Carlos Simonsen
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Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Upload Ventures
São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil
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- BBoard MemberBayCapJan 2024 - Current (2 years 10 months)
Board MemberTopsortJan 2024 - Current (2 years 10 months)Topsort is the leading AI and auction-based retail media infrastructure, powering retailers in 35+ countries, from Liverpool to Woolworth. They outperform legacy providers by 300-500% in revenue generated, and it only takes 1-2 days to integrate and test.- Co-Founder and Managing PartnerUpload VenturesApr 2022 - Current (4 years 7 months)
- CSenior PartnerCorton CapitalJul 2021 - Current (5 years 4 months)
- CSenior PartnerCapSur CapitalJul 2019 - Current (7 years 4 months)
- Director of FinanceAvantJul 2017 - Jun 2019 (2 years)• Member of the Private Equity Group, actively conducting diligence and evaluating investment opportunities;
• CFO for the Energy Business (Eligo Energy) - THead of Budget and Financial PlanningThe Kraft Heinz Company G CapitalDec 2013 - Jul 2017 (3 years 8 months)Corporate Restructuring, part of the 3G restructuring group
• Post-Merger Integration & Strategy Execution: leading responsibilities for Commercial Planning & Finance, data analytics for Revenue Management (Pricing), Sales Analytics, and Trade Management. Lead a team responsible for implementing the Financial Planning, Revenue Management, Zero base budgeting, a pillar of the 3G style of management, in the business unit of Kraft Heinz that holds its Sauces and Frozen brands. Recruited and trained a first-class finance team.
• High collaboration with CFO, COO on all financial processes - AFinancial AnalystAnheuserbuschinbevJun 2013 - Dec 2013 (7 months)• Responsible for FX hedging overseeing $6.5billion of exposure to foreign currency
• Led effort in the risk management project responsible for reshaping debt allocation currency risk
• Created a model to optimize commodities exposures and hedging strategy to integrate Grupo Modelo
• Responsible for structuring different financial products within the Treasury department, generating positive NPV - Master StudentColumbia University in the City of New YorkJul 2011 - Jul 2013 (2 years 1 month)Academic Distinction (top 5%) in Spreadsheet Modeling, Capital Markets, Asset Allocation, Probability Theory
Relevant coursework: Financial Analysis, Probability Theory, Numerical Methods, Programming, Corporate Strategy
SAMPLE COURSEWORK :
Data Science
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• Introduction to Statistical Learning
• Analytics from Big Data
• Modern Applied Statistics : Data Mining
General Management
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• Financial Accounting
• Corporate Finance
• Negotiations
Technology Industry
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• Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation
• Algorithmic Trading
• Digital Business
• - Investment Banking AnalystItaú BBAJun 2010 - Sep 2010 (4 months)• Worked in the bank’s Fixed Income structuring Force, involved in all steps of debt issuance
• Analyzed leading economic indicators from Latam countries to construct an optimal term structure model
Education
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- CMasters, Industrial EngineeringColumbiaUniversityJan 2011 - Dec 2013 (3 years)Masters in Operations Research with concentration in Financial Engineering
Commodity Pricing, Simulation, Quantitative Risk Management, Asset Allocation, Algorithmic Trading, Markowitz Model, Risk Neutral Pricing, Delta Hedging, Black–Scholes PDE, Derivatives Pricing, Continuous Time Markov Chains, Queuing Theory, Brownian Motion, Martingales - Bachelor of Science (BS, Industrial EngineeringMines Paris PSLJan 2008 - Dec 2011 (4 years)Mathematics : Differential Calculus, Integral Calculus, Functions of a complex variable, Probability Theory, Statistical Models and Decision-Making;
Physics : Thermodynamics, Quantum Mechanics
Engineering : Continuum Mechanics, Solid Materials, Electricity, Electronics.
Business : Economic Calculus, Operations Research, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Labor Law. - Bachelor of Science (BS, Mechanical EngineeringUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroJan 2006 - Dec 2011 (6 years)Double degree with Mines Paristech Paris France