WORK EXPERIENCE

• Co-Founder of Ektrum, Brasília
• technology consultancy start-up company

• Scientist at INDT (Institute of Technology Development) Brasília, Brazil, from Jan. 2015 to March 2016
• R&D center, associated with Microsoft.
• Leading researcher of a team dedicated to the development of link and system-level wireless simulators.
• Investigation of transmission techniques and algorithms for 5G communications systems.

• Professor (Adjunct) at University of Brasília (UnB), Brazil, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, from Aug. 2009
• Lecturer in graduate/undergraduate courses.
• Supervisor of undergraduate and graduate student projects.
• Coordinator of research project funded by Vale Mining on through-the-earth communications for underground mines.
• Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering (PPGEE) in 2014.
• Coordinator of project on Visible Light Communications, funded by CNPq, Edital Universal.
• Participation in research projects on optical communications funded by Ericsson and CPqD.
• Coordinator of Microwave and Wireless Systems Lab (MWSL) research group.

• Specialist Researcher at INdT (Nokia Technology Institute), Brasília, Brazil, from Jan. 2005 to Jul. 2009
• Technical leader in the development of simulation software for wireless communications
• Simulator development and support for Nokia's standardization activities in 3GPP-GERAN
• Simulator development and support for Nokia's standardization activities in IEEE 802.16 - WiMAX.

• Lecturer at Instituto de Educação Superior de Brasília (IESB), Brasília, from Feb. 2005 to Aug. 2006
• Teaching of Principles of Communications

• Specialist RF Enginner at Claro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from Oct. 2002 to Jan. 2005
• Involved in the planning of the nationwide deployment of Claro's GSM network
• Responsible for BSC/TRAU planning
• In charge of GPRS/EDGE radio interface project

• Post-Doctoral Fellow at IBM Research Zurich, Switzerland, from Oct. 2000 to Sep. 2002
• Participation in the development of an IEEE 802.11a WiFi modem.
• Research activities and development of link- and system level simulators for IEEE 802.11 networks

• Research Assistant at Vodafone Chair Mobile Comm. Systems, TU Dresden, Germany, from Apr, 1997 to Sep. 2000
• Participation in the physical layer design of a 4G CDMA/SDMA wireless communications system (IBMS project)
• Design of a Cordless Telephone System (CTS) in partnership with Alcatel-SEL, included in GSM standards.

EDUCATION

• PhD (Dr.-Ing.) in Electrical Engineering from Dresden University of Technology, Germany, in Sep. 2001
• with highest honours (Summa cum Laude)
• title: Signal Pre-Processing in the Downlink of spread-Spectrum Communications Systems

• M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-Rio), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in Aug. 1996

• B. Eng. in Electrical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-Rio), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in Dec. 1994

• FUE (First University Examination) in Electrical Engineering from the Reading University, UK, in Aug. 1990

LANGUAGES

• English (fluent)
• German (fluent)
• Portuguese (native speaker)
• Spanish (fluent)
• French (advanced knowledge)

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

• Communications and Coding theory
• Wireless communications (PHY and MAC)
• Optical communications (PHY)
• Development of link- and system-level simulators
• Wireless standards: IEEE 802.11 / IEEE 802.16 / 3GPP family

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Expert programming in C/C++
• Object-oriented programming
• Expert in Matlab

OTHER INFORMATION

• Publications list here.
• ongoing supervision of 2 PhD and 3 MSc students, concluded supervisions here.
• IEEE Senior Member
• Voluntary activity
• Chair of the Centro-Norte Brasil IEEE Section in 2011/2012
• General Chair of the Brazilian Telecommunications Symposium (SBrT) in 2012

Further information on my professional experience and education can be obtained from my LinkedIn profile.