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Following his graduation, Mr. Cordeiro worked as an engineer in petroleum exploration for the French company Schlumberger. That activity allowed him to travel to and live in more than 100 different countries around the world. For over 6 years, he served as an advisor for many of the major oil companies in the world, including Agip, British Petroleum, ChevronTexaco, ExxonMobil, PDVSA, Pemex, Repsol, Shell and Total.<br />
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Mr. Cordeiro also did studies on International Economics and Comparative Politics at the Georgetown University in Washington, USA, and then obtained a Masters of Business Administration from the Institut Europ&覡en d&裟Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) in France. There he majored in Finances and Globalization.<br />
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In Paris he initiated his relations with the international consulting company Booz-Allen & Hamilton, where he specialized in the areas of strategy, finances and restructuring. In Latin America, he has served as an advisor for some of the most important regional corporations, apart from multinationals from all three economic blocks. He has also taken part in the transformation of a number of oil companies in the Americas.<br />
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At present, he is an independent consultant, writer, researcher, professor and "traveler". He teaches as a Guest Professor at the Institute for Higher Studies in Administration (IESA) and at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), where he created the first formal courses of Futures Studies ("prospectiva") and also of Austrian Economics in Venezuela. He is founder and president of the World Future Society (Venezuela Chapter), cofounder of the Venezuelan Transhumanist Association, chair of the Venezuelan Node of the Millennium Project of the American Council of the United Nations University (UNU), director of the World Transhumanist Association and of the Extropy Institute, advisor to the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, member of the Academic Committee of the Center for the Dissemination of Economic Knowledge (CEDICE), former director of the Club of Rome (Venezuela Chapter, where he has being active promoting classical liberal ideas) and of the Venezuelan Association of Exporters (AVEX), and consultant to various companies and organizations, both Venezuelan and international. He has been included in the Marquis Edition of Who&裟s Who in the World.<br />
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El Desaf&覤o Latinoamericano, his first book, is a continental bestseller published by McGraw-Hill and is used in more than 100 universities in the hemisphere. Arturo Uslar Pietri, the most universal and respected Venezuelan of the 20th century, described the other books of Mr. Cordeiro with the following words: "as important to Venezuela as the independence battle of Carabobo" (The Great Taboo of Venezuela) and "an impressive work that describes the grave economic malady of Venezuela" (La Segunda Muerte de Bol&覥var). He has written other books about Ecuador (La Segunda Muerte de Sucre) and Mexico (Pesos o D&覫lares?), and about special topics like education (Benesuela vs. Venezuela) and energy (Energ&覥a para el Desarrollo de Am&覠rica del Sur). Mr. Cordeiro has a regular opinion column in the largest and most prestigious Venezuelan newspaper (El Universal) and has also written and has been interviewed in other prominent media, including CNN and The New York Times.
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