Contact

Daniel Guardiano Gotilla vCard
Email: daniel@gotilla.com
Web: http://daniel.gotilla.com/
Voice Mail: +55 (21) 3717-3264
Address: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Summary

Mobile services product manager with solid interaction design and web development experience.

Goal

To develop and bring to market best-in-class Mobile/Web services which are useful and entertaining to their users.

Spe­ci­al­ties

Mobile Value-Added Services (VAS) Creation/​De­vel­op­ment; Strategic Product Marketing, Planning and Design; Technology Scouting; De­vel­op­ment of Mobile Web Applications; Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Usability.

Pro­fes­sion­al Ex­pe­ri­ence

Mobicare

Product Manager • November 2010 – Present

TIM Brasil

Trends and Innovation Specialist • June 2008 – November 2010

  • Continuous strategic analysis of the telecommunications market, following both national and international trends; benchmarking of innovative products and services; elaborating business plans and negotiating partnerships for trials and deployment of new services.

iPhone Product Manager • December 2008 – December 2009

  • Coordinated a multi-disciplinary team in charge of the launch and management of the iPhone at TIM, including Pricing, Channel Strategy, Business Intelligence, Logistics and Customer Care.

Mobile for You (M4U)

Design and Usability Coordinator • December 2007 – May 2008

  • Definition of project scope with internal and external clients, planning and elaborating user interfaces and use cases, supporting the development and quality testing of convergent Mobile/Web applications on such diverse platforms as J2ME, JavaCard, S@T/WIB, Web and WAP WML/XHTML.

Marketing Analyst, Interaction Designer • September 2006 – November 2007

Globo.com

Functional Architect • March – September 2006

  • Articulating with the product team to define the scope, information architecture and interaction design of 8P, Globo.com's Web 2.0 photo-sharing site.

Sirius Interativa

Usability Analyst • August 2004 – July 2005

  • Participated in the elaboration and development of GloboVox (forum/social network) as an information architect, interaction designer and project coordinator during the visual design and HTML production stages.
  • Usability analysis of websites and corporate portals focusing on compatibility with legacy browsers (Renault), adherence to web standards (Petrobras) and accessibility for the visually impaired (Brazilian Department of Health).

Projeto Comunicar, PUC-Rio

Reporter, News Designer (intern) • March – July 2003

Press Relations (intern) • August 2002 – February 2003

RedeVip

Front-End Web Developer (intern) • April – November 1998

Ed­u­ca­tion

PUC-Rio

Communication — Journalism • March 2002 – June 2006

  • Dissertation: Newspapers Adapt to the New Digital Media.

Production Engineering • August 1997 – December 2001

  • Course on hold.

American School of Rio de Janeiro (EARJ)

High School • August 1993 – July 1997

Com­pu­ter Skills

Software
Adobe Dreamweaver, FireWorks, Homesite, PageMaker, PhotoShop; NewsGator TopStyle; Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Word; Mozilla DOM Inspector, Venkman; OmniGroup OmniGraffle, OmniPlan, OmniOutliner.
Affiliations
ACM, IAI, GSMA, SIGCHI.
Platforms
Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows.
Languages
HTML/XHTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript/DHTML, SQL.

Languages

Portuguese
Fluent; native language.
English
Fluent; primary and secondary education at bilingual schools; lived in Boston, MA for two years.
Spanish
Working knowledge; two years of study at Casa de España.
French
Working knowledge; four years of study certified by Aliança Francesa.
Italian
Basic; currently taking beginners italian classes at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

Ac­a­dem­ic Ex­pe­ri­ence