Fernando Arruda is a Director - R&D Planning at Samsung Electronics. He possess expertise in technical leadership, strategic planning, team management, systems engineering, telecommunications and 37 more skills. He is proficient in French, Spanish, Japanese, German and Italian. Colleagues describe him as "I met Fernando at CPqD and even though by that time he had already shown the many professional virtues that have led him to his very successful career, I prefer to recommend him based on his human qualities: the guy is a gentleman, the best colleague one can find and a very good friend. Since those times, I've always looked up to him, and he has always been a reliable adviser to any professional or personal matter. Besides all that, he is a great musician, too!"