Biography
Cartographic Engineer (UNESP) with an MBA in Business Management (FGB) and an MSc in Geology (USP). He is a FOSS4G technology specialist at the Geological Survey of Brazil (SGB), leading the modernization, automation, and quality enhancement of the institution’s geospatial workflows within the Directorate of Hydrology and Territorial Management.
He designed the data architecture and currently directs the execution of strategic, nationwide projects using a 100% Open Source ecosystem (QGIS, QField, QFieldCloud, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, GeoPackage, SQL, Python, and GeoServer). His work encompasses end-to-end workflow automation, technical development, and knowledge dissemination among technical teams across the following core areas:
- Risk Management, Disasters, and Territorial Planning: Technical execution and spatial coordination for the Rio Grande do Sul Emergency Response, Geological Risk Mapping, Susceptibility Mapping (Mass Movements and Floods), Geological Hazard Mapping, Geotechnical Mapping, and Municipal Geological Risk Reduction Plans (PMRR).
- Natural Resources, Mining, and Environment: Data structuring for the Assessment of Rare Earth Potential in Brazil, Groundwater studies (Water Deficit in the Brazilian Semi-arid region), Environmental Geochemistry, Multidisciplinary Studies for Mining Impact Reduction, and Degraded Area Recovery Projects for coal mining.
- Geoscientific Innovation and Spatial Data: Processing and analysis of Satellite Interferometry, development of Geophysical Anomaly Maps, geotourism promotion focused on Geological Heritage, and advanced collaborative editing via OpenStreetMap (OSM).
