| Academic degree: | Ph.D. Candidate | | Last name: | Facanha | | First name: | Cristiano | | Responsible for: | | | Organization/Institute: | University of California | | Department: | Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering | | Position: | | | Street, Number, POB: | McLaughlin Hall 215 | | Postal code, City: | 94720-1712 Berkeley | | State: | CA | | Country: | UNITED STATES | | Phone: | 1-415-377-9431 | | Fax: | | | E-mail address: | cfacanha@berkeley.edu | | Url: | http://www.cristianofacanha.com | | Curriculum vitae: | PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006-present: ICF International - Senior Associate / San Francisco - CA
1999-2002: APL Logistics – Manager, Logistics Analysis / Oakland – CA
Responsible for the development and implementation of logistics solutions (warehousing and transportation programs) to global manufacturers, including:
- Project Management: being responsible for an average of 4 projects at any given time, I led teams through the development of logistics programs in the U.S., Mexico, and China.
- Sales & Marketing: participated in presentations to promote company strategy and sell designed logistics solutions.
- Transportation Design: performed technical analyses focusing on optimizing transportation systems (cost savings and operational effectiveness), data collection, mode and equipment selection, load consolidation, pooling and routing.
- Warehouse Design: developed warehouse layouts, material flow, and equipment selection.
- Costing: created budgets for transportation and warehousing programs, including personnel, equipment, facility, IT systems, implementation, and transportation costs.
- Financial Analysis: based on budgets and pricing schemes, I assessed programs’ profitability. I was also responsible for pricing negotiations with selected customers.
- Proposal Development: developed proposals to external customers, integrating operational, information technology, pricing/budget, and implementation solutions.
1998/1999: Emery Global Logistics – Logistics Analyst / Redwood Shores – CA
- Coordinated implementation of an "Aftermarket Parts Distribution" program for an automotive manufacturer in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This program consisted in the distribution of auto parts from 2 warehouses to over 400 automotive dealers across Brazil. The tasks I was personally involved included personnel hiring & training, design of operational procedures, coordination of IT development, and “go live” management.
- Developed logistics proposals and presentations to automotive customers.
- Developed pricing models and transportation rates analyses.
1997: Stora Purchasing and Transport – Research Analyst / Gothenburg – Sweden
- Assessed and compared environmental impacts of two rail transportation corridors.
- Created a simulation model to determine congestion levels of railway lines.
EDUCATION
2002-2006: University of California at Berkeley (Berkeley – USA)
Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering
GPA: 3.8/4.0
2002-2003: University of California Berkeley (Berkeley – USA)
M.Sc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering
GPA: 3.8/4.0
1996-1997: Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg – Sweden)
M.Sc. in Management of Transportation
Emphasis on Environmental Impacts of Transportation
1991-1995: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro – Brazil)
B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering
PUBLICATIONS
2006: Ph.D. Dissertation
Facanha, C. (2006). “Life-cycle Inventory of Transportation Systems: A Hybrid Approach Comparing Air Emissions and Energy Use of U.S. Intra-Continental Road, Rail, and Air Networks”, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA.
2006: Peer-reviewed Publication
Facanha, C., and Horvath, A. (2006). “Environmental Assessment of Freight Transportation in the U.S.”, International Journal of Life-Cycle Assessment, OnlineFirst
2005: Peer-reviewed Publication
Facanha, C., and Horvath, A. (2005). “Environmental Assessment of Logistics Outsourcing”, Journal of Management in Engineering, January/2005.
1997: Master Thesis
Facanha, C., and Rantik, M. (1997), “Environmental Issues of Transportation Systems: a Study of Noise and Queues with focus on Railways”, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
1996: Undergraduate Final Project
Facanha, C. (1996), “Marketing Perception in the Aircraft Fueling Market”, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
AWARDS
2003-2006: National Science Foundation Fellowship
1996-1997: STINT Fellowship (Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education)
LANGUAGES
Native Portuguese; Fluent English and Spanish.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access), Microsoft Project, Arena (simulation), Visio (flowcharts), and CAPS TransPro (Transportation Planner and Optimizer).
| | Areas of interest: | | civil and environmental engineering | | |
| | Articles: | 11 LCA (4) 229-239 (2006), Environmental Assessment of Freight Transportation in the U.S. (11 pp)
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