Treasury Operations, Cash Management,

A leader of the Treasury and Finance areas consisting of Cash Management, Accounts Payable, Receivable, Credit and Risk management. Manage a streamlined results-oriented team of competent and motivated professionals.- Managed the day-to-day treasury and finance functions for four separate corporate entities – PetrobrasAmerica, Inc. (upstream and midstream operations), Pasadena Refining Systems, Inc. (downstreamoperations (100,000-bbl/d refinery)), PRSI Trading LLC (refinery commercial trading operations), andPetrobras Global Trading BV (USA commercial trading operations).- Negotiated and used a $3-billion export credit guarantee facilities between the Export Import Bank of the United States and Petrobras S.A.- Managed customer and supplier credit relationships and portfolios for PRSI Trading LLCand Petrobras Global Trading BV commercial commodity trading operations.- Streamlined the Finance team and work processes of the day-to-day corporate finances, cashmanagement, daily banking activities, and company overnight investments - Managed letters of credit, covering commercial commodity risk exposure ($4.8 billion annual exposure),bank guarantees for various financial assurances and contractual covenants, surety bonds related tocommercial and tax operations ($25 million annual liability), procurement performanceand legal bonds, and Gulf of Mexico BOEM, BSEE, and TCEQ statutory financial assurance portfoliorequirements ($385 million annual liability).- Negotiated and managed annual statutory domestic insurance tenders and policies ($1.5 million annualpremiums); international global insurance coverage for Gulf of Mexico assets ($3.4 million annualpremium); and the Pasadena Refinery ($6.5 million annual premium)- Corporate Administer for two credit card programs with credit lines in excess of $1 million - Finance Officer and lead member for the disaster recovery - business continuity and upstreamemergency response contingency teams

- Negotiated and utilized a start up $3-billion Export Credit Guarantee facilities line commencing 2002 between the Export Import Bank of the United States and Petrobras S.A.- Permanent Hire as Assistant Treasurer, February 2005- Panel speaker at the 2004 Export Import Bank Annual Conference

- Supervisor of the Treasury and Finance areas, consisting of accounts payable, receivable, credit and riskmanagement.- Successfully negotiated and operated financed sixteen export credit guarantee facilities with the ExportImport Bank of the United States ($2.5 billion), increasing cash liquidity for the company at reducedinterest rates. - Maintained banking relationship and corporate credit card administrator for purchases, increasingpayment terms and cash readiness for emergency operations.- Negotiated annual service contracts with suppliers, international freight forwarders, and carriers,increasing payment terms and minimizing insurance and risk management expose for the company.- Arranged global logistic cargo movements for both ocean and air freight, including charters to Venezuela more than 48 million metric tons annually