Summary: Abner Oliviera has spent much of his career getting to know the lay of the land. In his native Brazil, Oliviera works for a specialized engineering service that provides precise geographical data that is used to assist in business planning. This civil engineer and mapmaker joined the MIT Sloan Fellows program in part to complement his knowledge of topography with a solid set of business skills. In the process, Oliviera has also been touched—and educated—by the diversity of backgrounds and perspectives of his Fellow's classmates.
