
Gerardo Lecuona
Co-founder, Sales Director, Board Member of Centiel SA
I studied electronics engineer at university of Guadalajara, Mex, I hold a Masters of Science in embedded systems design from the Advanced Learning and Research Institute in Switzerland and master’s in business administration (MBA) from Milan Polytechnic. In 2008 I joined Newave SA, the Swiss Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) manufacturer as an R&D engineer and started developing modular uninterruptible power supplies. Taking later in 2010 the role of project manager, I participated in the design of the third generation of three-phase modular UPS technology and a range of transformerless Uninterruptible Power Supply. In 2012 I was appointed to lead the Research and Development organisation in Newave. In February 2012 Newave was acquired by ABB and in 2013 I was appointed to lead the Technology division as Technology Director for UPS and successfully managed the integration into ABB.
In 2015 I co-founded Centiel. In my role of Global Sales, I bring Centiel’s leading technology to the market and building the Centiel brand as the most innovative UPS manufacturer