Summary
Antonio Prates is an executive director with over 40 years of cross-disciplinary experience blending engineering, IT and consultancy, currently leading Zeta Consultoria e Assessoria in Rio de Janeiro. He has a proven record managing complex, international engineering and technology projects with emphasis on cost reduction, productivity gains and regulatory/compliance-driven delivery. Antonio combines strategic vision for technological and methodological trends with hands-on experience in project management, supplier partnerships and team development. His background spans naval engineering to modern software development—he still writes code in Scala, React and C/C++—which gives him rare credibility across legacy industrial systems and contemporary IT solutions. Known for negotiating high-stakes contracts and building motivated teams, he leverages an MSc in engineering design and AI to align technical solutions to business strategy.
9 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian