Robert Silva was born in Brazil. He is the son of Spaniards immigrants who left Malaga to come to Brazil. He graduated as Chemical Technician and went to pursue his Chemical Engineering degree in the States. He graduated as a Chemical Engineer from Iowa State University and went to work in Germany for Dow Chemical GmbH.

Roberto returned to the States to pursue his MBA degree with emphasis in finance. To support himself he taught diffential calculus. After his MBA, he returned to Brazil and worked for Du Pont for 8 years. He took on several assignment -- one of the them working as the Plant Area Manager for the Du Pont Titanium Plant in Antioch, California.

For the past 12 years, Roberto has worked for United Nations Conference on Trade and Development delivering workshops on entrepreneurship.

Founder of Brasil Portrait, acquired by BACE Healthcare, a Hartman Group company.