Project Manager Construction

PEDRO GORENSTEIN FERREIRA DA SILVA

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**** * ***, #**** (312) 206. 5223

Pittsburgh, PA, 15232 abnvmf@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, TEPPER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Pittsburgh, PA

05/10

Master of Business Administration – MBA

Concentrations: Strategy, Marketing and Finance

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Memberships: Marketing Club, Graduate Finance Association, Latin American Business Association (VP of

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Events) and Jewish Graduate Student Association

Honors: Merit Scholarship

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UNIVERSIDADE PRESBITERIANA MACKENZIE Sao Paulo, Brazil

05/08

Certificate in Business Administration

UNIVERSIDADE PRESBITERIANA MACKENZIE Sao Paulo, Brazil

01/05

Bachelor of Civil Engineering

EXPERIENCE

TELLERINA, Jewelry chain and household appliances retail chain holding company Sao Paulo, Brazil

10/07 – 04/08

Project Manager

Team Leadership: Directed a team of 8 architects, engineers and interns in the implementation of 6 new jewelry

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stores in different locations throughout Brazil. Each store had a cost of $180K and the team managed to reduce

cost by 8%.

Collaboration: W orked closely with the marketing department in order to determine the best locations for the new

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stores, as well as their lay out and placement of the jewelry display cases, taking into account public preferences

and traffic.

Initiative: Initiated and directed the installation of a new air conditioning system and a new IT infra-structure in 2

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household appliances stores. The combined value of the 2 projects was $2M; the projects lasted 5 months and

were concluded under the budget by 5%.

L.ANNUNZIATA & CIA LTDA, Civil engineering company Sao Paulo, Brazil

10/04 – 09/07

Civil Engineer

Execution: Managed the construction of a $10M penitentiary, supervising over 70 employees. The construction

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lasted 2 years and was completed 3 weeks earlier than scheduled.

Client Relationship Management: This penitentiary was a high profile project for the client, and I was

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responsible for ensuring the client’s demands were met while making sure that the budget was not bypassed.

Leadership: Led the construction of a school in a poor neighborhood in Sao Paulo, interacting permanently with

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the local community in order to complete the project in the shortest period of time and inside the $250K budget.

GAFISA S/A, Second largest construction company in Sao Paulo Sao Paulo, Brazil

07/03 – 09/04

Civil Engineering Intern

Management: Responsible for managing the construction of a $5M residential building, supervising 50

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employees.

Planning: In charge of the implementation of a new Critical Path Method software application tool that ensured

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the completion of the project 2 weeks earlier than initially planned.

Analytical Skills & Team Work: Performed financial analysis and forecasts on current procurement contracts

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along with other interns to guarantee a safe cash flow for the project.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Languages: Portuguese (native), English (fluent), French (intermediate) and Spanish (conversational).

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Activities: Martial Arts (Black Belt in Hapkido), Reading, Travelling and Horse Back Riding.

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European Union Citizen (Lithuanian Passport)

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