Tutor Biographies

Diego Ruiz

Diego Ruiz holds the Doctorate degree in Chemical Engineering from Catalonia Polytechnic University. He is currently manager of SOTEICA's European Office in Barcelona, and responsible for the technical department for energy management system implementations. SOTEICA is a technology company that develops, implements and sustains applications for the process industry in the areas of Energy Management and Optimization (Visual MESA), Supply Chain (Production Accounting, S-TMS, Scheduling and Operations Support, S-SOM) and Operator Trainers (S-OTS).

SOTEICA also provides services in the area of advanced control. Diego Ruiz is working in the area of process engineering and computer science applications in chemical engineering since 1994. He has experience in industrial applications and research. As part of his background, he has worked as process engineer at DOW Chemical, and as Researcher and Project coordinator at UPC. His Doctoral thesis is related to abnormal situation management in chemical plants.

Diego Ruiz has participated directly in the implementation of on-line models for energy optimization (Visual MESA) in twelve refineries and petrochemical complexes in the last six years.