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GLADSTON DE AZEVEDO FARIA BERNARDI – Electrical Power Engineer Registered engineerin The Council of Engineering of Sao Paulo State (CREA-SP) - Brazil, since Dec/1981 Address: Rua: Borges Lagoa, 908 - apt. 94 04038-002 São Paulo - SP-Brazil gladston_bernardi@hotmail.com Phone # (55-11-) 3476-8841 (Res.) Mobile #55-11- 97511-5802 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Master’sDegree: Master of Science degree in Electrical PowerEngineering,fromThe Federal

University of Itajubá - UNIFEI, from Sept/2012 to Sept/2015; Specialization: Protection of Electrical Power Systems (5ª CEPSE), from 02/2010

to02/2012, from The Federal University of Itajubá – UNIFEI. Post-Graduation: Business Administration for Engineers, from 08/1993 to 06/1994,

from the Higher School of Business Administration - Escola Superior de Administração e Negócios – ESAN

Bachelor’s Degree: Electrical Engineer, major: Electrical Power Engineering (Electrical-Electrotechnical Engineering), graduated from The State University of São Paulo - USP, School of Engineering of São Carlos (EESC) - Brazil .

Bachelor, specialization and MSc degrees and diplomas are considered comparable to British standards according to UK-NARIK assessment, and comparable to Swiss standards (ENIC-NARIC) SUMMARY OF THE MAIN ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES Electrical Power Design Engineer of industrial systems, design, sizing and specification of MV and LV power substations, switchgears, and electrical equipment, studies of engineering, in projects for the petroleum & gas industry. User of SW tools for engineering studies (PTW, TecAt). Technical support for the specification of electrical power systems and equipment, technical support for the management of projects, analysis of technical and supplier’s engineering design documentation, cost evaluation and technical proposals for bids. Experience in power engineering designs and specifications of metropolitan subway systems, and in the automotive industry as a supervisor of electromechanical installations. LANGUAGES Portuguese – mother tongue English– read, write and speak fluently German – intermediate knowledge AUTHORSHIP IN DISSERTATION AND TECHNICAL PAPERS

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MScDissertation: “Neutral grounding in Industrial Substations and its Implications to the Protection System” –https://repositorio.unifei.edu.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/199

“High-Resistance Neutral Grounding in Industrial Systems and the Ground Fault Protection” (2013) -http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=6785280

“A Evolução do Aterramento de Neutro em Sistemas Elétricos Industriais” (2012)- http://www.eletrica.ufpr.br/anais/induscon/2012/Data/iREP1676.pdf

SUMMARY OF THE MOST RECENTAND RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES In Genpro Engenharia de Projeto S.A,fromFeb/2006 to July/2014, for LV and MV industrial

systems, was responsible for the studies of: demand load, load-flow, short-circuit, motor starting, selectivity of electrical protection, harmonics, incident energy due to arc-flash hazard, sizing of battery banks and chargers, and ground grid designs. User of SW engineering tools, as the PTW- Power Tools for Windows,and the TecAt Plus for the sizing of ground mats.Gave support for the specification of electrical equipment, analysis of technological solutions and cost evaluations.

OTHER RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES From 2000 to 2003, in DUCTOR IMPLANTAÇÃO DE PROJETOS S.A.,as a consultant engineer and design analyst, has participated in projects of the southern metro line 5, in São Paulo. From1999to 2000,inthe INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS – IPEN- USP, as electrical engineer and researcher, participated in projects of analysis and processing of digital signals, in the Nuclear Engineering department. Also taken courses of post-graduation on nuclear reactors engineering From 1995 to 1999, inFORD Motor Co.,as electrical engineer, participated in the supervision and management of projects for the new assembly and bodyshop plants for the production of the Fiesta, KA and pick-up cars, and for the truck plant. From 1989 to 1995,in FIGUEIREDO FERRAZ CONSULTORIA E ENGENHARIA DE PROJETO LTDA, as design electrical engineer, participated in projects of industrial power systems,simulation of trains and the electric railway traction power systems, sizing of auxiliary and rectifying substations, switchgears, and equipment, for the metropolitan subway systems of the Metro Company of São Paulo. From 1986 to 1987,in the FDTE – FUNDAÇÃO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO TECNOLÓGICO DA ENGENHARIA, as electrical engineer, participated in the design of electronic power supplies for fluorescent lamps and of signalling systems for traffic control of trains From 1984 to 1986, IFUSP – INSTITUTO DE FISICA DA USP (Institute of Physics of USP), as electrical engineer, participated in the development of linear and cyclic particle accelerators for the Synchrotron Radiation Project. From 1979 to 1981,as an undergraduate trainee of the engineering course,in the Institute of Electrotechnics of the University of São Paulo – in the High-Voltage Laboratory, performed tests in electrical equipment, and also used this experience in the graduation project for the engineering degree.