Rio Pipeline 2017

Environmental Engineering PhD, Industrial Engineering Master with a Mention in Operations and Productivity, Chemical Engineer, Gas Transmission Professional, International Certificate by the Department of Transportation (DOT) as Master Trainer, Master Evaluator and Qualified Operator in Pipeline Transportation System Operation.
Professional experience as Head of Transportation, Control Room Chief, Fractionation Plant and Pipeline supervisor for about 20 years.

Caio é engenheiro sênior da Comgás, empresa de distribuição de gás natural de São Paulo, Brasil. Atualmente, lidera a pesquisa e as avaliações de corrosão nos gasodutos da companhia. Ele é responsável pela avaliação de danos nos tubos de aço para sistemas de distribuição de gás natural. Ele também trabalha como professor na Faculdade das Américas.
Caio é graduado em Engenharia de Materiais, pela Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, com mestrado em Ciência dos Materiais pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos e doutorados em Energia Nuclear (Materiais), pela Universidade de São Paulo, e em Físico-Química, pela Universitè Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI).

Tom Miesner began his midstream career in 1975 as an engineering summer aide. Since that time, he has been a pipeline engineer, operations manager, business developer, executive, expert witness, and consultant. Tom has written two books and numerous papers and articles about oil and gas pipelines. He is currently working on the second edition of his first book, Oil and Gas Pipelines in Nontechnical Language. Since 2008, Tom has taught over 150 pipeline classes to approximately 2,500 people. In 2016, the company Tom founded, Pipeline Knowledge & Development released its Hazardous Liquids Pipeline Control Room class consisting of 8 lessons totaling 9 hours. This class is currently in use by 4 major US liquid pipeline operators. For more about Tom Miesner and his company, please go to pipelineknowledge.com

Analista de Projetos de Engenharia na Companhia de Gás do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul – MSGÁS, Engenheiro Mecânico formado pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – Furg, Especialista em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade de Passo Fundo – UPF e Mestrando em Ciência dos Materiais no Instituto de Física da Fundação Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul – UFMS.

Dr. Guerrero is a mechanical engineer who assists and guides corporations globally with their technology development needs. Dr. Guerrero has worked in research and development (R&D) and business development for several years in diverse companies such as Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, MA; Schlumberger Research (SLB) in Houston, TX and Cambridge, MA; and FIAT-IVECO in Torino Italy. Dr. Guerrero's technical expertise includes analyzing, designing, and developing mechanical systems, including those for harsh and extreme conditions. He has extensive experience with the energy and oil and gas industries and is an owner of over 20 mechanical system patents worldwide. Dr. Guerrero earned his master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and was awarded the Honorary Doctoral degree from Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería in Lima-Peru in 2015. In 2014, he became a member of the Pan-American Academy of Engineering (32 countries). He was the 2015-2016 President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), an organization of almost 140,000 engineers in 150 countries.

Since 2003, Dr. Guerrero has collaborated with MIT professors, graduate students, and WHOI researchers and lectured in engineering at MIT. He developed applications for Draper Laboratory’s technological capabilities and assets in the energy industry, including oil and gas exploration and the nuclear industry. Dr. Guerrero served as a principal research scientist at SLB, where he helped develop robots to convey equipment in horizontal oil and gas wells. He also established numerous research collaborations with professors and students from universities and research centers around the world and led the 2,400-member SLB/Eureka Mechanical Engineering Community in 3 continents and all SLB engineering centers for 5 years.

He is fluent in several languages, and loves skiing and swimming, history, economics, and Renaissance Italian art.