Rene de Paula Jr.

Rene de Paula Jr.

New Business Director at CUBOCC

Location
São Paulo Area, Brazil
Industry
Internet

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Rene de Paula Jr.'s Overview

Current
  • New Business Director at CUBOCC
  • relentless publisher at Roda e Avisa
Past
  • Gerente de Relacionamento com Desenvolvedores e Gerente de Social Media at Locaweb
  • User Experience Evangelist at Microsoft Brazil
  • User Experience Evangelist at Microsoft
Education
  • Singularity University
  • Universidade de São Paulo
  • Universidade de São Paulo
Recommendations

22 people have recommended Rene

Connections

500+ connections

Websites

Rene de Paula Jr.'s Summary

My goal is to foster innovation by designing and managing collaborative efforts that will bring businesses to a new level.

I'm experienced as a project leader in interactive projects and also as innovation evangelist. My expertises involve product management, collaboration, online communities, social media, e-commerce, CRM and content strategy. I am also a reference in usability, user experience and user engagement. In the last year I participated in countless events about innovation all over Brazil, reaching thousands of interactive professionals.

I create a lot of original content about innovation (articles, videos, podcasts, twits) and my level of influence in social media, according to klout.com, is high:
"renedepaula is a Pundit.
You don't just share news, you create the news. As a pundit, your opinions are wide-spread and highly trusted. You're regularly recognized as a leader in your industry. When you speak, people listen." http://klout.com/renedepaula

I have a mixed background, including over 14 years of experience in internet besides Production Engineering, Communication Arts, Customer Relationship Management, Direct Marketing.

I am fluent in 5 languages (portuguese, english, german, french, spanish)

I'm also experienced in multimedia, video, photography, copywriting, TV production and editing

Specialties

product development, product management, innovation, collaboration, user experience, e-commerce, e-business, cross-cultural projects, regional projects, latin america, usability, user experience, CRM, community management, social media, online-offline integration, marketing, branding, user participation, user-generated content.

Rene de Paula Jr.'s Experience

New Business Director

CUBOCC

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry

April 2012Present (2 months) São Paulo Area, Brazil

relentless publisher

Roda e Avisa

June 2003Present (9 years) São Paulo Area, Brazil

Roda & Avisa is an online channel where I publish my videocasts and podcasts about the impact of technology in our lives. This is a non-profit personal project and my main goal is to share what I've been learning in the digital market.

Gerente de Relacionamento com Desenvolvedores e Gerente de Social Media

Locaweb

Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry

September 2010August 2011 (1 year)

my role is to create and manage a relationship program with a very important segment of our customers: web developers and web agencies. besides that, I'm in charge of our social media initiatives.

User Experience Evangelist

Microsoft Brazil

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry

September 2007August 2010 (3 years)

my role as UX evangelist was to foster innovation and the importance of rich user experiences. My focus was both on interactive agencies and also major brazilian companies.

User Experience Evangelist

Microsoft

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry

September 2007August 2010 (3 years)

my role as UX evangelist was to foster innovation and the importance of rich user experiences. My focus was both on interactive agencies and also major brazilian companies.

Founder

Radinho de Pilha

June 2001October 2008 (7 years 5 months)

Radinho de Pilha was an online community with over 1400 members focused on technology and its impact in business, culture and daily life.

Special Projects / Sales Development

Yahoo! Brasil

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; yhoo; Internet industry

August 2006March 2007 (8 months)

Production Manager

Yahoo! Brazil

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; yhoo; Internet industry

20052007 (2 years)

I was in charge of a team of around 10 professionals who managed over 40 digital services of Yahoo Brasil. I was also in charge of the localization and implementation of a new homepage for Yahoo!

Production Manager

Yahoo!

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; yhoo; Internet industry

September 2005August 2006 (1 year)

I was in charge of a team of around 10 professionals who managed over 40 digital services of Yahoo Brasil. I was also in charge of the localization and implementation of a new homepage for Yahoo!

Internet Specialist

Wunderman

Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; WPPGY; Marketing and Advertising industry

20052005 (less than a year)

internet director

Wunderman brazil

Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; WPPGY; Marketing and Advertising industry

May 2005August 2005 (4 months)

business analyst

Sony Latin America

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; SNE; Consumer Electronics industry

January 2004April 2005 (1 year 4 months)

I was in charge of migrating the local e-commerce platform of SonyStyle to a much more advanced regional solution, integrated with CRM and ERP.

Interactive Projects Expert

10 minutos

October 2002March 2003 (6 months)

my role in 10minutos was to design, develop and implement interactive projects that involved e-commerce, CRM and e-learning as well.

Community Manager

ABN AMRO Bank - Banco Real

Privately Held; 10,001+ employees; Banking industry

20022002 (less than a year)

I was in charge of Espaço Real Universitario, an online community focused on college students

project manager

AgenciaClick

Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry

20002001 (1 year)

main projects I was in charge of: ClicRBS (a portal for RBS media company), C&A e-commerce (the first online store for C&A worldwide)

webmaster

Almap/BBDO

19961998 (2 years)

I was in charge of updating, improving and innovating the agency's website, which won a Grand Prix for creating an online community of advertising professionals

internet specialist

Hipermidia

19961996 (less than a year)

programs producer

HBO Brazil

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Entertainment industry

19951996 (1 year)

Rene de Paula Jr.'s Languages

  • English

    (Professional working proficiency)
  • French

    (Limited working proficiency)
  • German

    (Limited working proficiency)
  • Spanish

    (Professional working proficiency)
  • Portuguese

    (Native or bilingual proficiency)

Rene de Paula Jr.'s Education

Singularity University

Executive Program

20112011

Universidade de São Paulo

graduated, Escola de Comunicações e Artes - Radio and Television

19891996

Universidade de São Paulo

not graduated, Escola Politécnica - Production Engineering

19831989

Rene de Paula Jr.'s Additional Information

Websites:
Interests:

user-generated content, social tools, literature, photography, visual arts, music

Groups and Associations:

creator and moderator of Radinho de Pilha, a social network of over 1000 interactive professionals

Honors and Awards:

Grand Prix - ABOUT 1998 award (for AlmapBBDO's website)
IBEST - Design 1999 (for J. R. Duran's website)

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