Eduardo holds a degree in Civil Engineering from Escola Politécnica, Universidade de São Pauloand and an MBA from The Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. He started his career working in finance and manufacturing industries as a consultant. He then worked for a long period in a major international commercial bank, specializing in corporate credit and problem loan management. As he became more involved in the restructuring of problem loans, his interests progressively evolved towards negotiation and conflict resolution. Eduardo trained at top internationally recognized negotiation and conflict resolution centers and currently teaches negotiation at business and law schools in Brazil, his home country.