Simon Pérez Arango

Lidero las plataformas de inversión de Celsia en transmisión (Caoba) y energía solar (C2E) en Colombia.

I lead the innovation strategy, focused on the adoption of emerging technologies to maximize operational efficiency and build scalable business models within the energy transition.

We are obsessed with helping our customers use less energy! We use data science, IoT, our great technical squad and Celsia's unique business model to achieve that. I lead the technology team behind our energy efficiency unit: software, hardware and analytics.

- Directed the design and deployment of data science applications for wholesale energy markets (Colombia and Panama) operations and mid-term planning. - Led the consolidation of the Energy Markets Digitalization team based on the pillars of automation, sophistication and simplification within the framework of Data Science. - Implemented end-to-end technological tools for commercial optimization of generation plants based on machine learning techniques. - Led the development of medium-term (5-year) optimal reservoir resource stochastic planning tool with hourly resolution. - Developed the Business Intelligence strategy for the Energy Markets team.

Recipient of the Grupo Argos Scholarship, pursued an MSc. in Energy Systems and Data Analytics at UCL in London.

- Executed the electric mobility go to market strategy through different business models, including: public EV charging network, commercial EV fleets lease and private EV charging solutions. - Assessed the feasibility of energy storage applications in different markets through new proposed business models. - Guided regulatory and policy changes in favor of new technology adoption in Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica. - Designed and developed new business models in order to offer new products and services to Celsia's different costumers segments. Some other developments areas include: demand response, transactive energy and data analytics.

- Apoyé la valoración de proyectos de generación mediante la estimación de ingresos, análisis de regulación de mercado, política energética y riesgo de portafolio, en el marco de procesos de fusiones y adquisiciones (M&A). - Desarrollé análisis de escenarios de largo y mediano plazo para los sistemas eléctricos de Colombia, Panamá, México, Chile y Perú. - Participé en el desarrollo de proyectos solares a escala de utilidad (utility-scale) de Celsia. - Brindé soporte a diversas áreas de la compañía mediante el pronóstico de variables de los mercados de energía. - Automaticé el análisis de reportes diarios de datos de mercado para los sistemas eléctricos de Colombia y Panamá.

Dissertation: Battery energy storage sizing methodology and scheduling algorithm for bill management in behind the meter applications Relevant work: - Energy consumer classification based on smart meter data using machine learning - On the relevance of energy performance on property price in North London - Impact assessment of private electric vehicles adoption on electricity consumption in the UK by 2040

MSc in applied economics with emphasis in markets and regulation. Thesis: Retail competition in the Colombian electricity market.

Mathematical engineer with emphasis in quantitative economics. Thesis: "Real options valuation methodology for generation projects".