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Julia Carvalho
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| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Citizenship | Portugal |
| Education | University of Lisbon (BSc, MSc, PhD) |
| Occupation | Mining engineer |
| Years active | Since 2000 |
| Title | Corporate Manager at IBM, Responsible for Growth Markets in Africa |
Julia Carvalho is a smart businesswoman and an engineer from Portugal. She works as a mining engineer, which means she helps find and extract valuable materials from the Earth. Since December 2021, she has been a top manager at International Business Machines (IBM) for growing markets in Africa. She lives and works in Luanda, Angola.
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Julia's Early Life and Education
Julia went to the University of Lisbon in Portugal. There, she earned her first university degree, called a bachelor's degree. She continued her studies at the same university, earning a Master of Science degree in Mining Engineering. This degree focuses on how to find and remove minerals and other resources from the ground. She also earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Engineering.
Over the years, Julia has also attended special training programs. These programs taught her about energy, how to be a good leader, and how to manage money. She took these courses at famous places like MIT Sloan School of Business, Texas A&M University, and Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics.
Julia's Career Journey
Before her current job, Julia was the General Manager for IBM in several African countries. These included Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, and Sao Tome. In this role, she helped IBM grow its business in new areas like Hybrid Cloud and Artificial Intelligence in these countries. Hybrid Cloud is a way to store and use computer data online, and Artificial Intelligence is about making computers smart like humans.
Before joining IBM, Julia worked at Halliburton. This is a big American company that helps with oil and gas drilling. At Halliburton, she was in charge of sales for their software and services unit. Before that, she was a professor of engineering at the University of Lisbon, where she taught students about engineering.
She also worked as a consultant for companies called Sonangol and Sonagas. She was also the head of the Natural Resources Business Unit at a company called Sinfic in Angola.
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