Dedication and Simplicity – The Mark of Success
Interviews with businessmen are almost always the same, suits, platitude, and lots of rushing. With Igor Pipolo is it different, however. A very calm and good-humored man, security consultant Igor Pípolo began his successful professional journey in his hometown of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, in Brazil. During his youth he worked as an events promoter, organizing everything from night club parties, to scavenger hunts and jam sessions. Noticing his parents’ dissatisfaction towards his current job, he decided to join the armed forces in the 16th Infantry Motorized Battalion, where he began to have an interest for weapons and security in a general.
Igor later received his law degree and worked as a business man in his hometown of Natal. In addition to that, after completing the High Direction Security course, organized by the Pontificia Comillas University of Madrid, in Sao Paulo, he occupied the position of director of the Alcaçuz State Penitentiary. Along his career, Igor encountered several people who he considers to be mentors, and whose contact and exchange of ideas, he says, became a determining factor for his success. Among those are Colonel Franklin Gadelha, police chief in Rio Grande do Norte, and Roberto Marconi, former director of security for Globo, Brazil’s main television station. Of Marconi, who recently died in a tragic car accident, Igor says: “I remember Marconi with great sadness and immense gratitude. His premature death deeply moves me.”
In the year 2000 Igor participated in yet another training event organized by Florida’s own Barry University, where he was invited by Roberto Marconi to work as coordinator of security for Globo TV. At Globo, his main responsibility was to guarantee the safety of grand events, news shows, soap opera premiers, etc., while also attending to personal demands from the station’s directors and artists.
During this time, Mr. Pípolo’s reputation grew immensely, due to the increasing demand of his security consulting services, which became more profitable than his television job. As a result, Igor decided to invest in his consulting career, and in 2005 he founded Nucleo Consulting. “I founded the company with the intention of offering complete quality service. We do everything from auditing, to risk management, personal security, and information security, which is, without a doubt, a very delicate area.” The company has grown since 2005, adding new partners, and today is composed of specialists in every area of security/protection.
Eight months ago, Igor and his family moved to Boca, where he continues to work as a security consultant for Sekura, consulting for American companies that have bases in Brazil, as well as others that have an interest in investing in the country. “We are very well accommodated; it’s a beautiful city that offers great quality of life.”As an internationally renowned security specialist, Igor travels the world giving seminars and speaking at events geared towards various aspects of his field. Just last November, he was in White Plains, NY, where the Master Security Week conference was held. Among those in attendance were about 34 executives from Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, and Bolivia representing companies like Motorola, BP, Nestle, Nextel, among others. Mr. Pípolo and his team are currently working on getting the support of local universities to sponsor the conference, which is set to take place in June, right here in Boca.
