"A journey of one thousand miles starts with one single step."

Born in Bauru, Brazil, October 19th 1956

B.A. Civil Engineering

Escola Politecnica, University of Sao Paulo, 1979

Areas of interest outside work

Sport [esp. tennis], motorcycles (I brought my Harley from Dubai), reading, playing guitar, watching movies, barbeques with family and friends at home.

I was born in Bauru, a small Brazilian town about 300 km away from Sao Paulo and grew up in Aracatuba, another small town in the same state of Sao Paulo. When I was seventeen, I went to the USA as an exchange student (Youth for Understanding), a remarkable experience that changed my life forever. I lived for six months in Orofino, Idaho (3000 people) with an American family.

As the OFS Manager in Mexico North, I got involved with the SEED initiative in my region. Unfortunately at the time of my transfer to Mexico (August 2002), we had some floods in Reynosa which damaged rather badly one of the schools we had implemented this program (we currently have SEED in three schools in Reynosa). So, it was a good time for me to get involved and sort out the problems they were facing and put them back online as quickly as possible. Now we have assembled a team of volunteers in our office who make constant visits and support this initiative quite well. I am kept informed of what’s happening and once in awhile we meet with the schools Principals for some feedback and discussions on improvements.

I come from a third world country (Brazil) and I understand the reality of our public schools in Latin America, so I was quite moved to see that Schlumberger is helping provide underprivileged students in Mexico with connectivity, motivating them to communicate with people around the world, expanding their horizons and helping their learning process all along. This is the beauty of the program!

Since my early age I always said that I would be an engineer and I'm not sure why, perhaps I was motivated by my father. He always told me not to be a lawyer, like him. After two initial years in the Escola Politecnica at the University of Sao Paulo, I decided to take Civil Engineering, as it would give me the possibility of having my own business. I graduated in December 1979 and joined Petrobras, the Brazilian state owned Oil Company, in January 1980 after a national entrance exam. I worked for Petrobras for seven years, in various capacities until I got an offer from Anadrill (later renamed as Drilling & Measurements) and decided to change my life working overseas with Schlumberger. This was in July 1986; it seems like yesterday, time flies when you are having fun...

As the OFS Manager in Reynosa, some of my main responsibilities are: ensure we have a strong team work within our Segments (One Schlumberger), promote QHSE with all employees and clients, look for business opportunities and growth, be the focal point for Schlumberger in my region and manage our growth while keeping our employees motivated and fully trained.

I like sports, motorcycles (I brought my Harley from Dubai), reading, watching movies (got a good selection of DVD's at home) and enjoying the family and friends with a BBQ at home. I am an avid player of tennis though I'm still a beginner, and I have decided to learn how to play guitar now. I would like to think of myself as a good husband and father, highly motivated by everything I do at home or work. I like meeting people, traveling, seeing other cultures and learning a new thing every day. I hope they see this "not-so-serious"; side of me, and my passion for family life and company values.