Adriano Costa Sampaio

Electrical Engineer

55 19 9880 96819 | indymaru@gmail.com | Campinas, Brazil 13083 330

_______________________________________________________ Profile __________________________________________________________________

Creative, independent, forward-thinking and accomplished.

A seasoned and professional Electrical Engineer with more than 20 years’ experience in the energy industry, engineering
specialised in automation and control, and great experience in Hydro power generation . With a proven history of leading
successful project delivery and the design, implementation and integration of new systems, I can contribute to any
organization with deep technical knowledge, good commercial awareness and a curious, creative mindset.

________________________________________________ Key Skills & Competencies _______________________________________________

 SCADA systems power plant control

 Application software for sped and voltage integration
control in Hydro stations and other power  Generation and transformer electrical
plants. protection systems
 Control systems projects for Pelton Klaplan  Design and conduction of factory and site
and Francis turbines. acceptance tests
 Control algorithm and parametrisation  Project specification designing and
optimisation implementation..
 Commissioning  Gas turbine vessel propulsion control
 Components Specification and control panel  Biomass gas, Diesel, and natural gas moto-
projects generators voltage and speed control
 Design and simulation of electronic analog and  Electronic simulation and PCB design
digital devices and prototyping .  Solar Energy certified

__________________________________________________ Qualifications & Training ___________________________________________________

 MSc in Automation – Biomedical Engineering | State University of Campinas; Unicamp | 1998

 BSc in Electrical Engineering | State University of Campinas; Unicamp | 1996
 GE Mark VI & GE Mark Vie Controllers | Salem, USA
 6 Sigma Green Belt / São Paulo, SP, Brazill
 Wind Energy | Technical University of Denmark (DTU)/Coursera|2018
 Solar Energy | Delft University of Technology/EDX| 2018
 Brazilian Standard NR10 Certification | Work with Electricity Safety
 CBSP & HUET Certifications for offshore working.
 Digital Protection Relays Multiline | Santos, Brazil
 Redundant 9030 PLC Fanuc | Campinas, Brazil

_________________________________________________________ Languages __________________________________________________________

 Portuguese  English  Spanish  French

(native) (fluent) (fluent) (intermediate)

______________________________________________________ Employment History ____________________________________________________

Consultant Engineer | Self-employed | 2009 – present

Providing consultancy services for major players in the energy market.

Services include…
 Writing and debugging machinery control software to improve efficiency, functionality and/or cost in applications
such as speed control, voltage control, speed control combined with anti-surge, electrical protection, balance of
plant, SCADA and power management.
 Analysing client requirements and producing detailed project specifications and documentation to drive attainment
of objectives.
 Production of complete small power plant electrical projects for budgetary, fundraising or feasibility studies
purposes (power, control, protection, SCADA and integration).
 On-site troubleshooting, technical consulting and project implementation.Designg of customized eletronic devices.
 Designing and conducting factory and field acceptance tests.
 Retrofitting existing technology.
 Equipment specification and supply.
 Training delivery
 Adriano Costa Sampaio
Electrical Engineer

55 19 9880 96819 | indymaru@gmail.com | Campinas, Brazil 13083 330

Lead Application Engineer | General Electric of Brazil | 2006 – 2008

Responsible for leading commercial proposals and aftermarket support for GE customers.

 Made multiple commercial proposals for hydropower plants, thermal power plants and offshore platforms, with
values between $250K and $12M.
 Worked closely with customers to define specifications, prices, contribution margins, tax calculations and terms of
contracts.
 Designed and implemented the best technical solutions for customer needs.

Project Engineer | General Electric of Brazil | 2000 – 2006

Responsible for programming software with digital control and protection devices, communications and protocols using
HMI and SCADA systems.

 Successful projects in DCS, HMI, PLC and SCADA systems.

 Project, testing and field technical assistance of digital speed controllers, voltage regulators and electrical
protection systems.
 Designed and conducted factory and field acceptance tests.
 Provided customer support
 Kept up to date and accurate project documentation and built outstanding stakeholder relations.
 Training delivery for end users.

Field Engineer | Woodward Governor | 1998 – 2000

 Commissioned digital speed governor systems for generators and compressors.

________________________________________________________ Personal Interests _________________________________________________

I´m motivated by curiosity and continuous learning. With a true passion for music, I play the electric guitar and enjoy
occupying myself with audio electronics. Sometimes, I participate as a musician in community theatre and dance groups. I
have an enthusiasm for surrealism, creativity and quirkiness and I believe this brings with it humour, warmth and the ability
to make meaningful connections.

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_________________________________________________ Selected Professional Achievements ________________________________________

Added new functionalities and extended the life of hydraulic parts to cut costs and improve the efficiency of 6 Pelton
Turbine driven generators at Henry Borden Hydro Power Plant EMAE in Cubatão, Brazil. Implemented software changes to
increase functionality and electronic boards to measure speeds; executed hardware maintenance for 6 Woodward Micronet
TMR Controllers; retrofitted communications in the control network, changing it from a serial RS485 network to an optical
TCP/IP network; implemented software modifications and hardware installations.

Lead Engineer for the successful Endesa-Central Isla Hydro-Power Plant project (Chile). Made general design and
coordinated several engineering teams. The work included IHM (Ifix), redundant digital speed control Woodward Atlas,
voltage control and machine excitation (GE EX 2100), DNP3 communications sequence of events (GE D200), breaker,
transformer (T60), generator protection (G60) and GPS Irig-B time synch.Partcipated during entire comissionig as lead
engineer.

Optimized hydropower generation of Brazil PCH São Lourenço. Up to 20% gain in efficiency in power generation was
obtained with Kaplan Curves studies, on site tests, and software modifications in Woodward Atlas PC redundant controller.

Technical on site assistance for DNP3 communications with Grid National Operation Center using Cimplicity (triangle
software), HMI and MKVIe System, in AES Nova Avanhadava, Hydro Power Plant, Brazil.

Designed electric and control and specification including speed control (Woodward 505H), voltage regulation (Varix VED
903), protection (SEL700G), time synch (SEL2407) and auxiliary devices automation (SEL 3530 and SEL2440) for Guaraú
Hydro Power Plant (4,75MW) and Cascata Hydro Power Plant (3MW) in Paulista Geradora de Energia and SABESP, São
Paulo, Brazil.

Contributed to the research and development project ‘Power Production of Biogas Generated from Stillage, with Pollution
Reduction & Diversification in the Brazilian Power Grid’, working with Ester Sugar Mill in Cosmopolis. Designed the
specifications for voltage and speed controllers and produced the basic substation design.
 Adriano Costa Sampaio
Electrical Engineer

55 19 9880 96819 | indymaru@gmail.com | Campinas, Brazil 13083 330

_________________________________________________ Selected Professional Achievements __________________________________________

Successfully commissioned Gateway system (protocols IEC61850, Modbus, DNP3, OPCAE and OPCDA) and the Power
Management System: load shedding for main loads all electrical system and load sharing for GE LM 2500 turbines. The
main hardware is based in GE´s MKVIe controllers and D400 gateway. Projects: FPSOs Libra, P75 and P77 (offshore oil
platforms), Petrobrás, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Dalian, China.

Project leading and software programming for a triple redundant MKVI speed control with integrated anti-surge control for
both NH3 and CO2 compressors using I Fix HMIs in Fosfértil Araucária plant, Paraná, Brazil. Conducted comissioning and
factory acceptance tests for this project.

Projected power plant controllers for two diesel generators and two steam turbines in P33 Platform (RJ) with protection
system (GE Multilin) protection Relays, digital speed (505E) and voltage regulation (Basler) and redundant GE 9030 PLC
system communicating with platform´s main SCADA system.

Conducted 200 hours on site training course for maintenance and operation personnel focusing on the MKVIe GE controllers
for steam turbo generators in GALP Oil Refinery, Sines, Portugal.

References will be made available on request