Graduated in Business Administration from the Federal University of Santa Maria (1992), Master in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria (1998) and PhD in Administration from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2005). Associate Professor IV of the Federal University of Santa Maria. Since 2014 is Director of the Center for Social and Human Sciences of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). He was Vice-Director of the UFSM Center for Social and Human Sciences from 2006 to 2014. Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Administration of the Federal University of Santa Maria from 1997 to 1999 and from 2005 to 2006. Chief of the Department of Administrative Sciences of the UFSM from 1999 to 2001. He has participated in more than eighty research, teaching and extension projects with decision, information, administration and information systems. He was Leader of Topic 06 - Decisional Process and Decision Support Systems (SAD) - of the ADI area - Information Administration of ANPAD in the years 2016 and 2017. Evaluator of REAd articles (Electronic Journal of Administration edited by PPGA / EA / UFRGS), the Brazilian Journal of Business Management, the International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies and JISTEM (Journal of Management of Information Technology and Systems) , among others.