Ricardo Fonzaghi serves as the Chief Growth Officer at Wheels, overseeing the commercial team that focuses on driving new business growth across all market segments. He brings more than 20 years of professional leadership to this role, having held several international executive positions. Ricardo is dedicated to expanding Wheels’ market presence, leveraging his extensive experience in fleet management, project management and technology to enhance client success and drive quality improvements.
Ricardo spent the first decade of his career designing and managing internet and telecommunication programs, half of that time serving the largest Telecom Company in Latin America. At LeasePlan he acquired expertise with many different countries and excelled in project management, quality improvement, streamlining matrixed organizations and administering multi-year programs with key decision-makers. Rising to Chief Commercial Officer, he was responsible for the company’s sales and implementation of fleet programs locally in the US and globally, in addition to truck and equipment financing.
Ricardo holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in International Project Management from a cooperative program between Fundação Getulio Vargas in Brazil and the University of California, Irvine and he is also a Harvard Alumni for successfully completing the Program for Leadership Development (PLD). In his free time, as a former athlete, Ricardo volunteers as a volleyball community coach working with young athletes in development of skills and character.
