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I`ve graduated as an accountant, but have been working as a support analyst since 1996, when I got in touch with the free software for the first time. I started as an IT consultant 3 years ago, when I idealized the Free Desktop event which originated the "Ubuntu - Free your Desktop" presentation.

I often help on Brazilian Free Software events such as FISL, Conisli, Encontro Ubuntu-SP, Desktop Livre, ESLI, among others. Have been a speaker at Latinoware, Debian Day, Flisol 2006-2007-2008-2009, Ubuntu Uai, TecSul 2008 and many others, always talking about Ubuntu on a desktop. Also collaborate frequently on local Broffice.org (the Brazilian OpenOffice.org name) users group and the Ubuntu-br team.

Besides that, I am the founder and coordinator of the São Paulo LoCo team (www.ubuntu-sp.org) and the www.desktoplivre.org website.

MY PERSONAL CONTACTS

Websites that I administrate

http://www.ubuntu-sp.org
http://www.ubuntugames.org
http://www.desktoplivre.org

My Involvements

Founder and Administrator of the Ubuntu São Paulo LoCo Team
Member of the Ubuntu Brazil Community
Member of the Planet Ubuntu Brazil Team
Administrator and Marketer of the Ubuntu Games Team

I don't do the usual coding or translation but I have been advocating and marketing for Ubuntu since it`s first version, Ubuntu 5.04 - Hoary Hedgehog, on numerous events all over the country.

For example, I was the first person to introduce the Ubuntu Brazil Community to the Brazilian press and other FOSS communities on the first and only Linux Expo World Brazil which ever took place on 2006, as you can see on this magazine`s blog archive.

I also help lots of people on instant messengers, e-mail, going at their homes or even writing on Ubuntu-SP team`s blog.

Plans for the future

I am going to spend a special focus on the improvement of the LoCo team. I want it to be the best LoCo team in the country. I want our LoCo teams meetings to be more regular. We are going to seek for the teams approval (which we only got to know recently although we`ve been around for a long time... ;-)). We are looking for to bring the community closer to the Ubuntu distribution by promoting install fests and release parties at universities and other places in São Paulo state.

I want to spend some effort on the improvement of the Ubuntu Games project by internationalizing it, which will need lots of the community help. Ubuntu Games have created some debs to put it on it`s own repository. Now we want to send those debs to the universe repository, but this will need some more attention to the debian standards.

TESTIMONIALS

write a testimonial if you know me

Christiano is one of the most passionate users Ive ever known. Ive meet him when I needed someone to make a free software speech at the non-profit organization which I work for. He went there and also invited a bunch of other people to speak about other FOSS topics which he was not specialized. He is so community driven that ended up inviting me to make speeches by his side on some FOSS events. How many people would do that? Now I am also an administrator of the LoCo team and try to help him and the others on whatever I can. Kemel

From many years Christiano has been advocating Ubuntu, has been present in meetings, and helping people to come to the brown side of the force . I met Christiano at a FISL and used to talk only by chat. But once, he accepted an invite to speech on an install fest (a little one) and traveled 6 hours on a motorcycle just to it. He is really passionate about Ubuntu. AndreNoel

Christiano is a great friend and makes also a great job as coordinator of the São Paulo (ubuntu-br-sp) LoCo Team. He strongly supports the development of the Ubuntu Games website, advocates and markets for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Games and Free Desktop in meetings, conferences, and speeches in big and small events in many states of Brazil. He is a strong candidate for a official Ubuntu Member. Coringao