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Del Afonso

Evaluator · DISC type CDS
Founder - CEO at Harmony Baby Nutrition
📍 Greater Boston, United States

Del Afonso is the Founder and CEO of Harmony Baby Nutrition, an MIT-based startup using biotechnology to revolutionize the infant formula industry. A food-science expert with an MBA from MIT Sloan, he has over 15 years of experience translating science into consumer products. Colleagues describe him as a visionary, resilient, and creative leader.

His work is personally motivated by his own childs allergy to cows milk, driving his mission to create safer, hypoallergenic options for families. He maintains a strong connection to his roots in his beloved hometown of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where he was recently a featured speaker at TEDx.

His previous company, INVITA, was recognized by Deloitte as the second fastest-growing small or medium-sized enterprise in Brazil in 2015.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Founder - CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Boston, United States
Personality Overview

How Del shows up

Quality Focused
Thorough Evaluator
Hard To Convince

They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there

Priorities

Topics Del cares about

Infant Nutrition
He has dedicated over 15 years to the field as a researcher and entrepreneur, treating thousands of babies and founding multiple companies to advance baby nutrition.
Food Biotechnology
His company, Harmony, uses cutting-edge biotechnology and precision fermentation to create human breast milk components, aiming to replace cow's milk in formulas.
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Career

Work history

8-2018
Founder - CEO
Harmony Baby Nutrition
10-2010 - 4-2017
Chief Executive Officer
INVITA - 2nd place in the national ranking of fastest growing SME companies (Deloitte, 2015)
10-2006 - 9-2010
Chief Executive Officer
Edetec Food Industry
In the press

Media appearances

Harmony Baby Nutrition (Sze‑To Ching and Wendel Afonso). Featured in The Mills Fabrica
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Education
2017 - 2018
Master of Business Administration - MBA
MIT Sloan School of Management
2012 - 2012
Technology Entrepreneurship Online Course
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
2008 - 2010
Post-graduation
PUC Minas
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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