Alexandre A. Albuquerque

Experience

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  The SIMTRAN Corporation

  Apr 1986 - Mar 1991

  Exclusive Sales Representative in Brazil

  Exclusive Sales Representative for the Oil & Gas field areas. Mentor for the 1st Drilling Simulator in Brazil for PETROBRAS. Financing operation supported by EximBank. Involved in the entire product circle from conception until delivery. BCRSS-Ballast Control and Rig Stability Simulator. Data / Specification collection on the site of P-XIII Semi-submersible Platform (SS-20). Design, for the development of the software modeling. Procurement for local manufacture, due to Government Importation restrictions. Tentative with ABC XTAL, from São José dos Campos (manufacturer of the Tucano airplane Simulador) and posterior partnership celebrated with Digicon, including a technology transfer agreement. However it showed not financially viable, due to the high inflation index in Brazil.Celebration of the two Contracts with external financing, guaranteed by the US Eximbank. The Drilling Simulator was delivered and Instaled in Taquipe, BA, where in its first 10 years, with the most advanced training program at that time, more then 5000 people were trained and since than, no more Blowouts Accidents occurred in Brazil. This Ballast Control Simulator was not manufactured by SIMTRAN. Show less

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  Petrotech Inc

  Jan 1992 - Oct 2002

  Exclusive Legal & Sales Representative in Brazil

  Exclusive Sales Representative in Brazil breaking through the Oil and Gas market with their Turbo-machinery Controls, Engineered Gas Turbine Fuel Systems, and High-Pressure Hydraulic Controls. Technical & Commercial Support provided for full-circle of the equipment supply for PETROBRAS, from specification definition, until its installation/commissioning in the field. Promoted / accompanied Petrotech ISO-9001 quality audit directly performed by Petrobras QA Team for CRCC pre-bid docs qualification purposes in Belle Chasse, LA. Present at the equipment Factory Acceptance Test/FAT conducted by third parties. Liaison with end users & Project Management Team to perform the jobs. Show less

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  Siemens

  Dec 2006 - Apr 2008

  Area Sales Manager, Brazil

  SITI – Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery, Inc. Area Manager, Oil & Gas, Mercosul. Surpassed the Company's Sales Target for 2007 calendar year, through the award in Brazil of two major orders, for the Supply of 17 gas-compressors trains for Cacimbas, Phase III and Gasene Gas Pipeline Projects for PETROBRAS in the total value of US$ 107 MM. Handover and Support to the PM Management Team, including scope of supply change orders, including Siemens Legal Department Contract T&C's bilingual versions. Present at Customer's kick-off meetings. Nevertheless, SIEMENS granted a Power of Attorney to sign, Transportadora GASENE Order Contract, celebrated at PETROBRAS Head Purchasing Department Rio. During the first quarter of 2008, sold US$30MM in Turbo-compressors to be installed at PETROBRAS Coari-Manaus Gas Pipeline Project, for two (02) Compressor Stations. Show less

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  Rotech Subsea Ltd

  Sept 2009 - Sept 2011

  Business Development Manager, Americas

  Started as Consultant then hired as Business Development Manager – Americas, assisting on the PETROBRAS' Subsea Pipeline Projects area. Breaking through the Brazilian market, the Mass Flow Excavation tool among Offshore Services to EPCs Contractors as: Subsea7, Technip Brasil, Oceânica Engenharia, Fugro, Marno and Project Design as Intecsub, Suporte, among others. Developed the draft Contract T&Cs for a programmed field test at Campos Basin, looking forward for major spam corrections services.

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  Halton Group

  Mar 2012 - Jul 2013

  Area Sales Manager - Brazil

  Responsible for the commercial and technical support to Halton Marine HVAC Offshore systems equipment applied to for FPSOs and Semi-submersibles new build Platforms Units. Technical & commercial support to PETROBRAS' Contractors and stake holders involved in those Projects.Enabling wellbeing in oil & gas industryHalton Marine is the supplier for more than 100 major oil & gas projects, providing high-quality HVAC products, solutions and services. Halton is the partner when creating safe, energy efficient and comfortable indoor environment. Show less

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  ALQUER

  Jan 2014 - now

  Senior Engineer - Director Oil&Gas BR | UK | US

  Project Manager, BDM and Product Developer. ALQUER BCRSS-3D™ Ballast Control&Rig Stability Simulator. System upgrade to OS/2 Warp Advanced Server - Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) emulated over Windows 7 Pro 64 bits. Software execution stability and real-time performance increases, running on portable integrated network PC Notebooks. Being Integrated on a single-point Remote eTraining Virtual Secure Cloud Platform.