Roman Jaloza

Product Manager @ Netcontrol Group

About

With over 15 years of experience in R&D and sales in the utility business, I act as Product Manager at Netcontrol Group a global company that provides intelligent solutions for energy distribution. My mission is to create innovative products and services that address the real needs and challenges of our customers and end-users, such as wildfire mitigation, fault detection, localization, power quality, and network automation. I have a strong background in software development, embedded systems, distribution network automation, industrial protocols, and radio communication, as well as a master's degree in automatic control and robotics. I leverage my technical skills and market knowledge to manage product development, research projects, product life-cycle, coordinate customer-side pilot projects, and lead the expert teams to conduct research on new technologies and business opportunities. I also have a passion for learning from nature and applying AI/ML to find new ways of solving problems and developing the business. I believe collaboration, innovation, and customer-orientation are the keys to success in the utility industry.

Country

Finland

City

Porvoo

Industry

Utilities

Skill

Confluence, Strategic Thinking, Go-to-Market Strategy, Market Planning, Engineering Management, Leadership, Communication, Distribution Management, Software Solutions, Product Strategy, ADMS, Research Skills, Customer Interaction, Relays, Negotiation, Presentations, Medium Voltage, Design Thinking, Product Vision, Agile & Waterfall Methodologies

Experience

Product Manager

Netcontrol Group

2024-2 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Manage R&D, sales and support for Netcon 200 RTUs, providing remote monitoring, fault location, and automation solutions. Partner with utilities on secure, scalable systems to boost grid reliability. Leverage 13+ years in utilities to align innovations with market demands for sustainable energy and NIS2 compliance.

R&D Manager in Smart Technology

Ensto Finland Oy

2022-9 - 2024-2 · 1 yr 6 mos

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finlandia

Leading the R&D Smart Technology team supporting the global utility market with innovative solutions development. Projects: 1) Innovative Arc Suppression System for distribution network wildfire mitigation 2) IoT Smart Sensor for Distribution Line Condition Monitoring Cloud system Responsibility: 1) Budgeting and department management 2) Project and program management 3) Project team leadership 4) Customer presentations and negotiation 5) International connections to the utility business 6) Market and new technology research 7) Product development and management 8) Customer-side pilot project coordination 9) Patenting process coordination 10) Technology research

Product and Service Manager

Ensto Pol Sp. z o.o.

2017-3 - 2022-9 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Straszyn

Responsibilities: 1) Product and Service Management for Network Automation (RTU, Protection Relays, Communication devices) products, 2) Product and Service Management for Power Electronics (Power Quality) products, 3) Offers, orders and price calculation, 4) Technical training and support for the end customers, 5) Technical and marketing materials - articles, conference presentations. 6) Long-term product life-cycle organisation - sales, commissioning, maintenance. 7) Negotiations and new business development 8) Technical expertise and analysis in utility communication protocols (DNP3, IEC101, IEC104, IEC61850)

System Design Engineer

INFO TECH

2014-10 - 2017-2 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Gdansk, Pomeranian District, Poland

1) C# system development 2) Embedded Systems ANSI C 3) Networking 4) Industrial protocols IEC61850, GOOSE, EthernetIP 5) Protection relays SW development 6) Radio communication 7) End customer pilot installation and support

Software Design Engineer

INFO TECH

2012-7 - 2014-10 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Gdańsk Area, Poland

Software Developer

INFO TECH

2012-1 - 2012-6 · 6 mos

Gdańsk Area, Poland

1) C# software development 2) Embedded Systems ANSI C 3) Networking 4) Industrial protocols IEC61850, GOOSE, EthernetIP 5) Protection relays SW development

Linux Embedded System Developer and technical sales support

Techbase SA

2010-3 - 2011-12 · 1 yr 10 mos

Gdańsk Area, Poland

Responsibility: 1) Embedded code development in Java, C, Bash 2) Kernel compilation and software testing 3) Technical Manuals and Whitepapers 4) International End-user technical support Projects: 1) Implementation of 1-Wire Bus Communication for intelligent sensors monitoring 2) Design and implementation of a VPN network for Linux embedded system

Education

Gdańsk University of Technology

Science english

2011-10 - 2012-1 · 4 mos

Automatic Control and Robotics in the Faculty of Telecommunication and Informatics The Department of Decision Systems. Thesis: Hybrid distributed measurement system for intelligent building based on wireless ISM 27MHz band,and Power Line communication

Gdańsk University of Technology

Automatic Control and Robotics - The Department of Decision Systems

2007-10 - 2011-6 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Automatic Control and Robotics in the Faculty of Electronics Telecommunication and Informatics The Department of Decision Systems Bachelor of Science course Project: Distributed measurement system based on inexpensive network devices implementation of 1-Wire interface for ARM9 Linux board.