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State Of São Paulo, Brazil

Consultancy and advisory in: • Strategic and Operational Management for farms and agroindustries; • Business Development and Agroindustrial Projects; • Agronomic Technology and Agricultural Quality; • Businesses Valuation and due-diligencehttps://sites.google.com/valoragri.com/valoragri/

Basel, Basel, Ch

• Reporting to the Head of PT&E - Product Technology & Engineering LATAM• Accountable for the implementation of the Application Technology strategy for LATAM - team building , field and laboratories capabilities development, CAPEX execution• Application advisory and launching support to relevant new formulation technologies - ADEPIDYN®, PLINAZOLIN®, TYMIRIUM®, TINIVION™• Farm scale trials on application practices, precision application tools and equipment validation: Class 1 and 2 spray drones, robots, autonomous ag-vehicles• Project and validation leader of first-of-a-kind unmaned fixed wing, large capacit aircraft in partnership with Brazilian and USA aviation major players• Manager of strategic alliances with Application Technology companies, partnerships and influencers stakeholder management• Business support to multidisciplinary teams: formulations development, packaging engineering, product safety, regulatory, tech services, salesforce, quality assurance, customer experience, responsible & sustainable business (SRB), integrated resistance management (IRM)

Ludwigshafen, De

• Accountable for building resistance risk mitigation strategies through baseline studies and resistance monitoring for distinct targets and crop protection products: fungicides, herbicides and insecticides;• Participation and influence in pesticides resistance management commitees - FRAC, HRAC, IRAC • Resistance reporting and communication advisory

Ludwigshafen, De

• Reporting to the R&D Global Laboratories Senior Manager - BASF Agricultural Solutions;• Accountable for physical-chemical and surface testing of new agrochemicals formulations and commercial products in Lab and Field for LATAM, turnarounds & processes improvement;• Agrochemicals compatibility in tank mixing, spraying and other application techniques development for crops & biological targets: herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, biologicals and P&SS - Professional & Specialty Solutions;• Technical advisory and expertise transfer for business: marketing, factory, internal/external stakeholders;• Opportunities mapping and evaluation on digitalization, IoT, AI and data management.

• Accountable for cultivars, fertilizers, inputs, agrochemicals decision-making; operations schedule; procurement strategy and costs control in family owned farm;• Technically managed 18 years of grain crops under no-tillage: soybeans, wheat, corn, sunflower, small grain winter crops and sugarcane (1997 to 2015);• Conducted several field trials on corn hybrids - "safra e safrinha" under no tillage in partnership with Instituto Agronômico de Campinas - IAC - Nucleo de Agronomia do Vale do Paranapanema.• Led the business development effort for the new phase of the enterprise: land lease to third party producer in mid 2015;• Organized the overall paperwork and registration of the farm in relation to INCRA and CETESB (Environmental) thereby reducing legal exposure to fines and increasing asset liquidity.• Coordinated the reforestation and water management program: 20.000+ native trees planted.

• Reporting to the Crop Care - Technical Support Director;• Accountable for technical development: hybrids positioning, agronomic packages delivery, field trials conduction and technical support for clients in LATAM - agro industries, farmers, steam generation facilities;• Commercial areas conduction and agroindustrial runs coordination: harvesting, transportation, biomass handling and logistics sizing for clients (Sykué Bioenergya, Granol, Cerradinho Bio; Libra);• Actively participated in a sweet sorghum remuneration model 'Consesorgo" based on the current Consecana - PCTS method;• Accountable for SP/PR and BA/TO regions and interim assignment at MG/GO.

London, England, Gb

• Reporting to the Advanced Biofuels Business Vice President - VP;• Lignocellulosic (LC) 2nd generation ethanol technology lead in Brazil and for implementing the celullosic conversion technology in Brazilian mills;• Accountable for the development of feedstock supply and biomass sourcing strategy;• Business development of sugarcane straw baling services vendors, equipment manufacturers and biomass industrial shredders (Fraqmaq, Vermeer, Komatsu, AGCO, CNH New Holland);• Industrial processes improvement, energy & mass / steam & heat balances optimization;• Managed business development efforts for biomass feedstock handling: wood chips, sugarcane bagasse & straw (trash); • Business advisory on industrial equipment engineering, design and procurement: lignin drying system (press filters, centrifuges), straw dry cleaning systems (air separators), trash baling and logistics.

London, England, Gb

• Reporting to the Technical Director;• Corporate technical manager supporting business in operational standardization, remediation and business development activities - risk management, budgeting, yield forecasting, soil mapping and varietal management;• Delivered a high value projects portfolio (~R$25m; >20%IRR): Corporate GIS, Ag Automation Master Plan - on board electronics and tracking systems, Sugarcane Varieties Master Plan - disease-free and mechanically planted seed cane nurseries in partnership with BASF, Syngenta, Explante, two consecutive seasons of sweet sorghum agroindustrial tests (check PROJECTS);• Led countless yield improvement and cost reduction task forces, defined SOPs (standard operational procedures), KPI mapping, definition and standardization among BP operated mills.

London, England, Gb

• Reporting to the Mergers & Acquisitons Business Development Director;• Realized two assets valuation for joint ventures (JV) and mergers & acquisitions (M&A): due diligence, business plan and financial model validation - Tropical Bioenergia and CNAA;• Delivered full integration of new agroindustrial assets into BP Biofuels business and implemented best management practices (BMPs) and crop quality controls into operating assets;• Advised 20+ projects in Brazil and abroad (USA, UK) - biofuels conversion technologies, biomass and microorganisms sampling protocols, green house gases (GHG) emissions and other sustainability assessments, assemblage of web based geodatabase of sugarmills and logistic routes of the world in Google Earth.

Pradópolis, Sp, Br

• Reporting to the Agricultural Manager;• Accountable for the agricultural general planning and KPIs, sugarcane varieties & nurseries management, pests / diseases monitoring & control, operations and feedstock quality control;• Leader of continuous improvement projects: review and implementation of SOPs (standard operational procedures - "instruções de trabalho"​), reduced tillage, sugarcane straw management, precision agriculture,GIS, remote sensing and GPS auto-steering systems;• Realized cost reduction in soil preparation and yield improvement due to harvest residues management;• Ag instrumentation projects: on-the-go cane weighing system; auto-steering / autopilot for planting;• Participated in mid-level leadership development program as part of an organizational turnaround: 20+ agri-leaders trained and proactively advised 3 undergraduate monographies 'TCCs'.

Piracicaba, Br

• Conducted 50+ R&D projects / trials: soil tillage & fertilizers management, sugarcane varieties suitability for mechanical planting & harvesting;• Realized cost reduction on fertilizers through best management practices and technical recommendations to 15+ mills;• Equipment validation and testing - Jacto Uniport 3000 NPK (CTC - Sao Martinho - CENA/USP)• Soil mapping and Production Environments classification for 15+ sugar mills in Brazil;• Geo technology development: GPS, GIS and remote sensing for yield forecasting and crop management.

Paraguaçu Paulista, São Paulo, Br

• Worked as the R&D lead and developed my Masters degree project in this mill;• Responsible for field trials conduction, varieties multiplication with Ridesa, chemical ripeners management and geotechnologies.

São Paulo, São Paulo, Br

• Intern in the Agronomy Division of CTC - Copersucar Technology Center• Worked on R&D, field trials and technology transference projects to cooperated sugarmills: soil surveys, production environments, varietal allocation, soil tillage, fertilizers and remote sensing.

• 2001: Dupont Pioneer Sementes - Unidade de Beneficiamento de Sementes de Itumbiara/GO; • 2000 - 2001: IAC/FUNDAG - Programa de Avaliação de Cultivares de Milho no Estado de São Paulo;• 2000: Cooperativa Agropecuária Rolândia/PR - Departamento Técnico de Cereais;• 2000: IAC Centro de Plantas Graníferas - Melhoramento Genético e Produção de feijão;• 1999 - 2001: GEPAGRI - Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Agricultura - DBV/CCA/UFSCar;• 1999 - 2001: PROSOLO - Programa de levantamento e manejo de solo - DPRN/CCA/UFSCar;• 1999: Instituto Biológico IB - Controle biológico de pragas e fungos entomopatogenicos;• 1999: Instituto de Pesca - Produção de algas e mariscos em espinhel;• 1998: IAC Centro de Solos e Recursos Agroambientais - Cultivo hidropônico de HFs.

Specialist - Projects Management & Engineering

Mba - Corporate Management & Strategy

Leader Coach, Organizational Leadership

Phd In Applied Sciences At Centro De Energia Nuclear Na Agricultura (Cena/Usp)

Masters In Soil And Plant Nutrition

Bachelors, Agronomic Engineer, Agronomy

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