{"id":1102,"date":"2025-06-23T03:27:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T06:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isaacaoficial.com\/sobre\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T23:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T02:57:20","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isaacaoficial.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1102\" class=\"elementor elementor-1102 elementor-6\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b73acc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b73acc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ab46b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"7ab46b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!--\r\n  ISAAC ANDRADE | ABOUT PAGE | ENGLISH v0.4\r\n  WordPress + Astra + Elementor Pro\r\n  Single HTML widget\r\n  Isolated root: .isaac-page.isaac-about.isaac-about--en\r\n\r\n  WordPress page: About\r\n  Planned URL: \/en\/about\/\r\n\r\n  Before final publication:\r\n  1. 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isaac-about__hero-grid\">\r\n      <div class=\"isaac-about__hero-copy\">\r\n        <p class=\"isaac-about__eyebrow\">About Isaac Andrade<\/p>\r\n        <h1 id=\"isaac-about-title\">For 25 years, I\u2019ve connected SAP to the realities of doing business in Brazil.<\/h1>\r\n        <p class=\"isaac-about__hero-lead\">\r\n          I\u2019m a Senior SAP MM\/SD Consultant and Brazil Localization Specialist. My work starts when a global template, Brazilian requirements and a real business operation have to work together within the same solution.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n        <p class=\"isaac-about__hero-note\">\r\n          Making SAP work in Brazil is not just about tax configuration. It means understanding end-to-end processes, electronic invoicing and integrations, bringing the right people into the same conversation, and turning a complex local reality into decisions the project can actually execute.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n\r\n      <figure class=\"isaac-about__hero-figure\">\r\n        <img fetchpriority=\"high\"\r\n          class=\"isaac-about__hero-image\"\r\n          src=\"https:\/\/isaacaoficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/isaac-about-hero.webp\"\r\n          width=\"1086\"\r\n          height=\"1448\"\r\n          alt=\"Isaac Andrade in a professional portrait, looking directly at the camera\"\r\n          fetchpriority=\"high\"\r\n          decoding=\"async\"\r\n        >\r\n      <\/figure>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/section>\r\n\r\n  <section class=\"isaac-about__section\" aria-labelledby=\"isaac-about-story-title\">\r\n    <div class=\"isaac-about__reading\">\r\n      <header class=\"isaac-about__section-heading\">\r\n        <p class=\"isaac-about__eyebrow\">The Story Behind the Specialization<\/p>\r\n        <h2 id=\"isaac-about-story-title\">Before SAP, there were business processes.<\/h2>\r\n      <\/header>\r\n\r\n      <div class=\"isaac-about__story\">\r\n        <article class=\"isaac-about__story-item\">\r\n          <p class=\"isaac-about__story-marker\">Origin<\/p>\r\n          <p class=\"isaac-about__story-text\">\r\n            My professional story started in Cristalina, Goi\u00e1s, at the intersection of accounting and IT. I worked with IT operations, networks and business systems. At Americel in Bras\u00edlia, I moved from finance into systems. Working with PeopleSoft Financial taught me early that technology only works when it understands how the business actually operates.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/article>\r\n\r\n        <article class=\"isaac-about__story-item\">\r\n          <p class=\"isaac-about__story-marker\">2001<\/p>\r\n          <p class=\"isaac-about__story-text\">\r\n            In 2001, I moved into SAP on an ATL project, working with MM and CO. At BearingPoint and later Accenture, across major Oil &amp; Gas programs for Petrobras Distribuidora, Petrobras and other operations, I deepened my experience in MM, SD, IS-OIL and Brazil Localization. That was where I learned how one functional decision could affect an entire operation.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/article>\r\n\r\n        <article class=\"isaac-about__story-item\">\r\n          <p class=\"isaac-about__story-marker\">Norway<\/p>\r\n          <div>\r\n            <p class=\"isaac-about__story-text\">\r\n              At Statoil in Norway, a different challenge became clear. Global teams needed professionals who could combine Brazil Localization knowledge with the ability to work in English and explain why Brazilian requirements mattered inside an international rollout. I was doing more than translating language. I was translating business reality.\r\n            <\/p>\r\n            <p class=\"isaac-about__story-text\">\r\n              To make the solution work, I had to explain why Brazil required specific treatments, understand the global program and help people from different backgrounds reach the same decision. I realized that my role was not simply to configure SAP. It was to create the understanding people needed to decide together. That experience shaped a large part of the consultant I became.\r\n            <\/p>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/article>\r\n\r\n        <article class=\"isaac-about__story-item\">\r\n          <p class=\"isaac-about__story-marker\">2008<\/p>\r\n          <p class=\"isaac-about__story-text\">\r\n            In 2008, I founded TargPoint Consulting to work with greater independence while keeping delivery close, clear and accountable. It became the business structure behind my consulting engagements and the partnerships I mobilize when a project requires additional expertise. Since then, my work has spanned implementations, global rollouts, AMS, S\/4HANA, SAP DRC, external tax solutions and complex integration landscapes.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/article>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/section>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"isaac-about__editorial-break\">\r\n    <div class=\"isaac-about__container-wide\">\r\n      <figure class=\"isaac-about__editorial-frame\">\r\n        <img loading=\"lazy\"\r\n          class=\"isaac-about__editorial-image\"\r\n          src=\"https:\/\/isaacaoficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/isaac-about-analysis.webp\"\r\n          width=\"1536\"\r\n          height=\"1024\"\r\n          alt=\"Isaac Andrade reviewing a process diagram at a desk\"\r\n          loading=\"lazy\"\r\n          decoding=\"async\"\r\n        >\r\n      <\/figure>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <section class=\"isaac-about__section isaac-about__method\" aria-labelledby=\"isaac-about-method-title\">\r\n    <div class=\"isaac-about__container\">\r\n      <header class=\"isaac-about__section-heading\">\r\n        <p class=\"isaac-about__eyebrow\">Where Experience and Clarity Make a Difference<\/p>\r\n        <h2 id=\"isaac-about-method-title\">Brazil is not just another country in the rollout.<\/h2>\r\n      <\/header>\r\n\r\n      <p class=\"isaac-about__method-intro\">\r\n        In many global programs, I see Brazil enter the plan as a three-month localization effort. In practice, a large operation may require six, nine or even twelve months. Procurement, sales, finance, tax, electronic invoicing and integrations all have to work together.\r\n      <\/p>\r\n\r\n      <div class=\"isaac-about__method-grid\">\r\n        <div>\r\n          <p>\r\n            My work starts in the gap between expectation and reality. First, I understand the business, the Brazilian operation and what the global program has already defined. Then I organize the impacts, make the risks visible and turn local requirements into a conversation every workstream can follow.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <p>\r\n            My functional core is procurement and sales, especially SAP MM\/P2P and SAP SD\/OTC. But no design works in isolation. It has to connect with FI, tax, SAP DRC or other electronic-document platforms, tax engines, external fiscal solutions and the teams that will configure, test and operate the solution.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n\r\n      <p class=\"isaac-about__method-global\">\r\n        In global teams, my role is to make Brazilian complexity understandable without oversimplifying it. I organize rules, process impacts and consequences so people can make informed decisions. My project experience includes the United States, Norway, Italy, Mexico and Argentina, with collaboration across teams in India, Turkey and distributed global environments. Over time, I learned how to speak the language of the program without letting Brazil\u2019s needs disappear inside it.\r\n      <\/p>\r\n\r\n      <figure class=\"isaac-about__quote\">\r\n        <blockquote>\r\n          \u201cExcellent professional focused in the necessities of the business and strongly orientated to results. Certainly is a differentiated professional ably to join his great technical knowledge with business process vision\u201d\r\n        <\/blockquote>\r\n        <figcaption>\r\n          <span class=\"isaac-about__quote-name\">Hugo Filho<\/span>\r\n          <span>Team colleague | LinkedIn recommendation, 2008<\/span>\r\n          <span>Originally published in English.<\/span>\r\n        <\/figcaption>\r\n      <\/figure>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/section>\r\n\r\n  <section class=\"isaac-about__section\" aria-labelledby=\"isaac-about-projects-title\">\r\n    <div class=\"isaac-about__container isaac-about__ecosystem-grid\">\r\n      <figure class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-figure\">\r\n        <img loading=\"lazy\"\r\n          class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-image\"\r\n          src=\"https:\/\/isaacaoficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/isaac-about-communication.webp\"\r\n          width=\"1100\"\r\n          height=\"1375\"\r\n          alt=\"Isaac Andrade explaining an idea in an editorial portrait\"\r\n          loading=\"lazy\"\r\n          decoding=\"async\"\r\n        >\r\n      <\/figure>\r\n\r\n      <div class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-copy isaac-about__ecosystem-copy--intro\">\r\n        <p class=\"isaac-about__eyebrow\">Projects and Communication<\/p>\r\n        <h2 id=\"isaac-about-projects-title\">The projects that complete the story.<\/h2>\r\n        <p>\r\n          TargPoint is the business and delivery structure behind my professional engagements and the partnerships I mobilize when a project requires additional specialists. Through SAP Life Brasil and LinkedIn, I share lessons from SAP delivery, Brazil Localization and the SAP consulting career.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n\r\n      <div class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-lower\">\r\n        <div class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-narrative\">\r\n          <p>\r\n            FLAVOZ and OLHAR reveal another side of who I am. They are independent projects connected to sports journalism, communication, photography, memory and the way I observe people and events. What they share with my SAP work is listening carefully, organizing information and making complex stories easier to understand.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n          <p>\r\n            Ra\u00edzes Rubro-Negras completes that journey on a more personal side. In the book, I turn experiences connected to futebol, family, longing and belonging into fiction.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-projects\">\r\n          <p class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-prompt\">Explore These Projects<\/p>\r\n          <nav class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-links\" aria-label=\"Independent projects\">\r\n            <a class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-link isaac-about__ecosystem-link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/flavozoficial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Explore FLAVOZ on Instagram, opens in a new tab\"><span class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-link-copy\"><span class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-link-title\">FLAVOZ<\/span><span class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-link-description\">Sports journalism and the voice of the fan.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n            <a\r\n              class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-link isaac-about__ecosystem-link--internal\"\r\n              href=\"\/en\/olhar\/\"\r\n            ><span class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-link-copy\"><span class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-link-title\">OLHAR | Through My Eyes<\/span><span class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-link-description\">Photography, memory and the world as I see it.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n            <a\r\n              class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-link isaac-about__ecosystem-link--internal\"\r\n              href=\"\/en\/raizes-rubro-negras\/?origin=about-en\"\r\n            ><span class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-link-copy\"><span class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-link-title\">Ra\u00edzes Rubro-Negras<\/span><span class=\"isaac-about__ecosystem-link-description\">A Portuguese-language novel about futebol, family, longing and belonging.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\n          <\/nav>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/section>\r\n\r\n  <section class=\"isaac-about__cta\" aria-labelledby=\"isaac-about-cta-title\">\r\n    <div class=\"isaac-about__container isaac-about__cta-grid\">\r\n      <div>\r\n        <h2 id=\"isaac-about-cta-title\">Want to see where this experience shows up in practice?<\/h2>\r\n        <p>\r\n          On the Experience page, I\u2019ve brought together the projects and challenges that turned this story into real SAP delivery. If your organization needs to make SAP work in Brazil within a complex global or local environment, let\u2019s talk.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n\r\n      <nav class=\"isaac-about__actions\" aria-label=\"Next steps\">\r\n        <a class=\"isaac-about__button isaac-about__button--primary\" href=\"\/en\/experience\/\">Explore SAP Experience<\/a>\r\n        <a class=\"isaac-about__button isaac-about__button--secondary\" href=\"\/en\/contact\/\">Get in Touch<\/a>\r\n      <\/nav>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/section>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Isaac Andrade For 25 years, I\u2019ve connected SAP to the realities of doing business in Brazil. 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