Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Project Manager with over 20 years of experience in large-scale industrial projects in bioenergy and the energy transition. I have delivered 3 greenfield biomethane plants and 2 greenfield sugar, ethanol and energy mills across Brazil and Angola, managed multidisciplinary teams on projects up to USD 250 million, and operated mission-critical infrastructure at AWS in Germany. Currently Project Manager at Ferbgas, a pioneering Portuguese biomethane producer. Master in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineer, and Mathematician from UNESP, and Ph.D. candidate in Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering at ITA, researching nonlinear dynamic analysis for mechanical energy harvesting.
Project Manager at Ferbgas, a pioneering Portuguese biomethane producer. Responsible for the development of biomethane plants in Portugal from feasibility studies through delivery, managing EPC and O&M contracts, mass and energy balances, sensitivity analyses and process optimization, ensuring with engineering firms and regulators technical and environmental compliance, CapEx and OpEx control, and alignment with organic waste valorization, decarbonization and Guarantees of Origin (GOs) frameworks.
Researcher in energy harvesting through mechanical energy by non-linear dynamic analysis.
Professional role within a mission-critical AWS Data Center, contributing to system commissioning, energization readiness, operational validation (RFS), and SOP development, ensuring high standards of safety and compliance.
Industrial process consultant for four production units, focusing on sugar, ethanol, energy, biogas, and new business development.
Coordinated a multidisciplinary engineering team (Process, Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Instrumentation, and Automation) for the implementation of three greenfield projects and the expansion of a biogas plant, with a total investment of approximately USD 250 million.