RIO OIL & GAS 2016

Mr. Augusto Salomon is the Executive President of the Brazilian Association of Piped Gas Distributors - ABEGÁS, and has worked in the gas market since 1992, when he founded GAS BRASIL – a B2B networking site for natural gas sector. He has a degree in Computer Science, and a MBA's in Project and Business Management. He is a co-founder of pioneer in Brazil "Syspro Engeneering & Holding”, a developer of wireless communication technology company. He was a Project Manager at the Center for Development Research Informatics and Automation, an arm of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Federal Government for the state-of-the-art software development and technology exporter. Since 2006, he has been working for ABEGÁS, representing all piped gas distributors in the country, helping in the improvement of political agendas that benefit the gas industry.

In 2010, he took over the coordination of São Paulo ANP Regional Office, and in 2011 he became Superintendent of Inspection Supply. From In December 2012, the lawyer took over the Superintendence of ANP supplies, an area that coordinates the regulation of the national supply of petroleum and biofuels. He graduated in Law from the São Bernardo do Campo Law School and got a MBA degree in Accounting in Public Management from USP / FIPECAFI – São Paulo.

In charge of this department since 2010, she is responsible for the definition and evaluation of geological areas for oil bids and for hiring and managing geological and geophysical studies performed by the regulatory agency. Previously, Eliane was an advisor to the agency board of Exploration and Production. The superintendent joined ANP in 2006 as a specialist in geology and geophysics. She graduated in 2004 in Geology from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and in 2006 got a Master degree in exploration geology from the same university.

José Formigli worked for 32 years as petroleum engineer in Petrobras Exploration & Production area, having been responsible for Pre-salt projects implementation, as well as E&P Managing Director till beginning of 2015, when retired from Petrobras. Since then he works as consultant through his own company Forsea Engenharia.

He manages IBM’s global portfolio of clients across all these industries and is also responsible for the design, development and delivery of industry specific solutions that are based on advanced research & development concepts and integrate IBM’s hardware, software and service capabilities. A strong believer in collaboration as the path to innovation, Brantley has reached out to business partners and clients alike to design and develop the next evolution of industry specific solutions that address these industry’s most challenging issues including profitable exploration, integrated operations, asset management and production design and scheduling. The last two years, he has been living and working from Shanghai, China. He received his BA in Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire and his MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology.