Fernando Damasio Email & Phone Number

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Strategic Leadership in Geotechnical Asset Management: Spearheading strategic initiatives to optimize geotechnical asset management, enhance safety, and align with international best practices for tailings management systems, driving compliance and operational excellence.Cross-Functional Team Collaboration & Innovation: Leading cross-functional teams to foster innovation and streamline operations, ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions that set industry benchmarks.

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

Strategic Leadership in Best Practices Development: Pioneered the creation of industry-leading best practices and guidelines across operations, enhancing problem-solving, operations management, communication, and reporting. Spearheaded the integration and educational initiatives for a Tailings and Dams Management System.Team Collaboration & System Implementation Strategy: Drove the strategic development and execution of a Tailings and Dams Management System, facilitating top-down design, comprehensive gap assessments, and strategic planning. Enhanced organizational efficiency by contributing to the redesign of governance, roles, and responsibilities.Standards Review and Process Improvement: Conducted thorough reviews of HSEC standard procedures, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and regulatory compliance.Innovation & Proposal Development: Instrumental in formulating new project proposals, addressing client-specific challenges by leveraging in-depth analyses of pain points to propose tailored, innovative solutions.Award for Excellence in Team Building: Recipient of the 2020 Hatch Global Teambuilding Award, recognized for exceptional leadership in fostering teamwork and strengthening interdepartmental relationships.

Paris Area, France

Global Leadership in Autonomous Vehicle Innovation: Cultivated and led a vibrant open-source community of top-tier autonomous vehicle engineers spanning 26 countries, fostering collaboration, innovation, and advancement in autonomous vehicle technologies.Pioneering the Skoods Initiative: Founded and spearheaded Skoods, a pioneering self-racing car team with a crowdsourced model, orchestrating a cutting-edge virtual competition platform that brings together global talent and innovation in autonomous driving.

Mountain View, Ca - Usa

Consultant at Udacity: Leveraged expertise in Self-Driving Car and Machine Learning Engineering to mentor and provide project feedback for over 2,000 students globally, enhancing their skills and career readiness in cutting-edge technologies.

Mysuru Area, India

Directed a team of 100 engineers, imparting critical technologies and skills essential for advancing in the self-driving car industry.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Published Author of Four Cutting-Edge Courses on O'Reilly: Specializing in 'Artificial Intelligence for Big Data', 'Building a Robust Machine Learning Pipeline', 'Tools for Digital Transformation', and 'Machine Learning for Non-Programmers'. Achieved Top 20 Recognition on the O'Reilly Platform.

Mountain View, Ca, Usa

Provided expert mentorship to early-stage startups specializing in machine learning, artificial intelligence, smart transportation, and autonomous vehicles, guiding innovation and strategic growth in these cutting-edge sectors.

Belo Horizonte Area, Brazil

Secured investment for the development and launch of pioneering technologies, introducing a groundbreaking loyalty program designed to revolutionize retailer engagement and customer retention.

Belo Horizonte Area, Brazil

Engaged in an intensive training program in Ports and Harbor Engineering, gaining foundational knowledge and practical skills in maritime infrastructure and engineering projects.Worked with multidisciplinary teams to optimize financial performance metrics (ROI, PV, IRR, Payback) for port and terminal logistics projects, overseeing a project portfolio valued at $140 million, ensuring profitability and strategic investment returns.Supported the Establishment of the Project Management Office (PMO), formulating a bespoke project management methodology that guided the successful execution of the company's largest and most complex projects.

Mineiros Area, Brazil

Sete Lagoas Area, Brazil

Digital Strategies For Business

Mba Project Management, Artificial Intelligence

Control & Automation Engineering, Engineering

Port & Harbor Engineering, Engineering

Self-Driving Car Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

- Applying artificial intelligence algorithms, coding image and video processing with OpenCV, neural networks and deep learning.

Machine Learning Engineering, Artificial Intelligence