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							Iony Patriota de 
							Siqueira 
							 
							Holds a D.Sc. and B.Sc. in 
							Electrical Engineering, an M.Sc. (honors) in 
							Operations Research, an MBA in Information Systems, 
							and more than 40 years of experience in consulting, 
							operation and maintenance management for 
							infrastructure sectors. He is an Honorary and 
							Distinguished CIGRE Member and former Chairman of 
							Study Committee on Protection and Automation, 
							Chairman of Brazilian Technical Committee of IEC TC 
							57 and ABNT, an adviser for the Brazilian 
							Maintenance Association, President and CEO of Tecnix 
							Engineering and Architecture, Director of Brazilian 
							Maintenance Institute, Permanent Member of the 
							Brazilian National Engineering Academy, and a 
							post-graduation visiting teacher at four 
							universities. A recipient of CIGRE Technical 
							Committee Award, Brazilian Engineering Premium, 
							CIGRE-Brazil best Paper Award, Vote of Praise from 
							the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies and CIER Special 
							Award. He has authored four books about Maintenance, 
							Management Science, Power Plant Automation and 
							Critical Infrastructure Networks, and co-authored 
							one book on Operations Research. |