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Edney Souza, known in the digital world as InterNey for being one of the pioneers of the Brazilian internet, is a professor, speaker, and advisor specialized in innovation and technology. Working in the technology market since 1990 as a developer, since 2006, he has co-founded 7 startups (5 MarTechs, 1 EdTech and 1 HRTech). InterNey.net was recognized by the International Data Group (IDG) as the most popular blog on the Brazilian internet in 2006, 2007, and 2008. From 2009 to 2024, he has served as a curator or organizer for events like Campus Party Brasil and Social Media Week São Paulo. He is the author of the book "Digital Transformation: Mindset, Culture, Business, and Leadership in the Digital Age" (2023) and co-author of "Understanding the Internet" (2009), "Marketing in Information Science" (2021) and "Innovation Governance" (2024). In 2015, he was honored by the São Paulo City Council for his contributions to the development of the digital market. Since 2016, he has been recognized as a Top Voice by LinkedIn. In 2018, he received the Digitalks Award as recognition for his contributions to market development. Since 2018 has been recognized as a Marketing Expert by Pinterest. In 2019, he was featured in the documentary "Hackers," available on Amazon Prime. As a consultant, he has worked for Disney, Ford, Doctors Without Borders, Grupo ABC, Automattic, Pag Seguro, UOL Host, and SEBRAE-MG. He teaches at institutions like ESPM, Startse, HeadHunters Academy, FMUSP, and PUC-RS, and has been a guest professor at FGV, UNICAMP, Mackenzie, FAAP, Cásper Líbero, PUC-SP, FECAP, and SENAC. He has trained companies such as Vivo, Playcenter, Ambev, UnitedHealth, GrandVision by Fototica, Faber Castell, AstraZeneca, Bridgestone, Bain & Company and Votorantim. As a speaker, he has worked with JBS, SEBRAE, TCE/SC, Bayer, Vivo, IBM, AXA, Fleury, Banco do Brasil, Gafisa, Volkswagen, XP and SAP. He has been invited to cover events like Adobe Summit, IBM Amplify, and IBM Interconnect, Viva Technology Paris, Futurecom and Google Cloud Summit. He has been a columnist or guest on media outlets like GloboNews, Band, SBT, Cultura, Transamérica, Você S/A, Adnews, Galileu and Playboy. He has served as a juror or organizer for awards like iBest, Blog Talent Show from youPIX, IBM Brasil Cultural Contest, Web Got’s Talent by W3C, Ford Hackathon, Virada Empreendedora's Pitch Fights, ABRADi Digital Professional Award and Rocketseat’s Show Me The Code.