Francisco Victer
Francisco Victer is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics and Finance and holds a Master's in Economics and Finance, with an emphasis on Energy and Data Science, from Fundação Getúlio Vargas's EPGE (FGV). He holds a degree in Production Engineering from UFRJ's Polytechnic School.
He has been developing studies in the energy field for 9 years, since his Technical Course in Oil and Gas at the Instituto Federal Fluminense (IFF). He has been a guest speaker at various national and international events in the energy field and currently focuses his studies on energy transition through the use of batteries, storage, power generation and transmission, geothermal energy, and infrastructure modeling for data centers, having produced several technical articles on these topics, and having received, during his academic engineering training, the "2024 CREA Award for Scientific and Technological Initiation" and the "2024 Outstanding Achievement Award" from UFRJ's Polytechnic School.
He worked in the development and modeling of power generation projects at the company Natural Energia and is currently a civil-service Energy Research Analyst, working at the Presidency of EPE, a company linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy. He is a member of the Energy Council of the Rio de Janeiro Commercial Association (ACRJ), Deputy Head of the Technical Energy Division of the Clube de Engenharia, where he is also an elected Board Member, and Consultant to the Political Science and Economics Commission of the OAB-RJ. He has been an "Associate Researcher" at FGV Energia since 2023, where he is also a Professor in the MBA in Oil, Gas and Energy Transition.
In the areas focused on social commitment, he is Founder and Executive Director of the volunteer group "Engenhando a Cidade" ("Engineering the City"), created in 2021, aimed at fostering environmental actions and producing engineering solutions for urban problems, and encouraging young students, for which he was recognized with the "Pedro Ernesto Medal" from the Rio de Janeiro City Council, the "Avante Bombeiro Medal" from the Rio de Janeiro State Fire Department, and the "Edison Luís Award" from the City of Rio de Janeiro.