# Daniel Gotilla

## Contact Information

Daniel Guardiano Gotilla
Email: <daniel@gotilla.com.br>  
Web: <http://daniel.gotilla.com.br/>  
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 and Management; Strategic Product Marketing, Planning and Design; Technology Scouting; Development of Mobile Web Applications; Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Usability.

## Professional Experience

### [TIM Brasil](http://www.tim.com.br/)

#### Trends and Innovation Specialist \* _June 2008 - Present_

*   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)](http://www.m4u.com.br/)

#### 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_

*   Consulting on usability and interaction design on internal or partner projects such as [Mundo Oi](http://mundooi.oi.com.br/), Oi Música, Oi Esportes, [Oi PDV](http://www.oiloja.com.br/portal/site/OiLoja/menuitem.bf01485fcdf3d674d7a954e2c8ac02a0/?vgnextoid=5d523148b2bdc010VgnVCM10000090cb200aRCRD), [Oi Recarga Pessoal](http://www.oiloja.com.br/portal/site/OiLoja/menuitem.bf01485fcdf3d674d7a954e2c8ac02a0/?vgnextoid=55e7b91f7fac6110VgnVCM10000021d0200aRCRD) and [Paggo](http://www.paggo.com.br/).

### [Globo.com](http://www.globo.com/)

#### Functional Architect \* _March - September 2006_

*   Articulating with the product team to define the scope, information architecture and interaction design of [8P](http://www.8p.com.br/), Globo.com's Web 2.0 photo-sharing site.

### [Sirius Interativa](http://www.sirius.com.br/)

#### Usability Analyst \* _August 2004 - July 2005_

*   Participated in the definition and development of [GloboVox](http://globovox.globo.com/) (forum/social network) as information architect, interaction designer and project coordinator during the visual design and HTML production phases.
*   Usability analysis of websites and corporate portals focusing on compatibility with legacy browsers ([Renault](http://www.renault.com.br/)), adherence to web standards ([Petrobras](http://www.petrobras.com.br/)) and accessibility for the visually impaired ([Brazilian Department of Health](http://www.aids.gov.br/)).

### [Projeto Comunicar, PUC-Rio](http://www.puc-rio.br/sobrepuc/admin/vrc/atv_projetos_comunicacao.html)

#### Reporter, News Designer _(Internship)_ \* _March - July 2003_

#### Press Relations _(Internship)_ \* _August 2002 - February 2003_

### RedeVip

#### Front-End Web Developer _(Internship)_ \* _April - November 1998_

## Education

### [PUC-Rio](http://www.puc-rio.br/)

#### 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)](http://www.earj.com.br/)

#### 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](http://www.acm.org/), [IAI](http://iainstitute.org/), [GSMA](http://www.gsmworld.com/), [SIGCHI](http://sigchi.org/).

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_](http://www.casadeespanha.com.br/cursos/pt_regular.php).

French
:   Working knowledge; four years of study certified by [Aliança Francesa](http://www.rioaliancafrancesa.com.br/).

## Academic Experience

*   Tutored over 200 students one-to-one for the SAT and TOEFL since 1997.
*   Guest teacher at the American School of Rio de Janeiro (EARJ), in 2004 and 2005, and at the International School of Aruba, in 2000, where I taught SAT preparatory courses.

_An up-to-date and extended version of this résumé can be found at <http://daniel.gotilla.com/>._