Bernardo Torres

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About Bernardo Torres

Bernardo has 20+ years of experience leading Industrial Engineering and Consulting services on OT (Operations Technologies) for the Resources industry. Throughout his career, he has held positions of Industrial Process Control and Automation Engineer, Senior Application Engineer, Delivery Lead, Program and Project Manager, Practice Lead, Sales Lead, Technology Partnership Lead and Client Account Lead. His main areas of technical expertise are Industrial Process Control Optimization; PID Assessment and Tuning; APC; Industrial Automation including PLC, DCS, SCADA, Process Historians, Instrumentation (Actuators/Sensors); IT/OT Digital Transformation and Technology Maturity Increase; Manufacturing Consulting; Asset Performance Management (APM); Industrial Internet (IoT); Analytics; Process Troubleshooting / Root Cause Analysis; Maintenance and Reliability; Operating Model Design; Application and Operations Outsourcing. Bernardo has a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, a Master Degree in Industrial Process Control and an MBA in Business Administration. He has published 40+ papers about Process Control Optimization, Remote Monitoring Center, APM (Asset Performance Management), Industrial Internet, Predictive Monitoring, Root Cause Failure Analysis, Historians and Process Analytics. The articles describe how the implementation of digital technology solutions and process control optimization services brought significant industry outcomes like 1-3% throughput increase, up to 10% reagents consumption reduction, 2-10% fuel and energy savings, up to 25% unscheduled downtime decrease and emissions reduction. Bernardo has experience on the Resources Industry including Mining & Metals (Nickel, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Iron Ore, Aluminum, Steel, Diamonds, Platinum), Chemicals, Fertilizers, Cement and Energy (Oil & Gas). He is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.