{"id":13761,"date":"2026-03-27T14:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/about\/leadership\/vicente-albuquerque\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:13:02","slug":"vicente-albuquerque","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/ja\/about\/leadership\/vicente-albuquerque\/","title":{"rendered":"Vicente Albuquerque"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"block_46116046207326c9d0d61fbb5bbfd7b1\" class=\"block block--secondary-header wysiwyg_styles u-darkMode u-bgColor_primary shockwave\" aria-labelledby=\"block_46116046207326c9d0d61fbb5bbfd7b1-heading\" aria-describedby=\"block_46116046207326c9d0d61fbb5bbfd7b1-subheading\">\n\t<div class=\"secondary-header-container\" style=\"--alignment:center\">\n\t\t<h1 id=\"block_46116046207326c9d0d61fbb5bbfd7b1-heading\" class=\"heading\">Vicente Albuquerque<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"block_46116046207326c9d0d61fbb5bbfd7b1-subheading\" class=\"sub-heading\">Global Head of Human Resources<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section\n\tid=\"block_1a9cbc5c9398d6f57bb2cf971eb0aab3\"\n\tclass=\"block block--spacer-with-optional-divider \"\n\taria-label=\"Spacer section with optional divider\">\n\t<div class=\"spacer-with-optional-divider-container container\">\n\n\t\t<!-- Space Above -->\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"space-above\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"--aboveDesktop: 30px; --aboveMobile: 20px;\"\n\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\trole=\"presentation\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<!-- Optional Divider -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Space Below -->\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"space-below\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"--belowDesktop: 0px; --belowMobile: 0px;\"\n\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\trole=\"presentation\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"block_57074f5bf9a3f75b5145a0aef229fbc4\" class=\"block block--wysiwyg wysiwyg_styles u-bgColorNone shockwave container\">\n\t<div class=\"u-wysiwyg u-animation\">\n\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13752 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vince-Albuquerque-Headshot-300x275.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vince-Albuquerque-Headshot-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vince-Albuquerque-Headshot.png 556w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/275;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vicente Albuquerque is an accomplished HR leader with over 20 years of professional experience, including 11 years at Johnson & Johnson. He has recently been appointed as Global Head of HR, Shockwave, where he will focus on advancing global talent strategies, fostering inclusion, and building organizational capabilities to drive business growth.<\/p>\n<p>Vince previously led the MedTech LATAM HR team, where he implemented talent initiatives that enhanced leadership development, increased engagement, and improved business outcomes across emerging markets. His background spans roles in Key Account Management, Business Insights, and HR across various industries such as Media, Automotive, and Technology in both Latin America and North America.<\/p>\n<p>Vicente holds an MBA and a bachelor\u2019s in psychology from top Brazilian universities, along with certifications in high-performing teams and change management.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n<section\n\tid=\"block_1a9cbc5c9398d6f57bb2cf971eb0aab3\"\n\tclass=\"block block--spacer-with-optional-divider \"\n\taria-label=\"Spacer section with optional divider\">\n\t<div class=\"spacer-with-optional-divider-container container\">\n\n\t\t<!-- Space Above -->\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"space-above\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"--aboveDesktop: 30px; --aboveMobile: 20px;\"\n\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\trole=\"presentation\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<!-- Optional Divider -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Space Below -->\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"space-below\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"--belowDesktop: 0px; --belowMobile: 0px;\"\n\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\trole=\"presentation\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"block_5ceb506fb44128e7f527f4a241933a50\" class=\"block block--cta-button-bar text_colors shockwave\">\n\t<div class=\"cta-button-bar--container\">\n\t\t<h2 id=\"block_5ceb506fb44128e7f527f4a241933a50-heading\" class=\"heading\">\n\t\t\tLearn More About Shockwave Medical\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<div class=\"buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"cta-button-bar--links-container\" role=\"list\" aria-label=\"Call-to-action buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"resource-list--link\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<a data-atom=\"button\" class=\"on-blue btn--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/ja\/about\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"About Us - link to page\" >About Us<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-sharp fa-arrow-right fa-solid\"><\/i><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colin serves as Shockwave&#8217;s Commercial Operations leader overseeing Sales Operations, Field Inventory, Customer Service, Contract Administration, Market Analytics and Modeling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3863,"parent":7399,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13761","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13761"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13772,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13761\/revisions\/13772"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}