Floriano is a sociologist and social scientist graduated from USP. He was elected Federal Deputy for the PSDB of São Paulo in the 55th Legislature (2015-2019). Former Secretary of State for Social Development in São Paulo. He completed a specialization in Legislative Process and Executive/Legislative Relations at the University of Brasília (UNB). He took an extension course at the São Paulo School of Government and completed his postgraduate studies in 2011 at FIA/USP and in Environmental Studies at FUNDACE. He was elected as a city council member in 2008 and, in 2012, was reelected with 37,780 votes. He was ranked as the second-best legislator in the São Paulo Legislative Assembly by the NGO Voto Consciente.

A civil servant since 1995, Floriano has held important positions in all three levels of government. In Brasília, he served as Deputy Chief for Parliamentary Affairs at the Chief of Staff of the Presidency of the Republic. In the Ministry of Education in 1999, he was the Director of Projects for the Higher Education Secretariat, where he created and implemented the Student Financing Program (FIES), which replaced the Brazilian educational credit program (CREDUC).

From January 2001 to December 2002, Floriano was the Secretary of the National School Voucher Program, the first program in the country in the income transfer area that gave rise to the social programs of the current government.

Between January 2003 and December 2004, he was Deputy Secretary of the Chief of Staff of the State Government of São Paulo; Executive Secretary of the Public Management Quality Committee; and Coordinator of the Social Policy Management Committee, established to formulate social policies, programs, and actions for the State Government.

Starting in January 2005, during his last period in the Executive Branch, Floriano was appointed Municipal Secretary of Assistance and Social Development of the city of São Paulo, where he created an innovative social management model, implementing the programs São Paulo Protege and Ação Família – Viver em Comunidade, as well as launching the unprecedented campaign “Give more than alms, give a future,” which removed over 2,000 children from child labor in the capital.