Raphael Vieira da Costa Neto

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Norsk Hydro is an integrated aluminum company with 35,000 employees and presence in 40 countries. The Bauxite & Alumina division operates the Alunorte alumina refinery (the largest in the Western world) and the Paragominas bauxite mine in Brazil. Technology Director, Bauxite & Alumina 2013 ? Present ? Technical support to operations. ? Technology development and R&D. Raphael leads of team of seven senior experts in the areas of bauxite mining, bauxite beneficiation and alumina refining. He also manages the B&A R&D group, which conducts a portfolio of breakthrough research projects, with a high potential economic impact for Hydro. The R&D group employs approximately seventeen researchers and collaborates with various technology development organizations, such as universities, equipment suppliers, engineering and consulting services companies.

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Gerdau North America is a leader in mini-mill steel production and steel recycling in North America, with an annual manufacturing capacity of approximately 10 million metric tons of mill finished steel products. Vice President ? Management Systems 2012 ? 2013 Accelerated implementation of the Gerdau Business System in North America and coordination of the EBITDA Deployment Project. Vice President ? Rebar Operations 2008 ? 2012 Responsible for five steel mills located in Florida, New Jersey, Oklahoma, California and Tennessee

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? Responsible for the Alcoa of Australia operations, including two bauxite mines, three alumina refineries and two aluminium smelters (more than 4,000 employees). ? Member of the Alcoa of Australia Board of Directors ? Member of the Alcoa Manufacturing and Technology Council ? Increased productivity through the effective implementation of Lean Manufacturing principles (Alcoa Business System) and employee engagement strategies (One-by-One and 5 Factors of Engagement)

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Plant Manager ? San Ciprian Alumina Refinery, Spain 2001 ? 2004 ? Responsible for the San Ciprian alumina refinery. ? Member of the Alcoa Manufacturing and Technology Council ? Led the operation back to profitability through low-cost de-bottlenecking ? Workforce rightsizing ? Implementation of lean manufacturing principles (Alcoa Business System) ? Implementation of employee engagement strategies

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? Technical support to the operations of alumina refineries in South America, Caribbean, U.S. and Europe. ? Led the design team for the Sao Luis alumina refinery expansion and the ?refinery of the future? conceptual design

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? Technical support to operations. ? Point Comfort expansion design and development of a dynamic alumina hydrate precipitation model

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? Management of the technical department ? Alumina manufacturing technology transfer - Global team leader ? Major gains in production capability and cost reduction through the implementation of the Alcoa Quality Process

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Digestion and Clarification Superintendent ? Sao Luis Refinery ? Brazil ? Management of the Digestion and Clarification areas ? Consecutive annual production records Process Engineering Supervisor ? Alcoa Sao Luis Alumina Refinery ? Brazil ? Supervising a team of area process engineers. ? Low capital cost de-bottlenecking of the plant ? Development of the first computer model of the complete alumina manufacturing process Area Process Engineer ? Sao Luis Alumina Refinery ? Brazil ? Specialized in the Alumina tri-hydrate precipitation process ? Plant start-up (planning and execution) Process Engineering Trainee ? Poços de Caldas Alumina Refinery (Brazil) ? Pinjarra Alumina Refinery (Australia) ? Wagerup Alumina Refinery (Australia)