Antonio Valerio Netto

Post-doctorate in analytics and biotelemetry by IEP Sírio-Libanês. PhD in computing and computational mathematics from USP. Specialist in health informatics by UNIFESP. He holds an MBA in marketing from FUNDACE (FEA-RP/USP). He is a technician in industrial information technology from ETEP, holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) and a master's degree in engineering in the area of virtual simulation from USP. In 2001 he was a visiting researcher at the School of Optometry at Indiana University (USA). Between 2019 and 2021 he was a visiting professor in health data science and telemedicine at Escola Paulista de Medicina / UNIFESP. He worked for five years in the R&D area of Opto Eletrônica SA and, later, three years as a consultant for new technologies at T-Systems. In 2003, he founded Cientistas Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, a company focused on the development of computer systems for the Energy and Utilities and Security areas, which in 2009 was considered by Sebrae SP as one of the most innovative small companies in the state of São Paulo. In 2007, he founded XBot, the first mobile robotics company in the country for the areas of education, research and edutainment, which in 2011 was one of the winners of the national entrepreneurship award and in 2012 received the MPE Brasil Estadual São Paulo award highlighted in good social responsibility practices. He is an ad-hoc evaluator of CNPq, of the Foundation for Science and Technology Support of the State of Pernambuco (FACEPE), of the Foundation for Research Support of the State of Bahia (FAPESB) and Scientific Advisor to the Mackenzie Research Fund. He has more than 100 publications including books, book chapters, magazines and international and national conferences in the areas of computing and engineering. He has eight patent applications and six trademark registrations. He has coordinated around 15 technological projects financed by FINEP, CNPq, FAPESP and private companies in the last five years. He received several awards and honorable mentions, such as the Society of Automotive Engineer (SAE) Brazil 2001 - best article in the Projects category and best MBA student in Marketing at FUNDACE in 2006. In 2008 he was a finalist in the Entrepreneur de Sucesso award promoted by the magazine PEGN and FGV. In 2009 he became an honorary professor at the Universidad Abierta Interamericana (Buenos Aires / ARG). In 2013, he won the Grupo Algar Alexandrino Garcia Award in the Entrepreneurship category for his work in the area of educational technology. In 2016 he received the ABSEG award from the Brazilian Association of Security Professionals. In 2019 he won the Contest of Police Technologies (StartPol). Since 2011 he has been a CNPq research fellow in Technological Development and Innovative Extension (DT). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)