Grace B.
About Grace B.
Grace B. is a Senior Project Manager at Thoughtworks, with extensive experience in telecommunications and project management across various companies in Brazil and Germany. She holds an MBA in Business Intelligence and has completed multiple specialized courses in product management and business analytics.
Work at ThoughtWorks
Grace B. has been employed at ThoughtWorks as a Senior Project Manager since 2019. In this role, she is responsible for steering the discovery, define, and delivery stages of new and existing products, including platforms. Her experience at ThoughtWorks builds on her previous tenure with the company from 2017 to 2019, where she also served as a Senior Project Manager in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Previous Experience in Telecommunications
Grace B. has extensive experience in the telecommunications sector. She worked as a Telecom Specialist Consultant at Oi S.A from 2011 to 2014 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Prior to that, she held the position of Telecom Specialist at Alcatel Lucent Brasil for one year in 2010. Additionally, she served as an RF Optimization Consultant at Ericsson México for two months in 2011 and worked as a Network and Technology Consultant at Ericsson from 2007 to 2009 across Latin America. Her career also includes a role as an RF Optimization Engineer at Nokia from 2006 to 2007.
Education and Expertise
Grace B. has a strong educational background in business and engineering. She earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Business Intelligence from Universidade Positivo in 2019. She also completed a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Centro Universitário de Belo Horizonte in 2006. Furthering her education, she studied Project Management Techniques at Fundação Getulio Vargas in 2008 and completed a Product Masterclass at Product School in 2020. Additionally, she studied Business Analytics at the University of Cambridge in 2020 and is currently pursuing a Master's Program in Electrical Engineering at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.
Project Coordination Experience
Grace B. has experience in project coordination, having worked as a Project Coordinator at Grupo RBS from 2014 to 2017. In this role, she was involved in managing projects for RBS TV in Porto Alegre. Her project management skills have been further enhanced through her various roles in the telecommunications industry and her education in project management.
Business Agility in Various Domains
Grace B. has experience working as a business agilist across multiple domains, including automotive, media, and publishing. This diverse background allows her to apply agile methodologies effectively in different contexts, contributing to the successful delivery of projects and products.