Rafael graduated in Business at FAAP in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1998 and in Electrical Engineering in 2014 at UNIUBE in Uberaba, Brazil. He has a Master in Business (MBA) at Rice University in 2002 and Master in Project Management at Keller Graduate School of Management in 2004, both in Houston, USA. He completed a PhD in Business at USP in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2008. His professional background started as Stock Market Analyst in 1998 at Finasa Investment Banking in São Paulo, Brazil, and in 1999 he started to work for Curimbaba Group as the CFO at Sintex Minerals in Houston TX until 2005 when he moved to Brazil to hold a corporative position of Business Development Vice President for the 14 companies of Curimbaba Group.
