Experienced consultant and researcher for more than 20 years with a passion for descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics. Sound quantitative-oriented hands on expertise coupled with diverse soft skills for communicating effectively with customers and stakeholders. Extensive experience on problem structuring and solving involving various business analytics and system analysis/engineering methods and tools (statistics, mathematical programming, decision analysis, project management, simulation, forecasting, data mining, etc.). Educational background in Management, Engineering and Operations Research. Strong knowledge and experience on information systems.

Ricardo Gaio Alves -Academic and professional qualifications

1996-2000: Ph. D. in theoretical particle physics, with the thesis “A Convergent Reformulation of Perturbative QCD” (Durham University, UK)

1995-96: Master in Sciences in «Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces» , with the dissertation “The Delta expansion and an application to the Polyakov line” , with a final grade of A+ (Imperial College, London University, UK).

1989-95: Bachelors degree in Engenharia Física Tecnológica with a final average mark of 16 out of 20 (Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal)

1995 : Member of Ordem dos Engenheiros (“Engenharia Electrotécnica”´s department) with the number 39266.

Raphaela Vidal is Phd in Industrial Engineering, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2014). She is currently Assistant Professor at Universidade Lusófona ULHT (Lisbon, Portugal) and dedicated her academic career to the teaching of disciplines in the areas of Industrial Engineering and management (graduation and master classes) in Brasil and Portugal. In addition, her professional experience is about Logistics and Purchase (Walmart Brasil ). She collaborates with Dreams research group.