Technical Manager
Cargill
Mr. Roberto Ignacio da Silva is Technical Manager for Dielectric Liquids at Cargill. Is a professional with more 26 years of experience in engineering and product development of capital goods equipment in the energy sector in multinational industries like GE, ABB and Bosch. At ABB, Mr. Roberto was Mechanical Engineering Manager for Power Transformers leading the whole portfolio of mechanical design for 12 years. Mr. Roberto is pursuing a PhD in Energy Policy at the University of Sao Paulo's Institute of Energy and Environment. He has a MSc in Energy at the University of Sao Paulo, holds an MBA in Engineering and Management Products and Services from the University of Sao Paulo and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Braz Cubas University. Member of Cigré acting on committee A2 Transformers, member of IEEE, member of Brazilian standards committee (ABNT) for mineral oils and other insulating fluids (synthetic and natural) and secretary of ABNT committee for Power Transformers.