Vando M.S. Samuel *

VANDO

MÁRCIO

DA

SILVA

SAMUEL

***- ****,

*- **- *

Takaishi,

Arms

Takami

101,

Asao- ku,

Kawasaki- Shi,

Kanagawa- ken,Japan adeicv@r.postjobfree.com,

+81

80

4672

**** *UMMARY

Enthusiastic and result- focused professional with Scientific and Sales & Marketing background. Bringing proactive approaches

along

with

outstanding

analytical

and

management

abilities

to

provide

a

conducive

working

environment. Exceptional

problem

solving,

written,

communication,

training

and

multi- tasking

skills. WORK

EXPERIENCE

BE

FORWARD

CO.,

LTD.,

Tokyo

-

Japan www.beforward.jp Area

Sales

Manager,

presente

Working

as

an

Area

Sales

Manager

for

an

International

Trading

company,

being

the

supervisor

of

a

Japan

sales

team

of

4 as

well

as

coordinating

3

teams

of

local

agents

in

Mozambique.

With

a

current

average

sales

record

of

35

units

per

day, which

put

the

team

as

the

most

profitable

in

the

company

with

revenues

increasing

in

more

than

threefold

in

2

years. Main

tasks

include:

• Develop

advanced

predictive

/

prescriptive

models

to

support

analytics

initiatives

across

key

themes

such

as: CRM

/

Lead

managementCampaign

Design

&

MonitoringOperational

efficiency

• Use

CRM

to

track

leads,

opportunities

and

activities

• Build

and

maintain

client

relationships.

• Achieve

budget

and

KPIs

for

company

products

and

services.

• Track

and

record

metrics

throughout

sales

process.

• Create

and

manage

campaign

including

targeting,

test

and

control

development,

response

tracking

and

analysis.

• Establish

and

maintain

account

plans

to

promote

sales

growth

• Supervise

the

achievements

and

trends

of

the

portuguese

speaking

and

Southern

african

markets. Ashinaga

Organization,

Tokyo- Japan

and

Nansana

-

Uganda www.ashinaga.org Consultant,

June

2014

to

June

2016 Introduced

the

vision

and

long

time

goals

of

Ashinaga

African

Leadership

initiative

to

different

audiences

in

Mozambi- que,

Angola,

Uganda

and

Cape

Verde.

By

the

end

of

my

term,

we

successfully

integrated

all

the

students

I

prepared

in renowned

universities

around

the

world

and

stablished

partnerships

with

a

number

of

world

renouned

instituitions

and people.

Main

accomplishments

included:

• Provided scientific related classes in order to prepare the 11 Ashinaga scholarship awarded students for en- trance

examination

in

some

of

the

top

universities

around

the

world

• Helped

with

logistics

and

daily

planning

during

Ashinaga

student

camping

period

• Provided

Academic

consultancy

to

Ashinaga

scholarship

awarded

students

• Managed all the process of scholarship applicant selection for portuguese speaking candidates, with 2 team members

joining

in

each

country

(Mozambique,

Angola

and

Cape

Verde)

• Established

partnership

with local

government institutions,

NPO’s

and

embassies in

Mozambique,

Angola

and Cape

Verde

• Recruited

4

new

staff

members

for

the

Ashinaga

International

department

• Identified

the

right

candidates

among

over

200

scholarship

applicant

and

10

job

seekers

• Collected

references

and

checked

the

suitability

of

the

applicant

(for

both

scholarship

applicants

and

job

see- kers)

Vando M.S. Samuel 2

Chiba

University,

Chiba

-

Japan www.chiba- u.ac.jp Teaching

Assistant- Phylogenetics,

May

2012

to

June

2016 Boosted

students'

interest

in

Molecular

Biology

while

learning

pivotal

teaching

and

data

analysis

methods. Main

acahievements

include:

• Taught

laboratory

sections

on

Phylogeny

• Monitored

student

progress

and

provided

positive

feedback.

• Trained

students

in

basic

molecular

Biology

laboratory

technics

and

safety

procedures

• Maintaining

compliance

with

policies

and

procedures

in

the

Faculty

Manual

• Maintain

professional

effectiveness,

which

include

but

are

not

limited

to,

high

quality

of

scholarship;

intelectual integrity;

professional

currency;

cooperation

of

all

phases

of

the

academic

program;

openness

to

learn

about and

adopt

improved

methods

of

teaching;

and

above

all,

a

vital

interest

in

student

learning Centro

de

Biotecnologia,

Maputo

–

Mozambique www.cb.uem.mz Assistant

Researcher,

June

2009

to

April

2011 Created

the

first

protocol

for

the

molecular

analysis

of

medicinal

plants

(and

others)

in

Mozambique.

Thus

being

in

the frontline

of

the

path

that

could

help

bring

together

elements

of

modern

science

and

traditional

practices,

starting

a more

integrative

use

of

local

resources

and

knowledge. Key

achievements

included:

•

Established

protocols

for

the

molecular

analysis

of

plants

with

economical

importance

in

local

market

• Contributed

to

the

establishment

of

proper

storage

technics

to

be

applied

to

peanuts

seeds

• Managed

a

team

of

6

technicians

responsible

for

the

proper

collection

and

storage

of

coconuts

tree

samples

for posterior

molecular

diagnoses

of

coconuts

lethal

yellowish.

• Contributed

to

staff

training

and

development

• Trained

undergraduate

students

in

basic

molecular

Biology

laboratory

technics

and

safety

procedures

• Successfully

bred

different

varieties

of

African

potato

(Hypoxis

spp)

in

a

greenhouse

• Co- wrote

and

published

internal

and

peer

reviewed

papers LMU

Herbarium

-

Universidade

Eduardo

Mondlane,

Maputo- Mozambique www.uem.mz Data

analyst

&

Editor,

January

2010

to

March

2011 Brought into light critical elements of ethnobotanic that could ultimately improve the lives of the local people and others.

Helped

coordinate

and

3

projects

at

the

herbarium,

with

the

outcome

being

recognized internationally.

Main achievements

include:

• Compiled

and

analyzed

all

the

available

scientific

research

conducted

at

Inhaca

Island

and

adjacent

terrestrial environment

• Co- wrote

and

published

an

article

published

as

a

chapter

in

the

book

Maputo

Bay

Ecosystem

• Edited

the

Handbook

for

the

identification

of

Medicinal

plants

from

Southern

Mozambique

(Unpublished) EDUCATION

Chiba

University,

Faculty

of

Science- Department

of

Biology

www.chiba- u.ac.jp Masters

in

Biology,

2012- 2014

•

Concentration:

Population

Genetics

Chiba

University,

Faculty

of

Science- Department

of

Biology

www.chiba- u.ac.jp Research

Student,

2011- 2012

• Concentration:

Population

Genetics

Universidade

Eduardo

Mondlane,

Faculdade

de

Ciências- Departamento

de

Ciências

Biológicas

www.uem.mz Bachelors

degree

in

Biological

Sciences,

2006- 2010

• Concentration:

Molecular

Biology.

Vando M.S. Samuel 3

PROJECTS

Chiba

University,

Chiba- Japan

Graduate

student

with

Professor

Yasuyuki

Watano,

April

2011~ 1. Phylogenetic

analysis

of

Pinus

pumila

and

its

related

species

using

multi- locus

nuclear

data 2. Estimation

of

the

historical

levels

of

gene

flow

between

Pinus

pumila

and

P.

parviflora

populations Ashinaga

Organization,

Tokyo- Japan

and

Nansana- Uganda Consultant,

2014

and

2016

1. 100- Year

Vision

for

Africa

2. African

Leadership

initiative

Centro

de

Biotecnologia,

Maputo- Mozambique Junior

Researcher

in

the

Department

of

Genetic

characterization

and

Biodiversity

,

June

2009

to

April

2011 1. RAPD

and

ISSR

analysis

in

african

potato

(Hypoxis

spp) 2. Genetic

diversity

in

miombo

woodlands

tree

species 3. Genetic

diversity

in

Citrus

reticulate

(mandarin

oranges)

varieties

from

southern

Mozambique 4. Genetic

diversity

of

Arachis

hypogaea

(peanuts)

varieties

from

southern

Mozambique 5. Diagnosis

of

coconut

lethal

yellowing

in

Mozambique

–

Sample

collection

and

storing LMU

Herbarium

-

Eduardo

Mondlane

University,

Maputo- Mozambique Data

analyst

&

Editor,

January

2010

to

March

2011 1. Maputo

Bay

Ecosystem

Project

2. Plantas

Medicinais

do

Sul

de

Moçambique LEADERSHIP

EXPERIENCE

Sales

Area

Manager

–

Be

Forward,

Tokyo- Japan Plan

and

supervise

the

entire

operation

in

Portuguese

speaking

countries,

from

December

2017

• Proposed

and

applied

actions

to

increase

the

market

share

in

Mozambique

• Proposed

and

applied

actions

to

stablish

trade

with

other

Portuguese

speaking

countries

(mainly

Angola)

• Report

in

a

daily

basis

on

the

market’s

tendencies

and

trends. Consultant

-

Ashinaga

Organization,

Tokyo- Japan

and

Nansana

-

Uganda Planned

and

executed

the

Ashinaga

100- Year

Vision

for

Africa

and

Ashinaga

African

Leadership

initiative,

June

2014

to June

2016

• Performed

strategic

Planning

for

the

Ashinaga

100- Year

Vision

for

Africa

• Helped

stablish

the

vision

and

goals

of

Ashinaga

African

Leadership

initiative Biology

Students’

Association

-

Eduardo

Mondlane

University,

Maputo- Mozambique Co- Founder

and

Secretary

general

of

the

Biology

Students’

Association,

April

2007

to

March

2009

• Organized

and

led

student

representatives

to

promote

issues

of

concern

to

students

and

local

communities

• Co- organized

the

first

students’

scientific

journey

with

the

participation

of

nationally- renowned

scientists TECHNICAL

TRAININGS

SANTED

field

course,

Pemba- Mozambique

2009

• Biological

research

in

northern

Mozambique Vando M.S. Samuel 4

Theoretical

and

practical

training- workshop,

Maputo- Mozambique

2008

• Experimentation,

data

collection,

analysis

and

presentation

applied

to

analysis

of

plant

response

to

water

defi- cits

SKILLS

AND

TECHNIQUES

Tools

and

applications:

MS

Office

suite,

Tableau,

R,

SPSS,

Stata,

Bayes,

ABC,

DnaSP,

BioEdit,

MEGA,

Assembler,

strong lab

notebook

keeping

and

time

management,

teaching. Lab

technics:

Experimental

design,

aseptic

techniques,

sample

collection

and

storage,

solution

preparation,

isolation

and purification

of

DNA,

RNA,

and

proteins,

Next

Generation

Sequencing,

gel

electrophoresis,

microscopy,

imaging

gel

doc- umentation,

western

blotting,

primer

design,

PCR,

qPCR,

molecular

cloning,

gene

expression

analysis,

genotyping,

flow- cytometry,

SSCP

analysis,

sequencing,

use

of

lab

equipment. Spoken Languages: Native Portuguese, fluent English, conversational Japanese and Spanish,

Mozambican native lan- guages

(Xichangana

and

Xironga).

PUBLICATIONS

and

PRESENTATIONS

Samuel,

V., Y.

Watano,

2014. Estimation

of the

historical levels

of gene flow

between Pinus

pumila and P.

parviflora populations,

in

Proceedings

of

the

78th

annual

meeting

of

the

botanical

society

of

Japan,

12- 14

September,

Kanagawa- Japan

(Presented

by

the

first

author). Bandeira, S., L. Hernroth and V. da Silva, 2014. Inhaca Island – The Cradle of Marine Research in Maputo Bay and Mozambique

Inhaca

Island

–

The

Cradle

of

Marine

Research

in

Maputo

Bay

and

Mozambique.

In:

Bandeira,

S.

and

Paula, J.

(eds.),

The

Maputo

Bay

Ecosystem.

WIOMSA,

Zanzibar

Town,

pp.

87- 97. Maquia,

I.,

N.

S.

Ribeiro,

V.

Silva,

F.

Bessa,

L.

F.

Goulao

and

A.

I.

Ribeiro,

2013.

Genetic

diversity

of

Brachystegia

boehmii Taub.

And

Burkea

africana

Hook.

f.

across

a

fire

gradient

in

Niassa

National

Reserve,

northern

Mozambique.

Biochemical Systematics

and

Ecology

48:

238–247. Senkoro,

A.,

F.

Barbosa,

A.

da

Silva,

A.

Manjate,

V.

M.

Silva

Samuel,

I.

Maquia,

I.

Muocha,

I.

Moura,

L.

F.

Goulão

and

A. Ribeiro,

2012.

Estudo

e

conservação

de

plantas

medicinais

em

Moçambique,

in

Atas

do

congresso

internacional

saber tropical

em

moçambique:

história,

memória

e

ciência,

24- 26

October,

Lisbon- Portugal

(presented

by

the

first

author). da

Silva,

V.,

2011.

Status

and

distribution

of

mangrove forests

of

Mozambique:

Emphasis to Inhaca Island, II JSPS

Ex- change

program

for

East

Asian

Young

Researchers:

Conservation

Genetics

of

Mangroves,

19- 20

October,

Naha- Japan.

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