VINICIUS FARIAS RIBEIRO

Provide strategic advice in business, partnerships, growth, hiring, and funding.

Cartesi brings the first Operating System - Linux to the Blockchain. It offers a Layer-2 Optimistic Rollups scalability modular execution solution.

• Drove the project's growth from 20 to 60 contributors by hiring and onboarding key contributors and structuring departments.
• Designed and implemented the Cartesi Labs grants system.
• Increased the number of developers working in the ecosystem by 25x from dozens to hundreds through events, hackathons, ideathons, grants, and community building.
• I negotiated integration and partnership agreements with Layer-1s protocols.
• Closed deals for research and development with universities (UFF, IMPA, and Audencia Nantes) and companies.
• Joined and represented Cartesi in associations (Ethereum Enterprise Alliance - EEA and Portuguese Blockchain Alliance), increasing the project awareness, influence, and connections in the ecosystem.
• Delivered a new, clearer, objective, and accessible roadmap.

• Negotiated the USD 42 bn (2.1 bn for 5%) Búzios Oil Field Sale for the Chinese State-Owned Company CNOOC.
• Also, the USD 2.9 bn Roncador Oil Field Sale. Following, I worked in the transition and joint-venture management.
• In two months, finalized the USD 100 mi Frade Oil Field sale deal.
• Overcame a deadlock with a strategic supplier, saving USD 30 mi and avoiding litigation.
• Dealt with the Environmental Agency for better conditions for emergency response, resulting in a USD 40 mi economy.
• Solved a deadlock in a partnership, mitigating the chance of a possible USD 400 mi loss.
• Got a deal with a partner, with savings of USD 30 mi due to a specific financial clause I negotiated.
• Developed new contractual models, establishing the current market business practices.

• Acquired new clients, opened new markets, and increased sales by 20%.
• Negotiated with clients from the USA, Canada, China, UAE, Russia, Libya, Lebanon, England, Romania, Poland, and Australia.