Presentation title: Best Practices to Minimize Center Line Segregation of Sour Service Steel Plates

Graduated in Metallurgical Engineering from Mauá Engineering School (São Paulo) in 1980.

Graduated Diploma in Project Management from PROTAP-FEA/USP in 1996.

Executive MBA in Competitive Management from FIA / USP in 2005.

43 years of experience in LD Steelmaking and Continuous Casting.

31 years working as a Production Manager and Technical Manager of Cubatão Steel Making Plant USIMINAS, Brazil (LD Steelmaking, Continuous and Ingot Casting).

From 2014 working as Steelmaking Consultant to CBMM - Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração: Consultancy in Steelmaking and Continuous Casting (Slabs, Thin Slabs, Billets and H Beam Blanks). Technical assistance related to Steelmaking and Continuous Casting Plants in Canada, USA, Mexico, Spain, France, England, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, Austria, Slovakia, Philippines, South Korea, China, Japan, India, Slovenia, Morocco, Turkey, Egypt, Vietnam.

Trained in the processes concerning Steelmaking and Continuous Casting in several NSC Plants (Yawata, Kimitsu, Nagoya).

Several works implemented to improve the surface and inner quality of the slabs and rolled with recognition of Nippon Steel Corporation.

Experience in BOF (LD) and Continuous Casting machines: CONCAST, PRIMETALS, DEMAG, SMS, DANIELI.

Experience in secondary refining processes: Ladle furnace, RH, CAS-OB, AHF.

Experience in continuous casting machine projects and revamps.

Member of Brazilian Metallurgy, Materials and Mining Association (ABM).