Jade Souza

Jade Souza serves as a research assistant at the University of Georgia, where she collaborates with two professors on research focused on mechanization, particularly planting mechanization. With seven years in the forestry industry, she brings expertise from her prior role in Brazil, where she spent five years at a public company managing planning, invoice recovery, and machine activity scheduling within a factory setting. Her educational background includes an undergraduate degree in Forestry Engineering from Brazil, an incomplete Master's program, and an Executive MBA in Project Management. She also possesses certifications as a machining operator and in OSHA safety protocols. Souza excels in data analysis, transforming large datasets into reports, papers, and presentations, and she emphasizes the importance of continuous learning, especially regarding new technologies like AI.