Civil Electrical Engineer.
Santiago of Chile University.

Juan Carlos Urbina R.

Senior consultant, with more than 37 years of experience working in various electricity distribution companies with emphasis on Operation and Maintenance of High, Medium and Low Voltage Networks, Network and Substation Automation, Control Centres, Process Redesign and New Technologies projects in the electrical industry.

He has worked in Chile, the United Kingdom and Brazil, assuming responsibilities from specialist to managerial functions in various companies of the ENERSIS, ENDESA and ENEL Groups.

Project leader for the redesign of energy distribution processes, automation of the Medium Voltage network in Chile, Peru, Colombia and Brazil. Leader of take-over teams of CERJ (1996) and CELG (2017) in Brazil. Extensive experience as a specialist and management in consulting, specification and implementation of technical systems and SCADA / EMS / ADMS systems.

Carrer
January 2017 – July 2018: Operations and Maintenance Manager / ENEL Distribución Goiás (Brazil)
January 2013– December 2017: Technologies and Systems for Operation and Maintenance / ENEL Global IN (Chile)
May 2004 – December 2012: Regional Projects Manager – Gerencia de Distribución Latinoamérica / CHILECTRA (Chile)
January 2000 – April 2004: Control Systems and Automation Manager / SYNAPSIS S.A. (Chile)
November 1996 – December 1999: Operations and Maintenance Manager / CERJ – ENEL Distribución Rio (Brazil)
January 1988 – October 1996: Energy Management and SCADA Systems Chief/ CHILECTRA (Chile)
October 1985 – December 1987: SCADA Project Chilectra / Westinghouse Systems Ltd. (United Kingdom)
July 1981 – October 1996: Electric Network Analyst / CHILECTRA (Chile).

Studies and Training

Graduated as a Civil Electrical Engineer, University of Santiago de Chile (1980)

Power Systems Control and Operation Diploma- Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden (1992)

Postgraduate Management of Electricity Distribution Companies – Universidad Católica de Chile (1996)

Business Management Diploma – ESE Business School – Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile (2001)

Leadership, Teamwork and Coaching Diploma – The Newfield Network, Santiago, Chile (2008)

Fundamentals of Business Process Management Diploma – Universidad Católica de Chile (2009)

Electricity Regulation Diploma – Universidad de Chile (2012)

Languages

Write and speak fluently Spanish (native), English, Portuguese and Italian