Hugo Valente

Hugo Biccas Valente

São Paulo, Brazil Phone: +55 (32) 9 9944-1309
Skype: hugo.biccas.valente
hugo.valente@engenharia.ufjf.br

Graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora and in Electronic Engineering from
the University of Derby (UK). He worked as a partner engineer at HR7 Engineering for 2 years, specialized in
engineering works and services for Hotels, Malls and Industries. He designed FPGA Electronic Circuits at NineWays
R & D in England. He led the UFJF Intelligent House project as a scholar of PET, an academic excellence program
promoted by the Brazilian Government. Trainee at Angstrom Laboratory in Sweden, reference in the field of research
of Renewable Energies. He created a university restaurants evaluation start-up (RUapp), awarded at the Brazilian
Congress of Engineering Education in 2014 and featured in numerous newspapers, including O Globo. He worked as
a maintenance technician at JM Eletrônica, conducting reports and maintenance on electro-electronic devices and
motors. Fluent in English and French with basic German and Spanish.

EDUCATION

2007- 2016 Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora - Brazil

Graduated BEng Electrical Engineering.

 Developed a project awarded by IEEE Student Professional Awareness Venture in 2008 by building a lifter.
 Relevant Modules Include: Optimization; Digital Control of Process; Investment analysis.

2013 - 2014 University of Derby – United Kingdom

Graduated BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

 Relevant Modules Include Independent Engineering Project, Electric Machines and Management & Business.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2017 – 2017 Electrical Construction Engineer – HR7 Engenharia (Brazil)

 Developed activities
o Budget, Planning, Projects, Project Management, Financial Feasibility Analysis and Industrial,
Commercial and Building Assemblies in the Electronic Systems area, including structured cabling,
automation, fire detection and related.

 Developed Projects and Consulting

o Photovoltaic Plant (Shopping Spazio Design Mar-2018) - Study of the implantation of photovoltaic
energy for the reduction in the account of total light of the mall. 2000sqm area covering a parking lot
using the carport model, one of the only ones in Brazil.
o Transamerica Hotel Campo Grande (Construtora Construtora e Incorporadora Feb / 2018) - Projects
of CCTV, TV, Intercom, Telephone, Network, Sound, Bill of Materials, Fire Detection and Monitoring.
o Ibis Hotel Itaperuna (Construtora Construtora and Incorporadora Set / 2017) - Projects of CCTV, TV,
Intercom, Telephone, Network, Sound, Bill of Materials, Fire Detection and Monitoring.
o Ibis Hotel Petrópolis (Construtora Construtora and Incorporadora Aug / 2017) - Projects of CCTV, TV,
Intercom, Telephone, Network, Sound, Bill of Materials, Fire Detection and Monitoring.
o Ibis Hotel Divinópolis (Construtora Construtora e Incorporadora Jul / 2017) - Projects of CCTV, TV,
Intercom, Telephone, Network, Sound, Bill of Materials, Fire Detection and Monitoring.
  Developed Projects and Consulting (Continuing)

o Ibis Hotel Patos de Minas (Construtora Construtora and Incorporadora Jun / 2017) - Projects of CCTV,
TV, Intercom, Telephone, Network, Sound, Bill of Materials, Fire Detection and Monitoring.
o Independência Shopping (BR Malls Mai / 2017-18) - Elaboration of the Annual Report of the Electrical
Installations. Inspection of all low voltage facilities of the mall including frames, electro tiles, shafts,
technical corridors and garages. Elaboration of report with indication of failures, good practices and
recommendations.
o Shopping Store (Shop Addition Apr / 2017) - Electrical Project, Fire Detection and as-built site
matching.
o Water Treatment (Águas do Brasil Group Feb / 2017) - Electric Project of the expansion of the ETE
center. Review of electrical design, design of low voltage circuits and automation design, phase
balancing and interlocks.

2016 – 2017 Maintenance Technician – JM Eletrônica (Brazil)

 Development of technical reports of maintenance, inspection of defects, budget reports and maintenance of
electrical equipment such as motors and transformers of white line appliances.
 Analysis of low voltage electronic circuits such as switched sources and converters.
 The company had a great jump in production, quality and obtained more contracts with his participation.

2013 – 2016 Entrepreneurship – RUapp (Brazil)

 A community voting app to measure the food quality in Universities Restaurant.
 Co-created, designed and directed the start-up.
 Had thousands of downloads, media coverage included the TV, internet and various national newspapers.
 Link: https://goo.gl/FTOJs6

2014 – 2015 Entrepreneurship – Fashion Now (Brazil)

 A mobile app that helps people with Fashion indecision. Had thousands of downloads across the world.
 Co-created, designed and directed Marketing and Content of the start-up.
 Won Google Start-Up Weekend Challenge Juiz de Fora.
 Link: https://goo.gl/FTOJs6

2014 (May – Aug) Placement – Nine Ways R&D (United Kingdom)

 Creation of a High Speed FPGA prototype electronic board implementing Fibber Optics communication
together with legacy protocols.
 Creation of the product website, loaded with the product information, explanations and buying options.
 The company successfully ordered 15 fully working prototypes and had increased the incomes.
 Learned true work experience by having responsibilities of the real market.

2013 (Apr – Jun) Angstron Laboratory (Sweden)

 Two months work experience in the Energy department, as a visiting student.
 Worked on the construction of an electric machine active magnetic bearing.

2010 – 2013 Scientific Research - PET, Education Tutorial Program (Brazil)

 Worked on the extra-curricular activities with serious epistemological, pedagogical, ethical and social
commitments.
 He held a coordinating position that required strong organizational skills;
 Developed the electrical / electronic project for the University's Sustainable House Laboratory.
 Produced 3 articles accepted and presented at engineering congresses, including one international.
VOLUNTARY WORK

 2008 – 2010 IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Brazil).

Marketing Director by 2 years, organized the Engineering week for the University, along with the Robot Olympic
Games (Brazil) twice. During his directives, had the most funded Olympics ever.
 2005 (Jul) Rotary Summer Cultural Exchange Program, ROTARY CLUB, (USA).
Worked as a translator on a medical mission.

AWARDS

 Start-up Weekend sponsored by Google. Won with the Fashion Now app;
 2014 COBENGE. Won with RUapp mobile app.

IT SKILLS

 Advanced MS Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint;

 Advanced Adobe family Photoshop, Flash and Illustrator and Sony Vegas;
 Advanced Engineering Software: MatLab, Simulink;
 Hardware prototyping: Altium, Ares (Isis/Protheus), Arduino.

LANGUAGES

 Portuguese. First Language

 English, French Fluent.
 Spanish, German Basic.

REFERENCES
References available on request.