• Spearheaded company's Green Olefins vision and decarbonization strategy, leading to early-stage projects in Brazil ($800 M low-emissions ethane cracker expansion, $300 M green olefins plant based on biomethane and green hydrogen and a $ 900 M net zero emission propane dehydrogenation - PDH). Managed a wide portfolio of green project proposals, leveraging quantitative models for high-impact project selection and valuation• Led Hydrogen Task Force in ABIQUIM, proposing terms to legislators on green hydrogen policy that could contribute to an estimated $200B in investment and generate +2% on GDP. Contributed to thought leadership that led to the recently passed PL 2308/2023 and PL 5816/2023 laws in Brazil• Continued leading public relations initiatives as a Board Member of the FIRJAN Oil & Gas chamber, promoting natural gas use in the Energy Transition process and providing consulting and thought expertise on transition economics and PPPs.

• Directed four (4) early-stage projects in Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Colombia, including a $5B ethane cracker in Southern Peru (FEL 1), a $120M polypropylene off-take agreement in Bolivia, a $1.8B PDH/PP project related to the shale gas development in Argentina (FEL 3), and a $400M PDH in Colombia (FEL 1)• Managed lean engineering and commercial teams (10 employees) responsible for $100 M in ARR and elevated company profile in LATAM, strengthening relationships in the public and private sectors• Conducted exploratory studies on ammonia urea project possibilities in Venezuela and Angola, and continued public relations role in the Brazil / Peru Chamber of Commerce as a representative of the chemical industry.

• Led and served as a Board Member in Propilsur (Propilenos del Sur), a JV between Braskem and Pequiven, managing 50 employees across engineering and corporate teams and overseeing two (2) M&A projects ranging from $30 M to $350 M in deal size• Responsible for the project finance, roadshow presentations, and permit negotiations of a $900 M chemical plant in Venezuela (FEL 1 – FEL 3). Negotiated $1B+ annual purchase and sales agreements, including naphtha, polypropylene, polyethylene, and urea• Represented company in the Brazil / Venezuela Chamber of Commerce, augmenting public relations of the company in a complex regional regulatory environment for over 8 years. Actively negotiated Governance terms via shareholders agreement, bylaws, and participation in company’s shareholder meetings.

Responsible for the project finance, roadshow presentations, and permit negotiations of a $900 M chemical plant in Venezuela (FEL 1 – FEL 3). Represented company in the Brazil / Venezuela Chamber of Commerce, augmenting public relations of the company in a complex regional regulatory environment for over 8 years.

Directed the production, maintenance, laboratory, HSE, logistics, and capital projects of the company's Triunfo site, which converted propylene into 550 kty of polypropylene.Oversaw 150 direct employees and 300+ contractors on projects leading to $1.2B in annual revenue. At the time, the productivity leader in international rankings benchmarked against multinational petrochemicals.• Two SPHERIPOL lines, entire grade capabilities (homo, random, heco, including high impact copolymer)• Productivity leader in Basell’s ranking• Propylene logistic development to be received by a port terminal (20% of the consumption) and development of refinery source• Debottlenecking study to increase 50 thousand Tons per year

Expanded managerial role in the production, maintenance, laboratory, logistics, and capital projects of multiple Camaçari sites, overseeing a total of 240 employees and 480+ contractors across polyethylene plants, and leading to $900M in sales.Led sprint to increase production of plant's premium products by 500% to top worldwide sales growth.Turnaround management was implemented in the HDPE plant to address various issues in producing UHMWPE. These issues included catalyst instability, reactor obstruction, heat exchange and lines fouling, particle size variations, low catalyst productivity, and resin color build-up.• Dual reactor Mitsubishi technology slurry plant with the capability of HDPE monomodal, bimodal, and UHMWPE (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene)• Ziegler-Natta catalyst production plant / Large-scale Pilot Plant• R&D and quality control laboratory with the capability to test Ziegler-Natta catalyst in bench scale and UHMWPE processing machines• Mitsubishi and Mitsui Technical Exchange Meeting in Japan (December /2004)• Improvements include new control instruments to achieve precise ratios of Alkyl aluminum and gas composition, shorter reactor discharge lines, new consistency-ensuring procedures in the catalyst plant, a new type of heat exchanger, vessel cleaning and polishing procedure, better control of solvent purification and moisture content, and a hydrogen compressor for bimodal grades. The result was an increase in the UHMWPE plant’s production by 500% to top worldwide sales growth, achieving the required quality.• Development of UHMWPE grade for batteries.

Managed the production, maintenance, laboratory, HSE, logistics, and capital projects of the company's Camaçari site, which converted ethylene into 230 kty of linear low-density polyethylene and generated over $ 500 M in sales. Oversaw 130 direct employees and 280+ contractors, and successfully expanded plant capacity from 130 kty to 230 kty with new proprietary patents and production processes.• Successfully expanded plant capacity from 130 to 230 thousand tons per year with new proprietary patents and production processes developed to use “enhance dry mode”• Two UNIPOL lines, one LLDPE (Linear Low-Density PE) and other HDPE (High-Density PE)• Advanced Process control with rigorous modeling (unique solution) • Development of Metallocene VLDPE (Very Low-density PE) for coating products, being the first worldwide to use this technique• Environmental program called “Zero Water Loss”• Turnaround management in the Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) plant

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