Oscar Rueda

• Business case definition for the flagship product the Modular Mass-Deployment Solar Station (M2S2), a multi- function platform to bring energy services to rural markets in India and Africa • Technology assessment and analysis of market access strategies for the social venture zeroPoverty, devoted to bring sustainable electricity to 10'000 rural homes in India

• Consulting and development of energy-related services for the construction sector • Development of energy and sustainability concepts for architectural designs; e.g. for the Guggenheim Helsinki Design Competition (2nd prize, in collaboration with AGPS architects) • Definition and development of energetic strategies for buildings and urban districts; e.g. for the Areal V-Zug and the Swiss National Innovation Park • Project management and lead of international, multi-stakeholder collaborations

• Identification and integration of advanced technologies, methods and processes from the fields of building services, information and communication at the Architecture & Sustainable Building Technologies (SuAT) group within the Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA).

• Filter Performance Control by Dynamic Pressure Measurements and Filter Reactivity, for the process chain from wood to electricity via gasification and electrochemical oxidation, the so-called: Biomass Integrated Gasification Fuel Cell System (B-IGFC) • Within this master thesis physical and chemical performance measures are investigated

• Energy-technology assessment at the Future Technology Execution team • Analysis and assessment of potential applications of CO2 capture and CO2 utilization technologies

• General management, strategic planning, and project management for the company’s activities in the fabrication of marble and granite products for the construction sector in Mexico • Responsible of logistics, supply chain, procurement, marketing, and sales

• Material management, and creation and audit of production plan using SAP • Supply Chain Management: Activities to support the coordination between suppliers, production and customers

• Areas of specialization: Energy economics and policy, business and politics of climate change, renewable energy, and energy applications of thermo-fluid sciences • Master thesis on a Biomass-Integrated Gasification Fuel Cell System at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)

• Areas of specialization: Project design, project management, and systems engineering

• Major: Mechanical engineering • Minor: Business administration • Entrepreneurship modality