Dore Rodrigues, Gustavo
Brazil
CAREER Enrolled in September 2009; Completed master’s degree in September 2011
I finished my bachelors in Journalism in Brazil and Started KMD in September 2009. I was part of 2 projects: the Event Producing, under Ohta sensei, and later wrote my thesis with the Media Furniture project, under Okude sensei. Right after graduation I got an amazing job as a Product Planner at Sony and after a few years moved to a UX Design position at Recruit Technologies.
KMD was more than I could have wished for: The facilities were beautiful, the professors were from prestigious backgrounds and my classmates were open minded, smart and easy to talk to.
Today I am the founder and CEO at a startup in Japan. We make software for HR and have around 30 employees, 700 clients worldwide and 400.000 users at the moment. (and gladly, we keep growing). I attribute a lot of my success to my time at KMD, which taught me the steps that lead to great products. And also introduced me to some of my best friends, whom I still meet often and are the support for my private life in Japan.
(This article was written in March 2023.)