Pedro Alem Filho

Change Agent, Consultant, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Global soul, Jewish, Parent, Policy maker, Startup, World traveler

Pedro Alem Filho is currently Executive Manager of the Industrial Policy Unit at the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI), position held since March 2012. He is responsible for formulating, negotiating, monitoring and evaluating industrial policy strategies, tools and acts for the Brazilian manufacturing sector development and competitiveness. As Executive Manager, Mr. Alem is responsible for the Productive/Value Chains, SMEs and IP divisions. He represents CNI in a dozen of public-private dialogue boards and committees, including the coordination of working groups within these collegiate bodies. Alongside with the EM position, Mr. Alem is Executive Secretary of three permanent boards at CNI: SME, Industrial Policy and Technological Development, and Agribusiness, as well as of the Mining Sector Special Committee. In May, 2013, he was nominated by the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation for the Technical and Scientific Board of the Renato Archer ICT Research Center. Before joining CNI, he worked as Director of the Industry, Science and Technology Department at the Ministry of Communications, where he simultaneously held the position of Executive Secretary of the Fund for Technological Development of the Telecommunications (FUNTTEL). From 2005 to 2011 he was responsible for industrial policy initiatives (PITCE and PDP) for the ICT industry at ABDI (Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development), where he also coordinated the program for Industrial Sectors' Technological Agendas - Steel; Plastics; Construction; Cosmetics and Personal Hygiene; Industrial Automation; Footwear an Leather Artifacts; Textiles; and Medical Equipments. During this period, he was member of the Executive Board of the Brazilian DTV System Forum, the Steering Committee of the Brazil IC Program, the Executive Committee of PDP's (Industrial Policy) ICT Program and the Committee for Innovation Centers of the Brazilian Technology System (SIBRATEC). From 2001 to 2005 served at FINEP as Project Analyst, as well as Head of the Department of Planning within the Area of Innovation for Industrial Competitiveness and Head of the Services and Information Technology Department. In parallel, he got involved in some ventures as entrepreneur in retail and partner in robotics and 3D printing. Mr. Alem has a bachelor degree in Civil Engineering by the University of Sao Paulo (2000), Executive MBA in Project Management by Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (2003) and a Master Degree (M.Sc.) in Production Engineering by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2006).

Innovation Entrepreneurship Making people lives better a little bit every day

Make someone smile every day. Not laugh, not yet. Smile! It is not about telling a joke! It is about that "thank you" smile for being kind, for helping in some little thing… for saying "good morning" with a sincere smile in YOUR face. At least one, every day, this one not from your family, not from an old friend. Try to bring a smile from the restaurant waiter just by saying “thank you” and MEANING it, calling him/her gently by his/her name… try opening and holding the door for the courier deliverer holding all those packages you ordered online. You will see how better you can feel, how better people will feel about your presence, and how better can every single day of your life be. The consequences? Probably your family will thank you for coming home lighter, in a better mood, you will thank yourself for feeling better, with a big fat smile on everyone faces.

Innovation & Business Development, Project Funding, Project Management, Public Policy - Industrial Development, Public Policy - Innovation, Public Policy - SME & Entrepreneurship, Semiconductors and Displays, Start-Up / Early-Stage - Investment & Financing, Technological Development & Technology Transfer

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