Robert Phillips, the founder of Discover South America is a US citizen born in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He spent most of his non-adult life living throughout South America – Brazil (Amazon, Salvador and Rio de Janeiro), Bolivia and Colombia. After receiving his BS and MS at Auburn University in Alabama Robert worked as an electrical engineer in things as far fetched as space power and oil exploration in Kuwait. He then ventured to the business side working for Bayer Pharmaceuticals after receiving his MBA from Thunderbird – The Garvin School of International Management in Arizona, and then to Salvador, where he has developed tourism and entertainment projects for Odebrecht. Robert has enjoyed putting together vacation packages for his group of friends for many years. The last few have taken them to rafting the Grand Canyon, exploring Alaska, and discovering Peru and its mystic Machu Picchu. Robert’s entrepreneurial spirit has led him to developing Discover South America with the intent of doing what he loves and sharing some of the South American experiences he has been fortunate to have had.
Liliane Noblat - Finance/Administrative
Liliane Formigli Noblat was born in Paulo Afonso, a rural area in the state of Bahia and has lived in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil for the last nine years. She has BS in Business Administration and has worked as an Administrator, Financial Analyst, and Commercial representative at companies such as Exxon Chemical, Danone, Alstom Power, Cetrel, IGASE Group, and BAND Radio and Television. She speaks English and Spanish fluently and has a basic understanding of French. She is responsible for the Administrative and Financial department at Discover South America.
Geisa Ferreira - Finance/Administrative Intern
Geisa was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and is currently studying towards a Business Administration degree at Helio Rocha University, in Salvador. Her main responsibilities are keeping Discover South America´s day to day administrative and accounting activities in good order.
Angelo Botelli - Travel Consultant
Born in Rio de Janeiro; graduated in Tourism at FACHA (Faculdades Integradas Hélio Alonso) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; acted as Tour Guide specialized in ecotourism; was a sales promoter of Fenix Tur and reservations assistant of the New It Club in Rio de Janeiro. Living in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil since 2003, he is currently working towards his MBA specializing in Environment Education. Angelo has worked at the Pestana Bahia Hotel and the Sofitel Costa de Sauipe. Today Angelo is responsible for handling your travel needs as an international travel consultant at Discover South America.
Lilian Rabello - Travel Consultant
Born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Lilian has a Travel and Tourism degree from FACTUR (Faculdade de Turismo da Bahia) in Salvador and is currently working towards her MBA in Marketing and Customer Service Management at UCSAL (Universidade Catolica do Salvador). Lilian is one of the Discover South America international travel consultants responsible for making your trip to South America a wonderful experience.
Tania Gutierrez - Travel Consultant
Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tania has a Marketing degree from Westminster University in London, England, and advanced studies in Business and Insurance. She spent most of her non-adult life living in England and has recently returned to live in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Tania has enjoyed traveling in Europe for many years and now her upbeat attitude and dedication to quickly meeting client requests makes her a sure fit as one of Discover South America’s international travel consultants.
Luciana Schardong - Operations
Luciana is a Brazilian citizen, born in Salvador, Bahia. She was raised in Salvador but traveled often to other states mainly in the southern regions. After finishing her Degree in Tourism, she worked with Salvador´s Official Government Tourist Office - Emtursa and with Varig Airlines as an agent. She then decided it was a good time to travel outside of Brazil. She spent a year living and getting to know Portugal while getting an Advanced Degree as a Tourism Quality Auditor in Lisbon. Having returned to Brazil, she is responsible for the Operations department at Discover South America. Luciana assures the quality and pricing for all tourist services we offer. Most people describe Lu as having a bubbly personality, outgoing, friendly and professional.
Daniela Bohana Hupsel de Oliveira - Operations Intern
Daniela is working towards her Tourism degree and will graduate at the end of 2004. She has worked for large Hotels and Receptive Travel agencies in Salvador; and also as an interpreter. Daniela is responsible for updating our Hotels and Packages rates as well as creating Hotel and Package pages on our sites.
Bruno Brito - Web designer - Pay-Per-Click
Bruno is responsible for all aspects of our web sites, from design to testing to logistics. He is also responsible for handling our Pay per click campaigns.
Patricia Braga - Web designer - Search Engine Optimization
Patricia has spent all of her life in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. She has a degree in Social Communications with emphasis in Advertising and Marketing. She is also a design specialist in web applications. Patricia’s primary responsibility is making all of Discover South America’s websites and pages be the best they can possibly be. She is also responsible for our Search Engine Optimization.
Our Brazil Office
We are located on the 21st floor of the North Tower (building on the right) of the Salvador Trade Center - the newest business buildings in Salvador. We have excellent views of Salvador and its beaches. Come visit us when you are in town.
Av. T Neves, 1632 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Tel.: (55)(71) 3113-4205 Fax: (55)(71) 341-0728
Photos of our last Team Building Exercise - April 2004
On Saturday, April 3rd, 2004 the Discover Peru Team went on a Team.Building Exercise that included one of the rafting tours and cable river rides (called “Tiroleza”). Arthur, our Financial Manager, unfortunately was sick and was not able to go, therefore we are already planning our next adventure team exercise so that he can have the team experience.
