Raquel de Castro Boechat
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English Full professional proficiency
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French Professional working proficiency
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Portuguese Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Professional working proficiency
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Bio
Vivian Schneider
Raquel is a born entrepreneur and pioneer, with the courage to explore new ventures and possibilities. She has a great network of contacts and top communication and negotiation skills, which enables her to make new projects come to life with excellence. She puts her heart into every project she works on, and this passion and enthusiasm reflect in the results she delivers to her clients.
Sandra Martyn
Dedicated, hardworking, and enthusiastic. Raquel would be an asset for any organization, with a great deal of experience. Willing to learn, and equally willing to share her experience and knowledge with others.
Reza Motalebpour
I've been collaborating with Raquel for the past 3 years in the Startup space, and she is one of the few contacts in the industry who really understands the 'Canadian Startup' industry. She has always been passionate about all the projects she has handled and truly believes and supports her clients. I would recommend any Startup and Accelerator to utilize Raquel's experience to scale their operations.
Vivian Schneider
Raquel is a born entrepreneur and pioneer, with the courage to explore new ventures and possibilities. She has a great network of contacts and top communication and negotiation skills, which enables her to make new projects come to life with excellence. She puts her heart into every project she works on, and this passion and enthusiasm reflect in the results she delivers to her clients.
Sandra Martyn
Dedicated, hardworking, and enthusiastic. Raquel would be an asset for any organization, with a great deal of experience. Willing to learn, and equally willing to share her experience and knowledge with others.
Reza Motalebpour
I've been collaborating with Raquel for the past 3 years in the Startup space, and she is one of the few contacts in the industry who really understands the 'Canadian Startup' industry. She has always been passionate about all the projects she has handled and truly believes and supports her clients. I would recommend any Startup and Accelerator to utilize Raquel's experience to scale their operations.
Vivian Schneider
Raquel is a born entrepreneur and pioneer, with the courage to explore new ventures and possibilities. She has a great network of contacts and top communication and negotiation skills, which enables her to make new projects come to life with excellence. She puts her heart into every project she works on, and this passion and enthusiasm reflect in the results she delivers to her clients.
Sandra Martyn
Dedicated, hardworking, and enthusiastic. Raquel would be an asset for any organization, with a great deal of experience. Willing to learn, and equally willing to share her experience and knowledge with others.
Reza Motalebpour
I've been collaborating with Raquel for the past 3 years in the Startup space, and she is one of the few contacts in the industry who really understands the 'Canadian Startup' industry. She has always been passionate about all the projects she has handled and truly believes and supports her clients. I would recommend any Startup and Accelerator to utilize Raquel's experience to scale their operations.
Vivian Schneider
Raquel is a born entrepreneur and pioneer, with the courage to explore new ventures and possibilities. She has a great network of contacts and top communication and negotiation skills, which enables her to make new projects come to life with excellence. She puts her heart into every project she works on, and this passion and enthusiasm reflect in the results she delivers to her clients.
Sandra Martyn
Dedicated, hardworking, and enthusiastic. Raquel would be an asset for any organization, with a great deal of experience. Willing to learn, and equally willing to share her experience and knowledge with others.
Reza Motalebpour
I've been collaborating with Raquel for the past 3 years in the Startup space, and she is one of the few contacts in the industry who really understands the 'Canadian Startup' industry. She has always been passionate about all the projects she has handled and truly believes and supports her clients. I would recommend any Startup and Accelerator to utilize Raquel's experience to scale their operations.
Credentials
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Seneca Helix - HELIXer member
Seneca CollegeOct, 2019- Sep, 2024 -
Startup Visa Program - Toronto/ Canada
LatAm StartupsApr, 2019- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Canada Starthub
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Canada
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Professional Training and Coaching
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1 - 100 Employee
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Visionary and Founder
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Jan 2022 - Present
Our team at CANADA STARTHUB guides your company to apply for a business incubator designated by the Startup Visa Program in Canada to start your international journey. Our leaders are international entrepreneurs that already accelerated more than one business in Canada and came through the Startup Visa Program, a permanent visa for innovative startup founders. We introduce international companies to the Canadian market and prepare startups to apply for a Startup Visa Business Incubator Program. It is a pathway to accelerate your goals and install your business in the country recognized as the best place to live, invest and expand innovative companies. Show less
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Artemis Project
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Canada
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Mining
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1 - 100 Employee
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Brazil Project Lead
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Nov 2020 - Present
Artemis Project is a social enterprise founded on a collective of female entrepreneurs focused on disruptive change in global economic, environmental, and social development in mining. We drive agile and innovative business outcomes between female entrepreneurs and mining companies seeking to transition from ESG compliance to using ESG as an imperative for genuine change, improved business performance resulting in an improved world. Artemis Project is a social enterprise founded on a collective of female entrepreneurs focused on disruptive change in global economic, environmental, and social development in mining. We drive agile and innovative business outcomes between female entrepreneurs and mining companies seeking to transition from ESG compliance to using ESG as an imperative for genuine change, improved business performance resulting in an improved world.
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@enfatomulticomunicacao
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Brazil
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder, Partner, Entrepreneur
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May 1999 - Present
We have been working with strategic communication and connections in Brazil and Canada for over 20 years. We have extensive experience in preparing communication leaders, building reputation and relationships with stakeholders. We work in communication planning, press consultancy, executive training in communication and crisis prevention/management, relationship with the press and decision-makers. We are a reference in content production and managing the relationship of our customers and the press in the coordination of events in person and online. We work with content production for management reports, awards business cases, magazines and docial media. We lead PR actions, engagement experiences and relationships with strategic audiences. Show less
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International Mentor
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Oct 2020 - Present
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uGlobally
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Netherlands
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International Trade and Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Global Mentor
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Jun 2020 - Present
A conversation with a strategic professional who lives and works in a country of interest can bring insights far more productive than six months of desk research. Validate new markets based on the experience of specialists in an international network. A conversation with a strategic professional who lives and works in a country of interest can bring insights far more productive than six months of desk research. Validate new markets based on the experience of specialists in an international network.
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Athimos
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Brazil
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Information Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder
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Apr 2019 - Present
Co-founder of the Canadian startup Athimos Health Tech, founded by the Brazilian WW8 in Toronto, Canada, focused on the development of innovation and technology for health and reference in electronic clinical records for physicians, clinics and hospitals. Co-founder of the Canadian startup Athimos Health Tech, founded by the Brazilian WW8 in Toronto, Canada, focused on the development of innovation and technology for health and reference in electronic clinical records for physicians, clinics and hospitals.
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E-Training
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Paraguay
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E-Learning Providers
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Co-Founder
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Oct 2018 - Present
Hub created to connect professionals, companies and projects in the area of interpersonal communication, in a multidisciplinary way. The main objective of E-Training is to empower leadership and promote integration and global connections to maximize shared projects. Hub created to connect professionals, companies and projects in the area of interpersonal communication, in a multidisciplinary way. The main objective of E-Training is to empower leadership and promote integration and global connections to maximize shared projects.
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Professor School of Communication, Arts and Design - Famecos
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Mar 2015 - Apr 2019
Professor in the discipline of Press Office of the journalism course, 5 semesters. Training in Service Learning to work on flipped classrooms, PBL Solutions and practices experienced in real companies. Disciplines focused on market practices in alignment with theoretical content and debates, with a final project of broad communication planning in several multidisciplinary platforms, with focus on integrated communication solutions. Professor in the discipline of Press Office of the journalism course, 5 semesters. Training in Service Learning to work on flipped classrooms, PBL Solutions and practices experienced in real companies. Disciplines focused on market practices in alignment with theoretical content and debates, with a final project of broad communication planning in several multidisciplinary platforms, with focus on integrated communication solutions.
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Hub Portugal
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Brazil
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Business Consulting and Services
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Co-Founder
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Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Project created with strategic partners to connect companies, people and initiatives related to Brazil and Portugal. First content event held on October 1. Project created with strategic partners to connect companies, people and initiatives related to Brazil and Portugal. First content event held on October 1.
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Communication leader of the Staff
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Sep 2018 - Sep 2018
Responsible for the communication of the Mission Canada from 14 to 22 September 2018 with corporate leaders, university coordinators, professors and university students. Coverage of visits, interviews, appointments with the press, videos, photos, social networks. Responsible for the communication of the Mission Canada from 14 to 22 September 2018 with corporate leaders, university coordinators, professors and university students. Coverage of visits, interviews, appointments with the press, videos, photos, social networks.
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Abracom - Associação Brasileira das Agências de Comunicação
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Brazil
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Non-profit Organizations
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Director in Rio Grande do Sul
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Jan 2013 - Jan 2017
Regional leadership and national articulation in Abracom projects, with associates, political and business leaderships. Articulation with entities and companies to strengthen the market of strategic and corporate communication in Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil. Expansion of regional projects, attracting new associates, regional representation of the entity in events, articulations and projects of both public and private corporations. Regional leadership and national articulation in Abracom projects, with associates, political and business leaderships. Articulation with entities and companies to strengthen the market of strategic and corporate communication in Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil. Expansion of regional projects, attracting new associates, regional representation of the entity in events, articulations and projects of both public and private corporations.
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Corporate Communication
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1996 - 1998
Communication planning, relations with the press, internal communication, creation of communication channels between steel mills, production of content for newsletters, coverage of events and engagement with the press. Communication planning, relations with the press, internal communication, creation of communication channels between steel mills, production of content for newsletters, coverage of events and engagement with the press.
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Grupo RBS
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Brazil
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Media Production
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700 & Above Employee
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Zero Hora Newsroom
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1995 - 1996
Writing, content production, reader service, review and editing for column Espaço Livre Zero Hora. Writing, content production, reader service, review and editing for column Espaço Livre Zero Hora.
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English Teacher
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Mar 1994 - Jul 1995
English teacher for children from 6 to 15 years in school with a multidisciplinary project involving Arts, English and Computation. English teacher for children from 6 to 15 years in school with a multidisciplinary project involving Arts, English and Computation.
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Education
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Harvard University
Extension Course - CMI Interser - Cambridge/EUA, Negotiation -
Schulich ExecEd
Advanced Leadership Program, Business Administration and Management, Leadership -
LatAm Startups
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INN Academy
Building a global business- How to use resources to capture a bigger market, Management and International Business -
Fundação Getulio Vargas
Extension in High-performance Negotiation and Management, Neuromarketing, study of neuroscience and negotiation to contribute to decision making, interpersona -
PUCRS - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Special Student of Master's degree - Organizational Communication, Comunicação -
Fundação Getulio Vargas
Economics and Business Management, Economic and Management -
PUCRS - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Social Communication - Journalism and Communication, Comunicação -
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul
Bachelor’s in Social Communication with emphasis in Journalism, Comunicação -
Anchieta School
High School, High School