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Prior to joining 3M in late 2006, Roberto was on the faculty of the
Information and Decision Sciences Department at the University of
Illinois, Chicago (UIC), where he taught courses in Business Systems
Analysis and Design, Project and Program Management, and Management of
Distributed Projects. He has researched and consulted extensively for
over fifteen years in the United States, Japan, Latin America and Europe.
Roberto’s work has focused on the management of distributed projects,
with emphasis on developing and implementing solutions designed to
improve sharing and transfer of appropriate knowledge. One of them, a
novel methodology created to improve crisis management and associated
short-term knowledge transfer decisions, was the basis for a showcase
application developed for Avian Flu Pandemic Preparedness and
implemented in Miami (Miami-Dade Health County Health Department). Other
applications related to business continuity planning have also been
developed.
At 3M, Roberto has continued to work on another innovative methodology he created: expertise mapping. Expertise mapping graphically depicts the depth and location (both functional and geographical) of individual knowledge in an organization, enabling new perspectives on traditional issues such as succession planning, staffing strategies, global R&D knowledge transfer, and increasing transparency of knowledge location in mergers and acquisitions.
He has published over 30 refereed articles in both academic and
practitioner journals including the Communications of the ACM, IEEE
Transactions on Engineering Management, International Journal of Project
Management, International Journal of Emergency Management, Business
Horizons, European Management Journal, Human Systems Management, and the
Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce.
Additionally, Roberto has published over 70 book chapters and conference
proceedings as well as engaged in multiple expert panels. Prior to
joining the faculty at UIC, Roberto was Associate Professor at
University of Denver in Colorado. He has also taught graduate and
executive education at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica and
Universidade de Sao Paulo in Brazil; Escuela Superior de Administración
de Empresas in Lima, Peru; and at SDA Bocconi in Milan, Italy. He was
visiting Professor at University College Dublin in Ireland, at Agder
College in Kristiansand, Norway, and at Erasmus University in Rotterdam,
The Netherlands. He is also a frequent keynote speaker in worldwide
meetings and conferences.
Roberto earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Management Information
Systems from the University of Minnesota, his Master of Science in
Transportation Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
(PET/COPPE, UFRJ) and his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from
the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil.
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