Fabio Antunes - SAP FI/CO Consultant

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• Fabio Antunes
• SAP FICO Consultant

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Fabio Antunes SAP FICO Consultant

• The opportunities always exist we only have to
  be prepared when they show up! Wise words, dont
  you think? They come from our freelancer of the
  week, Fabio Antunes. Fabio is a SAP FICO Senior
  Consultant and Tax Specialist from Brazil and has
  been freelancing for five years now. Want to hear
  more about his experience? Then read on

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Fabio Antunes

• 1) First off, can you tell us a bit about
  yourself?
• My name is Fábio Roberto Antunes and I live in
  São Paulo city in Brazil. Currently, Im
  supporting an American Pharmaceutical company in
  the LATAM area. I have been working as a
  freelancer for as long as five years.

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Fabio Antunes

• 2) If you would search for your profile on
  Google, which are the three keywords you would
  type in the search bar?
• I would type in SAP FICO, Tax and Localization

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Fabio Antunes

• 3) What was your inspiration and when did you
  actually decide to become a freelancer?
• I started out freelancing occasionally from time
  to time when I was working as a contractor. One
  of my clients asked me if I would be interested
  in performing some activities remotely and this
  is when I started freelancing. Before that I was
  solely working as contractor.

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Fabio Antunes

• 4) What kind of services have your clients asked
  you to provide?
• Most of the time, my clients ask me to provide
  Fiscal and Legal requirements, Roll-outs and
  Localization activities.

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Fabio Antunes

• 5) Do you use other freelancers or companies to
  provide skills that you dont possess?
• Yes I do use freelancers in my network to provide
  me skills that sometimes I dont possess since
  this is very usual when working as a freelancer.

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Fabio Antunes

• 6) Now tell us, how do you find new clients that
  are interested in your services?
• Well, I believe in word of mouth so, I am
  always concerned to provide services with a high
  level of quality and commitment so the clients
  are satisfied with the results. Also I have my
  LinkedIn profile always up-to-date because it
  helps me a lot with getting in contact with new
  clients.

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Fabio Antunes

• 7) What about freelancermap.com? Can you tell us
  a little bit about your experience with our
  IT-network?
• I have found freelancermap.com while surfing on
  LinkedIn. I was adding a member who sent me a
  link to subscribe and I did that. Now I expect to
  gain new contacts and maybe make good businesses.

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Fabio Antunes

• 8) How do you set yourself apart from your
  competitors? What makes you special?
• What sets me apart from my competitors is my
  experience, the quality of my work and my high
  commitment to the clients.

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Fabio Antunes

• 9) What are the top three books, blogs or
  magazines you read to stay up to date in the
  IT-market?
• SAP PRESS, Smart Computing, Inside Tech.

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Fabio Antunes

• 10) Freestyle! Is there anything you would like
  to tell our readers?
• Well I would like to share with the readers that
  the opportunities always exist we only have to
  be prepared when they show up!

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