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 Mr.
Baptista holds an Engineering Degree in Telecommunications (1972) from the
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, with advanced studies in
Software Engineering and Computer Networks.
Prior to becoming the Executive Secretary of CITEL in March
2000, Mr. Baptista held several key positions in the Ministry of Communications
and, later on, in the telecommunications regulatory agency of Brazil, ANATEL.
He also assumed major responsibilities at EMBRATEL, an important
telecommunications operator in Brazil, where he worked from 1974 to 1995.
He was an active participant in conferences and meetings of
the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and CITEL and in WTO
negotiations on basic telecommunications services leading to the Fourth
Protocol to the GATS Agreement in 1997.
Mr. Baptista also represents OAS at the Hemispheric Advisory
Board of the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA), a
Government-supported Canadian organization created in the framework of the 2001
Summit of the Americas in Quebec City. The Institute promotes the use of ICTs
to help overcome barriers to socioeconomic development in Latin America and the
Caribbean.
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