Country Manager
Profile Summary
Electrical Engineer with a MSc in Renewable Energy Systems Technology. More than 20 years of professional experience in the Energy Sector – including Distribution Transmission and Generation – and more than ten years of hands-on experience in Developing Positions in renewable energy projects including: Wind Farm Projects development, Solar Power Development and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). I have also worked on O&M activities as Performance Engineer for Wind, Project Manager and O&M Site Manager for Wind Power Projects.
Employment History
Aug 2023 – Present: Solar PV Manufactuer
- Working as Country Manager in Chile
- Identifying Opportunities for company expansion of throughout Chile, Peru and Argentina.
- Developing Local Relationship with relevant Stakeholders.
- Analysing different strategies for company expansion.
Sep 2021 – Aug 2023: Renewable Energy Developer
- Working as Head of Solar, Wind & BESS Team in LATAM
- Leading a team of engineers dedicated to creating high quality Consultancy services, with emphasis on wind and solar development activities.
- Utilizing innovative solutions to reduce the LCOE of Wind, Solar & BESS projects in LATAM
- Leading technical Due Diligences for M&A activities in the renewable energy sector.
Mar 2021 – Aug 2021: Energy Consultancy
- Working as Product Leader for Renewable Energy projects (wind & Solar) and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).
- Managing Basic Engineering projects and supporting development plans for wind and solar projects for Chile and LATAM.
- Identifying Opportunities for company expansion and developing Local Relationship with relevant clients and strategic partners.
Feb 2021 – Mar 2021: Solar & BESS EPC
- Working as Consultant
- Giving support as Project Engineer for the development of BESS battery storage system using Lithium-ion batteries for utility scale solar power projects in combination with solar projects.
- Leading tendering processes for battery storage system projects, preparing documentation for financial approval.
Jun 2019 – Nov 2020: Wind EPC
- Working as Head of Wind O&M
- Creating KPI’s and performance indicators for Wind Power projects.
- Elaborating, reviewing, and negotiating O&M Contracts for Wind Power.
- Elaborating strategies for Wind Power Operation and Asset Managing.
Feb 2015 – May 2019: Energy Corporation
- Working on the development several solar and wind power projects in Chile from Greenfield and Brownfield. Identifying legal and technical requirements before construction.
- Providing support for Asset Managing activities for the LATAM fleet
- Generating KPI’s and performance indicators for Wind & Solar Assets.
- Supporting Due Diligence effort for company investment.
- Identifying Opportunities for company expansion of Renewable Project Portfolio throughout South America.
- Working as Project Manager during the Construction of Florida II Wind Farm
Dec 2013 – Nov 2014: Wind EPC
- Working as O&M Manager for Wind farm.
- Leading a multicultural team work to operate and maintain 33 MW of Goldwind turbines at the highest possible level of performance and availability.
- Managing the operations of Substation.
Oct 2011 – Nov 2013: Wind EPC
- Working as Performance Engineer, covering all the Wind Generation projects in operation at the West Coast of USA (approximately 200 MW of installed power).
- Developing KPI’s and performance analysis for wind power projects.
- Leading action plans and improving performance of wind turbines. Projects included: analysis of control parameters, oil and mechanical resistance maintenance programs, and Condition Monitoring analysis and fault prediction.
- RCA and action plan development for wind turbine operation and maintenance.
- Giving support to the commissioning of Mountain View IV wind farm project.
2007 – Aug 2011: Power generation company
- Developing the first Wind and Solar projects from greenfield identifying legal and environmental permits.
- Leading the wind prospection campaign (pre-selection of sites, installation of wind measuring instruments, following IEC 61400 standards).
- Developing Micrositing analyses (wind farm design and optimization), production estimate reports, and wind turbine suitability assessment.
- Giving support on Technical Due Diligence of Wind and Solar power projects for M&A activities.
- Developing different PV designs – including the first PV project – utilizing PV-Syst Software.
- Giving technical support for several power lines & substations engineering works
- Strong training & background on Teamwork strategies. Facilitator and leader of different projects, implementing PDCA agile methodologies.
2005 – 2006: Adolfo Ibáñez University (Chile)
- I was part of the academic staff of the engineering department (full time)
- Dictating lectures for undergraduate students and supervising different final projects for engineering students.
- Giving technical support for the development of Wind Power Projects in Chile.
2004 (Feb – Dec): Power transmission utility company
- Project engineer for the Power Lines department
- Participating in Power lines maintenance, design and operation
2004 (Sept – Dec): Pontificia Universidad Católica (Chile)
- Dictating the lecture “Renewable Energy Systems Technology” for Electrical and Mechanical engineers
1999 – 2002: Electricity supplier
- participating in several projects related with power quality and continuity of service
- SCADA systems, underground electrical grids, Distributed – Generation projects (PMGD)
1999 (July – Dec): Consulting Group (Chile)
- Data Warehousing, SQL and Visual Basic programming
1997 – 1998: Energy Research Program (Chile)
- Evaluating several rural-electrification projects and analysing different technologies for distributed energy generation.
1997 (Mar - Jul): Equivalent to Demonstrating in UK (Chile)
- Tutorial-teacher for the lecture “electrical Network analysis II” – electrical engineering career – Universidad de Chile.
Education
2002 – 2003
Loughborough University (UK)
MSc Renewable Energy Systems Technology (distinction) (Conicyt-BID scholarship)
- Modules studied include: Solar Energy I & II, Wind Energy I and II, Micro-Hydro, Tidal and Wave Energy
- My final project was the modification of the control parameter of a Sunny Boy inverter, in order to improve the performance of a 6 kW wind turbine using a data collection system.
1993 – 1998
Universidad de Chile
Electrical Engineer (distinction)
- Modules studied include: Power Electric Systems, Electric machines, Telecommunications, Neural Networks, Signal Analysis, Dynamic Systems Modelling, Engineering Business, Mathematics and physics
- My final project was the electrification of a small and isolated country-side village in Chile, using small wind turbines.
Languages
- Spanish: Native
- English: bilingual. Fluency obtained in UK, and USA.
Additional Skills & Achievements
- I received the “CONICYT – Banco BID” Scholarship in Chile, for the realization of an MSc in Renewable Energy Systems Technology
- Use of Power BI and other database dashboards and interaction tools
- Use of SAP O&M tools (user level)
- Enjoy running and have participating on 10k races
- Driver’s licence – no endorsements
- Use of software PV-Syst and WindFarmer.
