Leo Clement dos Santos Leahy

Through the 4 week MIT Global Startup Labs Program I was part of the team that developed the Gubi startup, which consists of an Educational Augmented Reality Mobile Game.

In Gubi's development I was in charge of Market Research, Business Model and Financial Plan development.

This program was an extraordinary opportunity to learn more about many different aspects of the development of a startup. From the outstanding MIT Team I was able to learn new Brainstorming techniques, Design Thinking and Human Centered Design, some Python and Web Development, Brand Identity, and how to prototype an idea taking into account important UX Design aspects.

It was also an incredible exercise of developing a business' Core Competence and Competitive Position, as well as its Business Model and Financial Plan.

A stellar opportunity to get insight from incredibly successful entrepreneurs such as Guilherme Lichand from Movva, Flavio Silva Bento from Atos Capital, Tiago Melo from Lumen Games, and Jos Rabelo from Innovacura Biomaterials, as well as some groundbreaking medical technology being developed at the Tiradentes University.

As a Social Media Evaluator with Appen I provide feedback on news feeds, advertisements and search results.

Intern at the Engineering department of the guas Claras Brewery from the giant AB InBev, focused on the planning and administrative aspects of reliability-centered maintenance, including preventive and predictive strategies, especially at the Automation and Instrumentation workshop.

Shared duties with the Supervising Engineer for the Automation and Instrumentation maintenance team, and took over the lead of the team in the absence of the Supervising Engineer.

Duties included but were not limited to calibration and maintenance planning and prioritization, safety inspections, inspection of purchase of supplies and tools for the Automation Workshop, management of the team's work schedule, standardization of maintenance and backup procedures, attended routine meetings mostly related to maintenance, quality assurance, safety, and production line productivity. Followed the technicians work closely to learn as much as possible from their practical and technical experience, when also monitoring the following of the safety regulations.

At times, when necessary, performed the same duties at the Electricians Workshop, especially in the absence of their Supervising Engineer. Also at times responsible for various minor duties at the Central Maintenance Planning Department, and for a few months in charge of the Predictive Maintenance planning and scheduling.

For some weeks, followed the routine and duties of the Utilities Department team to learn about the processes and risks involved in the treatment and distribution of several resources across the factory, such as Heat (high pressure water vapor), compressed Carbon Dioxide, compressed air, compressed Ammonia, cold Ethanol, water, and electricity.