The year of 1989 arrived bringing civic responsibilities and Roberto incorporated in the Brazilian Navy part-time, fulfilling his year of compulsory service.  This allowed him the opportunity to continue his academic education. In 1990, Roberto was selected as one of 23 students for a Production Think-Tank class, due to his essay on Flow Concept, with the opportunity to work for a large corporation for a period of six months. Roberto worked with The Gillette Company, the world leader in razors and shaving products, engaging in a campaign to develop small and medium sized independent outlets for a new Gillette product called Gillette Sensor razor. Putting his natural enthusiasm, talents and education into practice, Roberto did perform above the expectations for a trainee.  He was offered a permanent position as Business Development Manager at the end of his six month contract. Roberto was 19 years old.

The end of 1990 was a hard work, but Roberto managed to maintain his academic studies and still keep up his performance with Gillette. In 1991, with the new product on its way to being established as the top selling razor in the Brazilian market, Roberto outperformed 14 of the 17 colleagues.  All of whom had far more time with the company and more experience than himself. At 20 years of age, he helped to create more than 154 new distribution outlets for Gillette, including four army barracks and three supermarkets.  These alone consumed nearly a quarter of the 1991 target for that part of the country.

After this much excitement, the year of 1992 saw Roberto engage in a new project with another company, the giant Accor Group. This time he was working with the Ticket Restaurant Company, with responsibilities including turning over more than 17 million tickets per year.  This helped maintain his sector as the fifth largest market of the brand in Latin America. This was also Roberto’s first opportunity to act as a manager, leading an excellent team of five staff. For three and half years, the Accor experience helped Roberto develop the necessary tools to understand how the American and European approach to Marketing functioned.  His greatest satisfaction came from leading his team to become better colleagues, professionals and individuals.

The second semester of 1995 found Roberto moving to New Zealand, where he studied English and completed a Chef course.  With Microeconomics not in demand for the New Zealand market between 1995 and 1999, Roberto worked as Food & Beverage Supervisor at the five star Carlton Hotel in Auckland, an establishment with 452 rooms over 12 floors.  During this time he developed experience with the Food & Beverage sector and studied management of this area. He also became popular with visiting celebrities, including Michael Jackson, Lee Iacocca, and others.

 The year 1999 was time for change and Roberto was invited to work for the exclusive Stamford Plaza as Supervisor for the APEC delegation.  The delegation included the President of the United States, Bill Clinton and the American Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright.  For outstanding services, Roberto received a distinct acknowledgement from The White House Office and the Stamford Plaza management.  The year 2000 brought us the America’s Cup, which allowed Roberto to work with and manage Team New Zealand’s service requirements prior to the Louis Vuitton Cup.

With the intention of changing career path in search of new challenges, Roberto started work with a leading Finance Institution in 2003.  From this time through to the present, he has acquainted himself with the various facets of corporate business sales and marketing in New Zealand.  Meanwhile, Roberto started part-time studies in Social Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology with Massey University. At this stage, Roberto has many personal projects in Humanistic Sciences with focuses on individual and professional performance development.  His long term plans including writing a book.

In 2009, Roberto married Petra, his amazing partner of many years.  He lives an amazing life…

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