification at the highest partnership tier, valid through December 2027. I was the first in the country to receive it, and the partnership covers Brazil and Latin America. I led the technical track at n8n's official event in Berlin in 2025, representing Brazil.
Favikon's global ranking, in AI Workflow Automation. Measured on 31 July 2026.
Named a Changemaker in the Technology category, as an inspiring leader for the LinkedIn community.
Agile Trends' Agilidade Brasil award, Tribes category. The case was built during my work on AI governance and GenAI at CAF.
First place among Brazil's most agile cases, Scale category, for the organisational transformation I led as Head of Agility at Youse Seguros.
An Anthropic partnership within the official Claude specialist network, applied to agent engineering, Claude Code and enterprise AI adoption.
Deterministic automation where the rule is yours; probabilistic autonomy only where it pays for itself. That separation is what holds AI up in a regulated environment.
One entry point, classification by context, routing with an audit trail. The simple case closes itself; the exception reaches a human with the case already assembled.
Policy written as configuration, not as a prompt. A named owner for the cost, Git-versioned environments, external secrets, log streaming. The decision criteria do not depend on the vendor's label.
The automation layer sits on top of what already exists. No migration, no replacing the core, no waiting for the next budget cycle.
Sectors where a mistake costs compliance, not rework.
Certified training for people who build on their own. In-company enablement for teams that need to operate as one.
Brazil's largest AI and automation literacy academy. Internationally certified programs in n8n, AI agents, Claude Code and vibe coding, an active community, and Flow Hub — the country's largest gamified AI and automation platform.
Workshops, programs and small talks on automation and AI for companies going AI-First. It starts with a maturity assessment, the track is built around your real operation, and the team leaves creating flows and agents without calling in consultants for every new request.
See B2B workshopsI write about what actually sustains AI inside a company: cost, governance, architecture, and what happens when the model changes.
Ric Neves (Ricardo Neves) is a Brazilian technology executive with 20 years of experience, specialised in applied artificial intelligence, process automation and the n8n platform. He is Executive Director — AI & Innovation at ed, founder of Flowgrammers and co-founder of n8nDay. He lives in the São Paulo metropolitan area and works on three fronts: AI strategy and governance for companies, enterprise n8n automation architecture, and training professionals.
It is n8n's highest partnership tier, and in Ric's case the certification covers Brazil and Latin America. He was the first in the country to receive it, in December 2025, valid through December 2027. In 2025 he also led the technical track at n8n's official event in Berlin, representing Brazil.
It is the first Brazilian community dedicated to training automation managers and AI agent builders, founded and led by Ric. It has trained more than 3,000 students. Counting the cohorts at ed, Flowgrammers and ricneves.advise together, more than 35,000 professionals have been trained over the last 5 years, across more than 5 countries.
n8n Expert Partner Premium for Brazil and Latin America, and Claude Network Partner — an Anthropic partner in the Claude specialist network. At Agile Trends he was awarded twice: in 2025, with a case among the three best in Brazil, with CAF; and in 2022, recognised as the most agile case in Brazil, with Youse Seguros.
Both. For companies, he designs AI strategy, architecture and governance — including automation in regulated environments, with SSO, RBAC, Git-backed environments, log streaming and external secrets. For individuals, he offers 1:1 mentorship and the training programmes of the Flowgrammers ecosystem.
It is an individual programme over Google Meet, in ninety-minute sessions, covering positioning, business, automation and monetisation with AI. There are three plans: Essential, with 2 sessions, 30 days of support and 1 year of access to the Flowgrammers ecosystem, at R$ 3,997; Advanced, with 4 sessions, 60 days and 2 years, at R$ 6,997; and Complete, with 6 sessions, 90 days and lifetime access, at R$ 9,997. All of them in up to 6 interest-free instalments by card, or 5% off paying upfront via PIX.
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