Holds a B.S. in Applied Physics (minor in Instrumentation & Microelectronics) and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (major in Computer Engineering) from the University of São Paulo (USP). He works with the development of high performance computing systems and distributed systems since 2001. He works as Research Associate at UNESP Center for Scientific Computing and is responsible for the development and technical coordination of new projects in partnership with industry. He is Co-PI of the “Intel Parallel Computing Center” and the “Intel Modern Code Partner” programs established at UNESP CSC in partnership with Intel.