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18 years of experience as senior consultant and chief executive
officer of AEX Consultoria, a company that provides highly qualified technical consulting
services to a number of dairy companies and related organizations.
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Practical experience in conducting Research and Development Programs
involving dairy products, such as: yogurt and other cultured products, dairy desserts, UHT
milk, blends of cream, different styles and varieties of cheese, processed cheese and
dairy beverages.
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Responsible for the development, implementation and management of
quality assessment and monitoring systems applied to raw materials, intermediary products,
manufacturing processes and finished products.
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Successful experience in developing and conducting production cost
reduction programs.
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Responsible for preparing all necessary documentation and
accompanying official procedures (Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture - Federal Inspection
Services) with the objective to obtain approval for the construction, remodeling and/or
enlargement of new and existing industrial dairy processing units, including the
registration of specific dairy products and product labels.
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Elaboration of studies of the Brazilian dairy market, including
evaluation of the major milk producing regions and market potentialities.
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Over 27.5 years of professional experience in one of Brazil's largest
producers of pasteurized milk, holding a first-class managerial function as main executive
responsible for quality assurance and product safety for more than 12 years.
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Coordinator of the annual Tetra Rex and Tetra Pak Quality Reward
(quality contest that identifies the best producers of type B milk in Brazil) in 1994 and
1995.
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Natural ability to speak in public, including addressing large
audiences.
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English: good reading skill and ability to translate technical
materials from English to Portuguese.
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Proficiency in Spanish.
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Graduated in Dairy Technology from the Institute of Zootechnology and
Cattle-breeding Industries of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnology of São
Paulo State University (USP).
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Complementary Professional Extension Course at the Dairy Center of
the Austral University of Chile.
