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Associates

Paulo René Guedes Gondim is a graduate in Agronomy from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul with a Master Degree in Food Sciences from the Federal University of Santa Catarina. From 1975-1990 Paulo was Chief Researcher of Sugarcane Production for The National Program for Alcohol (PROALCOOL) and The National Program for the Betterment of Sugarcane (PLANALCUCAR). Prior to this he was the Coordinator of the Sugarcane Project for the Secretary of Agriculture of Santa Catarina and Association of Sugar Producers of Santa Catarina State. His professional experience includes development with new technologies of sugarcane production systems for sugarcane, sugar and ethanol. Paulo has also been involved in the agronomics of eucalyptus and vineyard production, and spent eight years as a Professor of Agronomy at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. He has worked throughout Brazil.

Joe Quiroga: Mr. Quiroga provides financial and strategic planning support especially as relates to capital formation and financing. Mr. Quiroga has over fifteen years of experience in business development, finance, venture capital and law and has worked in numerous finance and development roles at Fortune 500 corporations in the U.S and Internationally including Brazil and Argentina. Joe is a graduate in accounting from Syracuse University; hold an MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan and a Doctorate in Law from University of Pennsylvania. He is fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish and French.

Jose Zilio; José was for many years the Director of Technology and Innovation for Bunge overseeing their expansion in production of food products and BioFuels. He has also served as Chief Operation Officer of Samrig, Director of Santista Alimentos and Export Director of a joint venture company of Bunge, Miles Laboratories and Bayer. José is a graduate in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and has completed course work in business strategy at Harvard University and foreign trade at Funcex in Sao Paulo. He has served on numerous industry and governmental boards and committees and is a known international speaker and lecturer.