Son of Mario Goelzer and Otilia Morsch Goelzer
Born on 24/07/1938, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil
Primary School: Grupo Escolar de Vila Coxilha (1946-1950)
High School (Boarding School Colégio Conceição em Passo Fundo): 1951-1954
High School: Colégio Anchieta, Porto Alegre, 1955-1957
Civil Engineering, Escola de Engenharia, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, 1958-1962
Mathematical Analysis (in parallel with the Engineering course), 1959-1961, with scholarship essential for self-maintenance
I met my wife Berenice Isabel Ferrari in the first year of the Engineering course and we got married on the fifht year.
White Martins, design of oxygen installations, 1962, in parallel with Engineering course
IBM, Rio de Janeiro, January-July 1963, Systems Analysis course, interrupted to follow master degree course in the USA
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering - major in Operational Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbour, Michigan, 1963-1964
Post-graduate course, University of Columbia, New York, June-August 1964
IBM, Porto Alegre, 1965-1969, first Systems Analyst in Porto Alegre
Professor in the Engineering School, UFRGS, Porto Alegre,1965-1969 (with IBM's approval)
Special course, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, January-February 1968
Systems desigh course, IBM Systems Research Institute, New York, September-November 1968
IBM Center of Scientific Research, São Paulo, 1970-1972
During this period I was advisor for thesis at the Universidade de Campinas and PUC Rio de Janeiro
Salary paid by IBM but my office was at the Politécnica, Universidade de São Paulo
PHD program at the University of North Carolina, USA 1973-1974
In 1974 my wife Berenice was selected for a position of Scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva where she worked for 25 years
Master of Science in Computer Science - With the move to Geneva and a very interesting position at the ITU, I stopped the PHD program in North Carolina and got second master's degree
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Geneva, 1975-1998, with a succesful career reaching the position of Chief Information Services Department, position that I held for many years
Letter of ITU Secretary General on the occasion of my retirement
After leaving the ITU, I was a consultant for World Intelectual Property Organization (WIPO) 1999-2000