Thalita Fonte

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ABOUT THALITA FONTE

Civil Engineer, MSc in Structural Engineering and MBA in Business Management.• Fluent in English, Intermediate Spanish, Native in Portuguese• 18 years of experience on Engineering and Operations, working with the management and execution of projects in the fields of Telecom, Consulting, Capital Goods and Education, with expertise on negotiation, conflict resolution and achievement of results. • Experience in the execution of large projects, working on all phases, such as risk assessment, scope, time schedule, control and analysis of results; management / coordination of teams in Brazil, USA and Mexico, with more than 50 Engineers working on a single project.• Strong actuation in the management of several field service suppliers, using more than 500 simultaneous workers, distributed all over Brazil, executing technical procedures in places with extreme access difficulties, besides interface with strategic areas, prioritizing communication for risk mitigation and conflict resolution.• Skilled on international projects, as a specialist in Structures (Sweden and Peru), responsible for carrying out the critical analysis for the designing on local standards and non-usual phenomena such as seismic and snowing loading.• Responsible for structuring departments and work routines, including the development and implementation of technical tools, structural calculation, development and software validation with teams in the USA.• Skilled on technical due diligence and CAPEX and OPEX budgets estimation and control. • Academic Experience, teaching Timber Structures and Bridges. Author of more 10 papers regarding the theme (Brazil and abroad);• Strong analytical capacity, focused on results, target achievements, quality of deliverables, intercultural relationship, development of teams and departments.Keywords: Structural Engineering, Steel Structures, Operations Management, Multicultural, Telco, Mining, Conveyors, CAPEX, Vendors Management, Contract Management, M&A.