Leo Marcelo Villalba

Leo Marcelo Villalba has worked in a variety of roles over the years. From 2017 to 2019, they were an Intern - Test Systems Development Asia at Maxim Integrated. From 2019 to 2021, they worked as an Electrical Engineering Instructor at Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan, an Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer (OIC) and Electrical and Instrumentation Supervisor (OIC) at AboitizPower OIL Business Unit (Therma Marine Inc.), a Bat Surveyor at Western Ecology, and a Postgraduate Student at Universidad de Oviedo. In 2021, they became the Co-Founder of mHycro. Currently, they are a Back End Developer and Intern, ADMS Backend Engineer at Plexigrid. As an Intern, ADMS Backend Engineer, they have researched on the implementation of an edge device at power transformer level for managing near real-time data of low voltage distribution network advance metering infrastructure (AMI). Leo Marcelo has also programmed data acquisition, handling, storing, and processing using Python, MySQL, and OpenDSS engine for near-real time unbalanced system power flow in low voltage distribution system advanced distribution management system (ADMS) implemented using an edge device (Raspberry Pi). As a Technical Consultant at NVN Business Consultancy Co. Ltd., they have conducted technical analysis of data obtained from market research for household appliances specifically Irons, ACUs, Monitors, and Refrigerators, and provided recommendations on minimum energy performance standards for the Philippine Energy Labelling Program (PELP) handled by Department of Energy (DOE).

Leo Marcelo Villalba has a comprehensive educational background. Leo Marcelo completed a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan in 2013-2018. In 2020-2022, they are pursuing an MSc Joint Degree in Sustainable Transportation and Electrical Power Systems (EMJMD STEPS) from the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, the Universidad de Oviedo, and the University of Nottingham. Additionally, they are taking the Data Scientist Track from DOST SPARTA ONLINE. Leo Marcelo has several certifications, including Django Rest API from Udemy (2022), MatLab Fundamentals from MathWorks (2021), Clustering Geolocation Data Intelligently in Python from Coursera (2020), Electric Industry Operations and Markets from Coursera (2020), Project Management Foundations from LinkedIn (2020), Leadership Foundations from LinkedIn (2020), Lean Six Sigma Foundations from LinkedIn (2020), Delegating Tasks from LinkedIn (2020), Design Thinking: Implementing the Process from LinkedIn (2020), Design Thinking: Understanding the Process from LinkedIn (2020), and Managing High Performers from LinkedIn (2020). Leo Marcelo also holds a Safety Officer II certification from the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment (2019), as well as a Registered Electrical Engineer (Top 2, September 2018) certification from the Philippine Professional Regulation Commission (2018).