Professional Profile
CARLOS GABRIEL
TURPEAU RAMOS
Professional name TULPI THE BARBER
- PBA Member
- Active SC Barber Instructor
- Active SC Registered Barber
- Bilingual Educator
- Entrepreneur
- Industry Professional
Barbering · Education · Entrepreneurship · Branding · AI · SMP · Hair Replacement · Career Development
Professional summary
Craft, education and opportunity.
Carlos Gabriel Turpeau Ramos, professionally known as Tulpi The Barber, is a PBA Member, active South Carolina Barber Instructor, active South Carolina Registered Barber, entrepreneur and bilingual educator based in Greenville, SC. With more than 15 years behind the chair, he works at the intersection of barbering, education, client service, branding and professional development.
His work combines daily professional practice with structured theory, live demonstration, guided practice, performance feedback and career preparation. He connects technical skill with the communication, professional standards and business knowledge needed to grow responsibly.
For schools, industry and communities
High schools, career centers, barber and cosmetology schools, colleges, beauty institutions, brands, expos, conferences, podcasts, media, businesses, workforce-development programs, advisory boards and guest artist programs.
Six complementary areas
Professional expertise
Barbering & Technical Education
Technical instruction rooted in professional practice and a thoughtful client experience.
Precision cutting, fades, clipper systems, scissor work, beard grooming, consultation, hair textures, infection control, professional workflow and licensing preparation.
Education & Student Development
Bilingual learning that links technical understanding to career readiness.
Barber instruction, curriculum design, student coaching, assessment, theory and practical preparation, professionalism, communication, discipline and goal setting.
Entrepreneurship & Business
Practical business development through Tulpi The Barber and Barber Gallery Suite.
Building clientele, customer retention, personal branding, service design, pricing, client experience, business development and career monetization.
Digital Business & AI
Founder and Digital Career Strategist at United Multimedia.
Branding, marketing, websites, social media, content systems, digital learning resources, AI-assisted workflows, automation and business technology.
Advanced Industry Services
Specialty services guided by personalized consultation.
Scalp micropigmentation (SMP), hair replacement, premium grooming, advanced consultation and specialty service development.
Speaking, Guest Artist & Advisory
Interactive contributions for schools, events, organizations and industry conversations.
Guest artist appearances, career day speaking, industry advisory, technical demonstrations, workshops, entrepreneurship and AI/digital-business education.
Three connected career pathways
Tulpi The Barber
Skilled trades · Professional craft · Entrepreneurship
United Multimedia
Digital business · Branding · Marketing · Artificial intelligence
Mindset Priceless
Self-leadership · Discipline · Learning systems · Personal development
Coming soon
Carlos Gabriel Turpeau Ramos / Educator framework
Tulpi Teaching & Learning Framework
Carlos believes that education should move beyond passive listening. His instructional approach is designed around demonstration, guided learning, retrieval, application, reflection and real-world action.
The objective is not simply for students to hear information. It is for them to understand it, remember it, explain it, apply it and use it independently in the real world.
The objective for every learner
- Understand it
- Remember it
- Explain it
- Apply it
- Use it in the real world
The complete instructional system
From a meaningful first connection to an independent next action.
Connect
Connect the lesson to existing knowledge, career goals or a real-world problem.
Model
Demonstrate the correct process and explain the decisions behind it.
Guide
Practice together with coaching, questions and corrective feedback.
Retrieve
Ask the learner to recall the information without relying on notes.
Apply
Use the knowledge in a realistic task or professional decision.
Reflect
Analyze the result, the reasoning and what could improve.
Act
Translate the learning into an independent next action.
Model → Guide → Practice
Learn by seeing it done correctly
Foundation: Explicit instruction, modeling, worked examples and guided practice.
Model
Carlos demonstrates the skill, process or decision-making sequence clearly and intentionally. He explains not only what he is doing, but why he is doing it.
Guide
The student works through the same process with coaching, questions and corrective feedback.
Practice
Responsibility gradually transfers to the student, who performs the task independently.
Applications across craft and career
- Clipper cutting
- Fades
- Scissor work
- Consultation
- Client communication
- Business decisions
- Branding
- Content creation
- AI workflows
- Career planning
Retrieve → Space → Reconnect
Learn to remember, not just to recognize
Foundation: Retrieval practice, spaced reinforcement and connection to previous knowledge.
Retrieve
Students recall the concept without simply rereading it. They explain, reconstruct or demonstrate what they remember.
Space
Important concepts return later rather than being taught once and forgotten. Learners revisit them across subsequent practice and lessons.
Reconnect
Students connect the previous concept with the next lesson, seeing how separate skills work together.
Recall challenges
- Explain the fade sequence from memory.
- Identify the correct guard progression.
- Reconstruct the consultation process.
- Explain yesterday’s business concept without notes.
- Describe the AI workflow learned previously.
Connections between lessons
- Consultation → Service execution → Client retention
- Technique → Photography → Branding → Marketing
- Skill → Client → Revenue → Business
- Discipline → Practice → Competence → Career
Apply → Explain → Reflect
Turn information into judgment
Foundation: Active learning, explanation and metacognition.
Apply
Students solve a real problem, perform a skill or make a decision.
Explain
Students explain the reasoning behind what they did, connecting the chosen technique or strategy to the situation.
Reflect
Students identify what worked, what did not, what they would change, what they still need to learn and what they will do differently next time.
Explain the decision
- Why did you choose this guard?
- Why did you begin the fade at that position?
- Why would you recommend this service?
- Why would this marketing strategy work?
- Why did you choose this AI tool?
- Why would this client return?
Reflect on the result
- What worked?
- What did not work?
- What would I change?
- What do I still need to learn?
- What will I do differently next time?
From classroom to career
Carlos connects instruction to real professional situations. Each learning pathway leads beyond an isolated exercise to a client, a business decision or a career opportunity.
Barbering
- Consultation
- Technique
- Finished result
- Client experience
Business
- Skill
- Service
- Pricing
- Retention
- Revenue
Branding
- Work
- Documentation
- Content
- Visibility
- Reputation
AI
- Problem
- Tool selection
- Prompt / workflow
- Output
- Human review
Career
- Goal
- Skill gap
- Training
- Practice
- Evidence
- Opportunity
Participation, not passive listening
Carlos does not design sessions around long passive lectures. Learners participate through varied formats that make their thinking and practice visible.
- Demonstrations
- Questions
- Hands-on practice
- Real scenarios
- Case studies
- Decision exercises
- Student explanation
- Recall challenges
- Reflection
- Q&A
- Career-action planning
Check → Correct → Repeat
Check for understanding
During instruction, Carlos checks whether the learner actually understands, rather than assuming that watching or listening is enough.
- Student demonstration
- Verbal explanation
- Short retrieval questions
- Scenario decisions
- Teach-back
- Practical execution
- Self-assessment
- Correct it early
- Explain it differently
- Practice again
When a misunderstanding appears, address it before repeated practice turns the error into a habit.
Transfer of learning
- Know
- Do
- Explain
- Adapt
The highest level is not simply reproducing the exact demonstration. The learner should eventually be able to adapt the principle to a different client, haircut, business problem or professional situation.
One framework. Complementary learning contexts.
The framework can be applied across Carlos’s three professional education universes.
Tulpi The Barber
Technical craft · Skilled trades · Entrepreneurship
United Multimedia
Branding · Marketing · Digital business · AI · Automation
Mindset Priceless
Self-leadership · Discipline · Learning systems · Personal development
Coming soon
Teach the skill.Teach the thinking.Teach the student how to keep learning.
Carlos does not only teach a skill. He teaches the student how to learn the skill, understand the decisions behind it and transfer that knowledge into real-world performance.
Available for
- Guest artist opportunities
- School presentations
- Career day
- Technical demonstrations
- Workshops
- Student mentorship
- Advisory boards
- Industry partnerships
- Brand collaborations
- Expos
- Conferences
- Interviews
- Podcasts
- Speaking engagements
- Instructor opportunities
- Consulting
- Business & AI education
Media & professional story
Founder Interview · Business Stories Magazine
A founder interview in Carlos’s own words about building a career through barbering, teaching, entrepreneurship, and responsible technology.
A professional profile you can keep
For schools, event organizers, brands and professional opportunities.
Bring Carlos to your school, event or organization
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tulpithebarber@gmail.com(864) 815-2828Greenville, South Carolina