Ana Reis

Led the workstream on regulatory quality and institutional strengthening, planning, implementing and tracking deliverables with federal, state and municipal regulators. Assessed implementation of strategic recommendations across 12 agencies and translated findings into agency-specific action plans.

Developed a decision-support tool for assessing regulatory quality under partial information. Led a bibliometric review of 100+ peer-reviewed works and taught Operations Management to 70+ students per term.

Managed a portfolio of 80+ concurrent R&D and partnership initiatives with industry and government partners. Taught Decision Support, Process Analysis & Improvement, Risk Analysis and Operational Research to 350+ students per year and authored 50+ peer-reviewed publications.

Delivered project-based advisory mandates for public institutions in Brazil and South America, including developing INMETRO's decision-analysis guidelines for Regulatory Impact Assessment and leading a cross-national comparative impact analysis for MERCOSUR.

Built and managed project budgets, led multidisciplinary defence project teams of 30+ people, and recruited and hired 80+ staff. Redesigned workflows to improve efficiency and was awarded the Brazilian Army Medal of Merit.

Specialized in project planning at the National Cyber Defence School.

Taught operations and production courses as an associate professor.

Served as special adviser to the president and member of the Standing Procurement Committee and Public Auction Committee.

Postdoctoral research in regulatory quality, including development of a decision-support tool and a bibliometric review of regulatory decision frameworks.

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco.

M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco.

B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Pernambuco.