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New York, United States

• Managing project and partnerships pilot initiatives for a significant USAID-funded public-private partnership grant led by CDP.• Actively engaged in addressing deforestation driven by commodities, promoting global climate and biodiversity goals, and encouraging inclusive development investments in key tropical landscapes, with a primary emphasis on Latin America and Southeast Asia.• Provide periodic progress through technical and financial reports for the USAID Executive Committee.• Participates in international meetings to oversee project deliveries.

Brazil

• CITES Scientific authority;• Monitored, identified and raised attention of the Management Authority regarding trade impacts on Brazilian ecosystems (including Amazon Rainforest) and specie’s populations;• Generated multifaceted technical content, synthesizing complex environmental data analyses, with R and Excel, and contributed to documents and web pages on various subjects including public policies, international agreements, and institutional publications.• Conducted comprehensive research and analysis of biological data, providing strategic insights to support program delivery and enhance proposals for CITES' Appendices amendments

• Led and oversaw the creation of advanced platforms integrating quantitative analysis, data visualization, spatial analysis, and report generation for the Brazilian Timber Traceability System (Sinaflor).• Led the development and implementation of an e-learning platform to facilitate virtual capacity building on the Brazilian Timber Traceability System (Sinaflor) for companies, forest engineering professionals, subnational governments, and civil society organizations.• Provided intellectual leadership, guidance, and operational support to multidisciplinary teams for result-oriented policy assistance, forest governance, and timber trade at both national and global levels.• Led and oversaw international projects on climate change (GEF), foreign trade (KfW), and conservation (GEF) in a combined portfolio of over USD 4.5 million; • Contributed to discussions and panels regarding REDD+ in Brazil;• Engaged national and sub-national government institutions, international institutions, private sector, NGOs, and universities to promote IBAMA’s projects to stop deforestation and conversion on Brazilian ecosystems (including Amazon Rainforest), and to build partnerships;• Led, supervised, proposed standards, guided, monitored, designed, and implemented programs and actions related to the implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Species Endangered of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), and acted as CITES administrative authority for Brazil.• Led, guided, and coordinated the international agreement with Suriname and Guatemala, facilitating the adoption of Brazil's reformulated Timber Traceability system (SINAFLOR).• Led the design and implementation of the 'Pau Brasil' system, integrating it with the Brazilian Traceability System and Brazilian CITES System for international timber and biodiversity product trade.• Led 84 technical staff on timber market and forest sector analyses.

Brasília E Região, Brasil

• Coordinated, supervised, proposed standards, guided, monitored, elaborated, and executed action plans, projects, and meetings with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and other international biodiversity forums;• Led coordination efforts for bilateral and multilateral trade agreements with Brazil, emphasizing forestry and forest compliance for trade.• Monitored and alerted the Ministry of the Environment and IBAMA's President to crucial policy and strategic issues, including congressional bills and enhancements in private sector processes, facilitating their integration into IBAMA's regulatory framework;• Led diverse, multidisciplinary teams in successfully implementing forest and biodiversity conservation programs of varying complexity and scale.

Brazil

• Led the design and implementation of the Brazilian Timber Traceability System (Sinaflor) in 26 states and the Federal District;• Led capacity building with stakeholders from subnational governments, civil society organizations, and companies regarding the Brazilian Timber Traceability System (Sinaflor).• Responsible for establishing and nurturing partnerships with a wide range of private and public institutions, to facilitate the nationwide deployment of the Brazilian Timber Traceability System (Sinaflor).• Provided leadership, guidance, and briefings to technical officers (IT personnel) on operational aspects related to the development and updates of SINAFLOR.• Responsible for advancing the agenda of sustainable forest management and ecosystem restoration in Brazil.• Managed the Forest Restoration and Water Production Technical Chamber (Interfederative Committee of the Samarco Disaster) and the Brazilian Group of Technical Support in response to the environmental disaster in Mariana, Brazil. Successfully led efforts to restore ecosystems in the disaster-affected areas;• Proposed, analyzed, and indicated the key areas for environmental restoration arising from the impacts of the Samarco disaster.• Led 74 technical staff on timber market, ecosystem restoration, and forest sector analyses.

• Led a team of 15 forest specialists, overseeing data analysis for compliance and permit issuance related to forest management plans in the Amazon rainforest.• Updated Brazilian forest management plan regulations and developed innovative timber value chain models. • Implemented Big Data Tools to analyze data gathered by IBAMA’s environmental systems.

Porto Alegre Area, Brazil

• Developed and reviewed technical documents on public policies, international agreements, and institutional publications.• Pioneered an innovative framework using timber data to develop a novel model for timber traceability.

Brazil

• Performed data analyses to ensure compliance with forest management plans and support the issuance of permits.• Conducted fieldwork to analyze sustainable forest management plans and restore degraded areas.• Created technical reports to guide public policies.• Formulated technical requirements for both national and international timber trade.

University Graduate, Forest Engineering

Postgraduate, Ecosystem Restoration

Management capacity of state environmental organs in the post-decentralization scenario for forestry management and the challenge.

Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate