About me

I’m Pietro and Alice’s father, as well as Maressa’s husband. I come from a poor home and had to start working at the age of 14. However, I always believed that education might improve my financial situation, therefore I never gave up. I spent my whole childhood in public school, and at the age of 20, I took a difficult decision: to enroll in two concurrent higher education courses (full-time economics and accounting sciences at night). Because my parents couldn’t financially support me while I finished my studies, I did all I could to earn some “exchanged”: scientific initiation scholarship, disciplinary monitoring, consultant of the junior firm of the accounting sciences course, and, most importantly, computer technician. The procedure was difficult, but I was able to complete both.

Perhaps because I was interested, restless, and intrigued by challenges, I opted to pursue an academic career in the third period of my two graduations. I passed various master’s degree selection procedures and selected to do the master’s degree in Administration at UFU since I still had to finish the accounting sciences course at the same university and was going to marry Maressa. I received a scholarship for my master’s degree and had a notable performance: to this day, stories are repeated about how one student managed to produce 35 papers in two years! Secret = a passion for statistical analysis and a willingness to assist everyone who approaches him.

At the age of 24, I was already an university professor, and while working on my master’s thesis, I attempted to expand my understanding of quantitative methods with a focus on applied statistics. At the same time, I completed the PhD process in administration at FEA/USP and the public contest for professor at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). I went every week for two years, 12 hours to go and 12 hours back, to complete the PhD disciplines in São Paulo while also teaching at UFV. In 2008, I won a public contest for a permanent teaching position in my hometown and university, and in 2011, I completed my PhD in Finance at FEA/USP with honors: around 40 published articles and thesis recognized worldwide, as well as the KPMG/IBEF Revelation Award in Finance and several media reports in Brazil. After all, it was a very contentious topic: I demonstrated that credit rating may be improved using psychological measures!

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