ADDAX-SINOPEC Cameroon, Mokoko-Abana Offshore Field Dewatering Project Instrument and Controls Lead Engineer for the addition of water treating equipment onto existing Gulf of Guinea oil production platforms, offshore Republic of Cameroon. Provided support on the preparation of the construction package for the project by reviewing, updating, completing and approving the Instrument and Controls Detailed Engineering design deliverables. The position participated in the FAT's of the project’s PLC and SCADA systems. Ensured compliance with project’s specifications and standards and approved discipline deliverables, including packages vendors’ and subcontractors’ENAP-Sipetrol Argentina, PIAM Project – Conceptual EngineeringI&C Lead Engineer responsible for the conceptual design of all new instrumentation and the ICSS of the Proyecto Incremental Area Magallanes (PIAM), a project to reconfigure the ENAP-Sipetrol’s offshore and onshore oil and gas production facilities in Area Magallanes located offshore of the Strait of Magellan in Argentina. The project aims at increasing the total gas export from 2.5-MMSCMD to 4-MMSCMD. Lead the conceptual design and specification of ICSS and instrumentation systems for the new facilities. Developed the Safety and Control Systems Philosophies. Coordinated, controlled and carried out the work assigned to the discipline. Participated in HAZID and other multidisciplinary activities.Chevron Malange Offshore Project Block 14, Angola.Instruments Lead Engineer assigned to oversee FEED Engineering development for the Malange’s Subsea field tie-backs to Tombua-Landana (TL) Compliant Platform for the Topsides modifications (Oil and Gas production increase). Provided support on the generation of instrumentation discipline deliverables ensuring deliverables were met to highest specification in compliance with Chevron’s Engineering Standards (CES) and all applicable HSE standards and regulations.

Yucal Placer is a gas producing field which is located onshore in Venezuela, approximately 120 km southeast of Caracas. The field was producing 135 MMSCFD of gas through seven gas wells which are interconnected by trunk lines to the Central Processing Facilities (CPF). The Yucal Placer Phase 300 project included new facilities to increase the field production to 300 MMSCFD of gas and mainly consists in the installation of fourteen new gas wells, a second CPF plant (CPF2) for the new gas treatment train in parallel of the existing train (CPF1), new trunklines and a new fiscal gas metering station.As an Instrument and Controls Lead Engineer, was a member of DORIS Engineering’s management team and was responsible for the engineering design activities of all new instrumentation and Integrated and Control and Safety System (ICSS) of the Yucal Placer Phase 300 Project during the project’s Basic, Detail Engineering and Procurement Phases. Served as a technical resource and lead for the design and specification of equipment and systems for ICSS, electronic instrumentation systems and equipment for the new facilities and equipment. Lead and delivered Instrumentation and Control Systems support for the project, provided direction and supplied information as needed. The position participated in Hazard Operations Reviews (HAZOP), P & ID Reviews, Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT's) and equipment selection. Was in charge of the ICSS development.Engineering activities included coordination and oversight of instrument design, strong leadership and technical direction during Project’s execution by assuming the lead supervision role for the instrumentation discipline; including automation, communications, instrument control system design, and the selection and specification of instrumentation components. Followed-up, reviewed, ensured compliance with TOTAL’s GS specifications and standards and approved all the discipline deliverables, including packages vendors' and subcontractors’

Development and support of a Liquid Hydrocarbon/Oil Flow Computer Software Package and documentation for SIXNET’s IPm family of controllers and RTU’s.Development and support of a multi-standard (AGA-ISO-SY/T) LINUX based gas flow computer software for SIXNET’s IPm family of controllers and RTU’s.Improvements and support of LINUX based, protocol drivers for SIXNET’s IPm family of controllers and RTU’s.Technical Support to SIXNET´s products and projects.

Responsible for the coordination of instrumentation and automation projects within ST3I, C.A. Provided technical support and participate actively as a consultant for the application of “State of the Art” technologies in ST3I’s projects and products. Provided quality control and assurance of products developed and delivered by ST3I. Responsible for customer support.Performed the following activities and projects:Machine Vision projects.Instrumentation and Automation of vehicles for Oil Well services using rugged, specialized PLC/RTU systems and wireless network technologies.Design and specifications of SCADA/PLC systems.Industrial Automation projects management.SCADA/PLC/RTU systems design, engineering, specification, configuration, integration and implementation for oil and gas.Industrial Automation Engineering services for oil and gas.Basic and Detailed Engineering Design phases (EPC Project), Flores IV Combined Cycle Power Plant, Barranquilla-Colombia. Lead DCS and Controls Engineer. The FLORES IV project scope included the implementation of a new DCS intended to provide automated control of the existing Gas Turbine Generators, the new Steam Generators (HRGS) that provide the Combined Cycle mode of operation for the gas turbines, the new FLORES-IV steam turbine generator and the auxiliary facilities (BOP). Was responsible for the engineering design activities of the plant DCS, the Fiber Optics based Plant Network and the Foundation Fieldbus and HART digital fieldbus networks of the project. Served as a technical resource and lead for the design and installation of equipment and systems for DCS; electronic instrumentation systems and equipment for the Plant. Participated in Instrumentation design reviews, FAT's and instruments selection. Was involved in the design of each control loop, functionality and regulating control implemented in the Ovation DCS system, including start-up and functional testing until the process control normal operations.

Technical leader for new products developments, real-time software developments, R&D of industrial automation systems, electronic devices and embedded systems.Performed the following activities and projects:SCADA protocol drivers software development.Development and support of a multi-standard (AGA-ISO-SY/T) LINUX based gas flow computer software for SIXNET’s IPm family of controllers and RTU’s.Development and support of a LINUX based, multi-mode IEC-60870-5-101/104 slave protocol driver for SIXNET’s IPm family of controllers and RTU’s.Development and support of a LINUX based, multi-mode DNP3.0 slave protocol driver for SIXNET’s IPm family of controllers and RTU’s.Development and support of a LINUX based HART protocol driver for SIXNET’s IPm family of controllers and RTU’s.Technical Support to SIXNET´s products and projects.

Corporate industrial automation R&D project promoter to PDVSA and its affiliates.Responsible for technology transfer and implementation of Intevep’s products and technologies within PDVSA.Technical advisor to intellectual property protection processes of Intevep’s technologies and products in industrial automation.Intevep’s responsible for the development of the PDVSA’s Corporate Industrial Automation Technological Strategy and Plans.Principal delegate for institutional relationships and corporate committees in industrial automation.Responsible as a Project Leader and Technical Advisor for the design and development of innovative TCP/IP wireless network and PC based advanced process controllers, RTUs and PLCs.

R&D Project Leader and Technical Advisor for the development of specialized, integrated supervisory and control systems for PDVSA and its affiliates.Design and development of innovative TCP/IP wireless network and PC based advanced process controllers, RTUs and PLCs.Design and development of innovative data acquisition and transmission systems capable of acquiring, transmitting and integrating large amounts of specialized, real-time process data into corporate data bases (Oil well dynamometer charts, pressure build-up log data, SAGD oil wells thermal profiles, real-time video). Multiplatform, real-time embedded systems software applications development and deployment (Windows98/2000/XP/CE, Linux, QNX). Software and applications development in C/C++ Java, JavaScript, IEC-61131-3 and other languages for Windows, QNX and Linux platforms. TCP/IP networking and software development for systems integration. SCADA-RTU communication protocols drivers development integration and trouble-shooting.

Responsible and team leader for the design, specifications, bidding, procurement and configuration of two very large SCADA systems for PDVSA Western and Eastern Oil Production Divisions (+500.000 points).

Development of specialized integrated supervisory and control systems for PDVSA. Design, development and technology transfer (licensing) to Temp-Pro, USA and SIEMENS Venezuela of specialized RTUs for advanced oil well supervision and control.

Participation in the development and publication of PDVSA’s Corporate Engineering Design Manuals and Standards - Instrumentation Chapter.

Design, specifications, bidding, and procurement of a very large Distributed Control System (DCS) (+80.000 points) for the Zuata Extra-heavy Oil field development and Orimulsion™ 200,000 BPD production facilities project.

Design and development of innovative and specialized data acquisition systems (RTUs) and SCADA applications for advanced oil well supervision and control.

Design, development and installation of a large distributed control system comprised of 32 -micro-processor based- intelligent battery chargers/dischargers to automate the process of electro-formation of just-manufactured dry-gel type batteries.