William Périco Neto
Orlando, FL
William Périco Neto is a MBA candidate at Crummer Graduate School of Business, located in Winter Park, FL. Through this program, he seeks to develop both the hard and soft skills necessary to achieve his personal career goal: to become a strategy developer for the auto industry.
William previously worked as a travel agent and tour operator for Wings Turismo, his family’s business. While working there, he took tourist groups to several Brazilian and international destinations, but mostly to Orlando-FL, where he guided, on average, 150 people each year since 2005.
Before moving to the United States, William obtained his bachelor degrees in both International Relations (2010) and Economics (2011) at FACAMP – Faculdades de Campinas, located in Campinas, SP, Brazil. After completing the International Relations program, William took a Continued Education course on Arbitration at Fundação Getúlio Vargas, FGV-Law, located in São Paulo, Brazil, simultaneously with his last year of Economics. Still in the same year, William published his International Relations final paper work as a book, entitled “A Excelência da Arbitragem como Método de Resolução de Controvérsias Contratuais no Brasil e no Direito Internacional” (Arbitration`s Excellence as a Contract Dispute Resolution Method in Brazil and International Law).
While in high school, due to his innate passion for cars, William developed and executed a course on auto mechanics and bodywork, which consisted of completely restoring a 1982 Chevrolet Opala in a six-month period.