Experience

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  Optimatics

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Senior Optimization Engineer

    • Feb 2024 - Present
    • San Francisco Bay Area

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  Royal HaskoningDHV

  • Netherlands
  • Civil Engineering
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Technical Business Development Lead

    • Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

  • Team Lead | Customer Success Water Monitoring Team

    • Sep 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Process Engineer/Data Analyst at Aquasuite®

    • Feb 2021 - Sep 2022

    - Planning, organization and execution of monitoring plans for advanced control applications used for water and wastewater systems (Aquasuite)- Development and deployment of tools for data analysis of user’s system andautomation of performance reports- Presentation of business insights to users and stakeholders- Management of client feedback and suggestion of new functionalities to applications’ stakeholders

  • Delivery Engineer at Aquasuite® | Digital Water Talent Trainee

    • Sep 2019 - Feb 2021

    - Configuration and support of advanced control applications for drinking water, wastewatertreatment and sludge treatment systems, including Site Acceptance Tests (SATs)and User Acceptance Tests (UATs)- Development of tools for automation of support and configuration tasks withinAquasuite- Participation in the Digital Water Talent Program (courses about python for object orientedprogramming, Scrum, Git and development of user interfaces)

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  IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

  • Delft

  • Research Assistant

    • Apr 2019 - Jul 2019
    • Delft

    - Further development of algorithm that estimates costs and benefits of wastewatertreatment systems and optimizes wastewater plants locations through geneticalgorithms (Operwas tool)- Establishment of contact with water and wastewater operators in the West Bank andIsrael- Gathering of operational data and overview of water and wastewater systems for MScThesis- Development of user interface for Operwas tool- Production of dissemination materials for outreach- Presentation of tool to project’s stakeholders in theWest Bank

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  Al-Quds University

  • West Bank, Palestine

  • Field researcher

    • Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
    • West Bank, Palestine

    Field data gathering of wastewater treatment plants and collection systems in the West Bank.

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  Aegea Saneamento e Participações S.A.

  • Sinop, Mato Grosso

  • Trainee

    • Aug 2016 - Sep 2017
    • Sinop, Mato Grosso

    Management of municipal wastewater treatment plants in the state of Mato Grosso - Brazil, following the operation, training operators, controlling the quality of effluents and evaluating sanitation plans for new and growing sanitary networks.

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  BIOKRATOS Consultoria Ambiental Ltda.

  • Juiz de Fora e Região, Brasil

  • Junior Project Engineer

    • May 2016 - Aug 2016
    • Juiz de Fora e Região, Brasil

    Design of water and sanitation projects for municipal networks, environmental management of licenses and requirements in industrial plants and environmental education projects.

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  Achieve Languages

  • Lavras e Região, Brasil

  • German teacher

    • Jul 2014 - Aug 2015
    • Lavras e Região, Brasil

    German teacher for beginners, in private and group classes.

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  Prefeitura Municipal de Lavras

  • Lavras e Região, Brasil

  • Intern

    • Feb 2015 - Jul 2015
    • Lavras e Região, Brasil

    Intern following processes of urban cleaning, solid waste management, urban afforestation and environmental planning of the Municipal Secretary for Environmental Management.

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  Fachhochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf

  • Freising

  • Scholarship holder at Science Without Borders Program

    • Feb 2013 - Mar 2014
    • Freising

    Exchange student in the Renewable Energy Management course at Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, in Freising, Germany.Subjects studied: Organic Waste Energy, Renewable Energy Markets, Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Energy, Project Management, Organic Agriculture and Rural Environmental Protection, Sustainable Marketing, Environmental Law, Hydroelectric Energy and Wind Energy.

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  Department of Urban Water Management at the Technical University of Munich, SWW - TUM

  • Garching, Bayer, Alemanha

  • Intern

    • Oct 2013 - Feb 2014
    • Garching, Bayer, Alemanha

    Intern in "Nitrogen-rich wastewater" processes of urban and industrial wastewater. Participation in the development of semi-technical test systems, control of the operation of experimental systems, calibration of online reading instruments, sampling and sample preparation for analysis, analysis of parameters related to wastewater quality with curvette tests and documentation of the results.

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  Biológica Jr. Consultoria Ambiental

  • Lavras, MG

  • Diretora de Projetos

    • Feb 2011 - Mar 2012
    • Lavras, MG

    Voluntária na empresa júnior Biológica Jr., formada por estudantes de Biologia e Engenharia Ambiental e Sanitária. Como diretora de projetos, trabalhou em projetos de licenciamento ambiental de empresas de médio porte e projetos de educação ambiental em Bambuí, Luminárias e Lavras, MG.

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  BIOKRATOS Consultoria Ambiental Ltda.

  • Juiz de Fora e Região, Brasil

  • Estágio voluntário

    • Jul 2011 - Jan 2012
    • Juiz de Fora e Região, Brasil

    Realização de estágio nos meses de férias universitárias, em Julho de 2011 e em Janeiro de 2012, em Juiz de Fora - MG. As atividades realizadas envolveram acompanhamento de processos de licenciamento ambiental na região da Zona da Mata mineira; elaboração de relatórios como RIMA, EIA e PRAD; e visitas de campo para recolhimento de informações e monitoramento da recuperação de áreas degradadas, principalmente do setor de mineiração.

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  SEMAD/UFLA/FUNDECC

  • Lavras e Região, Brasil

  • Bolsista de Iniciação Científica no projeto "Sistema integrado de gestão do meio ambiente"

    • Aug 2010 - May 2011
    • Lavras e Região, Brasil

    Iniciação Científica Voluntária no projeto "Cinética de Degradação da Matéria Orgânica em Sistemas Alagados Construídos com Escoamento Sub superficial Horizontal", no qual foram coletadas amostras de sistema alagado (wetlands) utilizados para o pós-tratamento de água residuária da suinocultura e analisada a cinética de degradação no escoamento horizontal do sistema.