Biography

Iony Patriota de Siqueira, was born in 1951 in São José do Egito, Brazil. He graduated in Electrical Engineering, with an M.Sc. degree in operations research from Federal University of Pernambuco and an MBA on Information Systems from Catholic University of Pernambuco. He is a member of Cigré and IEEE, Manager of Protection and Automation at Chesf Hydro Electric Company of San Francisco River) and Regional Vice-Director of Abraman, the Brazilian Maintenance Association.