Here you have the Edge Team of weHOST 2011!

1. wehost
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Edge team

2. background My edge
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edge team
My promise
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Not Facilitators, Facis, Trainers neither Hosts...
We decided to call it the Edge Team, because our role during weHOST will be to support you on your
process of discovering and exploring your edge and serve you well, so that you step further, out of your
comfort zone, and there, find your inner magic. Remember that magic happens out of our zone of
comfort!

3. Role:
Edge Catalyzer of the Sea Tribe David Ferrer
background My edge
Born in Venezuela, and having lived in My edge is the point where I feel butterflies in
Caracas, São Paulo, London and my stomach, where my mind is challenged
Barcelona, David is an international and my heart bumps out of my chest. At my
marketing and communications 30 years, life for me is about the excitement of
professional with engineering background living every day, of discovering new things
and mindset, while with a marketing about the world and about myself. There has
career. He has experience in multicultural been just one constant in my life, and that is
environments in medium-large learning and growth, that’s what makes my
organizations (P&G, J&J, Novartis and journey exciting. I’ve always consider myself
currently Eckes-Granini) and in diverse to be a dreamer, and that’s what I live upon. I
businesses: FMCG, Personal Care, Pharma build beautiful stories in my mind which
and Beverages. Passionate about diversity, activate my body to act and make them real...
international training and coaching, he is and then I move on to the next dream.
an amateur runner of 10K competitions.
My promise
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Starting at weHOST, I will offer you both my optimistic and my challenging energies. I’ll be fully open so
you can get to know me as a professional and as a human being, as I expect to get to know you. I’ll bring the
chaordic structure to set the environment for us to grow together, and I’ll bring all my passion and inspiration
to build a strong network of beautiful individuals.

4. Role:
Edge Catalyzer of the Soul Tribe Amalia Ghiban
background My edge
Co-Founder of Beautiful Individuals MYSELF is my only edge.
(www.BEAUTIFULindividuals.com), I have read, I have been told, I saw, I believe
Amalia is a 27 years old Romanian in a that we, as human beings, are capable of
continuous search and discovery of doing anything that we want. And I know that
herself. In her career path she took I AM capable of doing anything that I want.
opportunities in very diverse range of But I do get stuck in emotional states, mental
areas (banking, consulting, marketing, vicious circles and unreal barriers and I know
finance and training), and even if her is just a matter of finding the resources inside
background is Economy with Business of me to break through, have a different
Administration profile, she is looking perspective and see further.
forward to working with people rather I don’t expect anything from life as I am
than numbers, one of the reasons why she trusting her wisdom and I know that whatever
is currently finishing her course to be she gives me is because I needed it at that
certified as Coach by the ICF specific moment in time, and I am grateful for
(International Coaching Federation). that.
She has been living in Portugal for more I do dream of a better world, and my vision
than 3 years and a half, currently residing of a better world is made out of better
in Lisbon, and she is very proud of her 3 individuals and is here where I want to have a
months living experience in India. contribution. Supporting the development of
My promise others and developing MYSELF.
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First, I promise to everyone, including myself, that I will be present.
Second, I promise to show myself as I am, with lights and shadows, and always being genuine.
Third, I will do my best and push myself for more, to create the space and atmosphere where everyone will
feel comfortable to challenge his/her comfort zone.

5. Role:
Edge Catalyzer of the Fire Tribe JB (José Bernardo Mercado)
background My edge
JB is a 28 years-old Venezuelan guy living At this point in my life I can only say that I’m
in Barcelona - Spain - for the last three in a deep personal process of reconstruction
years. He graduated from Architecture in and transformation... and I'm enjoying it
Venezuela and more recently he studied VERY much. Over the last months a collision
Coolhunting and Branding in Spain. of vital changes drove to me a point out of
In his five years of experience in my comfort zone from which I had to start
Marketing, Branding and Communication redefining myself. I still am! This has helped
he has worked for companies such as me discovery and explore things I was not
P&G and Hewlett Packard, as well as in being able to see. And by doing so I have
the development and management of grown stronger by facing myself, others and
creative projects for other international life. When it comes to the path I'm walking on
clients like Coca-Cola, Kraft and Kellogg's. right now I trust that, by keeping moving
He is a Beautiful Individuals Fellow forward, dots will connect. I believe that by
(www.BEAUTIFULindividuals.com). doing so we build our individualities, those
Some of his other personal interests that makes us unique and irreplaceable.
include: cooking, photography, travelling I dream of sharing my delight for art, food
and languages. and making people feel at home.
My promise
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I offer to give you my best and my energy! (and this is pretty much everything I’ve got, so you’ll be having all
of me!) I also promise we will all live unique experiences together. This already makes me very happy and we
shall remember these days as unforgettable. For me it’ll sure be like this... I will be more than happy to listen
to you, to share my thoughts with you and to be there if you shall need me.

6. Role:
Edge Catalyzer of the Heart Tribe Petroula Karagianni
background My edge
Petroula is 28 years old, originally Greek My dream is that one day everyone will pass
and the third and youngest child of her through an education system that not only
family. She was born, raised and studied in gives them the skills, but also the quality of
Athens, but since then has been living character that the world needs right now. I
abroad, first in The Netherlands and now expect and wish for life to surprise me and
in Switzerland. She was a member of challenge me every day, so that I challenge
AIESEC from 2000-2007, and worked myself and learn... I am a person that believes
with Dey at the AIESEC International in Sir Ken Robinson's theory, that each one
teams for two years. Since then, she of us has a unique element that distinguishes
worked in the banking industry in us from other people; our element is located
Switzerland and for one and a half years where our passion and our talent meet!
now she is working and studying part time. Imagine how the world would be if all of us
Her passion is Education and that’s where would know our element and lead our lives
she is focusing all her strength and heart at through it... AMAZING!
the moment.
My promise
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I promise to bring myself; my experiences in a professional and personal level but also expect to learn from
each one of the participants. I want to be an enabling and empowering force that will support the participants
in getting to know more about themselves, about their dreams, their talents and help them to bring that out
through enhancing – in a uniquely amazing way – their hosting, facilitating and training skills!

7. Role:
Edge Catalyzer of the Sky Tribe Rui Ramos
background My edge
Rui is a 26 year old computer geek now I feel my edge when I am living outside
turned marketeer, currently working at myself, in doing things I usually don’t, in
Vodafone Portugal, who loves music, getting out of my comfort zone. While doing
design, usability, interaction design and so, I find new parts of me, new fuel for
playing basketball whenever he finds the growth and new opportunities to fail. That’s
time to. He was born in Coimbra, maybe why I’ve been, both professionally and
Portugal, and after a short while studying personally, doing different things in many
and working in Sweden, returned to different fields, and still not feeling really
Portugal to work in programming, fulfilled; and that’s why I immediately
usability and communication. Rui is accepted the invitation of “edging” weHOST
currently living in Lisbon, for about two – something that excites me as much as it
years now, and loving every bit of it. frightens me. My biggest fear is that one day
I’ll accommodate.
My promise
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I promise to be there to listen, to share and to host. I won’t be equipped with any superior knowledge.
Instead, I will try to create a different space we can all call home, where conversations flow and collaborative
insights grow. I’ll trust the power of good questions.

8. Role:
Edge Catalyzer of Logistics for weHOST João Teixeira
background My edge
Joao is a 28 years old management I always expect from life an experience and
student from Porto, currently working as not just a journey... I dream about something
IT manager with a easy smile and ready to and then I go after it... My life experience
solve any problem attitude. Former Local grows in me. At this moment I’m going
Committee President of one Local through a very challenging work experience
Chapter of AIESEC in Portugal and with part of a dream that I have been chasing.
experience in international environments,
being the longest one a couple of
traineeships in Ukraine, he is always ready
to help you through your experience.
My promise
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I promise all the participants of weHOST that I will bring with me everything I’ve learned from past
experiences, commitment and a contagious energy to serve you all in the best way I can...

9. Role:
Edge Popcorn Catalyzer for weHOST Dey Dos
background My edge
At his 37 years, Dey describes himself as I get inspired with innovation, with creative
a poet of breathes, a writer of unreadable breakthroughs. As such, I am always on the
stories, a green freak, a singer of silent search of the avant-garde trends, as a cool
songs, a warrior of passion, a lover hunter. That’s what I call to be an EDGEr!
without lover, a multicultural cook, a life Searching for those trends and finding them is
worshiper, a prophet of beauty, a designer like surfing the waves, exciting and powerful;
of concepts and a popcorn machine. At then you can imagine how much I enjoy when
the end, a beautiful individual; as he also instead of surfing them, I create those waves!
puts it, aren’t we all? Originally from One of my areas of expertise and passion is
Venezuela and currently living in Lisbon, to get myself, and the people I work with, into
Dey has visited 75 countries and currently the mainstream of what is edgy and
dedicates himself to freelance in a diverse ‘incoming’ - ‘current’ is already dated! I don’t
range of adventures that engage and clearly remember where or when the
involve his strong global tribe of expression of ‘popcorning’ was born; it’s just
followers and that keep his life exciting important that since then it has been with me
and in a constant state of discovery, such as a crucial part of how I can explain the
as weHOST. process that happens in my body and mind
when new ideas pop-up; that’s why I call
myself a ‘popcorn machine’, and there is
My promise where my edge lays.
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As part of the enriching process of visiting over 70 countries, I’ve learned to listen; to listen with my whole
Self and not just with my ears and my brain. I will be bringing my listening to weHOST. And, if you feel
stuck in old paradigms, heavy and outdated versions or yourself, 90ish self-image and personal brand, and
cheesy stories to tell, I am sure that after a conversation with me you will feel that effervescent sensation of
whom has found an exciting way to move ahead!

10. is brought to you by
Dey dos
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in partnership with AIESEC in Portugal
See you soon in Portugal!*
* We cannot wait! Can you?
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