Education
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Master of Science in Advanced Software Engineering
2013-2015 ex
UNIVERSITY OF CHILE
Eng. Electrical Civil Engineering
Graduated with highest honours.
Final project on an automated system for controlling power reclosers.
2002-2003
UNIVERSITY OF CHILE
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering
1998-2001
Areas of expertise
Business information systems, Programming, Software re-engineering, SOA (Service-Oriented-Architectures), WebServices, Genetic algorithms, Digital signal processing and Communication protocols.
Professional Experience
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER
PcVue Solutions, London, England
May 2012 - present
Development of communication protocol DNP3.0 and IEC104 for electrical environments.
Principal projects
- (2012-2013) Iberdrola for its wind farms integrating DNP3 protocol/ USA
- (June 2013) Control center for copper mining company MLP Chile /Chile.
- (December 2013) Alstom India for the 96-MW hydro plant in Dikchu-Sikkim, for the main control room and control of turbines, B&R PLCs and IEC 104 protocol / India
- (December 2013) Sirius, new control center for ERG Renewables to control 41 wind farms in Italy. IEC 104 protocol / Italy
- (March 2013) Rio Tinto Scotland, new control center for Aluminum mining. IEC 104 protocol/ UK
Technical support for commercial offers
- (2013) Technical support for commercial offer in supervision of electrical system of PDVSA (Venezuelan state-owned oil and natural gas company)/Venezuela
- (2012) Technical support for commercial offer in supervision of electrical system of Minera MLP (copper mine)/Chile.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER
ARC Informatique, Paris, France
2007 – May 2012
Working especially on development of communication protocols and technical support for business in Latin America for ARC Informatique.
Principal projects
- (2009 - May 2012) Development of last generation communication protocol for electrical environments (Related companies are Cegelec and Schneider electric)/Germany, China and Russia.
- (2009) Development of communication protocol to get measures of radiation and vital signs for nuclear power stations, EDF research and development/ France.
- (2009) Communication protocol for Programmable Logic Controller, Panasonic/ Japan.
- (2008) Development of communication protocol concerning time estimation and frequency in Metro-train Lyon/ France.
- (2007- 2008) Development of communication protocol to integrate intelligent video cameras, Rion-Antirion bridge / Greece
Technical support for commercial offers
- (2011) Technical support for commercial offer in supervision of electrical system of Minera yanacocha (world’s largest gold mine)/Peru
- (2010) Technical support for commercial offer in supervision of electrical system of Minera Codelco (world’s largest copper mine)/Chile.
- (2010) Aluar (Aluminium Argentino) with the upgrade of the control Systems in Puerto Madryn/Argentina
- (2009) Technical support for commercial offer in supervision of electrical distribution system for the national electricity provider (CADAFE) developed by PLC Venezuela /Venezuela
PROJECT ENGINEER
PLC International, Santiago, Chile
2004-2006
Principal projects
- (2006) Project team management, planning and development.
Project: SCADA system developed for CMPC Company (Chilean cellulose factory). This system controls and measures all electrical variables of this factory placed in Bio-Bio (south of Chile).
- (2004 - 2005) Responsible for new developments and protocols, PLC Intl. - General Electric partner, Chile.
Working especially on development of software for power transmission lines supervision systems. Projects principally involving communication protocols, microcontrollers and control & supervision systems.
Central Interconnected System (Chile)/ Mining (Chile/ Peru)
Technical summary
Programming languages: Javascript, Perl, Java, Visual Basic, Visual C, C++ and C#
Awards
- (2002) Outstanding student, Electrical Engineering department, University of Chile.
Academic references
- (2011) Communication protocol converter for solar powered car, Intikallpa team – Atacama Solar Challenge 2011, Chile.
- (2002) Assistant teacher and laboratory in charge, Signal processing course, University of Chile.
Personal projects
- (2011) UBIGO- Localization system for indoor places using Wifi or QR codes.
- (2011) People counting system based on video imaging.
Languages
Spanish (native), French (written and spoken), English (written and spoken-70 IELTS score 2013).