Gustavo Ferreira

514-***-****

Languages

Fluent in English, French and Portuguese

Some understanding in Spanish, Italian and German

Profile

Five years of experience in mechanical engineering, in which two years also in project management and one in industrial engineering

Certification Project Management Professional (PMP) from Project Management Institute (PMI)

Capable of working under pressure, while staying precise and methodical in order to respect schedules

Analytical capacity and creativity in problem resolution put together with strategic and critical thinking

Experienced and qualified in technical writing

Computational Skills

Pipeline Studio (TGNET): Advanced

Stoner Pipeline Simulator: Advanced

Microsoft Excel: Advanced

Microsoft PowerPoint: Advanced

Microsoft Word: Advanced

Microsoft Project: Intermediary

Microsoft Visio: Intermediary

@Risk: Intermediary

ARIS: Intermediary

Auto CAD: Intermediary

MatLab : Intermediary

WBS Chart Pro: Intermediary

LaTeX: Elementary

SAP: Elementary

Professional Experience

SUMMITT ENERGY, Canada, Montréal 2010-2011

Independent Energy Consultant

Plan, schedule and execute business meetings to present to small and medium size companies a more reliable, stable and safe energy supply option

Energy market scanning in order to provide an outstanding service for the costumers and guarantee their satisfaction

Substitute the regional director in the training meetings as needed

SIMDUT (Pipeline Thermohydraulic Simulation Group), Brazil 2006 - 2010

Project Coordinator

Coordinate a team of engineers on a consulting project to model and simulate the logistics reliability of the Brazilian gas pipelines integrated network

Budget the thermo-hydraulic study projects to expand the Brazilian oil network and data management for efficient system’s modeling

Collect, trial and manage the necessary data for an effective modeling

Technical support to the TRANSPETRO‘s National Operational Control Center

Achievements

I increased the maturity level in *SIMDUT’s management and achieved 5% to 15% cost reduction in several projects

I helped to achieve with a multidisciplinary team in a “war room” a technically and logistically viable solution to the $6,000,000/day gas supply crisis caused by the dispute between Brazil and Bolivia in 2007

Professional Experience (suite)

GPI (INTEGRATED PRODUCTION GROUP), Brazil 2006

Junior Consultant Engineer Industrial Engineering

Process modeling (EPC) to build a standard that includes a set of good practices deemed necessary for distribution terminals of oil and derivatives.

VARIG ENGENHARIA E MANUTENÇÃO, Brazil 2005

Intern in engineering aircraft maintenance

Aircraft maintenance process overview and control

Select the composite structures repair under supervision

BRAZILIAN ARMY, Brazil 1998 - 1999

Officer Candidate

Personnel, equipment, explosives and military devices management

Education Credentials

UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDES DE GRENOBLE, France

Master’s degree in international management (Magna Cum Laude - With Great Honor) 2009

PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil

MBA in project management 2009

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering 2006

Other Professional Experience

PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil

Instructor – Gas pipeline thermo-hydraulic simulation 2008

To organize the course’s subjects and distribute the assignments between the instructors

To teach the concept of good practices in modeling, as well as the use of advanced commands for the study of transient states of gas transport

Development Courses

Maritime Strategy - The Naval Academy of War in Rio de Janeiro 2009

Industrial Engineering - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2006

Auto CAD - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro 1996

Research Work

Carvalho, T.S.; Bilhim, T.S.; Ferreira, G.P.D. ; Pires L.F.G. ; Faertes, D. ; Saker, L., "Brazilian gas network computational model for reliability analysis Model", International Pipeline Conference, Calgary, Alberta 2010

Goulart, C.; Ferreira, G.P.D.; Pires B.X.; “Applicability of PMBOK’s best practices in the entertainment industry”, MBA degree thesis 2009

Ferreira, G.P.D.; Scelza D., "Qualitative evaluation of the uncertainties of optics measurements of crack size in da/dn fatigue test”, Bachelor degree thesis 2006

References upon request

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