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Malmö, SE

Malmö, Skane County, Sweden

• Led the execution of all products and services, including innovation sourcing, impact assessments, emissions analysis, and a digital platform with 2,000+ Nordic and Baltic startups, global events, and business.
• Developed the company’s business and branding strategy, set targets, and secured revenue for initiatives such as the Nordic Cleantech Open, Cleantech Capital Day, and the Members' Network.
• Restructured and mentored a team of three, ensuring the prioritization of new business concepts and models.
• Established and expanded the cleantech innovation ecosystem in the Nordics and Baltics, forming numerous partnerships, conducting active outreach, and onboarding new members.
• Served as the spokesperson and host for Cleantech Capital Day and the primary point of contact for all stakeholders.
• Identified climate innovations in the Nordic and Baltic regions, engaging with Cleantech Scandinavia’s member network of venture funds, multinational industrial companies, cities, and government agencies.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

• Inter-American Bank of Development and Cicla Brasil
• Responsible for strategic planning, communication and project management.
• Developed the budget and forecast of US$ 2 million concerning pilot project, implementation and termination of funding.
• Boosted synergies by on-boarding 1 financial funding partner and other 16 institutional partnerships.
• Business development with waste recyclers: human-centered design during the creation of “Cataki” (app) and the business network.
• Key team leader responsible for management and relationship of stakeholders of the Oil sector: sponsors, sanitation company, Environmental Agencies, NGOs and Waste Pickers Networks.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

• Via Varejo | Brazil’s leader in furniture and appliances retail
• Diagnosis of previous waste management program and present Sustainability Matrix of the organization.
• Designed strategy, innovation processes throughout the value chain and communication plan with E-learning platforms to expand the program from one state to National coverage.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

• Ambev Recicla program | South American beverage leader; part of InBev, world’s biggest brewer
• Coordinated yearly strategic planning and budget according to Brazilian needs of compliance.
• Project Management and responsible for project’s KPI reports and documentation.
• Achievement of 7 new program partnerships by designing and implementing processes that reduced time and legal requirements to select partners.
• Managed and delegated to a team of 12 NGO partners to ensure accurate and timely implementation of the Program’s guidelines.
• Created the Ambev Recicla Network Workshop and implemented the event by bringing people from 12 states of Brazil to a team-building meeting.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

• Crescer project | Votorantim: Leader in the aluminium Brazilian market
• Municipal Governance project: Promoted civil engagement by mapping community demand and leaders. Planned and executed communications with stakeholders.
• Mentored meetings and accomplished foundation of two associations: a honey business and local council.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

São Paulo’s supermarket association (APAS)Investigated benchmarks on tools and strategies for footprint reduction and supply chain certification. Wrote guide’s content. The guide reached 14,000 supermarkets in São Paulo.

Natura Cosmetics | Second largest Brazilian cosmetic companyConsolidated mapping of Brazilian waste management benchmark (private and public programs) and co-developed strategy building for company’s compliance and sustainability guidelines.

Brazil

• Researcher for MIT SENSEable Cities Lab
• Collaborated for the Forage Tracking research on waste management in São Paulo and Recife involving waste pickers cooperatives and logistics. Co-developed mobile platform for waste pickers to improve their business..

São Paulo Area, Brazil

• Researcher for MIT Community Innovators Lab (Colab)
• Moderated interviews for the Green Grease project, co-developed business growth plan for waste vegetable oil and facilitated 3 workshops between waste pickers and MIT students. Resulted in the creation of a waste.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

ITCP (NGO) – FGVFacilitated Lean Startup cooperative business for people under vulnerable situation. Waste pickers cooperative in São Paulo and PET brooms factory in the outskirts of São Paulo. Taught and empowered workers on their business production line, commercialisation, CRM, analysis and accountability.

São Paulo

Expocatadores 2009 | Sep 2009 – Dec 2009Waste pickers National Movement (MNCR)Congress production: Assisted stakeholders relations and press.Seven PDV | Apr 2009 – Sep 2009Private company of CRM and supply chain managementPlanned and coordinated communication and marketing strategies to expand market beyond pharmaceuticals.Mundo Tigre program | Nov 2008 –.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

São Paulo Area, Brazil

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Master’S Degree, 3Rd And 4Th Semester. Preventative Environmental Strategies For Public And Private Sector

Activities and Societies: Student Council Representative Msc Thesis "Packaging waste management in remote communities"

Master’S Degree, Environmental Science, Policy And Management

Consortium of Universities: Central European University, University of Aegean and Lund University

Bachelor’S Degree, Social Communications - Public Relations

Activities and Societies: - Lecturer on “Social Networks” for engineer students at the University of São Paulo (Nov/10); - Member of the.