Chemical Engineering Manager
Resume:
Victor Oliveira
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Atlanta, GA 30309
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Education
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Aug 2013 – May 2014 Exchange student for Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
(Full Tuition Study Abroad Scholarship at Georgia Tech) GPA: 3.1/4.0
Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil Nov 2016 Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Final GPA: 3.0/4.0
Employment History
Sales Analyst Jul 2017 – Present
Olam Americas, Inc, Atlanta, GA, USA
Account Manager for key agri-business customers in the US and Latin America.
Develop business relationships with clients both by visiting client sites and remote engagement.
Worked on new business opportunities in Latin America by partnering with key stakeholders in Brazil.
Mapped US Organic market to provide insights in to what market segments should the focus be and identified key players in those market segments.
Created market acceptance and conditions to provide liquidity to byproducts of production that were not previously accepted by US clients.
Made origin visits to Vietnam and India to gain understanding of growing/processing and to provide feedback on what is required to enter Latin America and Organic business in the US Market. Business Analyst Nov 2016 – Mar 2017
Braskem S.A., Salvador, BA, Brazil
Worked within the International Business department of Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in Latin America.
Assisted with the development of reports and KPIs to monitor sales of petrochemicals globally.
Performed data inquiry and utilized analytical tools (Excel - Pivot tables, VLookup, Macro) to compile information from SAP to perform trend analysis and organize appropriate data elements in preparation of monthly reports/dashboard presented to Export Global Manager.
Collaborated with Market Intelligence team to develop new markets for fuels in the African Continent.
Joined project of expanding company activity portfolio, moving from a producer and seller of petrochemicals to a company working with operations of trading of petrochemicals between Latin and North America.
Participated in monthly meetings with logistics, production planning, and commercial team to define and reevaluate quarterly business strategies.
International Business Development Intern Jan 2015 – Oct 2016
Analyzed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of sales of basic petrochemical products globally.
Performed data inquiry and utilized analytical tools (Excel - Pivot tables, VLookup, Macro) to compile information from SAP to perform trend analysis and organize appropriate data elements in preparation of monthly reports/dashboard presented to Export Global Manager.
Collaborated with Market Intelligence team to develop new markets for hydrocarbon resins in Africa.
Conducted visits to plants to obtain and share best practices/general production knowledge with sales team.
Production Management Intern May 2014 – Aug 2014
Cargill Inc, Fayetteville, NC, USA
Summer Internship in a Soybean processing plant located in Fayetteville, NC.
Developed and participated in four engineering projects to improve production, plant efficiency and energy-related processes.
Continually optimized existing processes and production operations to maximize plant efficiency by diagnosing and resolving processes/equipment issues.
Developed a project plan to install a central vacuum system inside the soybean crushing building to comply with OSHA safety regulations of dust control.
Coordinated contractors on site during plant shutdown.
Interpreted daily production reports and collaborated with production supervisors to analyze and optimize variables of Soybean processing operations.
Implemented solutions to improve safety, production, and quality. Undergraduate Research Assistant Jun 2011 – Aug 2013 PEI UFBA – Graduate program of Industrial Engineering Research Advisor: Dr. Glória Meyberg Nunes Costa
Research group in Federal University of Bahia (Brazil) specialized in applying thermodynamics concepts to develop new methods to detect asphaltene deposition in Oil recovery processes.
Three articles published in international scientific magazines and two articles presented in international conferences in The United States (ISSF 2012) and Argentina (PPEPPD 2013).
Worked with programming languages (MATLAB and Fortran) and simulators for separation processes and phase equilibrium (SPECS – Developed by Technical University of Denmark).
Applied thermodynamics concepts to oil recovery processes.
Participated in the development of a new method to model the precipitation of asphaltene in oil recovery processes using CO2 in supercritical conditions. Junior Chemical Engineer Volunteer Trainee Mar 2011 – Oct 2011 Prisma Jr. Chemical Engineering Consulting, Salvador, BA, Brazil
Led two different consulting projects related to improve efficiency of pumps in production plants.
Responsible for a project to develop new partnerships with various consulting companies.
Cross-functional role, from Admin/Finance assistant to other areas, including the Projects department and the Partnership development department.
Participated in company yearly strategic planning, defining metrics and applying concepts of the Balanced Scorecard management system.
.Honors & Awards
Research Article published at Fluid Phase Equilbria (Scientific Magazine) Title: New method to detect asphaltene precipitation onset induced by CO2 injection http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378381213006468
Research Article published at Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (Scientific Magazine) Title: Modeling and simulation of asphaltene precipitation by normal pressure depletion http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920410513001988
Research Article published at The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (Scientific Magazine) Title: CO2-Oil Saturation Pressure and Onset Asphaltene Precipitation http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cjce.22262/abstract
Article and poster presented at ISSF 2012 – May 13-16, 2012 – San Francisco CA, USA Title: CO2 Induced Asphaltene: A New Approach to Detect the Deposition Onset Skills
Bilingual - Fluent in English and Portuguese
MATLAB, ASPEN, SAP, MS Office, Advanced Excel (Pivot tables, VLookup, Macro)
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