Experience

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  Idealist.org/pt

  Jan 1979 - now

  Idealista

  Sou idealista ao me voluntariar na mobilização de comunidades para que resolvam seus próprios problemas. Faço isso como facilitador da metodologia Dragon Dreaming e também participando de ONGs e coletivos que estão na linha de frente (e também na retaguarda) de ações visando o empoderamento comunitário.

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  Empresa junior de relações internacionais

  Mar 1999 - Sept 2001

  Founder and president

  Junior Enterprise for the students of International Relations at Puc.Minas

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  Minas gerais government international affairs advisory bureau

  Mar 2001 - Dec 2001

  Intern
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  Alembic limited

  Jan 2002 - Apr 2002

  Aiesec international trainee

  ● Marketing of generic medicines to Latin American countries.● Market and legislation research of generic medicines in Latin America

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  Minas gerais state government

  Apr 2002 - Mar 2005

  Public policy and governmental administration specialist

  I worked at the Economic Development State Secretary (2004-2005), the Education State Secretary (early 2003) and the International Affairs Advisory Bureau (2002). I was was also a cooperation and exchange trainee as part of a nine month international cooperation management training program for local governments’ officials in Japan (2003).Roles included:● Management of international technical cooperation projects (including with IDB and World Bank). ● Focal point for the relationship with partners in China and Japan. ● Advising the Governor on international matters and executing the government’s international cooperation and commercial promotion policy. Show less

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  Sistema mineiro de inovação - simi

  Oct 2007 - Jun 2008

  Innovation and social network designer

  I was part of the founding team. My role was to conceptualize, build partnerships and liaison support for its launch. In 2022 SIMI completed 15 years old and grew into one of the most iconic cases of success regarding people's participation in Science & Technology governmental public policy making.SIMI, the Minas Gerais State Innovation System, is a social network for innovators. It is also the first government 2.0 initiative channeling civil society participation straight to the governor led Science and Technology Forum. Show less

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  Vng international

  Oct 2007 - Jul 2009

  Consultant - identification of local economic development best practices in brazil

  I was hired in three different occasions by VNG International to conceptualize, plan and manage Local Economic Development study trips to Brazil to groups of senior officials, businessman and NGO activists from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces in South Africa. The themes for the study trips were: ● Participative governance and successful local development models; ● Rural development (focus on the sugar and ethanol industries), land reform and city management; ● Finance for development (i.e. microcredit, providing banking inclusion to the under serviced, social responsibility in the banking sector, etc). Show less

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  Falconi consultores de resultado

  Jun 2008 - Aug 2011

  Senior consultant

  FALCONI is the leading management consultancy firm in Brazil. My focus area was process re-design, with eventual assignments related to lean management and cost control assignments.● Identified US $ 63 million / year saving in hospital management and generated a US $ 4.2 million / year saving in call center cost.● Identified cost reduction opportunities of US $ 19.3 million / year managing absenteeism, extra hours and recruitment for a client.● Implemented expenditure control mechanisms generating a cost reduction of US $ 9.4 million over a six-month period for a mining sector’s client.● Implemented lean management targeted at reducing crop loss for a client in the sugar and ethanol sector. Show less

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  Socialrep

  Jan 2012 - Dec 2018

  Market analyst for brazil

  I acted as a market analyst and independent contractor for SocialRep, a social sales, and marketing platform. I provided social media intelligence services and helped global brands operating in Brazil to thrive through social selling and digital marketing content that was enabled by the SocialRep platform. I also helped clients to improve their social selling and digital marketing strategies through webinars for their teams and sales partner organizations.

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  Education pioneers

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Education pioneers graduate school fellow at teach for america

  I was selected out of a highly competitive pool of greatly qualified applicants, and placed in a project with TEACH FOR AMERICA, addressing STRATEGIC DATA ANALYSIS.At my placement, I evaluated the quantitative impact of 2011-12 pilot programs and identified input/output misalignment in teacher’s support activities, providing insights and change recommendation to senior management.Teach for America (TFA) supports, prepares and develops 10,000 teachers to face the challenge of closing the achievement gap in the United States. Show less

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  Nossa cidade

  Sept 2012 - Dec 2020

  Founder & president

  I am the Founder and was the President of Associação Nossa Cidade. I still hold a seat in the leadership board where I engage with organizational innovation, growth, development, and strategic partnerships. During my tenure, I have also acted as Executive Director of Nossa Cidade Solutions, a subsidiary (daughter company) social enterprise which distributes social innovations to communities, businesses, and governments.Nossa Cidade is a non-profit organization that helps people from small towns to work together to improve quality of life, create abundant communities and a healthy planet through the use of innovative social impact methods and community empowerment.We have successfully built the organization from ground up and created a network of over 250 social technology activists, philanthropists, volunteers, and other individuals spread in more than 30 Brazilian towns.Learn more at: www.nossacidade.net Show less

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  Awesome foundation

  Apr 2015 - Dec 2019

  Founder, trustee and managing director of minas gerais chapter

  I am a proud founding member of Awesome Foundation Minas Gerais. My role within the organization included recruiting trustees, requesting and evaluating proposals, following-up on projects and managing all aspects related to grant giving activities.The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1000 at a time. Each fully autonomous chapter supports awesome projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. The Foundation has granted over US $ 5 million to projects worldwide.www.awesomefoundation.org Show less

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  Idealist

  Feb 2018 - now

  Country manager - brazil and portuguese speaking countries

  I currently work as a Country Manager at idealist.org, coordinating activities of the idealist community in all 9 Portuguese speaking countries in the world, plus the Portuguese speaking diaspora.My mission is to help more people to turn good intentions into actions by creating spaces where organizations, people, ideas and resources can find each other, connect and find the opportunities and resources to make their ideas for the common good happen.