Petrobras – E&P Specialized Services Manager
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Mechanical Engineer,working in Petrobras for the last 21 years. Started my carrer as a maintenane engineer, and them became a turbomachinery maintenance manager for 10 years. Worked also as a suply chair manager for 5 years. On the last 2 years, responsable for all dynamic equipaments workshops to support the E&P operation units.
Petrobras – Deep Water Executive Manager
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Petrobras – Manager of the Petroleum and Geosciences School at Petrobras University
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Marcus Vinicius da Silva Neves is Equipment Engineer at PETROBRAS since 2002. He has an M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ) and is doing his Ph.D. studies in energy planning program at the same university. He has been certified as Energy Manager by the American Society of Energy Engineers (AEE). At PETROBRAS, he has held several managing positions, including Maintenance Engineering Manager, Operational Safety Manager, Offshore Installation Manager, and now he acts as Petrobras University’s manager of the center of science and technologies related to Petroleum and Geosciences. He is Author of the book Energy Efficiency in Petroleum Production and in Thermoelectric Power Plants and has actuated as Collaborator Professor at Fluminense Federal University (UFF) and Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ), among others, for post-graduation programs.
Petrobras – Campos Basin Business Unit General Manager
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Alex Murteira Célem is an Electrical and Safety Engineer. He is a postgraduate degree in Human Resources Management and Business Management. He has been working as an employee of Petrobras for 34 years: 27 of them in managerial positions. Since April 2023, he has been responsible for oil exploration and production in the Campos Basin as the General Manager of UN-BC. He is married, has two daughters and two granddaughters and on his leisure time he enjoys running, cooking and watching Flamengo matches.
Yinson Production – Rotating Equipment Engineer
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Graduated in Mechanical Engineering at Fluminense Federal University – UFF. Professional with more than 10 years of experience in the maintenance of rotating equipment and turbomachineries, experience in the offshore industry, joined as field engineer at projects for important clients wordwild, in the past years worked as focal point for O&G operators on the rotating equipment maintenance. At Yinson is responsible for the technical management of the Rotating Equipment discipline at the Technical Support team.
Siemens Energy – Head of O&M
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Currently, as the Head of Operations and Maintenance and In-Country Manager for Services at Siemens Energy Brazil, Andre holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in industrial and automation systems, both obtained at the Universidade Federal de Itajubá. With over 20 years of experience, he specializes in the maintenance of rotating equipment and management of multidisciplinary teams.
Petrobras – Dynamic Equipment Maintenance Workshop Manager
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Mechanical engineer with a master’s degree in metal surface treatment. I’ve been working at Petrobras for over 20 years, 12 with logistics and the last 8 years with dynamic equipment repair and maintenance.
Petrobras – Turbomachinery Workshop Manager
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I work for Petrobras for more than 21 years and fulltime within activities related to turbomachinery (and others dynamic equipments) maintenence. In the beggining I have worked as a field service engineer and after some time I was responsible for coordinator a maintenence team at Marlim Asset. Last year I have returned to turbomachinery workshop.
Baker Hughes – Services Sales Director LATAM
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Experienced business manager with more than 27 yrs in the Oil & Gas industry. Has covered several leadership roles and since 2001 is based in Brazil where has taken the role of Services Sales Director for all LATAM. Responsible for maintenance services on gas turbines and compressors, new technology injection thru dedicated upgrades and long-term contractual service agreements (CSA´s). David holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florence moving to Nuovo Pignone company after his graduation.
Sulzer – Engineering Manager
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With more than 30 years at Sulzer, with experience in engineering, commissioning and retrofit of rotating equipment, Antonio is in charge of engineering of high energy pumps. Specially in water injection projects, has been involved in research, development and retrofitting. He is also part of the team working in the development of subsea pumping sets.
MAN Energy Solutions – Managing Diretor of MAN ES Brasil
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Born in Düsseldorf/Germany in 1970, Graduated from RWTH Aachen/Germany as an engineer in mechanical engineering with a postgraduate degree in economics, Since 2002 at MAN Energy Solutions responsible for sales and service of turbo machines in South America, transferred to Brazil in 2014, since 2015 Managing Director of MAN ES Brazil
Sulzer – Head of Sales & Tendering
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Graduated in electrical engineering, MBA’s in Business Strategy and Sales & Marketing with 20+ years of technical sales experience with rotating equipment projects in large multinational companies such as General Electric, Rockwell Auntomaiton and Sulzer to the Oil & Gas and Energy markets. Working at Sulzer about 10+ years it is responsible for the sales strategy of Services Divison in Brazil. In charge to lead national sales force, application engineering, advanced engineering, and business intelligence.
MAN Energy Solution – Head of Sales, Contracts & Operation Brazil
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Marco has been working in the turbomachinery market for over 30 years specialized in repair turbomachinery components. Starting his career in repair engineering at GE VARIG, being the main responsible for developing repairs in the machining and griding area. He currently works at MAN ES as Head of Sales, Contracts and Operation Brazil where he started in 2003 and is responsible for the know-how transfer process between Germany x USA and Brazil.
Petrobras – Maintenance Manager
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Nayara Nascimento Moraes Damasceno is an Electrical Engineer with a Master’s degree in Science from the Federal University of Uberlândia. She has been working at Petrobras since 2012, progressing from an offshore maintenance supervisor in 2016 to a manager in a topside modification department in 2022. Currently, she serves as Manager of Engineering and Maintenance Planning, being responsible for defining and optimizing maintenance strategies.
Sulzer – Sales Manager
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Leandro holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA in Business Management and Sales & Marketing. With over 16 years of experience in centrifugal pump design, he specializes in pump services, including improvement, repairs, and monitoring of rotating equipment. Currently, as a Sales Manager, he leads customer support for the Oil and Gas market in Brazil.
MAN Energy Solution – Repair Engineer
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Fabricio Tresse holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and taking Post Graduate in On and Offshore, Equipment Engineering by Universidade Católica de Petrópolis (UCP).The carrier was focused in develop repair process for turbomachineries and pumps since joined at MAN ES 10 years ago. For the last years Fabricio implemented 3D Scan Process for redesign, and inspect complex parts. Work developing and monitoring turbomachinery process repair, developing new suppliers and implementing new technologies on repair/manufacturing at MAN ES.
Sulzer – Engineering Manager
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With more than 30 years at Sulzer, with experience in engineering, commissioning and retrofit of rotating equipment, Antonio is in charge of engineering of high energy pumps. Specially in water injection projects, has been involved in research, development and retrofitting. He is also part of the team working in the development of subsea pumping sets.
Petrobras – Manager of the Petroleum and Geosciences School at Petrobras University
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Marcus Vinicius da Silva Neves is Equipment Engineer at PETROBRAS since 2002. He has an M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ) and is doing his Ph.D. studies in energy planning program at the same university. He has been certified as Energy Manager by the American Society of Energy Engineers (AEE). At PETROBRAS, he has held several managing positions, including Maintenance Engineering Manager, Operational Safety Manager, Offshore Installation Manager, and now he acts as Petrobras University’s manager of the center of science and technologies related to Petroleum and Geosciences. He is Author of the book Energy Efficiency in Petroleum Production and in Thermoelectric Power Plants and has actuated as Collaborator Professor at Fluminense Federal University (UFF) and Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ), among others, for post-graduation programs.
Baker Hughes Energy Technology – Key Account Director
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24 years of experience in the industry having held several leadership positions in Engineering, Commercial and Operations with passages in United States, UK and Europe.Has had several leadership roles in Sales/Commercial and Operations Management.Was appointed in 2020 as the PETROBRAS Key Account Director for Baker Hughes, representing Baker Hughes across upstream and downstream areas.Business degree from FAAP in São Paulo, Brazil, PMP Certification from PMI and Masters degree in Executive Management from IBMEC-SP-Brazil.
Petrobras – Process Engineer
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Process engineer and technical advisor at upstream engineering department of Petrobras. With 16 years of experience working with operation and modification of producing units. Plus 6 more years on conceptual design for green field development on presalt area. And more recently 2 years working on design for new production FPSOs.
B.S degree in Chemical Engineering from Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ) in 1998 and M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rio de Janeiro Catholic University (PUC-RJ) in 2009.
Equinor PDC Brazil – Turbomachinery
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PDC – Brazil Technical Authority for Rotating Equipment – Turbomachinery; CPM – Turbomachinery Companies; Master in Maintenance Reliability; MBA in Oil, Gas and Energy Bachelor in Mechatronics Engineering; Leadership Acceleration Program – Conquer School; 30 years of experience in rotating equipment maintenance.
MODEC – Equipment Reliability Manager
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Mechanical engineer graduated by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), postgraduated in Equipment Engineering and a master’s in business administration (MBA). With 15 years of experience in the upstream and downstream segments of the Oil and Gas Industry, in the areas of Rotating Equipment Maintenance and Reliability engineering, he is currently in charge of the management of the Equipment Reliability department in MODEC, responsible for the reliability of Rotating and Electrical Equipment, Instrumentation and Automation Systems.
Siemens Energy – Industry Marketing Manager
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Michael Welch works for the New Technologies group within Siemens Energy’s Gas Services division and his responsibilities include reviewing decarbonisation options for the complete Gas Turbine portfolio.Michael has an Honours Degree in Electrical Engineering from Loughborough University in the UK. His career commenced with Ruston Gas Turbines in Lincoln in 1989 and he has worked in Engineering, Sales and Business Development roles for gas turbines in both Power Generation and Oil & Gas applications for 35 years.
Baker Hughes – Aero GT Platform – Sustainability Leader
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More than 30 years’ Oil & Gas experience in Nuovo Pignone/GE Oil&Gas/Baker Hughes working in various positions in the areas of Gas Turbine Engineering (12 yrs.), ITO Commercial Application Engineering (7 yrs.) and Gas Turbine Product Leadership (12 yrs.). Currently leading Energy Transition inside AERO Gas Turbine Product Platform for Gas Technology Equipment (GTE) to bring sustainable evolution of the product through dedicated development programs. Based in Florence/Italy/Europe.
Equinor – Maintenence Manager
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Mechanical Engineer with over 15 years in the Oil and Gas industry having worked onshore and offshore in the commissioning and operation of subsea and surface equipment in production units (FPSOs and WHPs).
Petrobras – Manager of P-62 Production Platform
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Pretroleum Engineer, graduated in Civil Engineering at UFES – Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, working in Petrobras since 2010. With a large backgroud in operational managements, she started her leadership journey in 2018 as a production coordinator in P-58. At 2019, she assumed the management of Process Safety and Operational Practicies in the Espírito Santo’s unit. At 2020 she joined the team of Roncador as operational manager of P-62.
Petrobras – Manager of Technological and Digital Solutions Application on E&P Operation and Maintenance
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Pedro Chaves Meurer Moreira holds a degree in Engineering from PUC-Rio and Ecole Centrale Nantes, along with a Master’s in Transport Engineering. He has six years of experience in digital transformation and process optimization applied on E&P Operation and Maintenance activities. Currently, Pedro is the manager of Technological and Digital Solutions Application also on E&P Operation and Maintenance.
Petrobras – Dynamic Equipment Coordinator
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Joined CENPES in August 2008, focusing on R&D project execution and coordination. Specialized in monitoring and diagnostic methodologies using dynamic and static simulators, as well as AI techniques. Completed a master’s degree in 2014, with a dissertation on optimizing the operation of thermal power plants. Served as Scrum Master and Product Owner, applying agile methodologies from 2019 to 2023. Coordinated an R&D portfolio to improve equipment availability and reliability in the Refining sector, encompassing inspection, monitoring, corrosion control, maintenance, and repair. Currently working as a coordinator for dynamic equipment in E&P since February 2024, tackling challenges such as performance indicators, predictive maintenance, cooperation agreements, wireless sensing, AI-based failure prediction, and departmental integration.
Equinor – Principal Engineer Operations and Maintenance
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Mechanical engineer with fifteen years of experience in the areas of design engineering, manufacturing engineering, and maintenance of the integrity of rotating equipment in the oil and gas industry with a special focus on Offshore installations.
Baker Hughes – Systems Engineering Manager – Digital Services
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Mr Lauriola is Systems Engineering Manager for Digital Services in Baker Hughes Gas Technology Services.
Mr Lauriola is leading development of predictive maintenance and optimization digital solutions managing analytics, software, and engineering services ecosystems.
Before this Mr. Lauriola worked as Data Scientist developing analytics in the field of anomaly detection, performance and operation optimization – contributing to the foundation of iCenter analytics platform. Mr Lauriola started his career as a researcher on aeronautical engines low pressure turbine and then joined former General Electric in 2007 as a Design Engineer for centrifugal compressors operability.
Michele Lauriola holds a MS in Aeronautical and Space Engineering from Turin Polytechnic and he is graduated from General Electric Edison Program.
Siemens Energy – Head of Digital Offerings
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Tarun Dhall is the Head of Digital Offerings within Compression group for Siemens Energy, where he is responsible for growing the digital solutions and services business. With almost 20 years of experience in the O&G Industry focused primarily on Automation and Digitalization, he is extremely passionate about leveraging new digital technologies like AI to address challenges as well as opportunities brought about by the evolving energy ecosystem. He holds a master’s degree in engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, USA.
MAN Energy Solutions Schweiz AG – Head of Consulting, Digital Services & Maintenance Contracts
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Over 20 years of experience in turbomachinery gathered as Design and Applications engineer, Head of test-runs and recenty in the fields of long-term service agreements and digital solutions, ie online monitoring and diagnostics.
Energy and Production Coordinator of Peregrino EQUINOR
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BsC in Chemical Engineer from UFRN. PhD in Process Engineer from École des Mines de Saint-Étienne. From, 2020-2023, worked as Research and Development Engineer at Equinor Brasil, responsible for research projects in flow assurance. Since 2023, working as Energy and Production Coordinator of Peregrino, responsible to coordinate activities related to production optimization and energy efficiency.
Petrobras Deep Water Reservoir and Flow Assurance Petrobras General Manager
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Petrobras – Turbomachinery Advisor
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Ronaldo Orletti is currently a Turbomachinery Advisor working for Petrobras E&P Espírito Santo Basin. With more than 15 years working with turbomachinery in the upstream oil and gas business, he has accumulated experience in maintenance engineering, fault analysis and troubleshooting and a wide ran ge of turbomachinery operations. Mr. Orletti has a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Federal University of Espírito Santo (2007).
Baker Hughes – Service Upgrade Demand Generation Leader
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Joined GE Oil & Gas in 2006 after graduating in Mechanical and Energetic Engineering from the Florence University. He began his career with GE O&G as Application Engineer for new rotating equipment installation, subsequently expanding his technical background in Engineering as Project Engineer for offering phase, taking care of feasibility studies for plants and gas turbines. Then he moved into Service department covering product leader roles for Hot Expanders and Multi-vendor business, reaching in 2017 the Demand to inquiry (DTI) position in Sales. He consolidated his competencies covering all rotating equipment and plant solution been appointed to Upgrade Demand to Inquiry (DTI) team leader position in 2022.
Solar Turbines – Product Owner
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Sean is currently a Product owner within Solar’s Solutions. Platform, Engineered. (SPE) New Product Introduction Organization. He is responsible for the execution of various NPI program’s including Turbtronic 6, CATCH4, and the C71 package design. Sean was a Subject Matter Expert on package dry seals, process, control, and functional safety.
SHAPE- VP of Value Assurance
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Maintenance and Reliability Strategy Manager of Equipment at MODEC & Vice President of Shape Value Assurance, Jardel has extensive experience in the oil and gas industry and petrochemical company, leading the Value Assurance area at Shape. The area is responsible for ensuring technical alignment between the customer’s needs and Shape’s solution, ensuring the use of technology as a way to generate real value.
Petrobras – Espirito Santo Business Unit General Manager
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Firjan and Senai RJ – Director
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Executive Director of the FIRJAN System and Director of the Deliberative Council of Previndus. He has more than 38 years of experience in the market, 26 of which as Executive Director. He has a master’s degree in management from UFF, a postgraduate degree in Economic Scenarios from UFRJ, a postgraduate degree in Foreign Exchange from FGV. Specialization in Management and Governance at INSEAD, Cambridge, and Wharton. Specialization in training counselors at FGV, RH Agil and HSM University
Regional Director of Senai ES and Superintendent of Sesi ES
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Geferson is from Santa Catarina, Brazil, and holds a degree in Business Administration and a postgraduate degree in Computer Science, Strategic Management, and Naval Engineering. He worked for over 18 years at SENAI and SESI – SC, in units in several different regions and at the forefront of the Technology business. In 2022 and 2023, he served as Director of Operations and Innovation at OKEAN Yachts S.A. and at DIPÃES Indústria de Pães Ltda. Since January 2024, he has held the position of Regional Director of SENAI/ES and Superintendent of SESI/ES.
Petrobras – Master Equipment Engineer
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A professional with 22 years of experience at Petrobras. Worked in maintenance,equipment fabrication, construction and assembly, and operations, and has been dedicated to corporate education for the past 14 years. Has been involved in various projects and maintenance activities across all business areas of Petrobras, focusing on equipment, materials, and welding. Currently, contributes to the implementation of the Additive Manufacturing process at Petrobras and is developing a postdoctoral project in this area at the Federal University of Uberlândia.
Solar Turbines – District Service Manager
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Engineer with 25 years of experience, with a consistent technical background, I worked in different areas as operations, sales, and project management. Focus on perceiving business opportunities, short and long term. Praise customer relationships. Work towards developing the people and their skills. Comfortable with diversity and environments with people of different cultures. Dependable, result-oriented, creative solutions.
MAN Energy Solutions Brasil – Head of PrimeServ Academy
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Working at MAN ES for over 16 years, initially at MAN Germany, since 2010 at MAN Brazil in various sales, Business Development, Marketing and Communication roles, external training and Bid management. Education: Master’s degree in economics / MBA Project Management applied.
Yinson Production – Technical Authority Mechanical (Manager Technical Operations)
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Broad background from FPSO engineering, enginering management and operations , Core competence – Rotating machinery, Design – Commissioning – Ops of FPSO Production Systems, Debottlenecking and trouble shooting of FPSO Production Systems, Commissining / Operations. Support team.
Petrobras – Research Center Manager Center of Excellence in Robotics
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Gustavo Levin is a postgraduate Electrical and Automation Engineer with PETROBRAS since 2007. Currently holding the position of R&D Sector Manager, Levin leads PETROBRAS’ Center of Excellence in Robotics.
SBM Offshore – Commercial Director
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Graduated from university of Genoa (Italy) as process engineer, Alessandro Zunino joined SBM Offshore in Monaco in 2006 as Proposal Manager specialized in Mooring & Riser Systems. Evolving in various function in offshore projects executed in different geographical area (West Africa, Europe, Brazil and Asia Pac). Sr. Business development and Sales executive with over 15 years’ experience in BD and Sales management of diversified Engineered Industrial product and EPCIO in Energy Business. Alessandro is now focusing on Latin American market to enable cleaner source of energy even in remote locations.
Siemens Energy – General Manager – Digital Execution & Robotics
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Extensive experience (25 years) in the Energy sector – both in Power generation and in the fileds of Transmission. Having lived and worked in several countries over 3 continents, across the entire EPC value chain – provides and in-depth knowledge to the digital requirements of the future. Currently leading several global workstreams in Digital Execution, Product Management, Industrial Metaverse and Robotics.
Baker Hughes – Senior Solution Architect
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Mr Bellini has more than twenty years of career mostly across Software Companies, General Electric and Baker Hughes where he covered different managerial roles.
For General Electric he worked in IM (Quality Black Belt certified), New Unit and Service Product Leadership, Pricing (CPP certified) and LNG Segment while for Baker Hughes in Service Technical Sales team, building a deep knowledge of energy market, equipment, customers, and industry dynamics.Enrico holds a master’s degree in physics from University of Florence (Arcetri) and is in the register of Italian journalists.
MAN – Account Manager Oil & Gas Upstream
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Andreas Nakos holds a Bachelor and Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich, with Focus on Marine Internal Combustion Engines and Nuclear Engineering. After a short time as a research assistant at the ETH, Andreas joined MAN ES as an Application Engineer For the last years Andreas Nakos is working in Sales as an Account Manager for Oil & Gas Upstream projects, specializing in High Speed Technology.
Wood – Country Director – Wood Brasil
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Eduardo Chamusca de Azevedo, Country Director – Wood Brazil, has extensive experience in offshore oil & gas operations, corporate strategy and business development. Eduardo spent 11 years at SBM Offshore, leading offices responsible for 25% of the oil production in Brazil and 16% in Angola. He is an energetic professional with a great sales track-record in the O&G offshore market. He holds a Bachelor’s in Electronics Engineering from Griffith Univesrisity in Australia and a Master in Business Engineering in Energy from PUC-RJ.
Petrobras – Projects & Pre-Operations of Buzios Oilfield – General Manager
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Marcelo Ramis is a chemical engineer graduated from UFRGS, holding a master’s degree in chemical engineering from COPPE/UFRJ. With over 21 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, he has held roles in operations, production asset management, technical support, and corporate management of operations and maintenance. Currently, Marcelo serves as the General Manager of Projects and Pre-Operation at Petrobras’s Búzios oilfield. In this role, he oversees the development of brownfield projects and the preparation of operations and maintenance for six new FPSOs scheduled to commence operations in Búzios.
Shell – Head of Production Excellence
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Civil Engineer, MBA from Fundação Don Cabral, specialization in Business Management at IMD with 35 years of experience in the O&G Industry, in the areas of Project Management, Logistics, Asset Integrity and Operations.
Petrobras – Engineering Manager
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Graduated in mechanical engineering from the Federal University of Bahia. Master in mechanical engineering from the Federal University of Uberlandia.
For almost twenty years working as a PETROBRAS employee in the upstream segment, with experience in the areas of construction, assembly and commissioning of FPSOs. He is currently in charge of Engineering Management responsible for the area of equipment, piping and arrangement for surface systems.
MODEC – Equipment Reliability Manager
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Mechanical engineer graduated by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), postgraduated in Equipment Engineering and a master’s in business administration (MBA). With 15 years of experience in the upstream and downstream segments of the Oil and Gas Industry, in the areas of Rotating Equipment Maintenance and Reliability engineering, he is currently in charge of the management of the Equipment Reliability department in MODEC, responsible for the reliability of Rotating and Electrical Equipment, Instrumentation and Automation Systems.
Baker Hughes – Sales and Commercial Director
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More than 20 years’ Oil & Gas experience working in various positions in the areas of Project Management, Commercial and Sales with passages in Europe, India and United States. A Mechanical Engineer with a post-graduation in Oil & Gas Enterprises Management and a Master degree in Product Management. Currently Leading Sales and Commercial for Gas Technology Equipment in Latin America which includes upstream, midstream and downstream projects. Large sales & commercial experience in efficient power generation and compression system for offshore applications.
Siemens Energy – Team Leader, Turbocompression Bid Management
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Jay Chance works for the the Bid Management group within Siemens Energy’s Americas Sales division and his responsibilities include developing turbocompression solutions for use in onshore and opffshore production facilities. Jay has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University in Houston, TX. His career commenced with Amoco Production Company in 1995 where he worked as a facilities engineer in onshore production facilities. He later joined Siemens Energy where he has worked in developing solutions for motor and gas turbine driven centrifugal compressors for the past 25 years.
Petrobras – Espirito Santo Business Unit General Manager
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