Julio (Julinho) Garavello and the Brazilian Basketball

Julio Garavello Career and Sports Julio Garavello was born in Passos, MG, Brazil. Gran Grandson of Italians families, Garavello from Ruvigo (Veneto) and Patta (Patti), from Aieta.

Passos, Minas Gerais - Wikipedia; Veneto - Wikipedia; https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1030/?name=_GARAVELLO Aieta - Wikipedia; https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/gaetano-patta-24-55npqm At age of 13, due his parents’ divorce, he left Minas Gerais with his father. He went first to Botucatu, SP to stay with grandmother and after Lins, SP with his fathe. In Lins, he studied at “Colegio Salesiano” and introduced to sports like basketball, football (goal keeper) and snooker. He practices also pool jump, tennis, bocha and table tennis at Lins Country Club, where he uses to go daily after school with his bicycle, meeting his father Jayme Garavello, a great bocha player.

Lins, São Paulo - Wikipedia At age of 14 years and 1.90 meters high, he decides to leave with his mother and sister in the state capital, Sao Paulo. Playing in the basketball springs games for his public school, he was spotted by coach and basketball player Edson Bispo, who invited him to play for Hebraica’s Juvenile basketball team.

A Hebraica – Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre (wikipedia.org) At the age of 16 and 1:98 meters tall, he receives an invitation to play for the Sirio’s Juvenile basketball team by coaches Sierro and Pedroca. He was learning electronic at Mackenzie College, where he graduates as electronic technician. On the same year, even as a Juvenile, he was invited by coach Mortari, Sirio’s main team, to participle to the NCAA-VII Intercontinental Cup. Ginásio do Ibirapuera - Wikipedia http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/intercontinental/IC_73.htm With 17, he lost his father in a car accident and change his focus to his high education and working for his family business (Consorcio Garavelo). At night, he learns electric engineer at Mackenzie College.

Engenharia Elétrica | Universidade Campus Higienópolis - Mackenzie With 18 and 2:02 mts, he was invited to return to Sirio enjoying the “Gold Team” with Renatao, Dodi, Carioquinha, Marquinhos, Oscar, Marcel and others talents in the FIFA 1978, Olympic Games in 1980 and I Club World Cup in 1981. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_men%27s_national_basketball_team https://www.radiopoliesportiva.com.br/sirio-1979-a-melhor-equipe-do-brasil-de-todos-os-tempos-2/

At the age of 21 he decided to leave the basketball and work full time at the house agency of the fast growing family business, Grupo Garavelo and change his studies from Engineer to Business, studying at night classes at ESPM , persecuting his BA in Advertising and Marketing.

Home • ESPM At age of 23 he archives his BA diploma and undertook temporarily the Direction of the Group Advertise Agency, Garavelo Publicidade. Under his direction, GP was recognized as “One of the 50 Largest Advertise Agencies in Brazil ( Revista Exame )and “Profissionais do Ano” (TV Globo). garavelo group - Bing images At the APP, “Jogos Publicitarios” and missing sports competition, he participates in basketball, Volleyball, Bowling, Swimming, Table Tennis and Snooker winning in several modaliteies.

Advertising Games - APP Brazil (appbrasil.org.br) England and Italy: With 28 year old, he went to London and Brighton, UK, where he accomplished his TOEFL English Proficiency Diploma ( MBA Admissions level) and meet his mate Christiane Fellay, from Zurich, Switzerland. In his summer holidays, they went with her and his friend Enzo Atria to Italy, where he works as a communication consultant for “Colorificio Atria” and plays basketball in the summer games.

Learn English in our London Central Language School | English Courses (stgiles-international.com) Home Page | Colorificio ATRIA - Paints and varnishes for home and industry Back to Brazil: With 30 years old, he married Christiane and chooses to acquire marketing experience outside the family business, working as a national commercial manager for Grupo DCI (Financial Newspaper) supervising a team of 25 employees. Using his marketing background, he changes the way newspapers commercialize space, with annual centimeters contracts instead selling advertise format.

MBA / Mkt Post Graduation ESPM With 33 year old he achieves his Post-Graduate Degree / MBA at ESPM returning to his family business as National Commercial Director for Coryntho Corretora de Seguros where developed a distance sales training system, using simple percent reference insurance calculation premium, partnering with Nacional and Brasil Seguros, two of the largest insurance companies in Brazil in the 90s. National was a sponsors of Ayrton Senna in the Formula One. Operating sales at national level, using VHS and phone conference calls and same travel, he cover 176 points of sale increasing the productivity from 18% to 83% , base reference from delivered goods insured. His lower sales operation costs and archiving results, was recognized by ADVB “Top de Marketing” for 2 consecutive years .

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With 35 years old , he was working at the Group Garavelo Holding level, promoting synergy using the large human and technological resources, thru the most of the 44 incorporated companies. As a marketing connoisseur, he supported the group expansion and diversification, exploring the market opportunities in different areas, like Retail home Improvements, Import & Export, Real estate Development, vegetal oil Industry, Finance and with international joint ventures with Elsbett Engines (Germany) and Hyundai (North Korea). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsbett Hyundai History - Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC (HMMA) (hmmausa.com)

1992, back to Europe: Seeking challenges he moves with his mate to Zurich, Switzerland, working initially for Ovag Observance AG (Meggen) and transport logistics with Teleways AG as a Marketing specialist.

Home - OVAG International https://www.walderwyss.com/user_assets/publications/438.pdf Fos sports, he coaches and plays for Thalwil Basketball Team, Die Kangurus.

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Australia, New Zeland and Cook Islands Leaving Europe, Julio and his spouse, Christiane Garavello, decide to have their honeymoon, traveling worldwide for 18 months. They start it in Singapore and them Australia, where most of the time they sleep on the tent on top of a Nissan Patrol driving Sydney to Sydney, over 50.000 Km. $_58.JPG (640×480) (ebayimg.com) After they went to New Zealand for 6 weeks, driving around the North Island in a Campervan.

Vehicles for sale - Auckland Campervan In the way to USA, they have a 6 week stopover in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. In USA, they expend Christmas and New Year with Julio’s family in Duluth, MN.

Back to Brazil With an offer to work in Real estate Development in Las Vegas, USA, and the need to wait for the appropriate visa, they went to Natal, RN considering the weather and the natural beauty of the city.

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Julio works as a Marketing Specialist teacher for the University Potiguar (UnP), where he creates the program of Marketing for the Advertise, Public Relations and Journalist 3th and 4 th years BA students. He also manages the house agency of the University and being a long distance education thru the Internet advocate. https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidade_Potiguar#N%C3%BAmeros He and his mate, works also with International Credit Management as a Consultant for several export companies in NE, partnering with Hunos & Impo & Expo. (www.hunos.com.br) USA: In 1999, he and his wife work as a consultant for Tusa Development Inc. ( Las Vegas, US) in Real Estate and International Credit Management , with associates from Switzerland, Brazil, USA and Australia.

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Back to Brazil: In other to obtain the Permanent Visa Green card, he returns to Natal in 2000, progressing his work with Universidade Potiguar (UNP). He managed the advertising / marketing house agency of the University generating the first UNP program for long distance education thru the Internet and promoting several Tourism events in Natal and region. https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidade_Potiguar#N%C3%BAmeros Back to USA: With his Green Card approved he returns to work with Tusa Inc. in Las Vegas as Marketing Manager receiving his U.S. Citizenship in 2005, accomplish his Real Estate State and Home Inspections Licenses by Nevada State Department of Business. In 2003 he became a realtor, working also for Century 21 JR Realty in Henderson, NV. TUSA HOME INSPECTIONS, INC. – Nevada Companies Directory (nevadacorporates.com) Julio Garavello Century 21 JR Realty - Property Search (immobel.com) With the USA real estate market collapse in 2008, he went to work for one of the largest Home improvement in US helping to develop and promoting “Lowes Realtors Benefits Program” at GLVAR and Realty Schools.

Five year later, he went back to the Financial Market working for one of the largest US Banks, Wells Fargo. Searching for a better quality of life and climate, he was granted a transfer to Sarasota, Florida, as a Banker and Business Developer.

Small Business Banking and Financial Support | Wells Fargo After 6 years with Wells Fargo, missing the International business, he partnered with American Photonics , producer of lenses for high power infrared lasers, as International Business Manager, promoting sales in Europe and South America, organizing and participating in several events of Fabtech and Photonics

West-Spie, in Los Angeles (CA), Chicago (IL) and Rochester(NY). Due Covid 19, APC lost most of the accounts and revenue and lay him off. https://american-photonics.myshopify.com; FABTECH 2021 - Chicago (fabtechexpo.com) ; SPIE Photonics West A low back fusion surgery and recovery from the Covid 19 virus, he limited his sports habits to biking, walking, snorkeling and swimming.

In 2021, Julio decides to work in his community in Lakewood Ranch, returning to education sector as a Clinic Education Coordinator at LECOM, Lake Erik College of Osteopathic Medicine where he plans to stay until retirement.

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