Education
• BSc in Mechanical Engineering – UFRGS
• Business Administration – UFRGS
• CEMANT – Petrobras Maintenance Course

Professional Experience and Achievements
Founder & CEO – GAIA Group (since 1995)
• 1996 – P-25: Water intake riser
• 1997 – First Steel Catenary Riser (SCR) on a semi-submersible unit – P-18
• 2000 – P-31/P-25: First flare maintenance using rope access
• 2002 – P-34 Salvage – Rope access engineering
• 2003 – Development of the 37th largest supercomputer in the world for PGS
• 2006 – FPSO Cidade do Rio das Ostras (conversion, installation, and operation)
• 2006 – P-35: Emergency flare repair
• 2006 – Construction of the Cacimbas Dew Point Gas Processing Plant
• 2007 – P-52: Free Standing Riser base
• 2008 – Compact heat exchangers for pre-salt FPSOs
• 2008 – PLET/PLEM for the Uruguá-Mexilhão and Tupi fields
• 2010 – FPSO Cidade de Itajaí (conversion, installation, and operation)
• 2010 – Buoyant Tower – Design, construction, and installation – CX-15 (Peru)
• 2020 – Small ROV operation

CEO – PGS Brazil (1995–2006)
CEO – Teekay Petrojarl do Brasil (2005–2008)

Petrobras (1980–1993)
• Platform Manager – P-20, Marlim Field (1992–1993)
o Production: 60,000 bpd + 700,000 m³/day of gas
o Several production records achieved
• Procurement Manager – Petrobras America Inc. (1990–1991)
• Corporate Purchasing Manager – Petrobras Holding (1987–1990)
• Supply Chain Manager – Campos Basin (1986–1987)
• Start-up Platform Manager: MPG, PCH-2, PGP-1, PNA-2
• Campos Basin Northeast Hub: PPG-1, PVM-1/2/3, PCB-1/2/3
o Production representative in engineering design, contracting, and construction
• Participation in development plans: Barracuda/Caratinga, Merluza