Smart Electricity World LatAm Conference - Speaker list

João Acyr Bonat Junior has worked at COPEL (The Energy Company of Parana), one of the leading utilities in Brazil—for 22 years. For the last 12 years, he has held the post of Metering and Losses Manager.

Leonam dos Santos Guimarães is the assistant to the Chief Executive Officer of ELETROBRÁS TERMONUCLEAR S.A. – ELETRONUCLEAR. After completing a BSc in Naval Sciences from the Brazilian Naval Academy, he went on to study Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, and Ocean ...

With more than 25 years of marine navigation, automation, communication and power engineering experience, Carl has been on the forefront of renewable energy technology for major power applications and different markets. Duinkerk worked for Radio Holland’s Caribbean...

Luiz Renato Fraga Rios: Graduated in 2004 in Electrical Engineering from the Catholic University of Minas Gerais, has post graduating in Project Management and MBA in Business Management, both by the Technological Education Institute. He has been serving for 20 years...

Mestrado em Engenharia de Produção – Universidade Federal Fluminense/UFF; Especialista em Metrologia Elétrica. Trabalha no Inmetro há 30 anos, tendo atuado nos diversos laboratórios da Divisão de Metrologia Elétrica e exercido o cargo de chefe desta Divisão por 8...

Engenheiro de Eletrônica formado pelo Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica – ITA, com mais de 37 anos de experiência. Fez cursos de Pós-Graduação em Sistemas de Controle e Automação na COPPE-UFRJ (1977 e 1978) e participou do Curso Intensivo de Administração de...

Mike is strategic lead for Joule. He is responsible for reaching out to beneficiaries and conceptualizing and developing products and services. Mike has historically played a central role in founding industries in the energy field. He has particularly focused on...

So Ron Yat Hung is a Director at Darby Stratus, the fund manager of the Brazil Mezzanine Infrastructure Fund. After over 20 years in investment banking, Mr. Hung has worked as an Advisor and Consultant for the past several years. During about 1 year, he was retained as ...

Francisco Jardim has been a Regional Fund Manager at Fundo Criatec for the past three years, responsible for Criatec’s operations in the state of São Paulo. During this period, he analyzed over 1000 tech start-ups and led successful investment efforts in six. He...

Mr. Sunny Jonathan is a Coordinator of R&D and Energy Efficiency at AES Eletropaulo. He is responsible for the prospection and selection of new R&D projects and of regulatory subjects, related to R&D and EE, as well as relations with research...

Dr. Yannick R. Julliard is Director of Global Sales and Business Development and Smart Grid Solutions at Siemens AG Energy. Before coming to Siemens in 2005, he worked at RWE Solutions / IDS GmbH. He holds an MSc. and PhD in Engineering from the University of...

Márcia Leal has been working at BNDES since 1998 in financings for the Electric Sector and is currently the Chief of the Electric Power Department. Prior to joining BNDES she has worked for five years in hydrological research in the CPRM - Geological Survey of Brazil...

Jeferson Marcondes, atua à 23 anos no Setor Elétrico Nacional. Atualmente desempenha o cargo de Assessor da Diretoria Comercial da EDP Bandeirante. Engenheiro Eletricista graduado pela Universidade de Taubaté, MBA em Gestão de Energia pela Fundação Dom Cabral e MBA em...

Mr. Marini is Executive Vice-President of CESI S.p.A., heading the global Consulting, Solutions & Services Division of the company. CESI, founded in 1956, provides engineering and consultancy services in the energy sector to major Utilities, TSOs, DSOs, Regulatory...

Humberto Matsuda é o sócio responsável pelos fundos de Venture Capital da Performa Investimentos. Possui MBA em Finanças, Comunicação e Relações com Investidores pela FIPECAFI (Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Contábeis, Atuariais e Financeiras) e é graduado pela...

É formado em Engenharia Mecânica pela Universidade Gama Filho. Pós-Graduado pelo Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro no tema Tecnologia de Gestão, Produtividade e Qualidade. Pós-Graduado em Avaliação de Projetos pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Pós-Graduado ...

Juan Carlos Morales, Director of Planning Operation, XM S.A. Compañia de Expertos en Mercados. Electrical Engineer from Antioquia University, Medellín. Master of Science in Electrical Power Systems Planning from UFSC, Santa Catarina-Brazil. Mr. Morales joined ISA in...

André Nóbrega foi nomeado diretor da Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica em 21 de agosto de 2010. Atuou como Assessor da Diretoria, desde agosto de 2006. É Especialista Sênior em regulação de energia elétrica e ocupou diferentes cargos na Agência, como especialista...

Antonio Patricio Sarmiento Pesántez graduated as an Electrical Engineer at the University of Cuenca and Master in Telematics from the University of Cuenca, Ecuador. He was a professor at the School of Electronics Systems and Catholic University of Azogues, Ecuador, as...

Mr. Luis Eduardo de Oliveira Pinheiro serves as Executive Operations Officer of ELEKTRO, works on the power distribution industry for thirty years, covering asset management, commercial and customer activities and leadership on building, deployment and implementation...

Oren Pinsky is a partner with Stratus Group, a 10-year-old private equity firm based in São Paulo that has built up about US$ 280 million to invest in mid-size companies in Brazil, where he is responsible for the CleanTech Fund. Previously with Philips Latin...

Chefe do Departamento de Projetos de Eficiência Energética da ELETROBRÁS/PROCEL. Ocupou diversos cargos de coordenação/gerência nas áreas de Automação e Sistemas de Controle e Conservação de Energia da ELETROBRÁS. Consultor do PNUD e Banco Mundial para os Governos do...

Paulo Puterman, Founder and Director of Sykué Bioenergia Sykué is the only dedicated biomass to the grid power plant in the world. It introduced the concept of Biothermoeletric Flat Generation. Phd in Sociology- USP MSC in Biotechnology- USP

Ronaldo Santarem currently leads the studies about Integrated Sync Network, supporting telecom, automation, supervision and control at Eletrobras Furnas, the biggest power utility in Brazil. Besides, Mr. Santarem is responsible for project and deployment for telecom...

Mr. Senna Guimaraes has a degree in electrical engineering from the Catholic University of Minas Gerais, a Master in electrical engineering concentration in analysis and systems of UFMG, as well as an MBA in finance from IBMEC. Currently, he is the project manager for...

Sr. Paulo Cezar Coelho Tavares é formado em Engenharia Elétrica pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, com mestrado em Controle de Sistemas de Potência pela UNICAMP e pós-graduado em finanças - MBA pelo IBMEC. Atuou também como professor da Escola Politécnica de...

Natural do Rio de Janeiro, com 46 anos de idade, é Mestre pela PUC-Rio em Metrologia, Inovação e Qualidade. Possui MBA em Gerência de Projetos pela FGV - Rio de Janeiro, pós-graduação em Análise de Sistemas pela UVA - Rio de Janeiro e graduação em Engenharia Elétrica...

Currently AES Eletropaulo Director of Technology & Services, responsible for developing the Smart Grid Program concerning to metering(AMI), automation, operation and distribution systems. Member of ABRADEE Smart Grid Committee, Aptel’s Board of Director and host of the ...

Mr. Vieira de Carvalho has been working for the IDB since 1997 on financing and implementing sustainable energy projects throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on energy efficiency, biofuels and renewable energy in general. He was Director of the Latin...

Engenheiro Eletricista/Eletrônico Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro MBA - Pontifícia Universidade Catolica - Rio de Janeiro Certified ESD Engineer by NARTE Atuou como Chefe de Dept. Eletroeletônica em Furnas Foi Assistente de Diretor na Lightpar e do Presidente na ...