Metallurgical Engineer

FRANCISCO ANASTACIO DE OLIVEIRA NETO

Ph.D., M.Sc, B.Sc Metallurgical Engineer, PMP Project Management Certified. Avenida Rio Branco, 1571/12, Rio Branco, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil, 95.096-000 0055 (51) 9-8155-5225, *******@*****.***, Skype: nettoss https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisco-neto-phd-pmp SUMMARY

Engineer with metallurgical background and working experience in process improvement. Experience in project management and planning in industrial investment projects (engineering, procurement, and site operations). WORK EXPERIENCE

Metallurgical Project Engineer

01-2015 – Present

Independent Consultant, Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil Responsibilities:

● Provides technical advice and guidance for process optimization, by developing plant audits and proposals for innovation development to improve future operations performance.

● Achievements:

● Perform techno-economic analysis to support improvements in smelting processes. Develop approaches towards waste-to-value.

Operations Manager - 04-2012 – 12-2014

Intersurgical, Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil

Responsibilities:

Manage a greenfield capital project to design and implement a medical device manufacturing plant. Manage operation strategy, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory affairs to attain sales demand. Achievements:

Developed a medical device manufacturing plant basic design and the corresponding project execution plan. Prepared CAPEx estimate of a USD 20M medical device manufacturing. Innovations Program Manager - 05-2011 – 12-2011

UNISINOS University / Innovation Office, Sao Leopoldo - RS - Brazil Responsibilities:

Manage, design, implement and maintain the university s innovation program by establishing procedures to support R&D developments from research teams, promote industrial collaborative projects, and stimulate the technological transfer of the innovative research results to private and public stakeholders. Achievements:

Designed and implemented an information system on innovations to gather ideas from research groups and evaluate them and bring them to market faster than ever before through technological partnerships with private companies and entrepreneurs.

Industrial Project Manager - 10-2009 – 04-2011

FIERGS Industry Development Agency, Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil Responsibilities:

Develop assessment and consultancy services by helping industries to solve complex operational issues. Identify opportunities to maximize industrial process efficiency, including opportunities to improve future business performance through innovation management.

Achievements:

● Supported a variety of industries to implement project initiatives for promoting manufacturing process improvements using quality and innovation management.

Metallurgical Research Engineer - 09-2007 – 09-2009 UNISINOS University / Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Ciao Leopoldo - RS - Brazil Responsibilities:

Support investigations to optimize metallurgical and materials manufacturing processes, ferrous and non-ferrous foundry processes, and alloy-making steel casting (metal refinement, AOD, EAF, VIM). Act on design and execution of experiments at high-temperature.

Design and perform experiments to evaluate the feasibility and performance of metal reduction processes and waste-to-value approaches.

Achievements:

● Successfully implemented operation and process optimization, operational cost optimization, and waste reduction for foundries and steelmaking processes.

Planning Manager - 09-1999 – 12-2006

Acqua Manager Automation, Rio de Janeiro- RJ - Brazil Responsibilities:

Responsible for a broad range of duties related to the day-to-day functions associated with planning, supplies, and operations, including financial planning, project budget control, contracts, and stakeholder management. Achievements:

Supported business development teams in the winning of new domestic and export contracts that support 70% YOY revenue growth. Supported business development opportunities across Europe and Africa. EDUCATION

Ph.D. Metallurgy - Manchester University/UMIST, Manchester, UK 1995 Master of Science in Extractive Metallurgy - PUC-Rio University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1990 Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering - Federal Fluminense University, Niteroi, Brazil, 1986 MBA Business Management - IBGEN Institute, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2014. LANGUAGES

English – Fluent. Portuguese – Native. Spanish – Read and Understand CERTIFICATIONS / OTHER COURSES

- PMP® Project Management Certified (PMP® Number: 1960989)

- Lean in Manufacturing and Services, MOOC, BTG/Coursera, 2019.

- Six Sigma, MOOC, Technische Universität München edX, 2016 ASSOCIATIONS

- PMI - Project Management Institute, 2009

- University of Manchester Alumni, 1996

- Chartered Engineer - Brazilian Engineering Council (CREA-RJ), 1987

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