Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the "Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial (FEI)" of São Bernardo do Campo - SP in 1985. More than 30 years of experience in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector in Brazil and abroad, especially Project Controls. EPC Contracts in the areas of Power Generation, Defense, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, among others. Expert and consultant in Cost Planning and Control systems, having developed, taught and applied proprietary and third party systems for over 10 years. Experience with national and international construction companies in major infrastructure projects, especially: Odebrecht (Brazil), Tecnimont (Italy) and Bechtel (USA). In recent years, business developer in the renewable energy area with special attention to the projects of Waste to Energy Plants (MSW). Enthusiast, supporter and researcher of BIM (Building Information Model) and Twin Model methodologies applied to AEC's business embracing Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (RA), Artificial Intelligence (IA), “Internet of Things” technologies IoT) and the like. Passionate about new challenges offered by the new technologies of the so-called Industry 4.0, particularly with the LEAN principles for business management. Languages: Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Simon is the Managing Director of Tidy Planet – a Macclesfield based organic waste and Energy-from-Waste solutions specialist. He has over 30 years’ experience within the pollution control and waste management industries – and has worked across five countries, providing site-based solutions for clients within the oil and gas, aviation, pharmaceutical and petrochemical sectors, to name a few. There are two strands to Tidy Planet – composting and WtE – and our core philosophy is to help organisation harness the resource potential of their organic wastes, allowing them to treat hard-to-dispose-of waste streams on site. This allows businesses to save money on costly disposal fees and close the waste management loop, as well as boost their green credentials. We’re also the UK’s sole distributor for Spanish energy generation specialist Sugimat’s industry-leading WtE boilers – demonstrating our dedication to bringing the most efficient, cutting-edge technologies to UK businesses. With this partnership, we’re able to offer fully customised, unconventional-waste-to-energy and cogeneration solutions for some of the most troublesome waste streams in the market, including RDF, SRF, contaminated food wastes, Grade C/D wood and wood fines, sewage screenings, poultry wastes, , animal manures, fish mortalities and compost oversize, amongst others. Since our humble beginnings, we have worked with a catalogue of organisations across a spectrum of industries, to devise and implement efficient and cost-saving waste management strategies. These include BP, Exxon, British Airways, Gatwick Airport and DHL.

My background is in technology, professional services and digital media. I co-founded Zapnito due to a number of related observations from my time in these sectors: 1) the social web is creating a huge amount of noise 2) expertise that brands have built up over decades is being drowned out and hidden from those that need it 3) these brands are therefore losing their audience to often undeserving and unhelpful sources, and 4) people are finding it harder to access the expertise that they truly value. I therefore decided to create Zapnito, a white-label platform to help trusted brands reclaim their audiences via expert-driven knowledge networks.