Nélson Abreu
About Nélson Abreu
I promote well-being + creative performance via substance-free altered states promoted by ancient techniques and modern technology; utilities, innovation, leadership. Impact, improvement, innovation link my process improvement work in engineering, study and practice of conscious leadership, cognitive shift experiences and work on design and technology. Care and curiosity define me! Over 3000 hours of public speaking experience. I am a published author, startup founder, inventor and an electrical engineer with proven leadership and change management experience. I seek to improve well-being and performance through effective communication, creativity, an emphasis on values and trust, process automation, standardization and streamlining, new tech and cultural shifts. I have 20 years of experience in the utility industry, most of it as an EE in protection, metering, controls, smart grid, apparatus testing and commissioning, regulatory compliance, reliability, analytics, safety, and human performance. I have communications and change management experience and a track-record of leading customer-centric and mission-critical initiates centered around quality, productivity and innovation. I have experience designing, performing, supervising, and project managing C/I, distribution, transmission, and generation electrical apparatus, system protection and communications compliance, standards, testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting (including wind, solar, nuclear) with impeccable safety and reliability record. I have been a consistent utility modernization thought leader, speaking at conferences about smart cities; overseeing and enhancing modernization activities; leading non-conformance testing and meter data analytics for over 4 million smart meters; interfacing with manufacturers and other AMI groups to address reliability concerns arising from in-house quality assurance, field data and shop testing; implementation of six sigma and ISO 9001 quality management systems; employing a number of novel data analytics and business intelligence tools for product validation to reliability investigations (RMA, asset management, analytics requirements); successful business development, project management and customer relations experience in energy and non-profit sectors. ConsciousTech / Internal Reality / TransTech/Safety Inventions Ideation/Creativity Substation, P&C, SCADA Field Eng/Supv, Program Mgmt Business Dev. / CX, Smart Grid, Reliability, Analytics, AMI, Renewables Innovation / Creative Problem Solving / Design Thinking Quality/Process