Summary
Gabriel De Oliveira is a transportation engineer and urban mobility leader with a decade of experience designing and implementing sustainable transit and zero-emission vehicle programs across Latin America. As Director of Implementation at C40 Cities and former senior manager in Rio de Janeiro’s Transportation Department, he has led complex governance reforms, ticketing overhauls, bus fleet electrification strategies and mobilized six-figure technical assistance and financing support. His background blends rigorous technical training (M.Sc. in Transportation Engineering and engineering degrees from UFRJ and École Centrale de Lyon) with hands-on project delivery at municipal and international levels. Gabriel is skilled at translating policy, finance and technical constraints into practical procurement and concession solutions for BRT and mass transit systems. He pairs a transit enthusiast’s curiosity and emerging data-science interests with a track record of securing multi-stakeholder partnerships and rapid deployment initiatives across cities. Notably, he has steered regional zero-emission bus acceleration programs that helped unlock manufacturer engagement and large-scale financing commitments.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Transportation Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Transportation Engineering at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Généraliste Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Généraliste Engineering at Ecole centrale de Lyon
Portuguese, French, English, Spanish, Italian