Daniel Cardoso Braga

Daniel Cardoso Braga has worked in various roles since 2011. In 2011, they were an Intern at Tecnicas Reunidas in the Pressure Vessels department, where they learned the PVElite software to design pressure vessels for oil refineries, applied the ASME Code, section VII, Div. 1 to check project failures, and incorporated concepts on Pressure Vessel design to reduce costs. In 2012, they were an Intern at the Center for Petroleum Studies - UNICAMP, where they conducted PVT analysis of dead and live oil samples from pre-salt layer reservoirs, performed EOR testing in laboratory scale, and investigated interactions with CO2. From 2014 to 2019, they worked at Seadrill Careers as an Engineer Trainee (STAR Program) and then as a Drilling Performance Engineer. During this time, they were responsible for tracking and analyzing Drilling Performance, making suggestions on performance-oriented maintenance on the Drilling Package, and providing procedural training. From 2017 to 2019, they worked at Louisiana State University as a Graduate Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant. In their role as a Graduate Research Assistant, they compiled common errors found in drilling data and proposed a direct workflow to clean raw EDR data for analysis. As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, they suggested and implemented innovative ideas inside the courses. Since 2019, they have been working at Corva as a Jr. Product Manager, Product Manager, and Research Drilling Data Scientist. In these roles, they have been responsible for guiding new feature development and product roadmapping, owning the roadmap for respective products, maintaining accountability through the product/software development cycle, and owning the creation of business requirements.

Daniel Cardoso Braga has an extensive educational background. Daniel received a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in Petroleum Engineering from Universidade Estadual de Campinas between 2008 and 2013. Afterward, they attended Louisiana State University and obtained a Master's Degree in Petroleum Engineering in 2019. Additionally, they have obtained several certifications, including a Product Management Program from Product HQ in 2022, an Energy Transition - Innovation Towards a Low-Carbon Future - 5 Weeks from IFP School in 2019, a Reservoir Evaluation Field Case - 15 Hours from Total in 2019, a Logging for Oil & Gas Evaluation - 15 Hours from Total in 2019, an Oil & Gas Project Management - 15 Hours from Total in 2018, a Mid to Deep Offshore Drilling Techniques and Operations - 15 Hours from Total in 2018, a Microsoft Professional Program in Data Science from Microsoft in 2018, a Data Science and Big Data Analytics: Making Data-Driven Decisions - 7 Weeks from MIT School of Engineering in 2018, an Offshore Drilling Techniques - 20 Hours from Total in 2016, a High Impact Communication - 16 Hours from IEG - Instituto de Engenharia de Gestão in 2015, a Petroleum Well Construction - 40 Hours from Instituto Brasileiro de Petróleo, Gás e Biocombustíveis in 2015, an edX Honor Code Certificate for Introduction to Running Pipe in Oil and Gas Wells from edX in 2015, a Business Budgeting - 16 Hours from FGV Brazil in 2015, an edX Honor Code Certificate for Introduction to Oil Country Tubular Goods from edX in 2015, a MOOC Oil & Gas: From Exploration to Distribution - 4 Weeks from IFP School in 2015, a System Awareness Course - 8 Hours from Cameron in 2015, a Drilling Compensating System - 40 Hours from MHWirth in 2014, an Elementary Drilling Plus from Petroleum Extension (PETEX)-The University of Texas at Austin in 2014, a Human Machine Interface - Drilling Package - 40 Hours from MHWirth in 2014, and a Leadership Development - 16 Hours from The REACH Group in 2014.