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Luca Sala _____________________________________

Schlossgassse 214 5245 Habsburg - AG Mobile: +41 763086702 Email: salabc@tin.it Date of birth: 26 February 1982 Place of birth: Genoa IT- insurance code: SLALCU82B26D969T Nationality: Italian

Swiss permit: B SUMMARY I'm a dynamic and open mind person. I’m able to manage more tasks at the same time giving the right priority to each of them. I’m always ready to step in a new project and to put myself on the field to reach and exceed the client (or project) expectation. I’m able to work under pressure and time constrain. I have a good background of power generation units as well as market requirements. My knowledge of power generation is based mainly on thermal power plants, but I worked also on renewable energies projects giving me experience on how to integrate fossil and renewable energies. I have experience in keeping relations and collaborating with possible partners (NGO, Universities, etc.) as well as with costumes. I worked inside the European Platform for Zero Emission Power Plant (EU-ZEP). Thanks to my work and cultural background I have good specialties in the following fields:

Project management skills covering all project life cycle. Negotiation with clients including technical support to client’s requests. Risk assessment (FMEA, HAZOP). Tender risk review (definition of margins, contingencies, etc.). Good knowledge of thermal power plants and renewable energies. Good knowledge of the energy market requirements and different OEM present in the

market. Experience in technical clarification with suppliers, clients and in representing my company

to third parties. Experience in plant commissioning and remote control data analysis. Tendering support for new units, plant integration and optimization. Troubleshooting and team work. Plant and risk assessment. Good knowledge on CCS technology and regulations. Cross functional approach, good team/group player in multi-cultural organization.

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WORK EXPERIENCE November 2015 – current Project System Manager at General Electric Switzerland GE Power & Water - Power Services (Acquisition of Alstom’s business by general Electric).

Recent main activities: Technical process leader for plant flexibilization for 9FA/9FB combined cycles. In this role I perform and co-ordinate plant process improvements within GT OpFlex portfolio. In these projects I take the leadership to handle plant assessment and later on to define project schedule, man-hours effort, required new hardware. The final output interface with customer is the technical scope document, project schedule and load schedule profile for all required tests. Support GE-Digital in defining the customer values for improved solutions.

June 2014 – October 2015

Project System Manager at Alstom Power Switzerland Thermal Power – Thermal Services, Plant Competence Centre

As project system manager I manage the project, or the sub-project, assigned to me by performing the project planning, monitoring the project execution and formally closing the project with a formal handover of all required documentation. During the planning phase I define the activities, required resources and the proper scheduling considering the project internal and external milestones. Budget, schedule and quality monitoring are performed together with program manager and sales department. Within the project execution I take the responsibility to perform also some process tasks. As project system manager I’m in charge to manage the site implementation and supervising the product implementation verify the client’s acceptance. I co-ordinate the project with all the resources involved including the scheduling and the interactions with suppliers. General tasks as process engineer within the project lifecycle:

Plant Operating and Control Concept. This document is the project scope statement; it describes what is delivered, the restriction and the exclusions.

Responsibility to elaborate or review process design specifications (e.g. P&ID, PFUP and control system inputs, process specifications).

Managing plant baseline assessments. Risk Assessment (FMEA, HAZOP) and monitoring that all the

mitigation actions are put in place according to the project schedule. Process specification for new hardware and supplier co-ordination Operator guideline, site training. Plant documentation and operating manuals review and handover to

client. General tasks during product development or project supporting

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Product owner for plant performance assessment. Create or review operation concepts and technical specifications for

combined cycle power plants. Support operational issues and participate in R&D development. Remote control data analysis and performance

monitoring/improvement. Review, assess, analyze and redesign plant operation according to

market changes or change in scope of supply. Special project:

PMS (Project Manager System) for fast start-up project: identify, develop and implement flexibility packages to reduce start-up time on existing combined cycles fleet. Project’s target is to develop modular elements to be adapted project specific or to specific clients’ requests (reduced start-up time and/or improve power output mainly for unscheduled starts). Within the project I’m assigned as system owner for complete water steam cycle (condenser evacuation, steam temperature optimization, water chemistry, bypass operation concepts, plant loading gradients, HRSG & ST improvements). As project manager for this system I provide the project planning to define deliverables, activities list and the required resources. I provide the proper project schedule, cost estimation and project internal milestones. Based on our internal organization structure, during the project execution I perform directly some process tasks and I perform the required interactions with the suppliers. This to ensure the critical deliverables are directly executed and monitored by the system owner to avoid change request that can cause delay or increase internal costs. As PMS, I’m in charge to define and plan outage activities for the product implementation as well as to formally close the project (close out report, formal acceptance, and company internal procedure update).

(http://www.alstom.com/products-services/product-catalogue/power-generation/services/gas-services/Gas-Turbine-Performance-Improvements/flexibility-improvements/)

PMS (Project Manager System) to provide plant optimization on other OEM. The project is divided into different sub-projects (GT, ST, HRSG, operation) and within the project I’m in charge to manage the overall plant integration to collect and manage the input from different sub-projects. During the planning phase I’m in charge to manage the plant baseline assessment to provide the required input to proper define activities tasks during the engineering phase. I define the overall project scope, schedule and budged. In this position I have to interact with tendering and sales department to align the project budget to the market price or client’s specific requirements.

August 2012 – May 2014 Process Design Engineer at Alstom Power Switzerland Gas Plant products – R&D and Execution Main Activities:

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Main WSC equipment design for both R&D and execution project. Preparation of system PFD and PID (process instrument diagram) Preparation of Plant Design and Control Concept (PDCC) Development of new concepts applicable to combined cycle Calculation tool development for time and cost reduction Tendering support for concept development and cycle optimization Responsible for WSC cleaning concept based on Steam Blow out Coordination with equipment engineers and suppliers (equipment’s

specification issue and review)

Special Projects: KA26-1 ISCC: project engineer for the integration of solar plant with a

KA26 combined cycle power plant. Az-Zour site commissioning (Kuwait): site support during steam blow

out procedure. Validation of calculation tools. Technical clarification with client regarding the cleaning procedure.

Facility D (Qatar): tender support to evaluate different plant configuration and deliver the preliminary PDCC in order to identify possible critical situations.

FGT system development for F & H class combined cycle power plants.

Fuel Cell integration: project engineer to manage a concept study to integrate a high temperature fuel cell into a E-Class & F-Class gas turbines in combined cycle configuration.

P-30: concept development for cost/time reduction activities. December 2009 – July 2012

Process Engineering at ANSALDO ENERGIA Product development & innovation engineering

Main technical activities as process engineer:

Power plant optimization (performance, standardization). Tendering support for non-standard plant configurations. Strategic evaluation of new power plant configurations/products (direct

report to business unit director). Market survey and trends monitoring to support development activities

and business development department providing strong technical background.

Constant overview of competitors’ position on the market. Plant integration: feasibility studies for

o CO2 capture plant: capture ready / retrofit solution o CSP integration: integrate a solar plant with a conventional NGCC

(additional steam or hot air).

Main technical activities as project engineer:

Project Engineer of the “Carbon Capture & Sequestration” program: Member of European Technology Task Force for “Zero Emission Power

Plant”. Technologies screening and collaboration with universities (PhD, thesis,

stages). Follow up of the European activities on CCS Evaluation of CCS impact on the company business.

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Identification of possible developments plans in regard to CCS and integration with renewable energies.

Feasibility study for potential new GT (March 2011 – January 2012) I was nominated project engineer to manage a feasibility study on a new GT concept. Project was set to better meet the flexibility requirement of the market with particular focus to renewables integration/support. Main task:

Co-ordinate the involved departments for technical input/output. Market analysis and relation with all major EU utilities to drive the

project close to their needs. Control the business plant for market penetration (performance,

costs, advantages). Focal point for technical partners (MTU aero-solution, Vattenfall R&D

center, ETN Bruxelles). Special task for Power Plant Flexibility (April 2012 – July 2012) I was member of the special task force with the aim to identify possible solutions to be applied to current Ansaldo fleet in order to match the new market requirements in term of flexibility. (http://www.google.it/url?url=http://www.ati2000.it/media/docs/92-ANSALDO_ENERGIA_MEMORIA.pdf&rct=j&frm=1&q=&esrc=s&sa=U&ved=0CBQQFjAAahUKEwjasIfSl7DHAhVBuhoKHeSfAVw&usg=AFQjCNHHf2kJbFE0mcBqrHdsGA5Jek7ZBQ)

October 2006 – November 2009 Process Engineering and Business Development at Ansaldo Fuel Cells

Main activities as process engineering: Mass and energy balance – performance guarantee Plant Design and Operating Concept Blank test for the start-up of new power plants Start-up of new plant (process engineer supervisor) Data analysis (performances analysis) Stack conditioning (last manufacturing phase)

Field activities at: Iberdrola (2006, Madrid – E) MOCAMI plant –manufacturing plant- (2006, CESI Ricerche MI – I) Naval Test Facility Plant -500kW class power plant- (2007, Tubitak,

Istambul – T) NIC –manufacturing plant- (2008, Terni – I) GP1 plant -300kW class power plant- (2008, Bosco Marengo Al –I) GP2 plant -380kW class power plant- (2008-2009, Bosco Marengo Al, I)

Special Projects: Evaluate the possibility to use MCFC technology as retrofit for CO2 concentration and further capture on thermal power plants. In particular I was in charge of technical & cost comparison and to carry on an optimization on plant configuration.

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Side activity as Business Development (April 2008 – September 2008) Support the Business Development group for conference papers (Powergen), company profile and for drawing up demand for public fond. Public found projects:

Drawing up the demand for “contratto di insediamento” (public found for activities in renewable energy issued by Piedmont Region www.itp-agency.org)

Drawing up the demand for “Zayed Future Energy Prize” (http://www.zayedfutureenergyprize.com/)

EDUCATION BACKGROUND September 2004 – September 2006

University of Genoa - Degree in: Chemical Engineer Final Mark: 110/110 with lode Thesis: “Fuel processing of fossil fuel for hybrid system SOFC-TG” (under FELICITAS project founded by European Community) Aim of the work: thermodynamic study of the different reforming process of fossil fuel suitable to be used as syngas for a hybrid system “SOFC-TG”.

September 2001 – November 2004

University of Genoa - Degree in Chemical Engineer Final Mark: 101/110 with dignity of print Thesis: “Production of Alumina-Silicon Carbide (Al2O3-SiC) powders to be used to produce nano-materials by Spark Plasma Sintering” Aim of the work: produce ceramic materials with high mechanical properties than traditional Alumina based ceramics.

SKILLS IT Skills: MS Office, Internet, Aspen, Thermoflow package (GTPRO, thermoflex, STEAM PRO), Alpro (Alstom process simulation tool), KARO (piping design tool), DEPP (remote control for plant’s performances). English: fluent (ESOL: FCE) German: basic (B1/B2) – still ongoing Personal skills: dynamic, flexible, open mind, team player, problem solving approach, determined, cross functional skills, effective communication. Project Skill: keep the focus on targets, project management and negotiation with clients. INTERESTS AND HOBBIES I’m dynamic and I like sports where I can improve my skills such as sky and golf. I have interest into political affairs and I like to compare different country from a political/social point of view. I like travel and discover new place and people. If I come back to a place I always chose to stay in a different area to better know the place from everyday life point of view. I have a passion for mechanical watch; I’m really fascinated by this “small world” we carry on everyday life. I’m available to travel worldwide or to be relocated according to company requirements.