He is an electrical engineer with Telecomunacacoes de Brasilia S/ A, in Brazil. The firm delivers technology to link medical professional services (consulting, diagnoses, monitoring and data transmission) in urban areas in Brazil to remote rural areas that cannot support adequate health care services. Mr. Susini Ribeiro has technical responsibility for the Telebrasilia Tele-health Project, jointly sponsored by the corporation and by local government, and he also manages the Laboratory of Technical Support for the corporation.

He is trained in computer technology, process control, telephonic systems and microcomputers, and holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Brasilia (1976).