User:Beto

I am an IT Audit Supervisor at ABN AMRO's Group Audit Department in Brasil. I am mainly focused in auditing the client/server infrastructure and strategy of the Bank and related companies in Brasil.

Audio compression and related technologies are one of my hobbies, and I've been dedicating some time that I have to learn about this issues now. That's how I came across hydrogenaudio forums in early 2003.

Personal Profile

I was born in São Paulo in July 1975. I've also lived some time in a small town in São Paulo state countryside called Marília where I went to high school.

After high school (in 1994) I moved back to São Paulo to continue my studies at the local university. During that period my main interests were:

• Wired and wireless telecomunication systems
• Digital coding for wired and wireless solutions
• Analog and digital filters
• Antennas and signal propagation
• Discrete and continuous transforms

After some personal frustrations in the engineering field I received a proposal to join ABN AMRO's Internal Audit Department in 1998 as an intern. This decision brought a great shift in my professional focus and I decided to face engineering more as a hobby from that day forth.

So, I went to learn Economics at another local university and got my degree in 2002, where my main academic interests were:

• National and international banking
• Keynesian economics
• Inflation targeting in emerging market countries
• Econometrics
• Value at risk
• Economic policy and central banks

Recently my interest in digital audio has grown and I started to investigate the subject. Certainly I am not as savvy as most of hydrogenaudio regulars, but I am learning and hope I may add some value to this community.

Educational Background and Titles

• BE in Electrical Engineering from the Polythecnic School at the University of São Paulo
• Post Graduate degree in Economics, Finance and Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas
• Recently I achieved the CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) title from ISACA. My CIA certification is underway.

Other Interests

• Soccer
• Running
• Reading
• Information warfare
• Strategy
• Peer to peer technologies

My Setup

AMD Athlon XP1800+ 512MB 320GB IDE+USB HD

SY-K7V DRAGON Plus! CMedia 8738 6-channel hardware audio

64MB Nvidia GeForce4 MX440

LG Electronics - DVD-RW (GSA-4163)

HL-DT-ST - CD-RW GCE-8320B

Rio Karma

Net-MD NZ505 (for a limited time only!!)

Links

Please, beware that most of the external links in this page are in portuguese. For some of them you may find an english version.

• My blog (portuguese with online english translation).
• LastFM profile.
• Foosic profile.
• Flickr.
• PGP key.

Contact

You may reach me by e-mail at boneco@gmail.com or drop me a comment in the talk page