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HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experienced with network and cellular products
- Solid planning, network and cellular engineering habilities and management of new projects
- Total quality and customer oriented
- Creativity, organization, relationship and presentation habilities

EDUCATION:
- 1979 -1983 - Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil

EMPLOYMENT:
- From Apr/2003 - Vivo - Biggest private Brazilian Operator of Mobile Telecommunications, as Engineer, working with technical planning and new technologies.
- From Mar/01/1999 until Apr/2003 - Tele Centro Oeste Celular - Private Brazilian Operator of Mobile Telecommunications, as Engineer, working with technical planning and new technologies.
- 15 years (from Feb/1984 until Feb/1999) - CTBC Telecom (Companhia de Telecomunicacoes do Brasil Central) and CTBC Cellular S/A - Private Brazilian Operators of Fixed and Mobile Telecommunications, as Engineer of Switching, working with planning, control of digital switching and new technologies.

CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Planning and Switching Engineering regarding Cellular Telephony and new technologies.

FORMER RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Techinical Consultant in a consortium that is disputing Cellular B Band operation in Brazil;
- Supervision and Consultance to the Microprocessed Equipaments Repairing Center;
- Research and Development of Periferal Equipments for analog switching;
- Testing and Aceptance of Digital Switching type EWSD from Siemens;
- Project Management of new and ampliation of switching centers;
- Numbering and Routing management;

COMPUTER SKILLS:
PC’s, MsDOS, Windows 3.X and Windows 95, Text Processors (MSWord), Spreadshets (MSExcel, Lotus 123) , Databases (MSAcess, Dbase), Presentations Managers (MSPowerpoint), Programing Languages (Basic, Pascal, Clipper, HTML), Cellular Planning (Celplan, PlaNet), Macromedia Flash,...

LANGUAGES:
English - Advanced Level
Spanish - Reading and understanding
Portuguese - very well

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- Assistant of the Electricity Course - Federal University of Uberlandia - 1981
- Teacher of Mathmatics and Phisician in State Schools - From 1981 to 1982
- Assistant of the Fundamental Electronics Course - Federal University of Uberlandia - 19822
- Period of professional training: Sagel - Transformer Factory - Goiania - Goias - Brazil - 162 hours in July of 1982
- Digital Practices with Integrated Circuits - Federal Engineering School of Itajuba
- Telecommunications for Engineers - Telebras Trainning Center
- Microprocessor I - Archtecture and Logics - Telebras Training Center
- Functions,Operation and Maintenance of the EWSD System - Equitel (Siemens)
- Compact of Marketing - CTBC Training Center
- Telexpo - Telecommunications Seminar of São Paulo - Brazil in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2002
- PCS'94 - Personal Communications Showcase - Seattle - WA - USA - 1994
- PCS'98 - Personal Communications Showcase - Orlando - FL - USA - 1998
- IFAST meetings - International Forum on ANSI-41 Standards Technologies
- CTIA'2000 - Cellular Communications Seminar - New Orleans - LA - USA - 2000

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
- "Leopardo" Operation 1994 - Best idea in new products - CTBC Telecom
- "Ford Fiesta" Testdrive Sentence Contest in September of 1996 - level: City of Uberlandia
- Published Report: "Nova Eletronica" Magazine # 104 - October/1985 - Section "Design Desk"

INTERESTS: Tennis, Internet, Swimming, Reading.

PARTICIPATION IN GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS:
- Catholic Praying Group: Shalom Community.
- Sports, entertaining and social Association: APCEF club.
- Hot water resources and thermal association: Bougainville Termas Clube Hotel.

REFERENCES: Available upon request.