Marco Anselmo

Marco Anselmo Place of birth: Portugal Nationality: Portuguese Contact Lisbon, Portugal (Home) https://www.linkedin.com/in/ manselmo ABOUT MYSELF Senior IT/OT Executive and Platform Architect with over 20 years’ experience driving digital transformation across retail, energy&utilities and real estate. Expert in multiple virtualization platforms, IoT solutions, cloud, edge computing, container and data platforms, integrating OT and IT to deliver scalable, secure, and high-impact solutions across Europe. WORK EXPERIENCE E-REDES S.A. Lisbon, Portugal Senior Platform Architect - IT/OT Systems 01/09/2025 - Current Key Responsibilities: • Technical leadership on multiple IT/OT domains, aligning strategies with internal stakeholders. • Conducting the edge computing rollout on more than 30 primary substations , delivering computation power on the far edge. • Led project deliverables and budgets in parallel with platform design , ensuring strict adherence to digital standards and corporate reference architectures. • Design and implement a resilient internal container platform to host multiple existing on-prem applications , improving resource efficiency and reducing costs. • Managed and mentored a team of 4 engineers and contractors. Impactfull projects: Edge Computing for substations— from KVM hypervisors to containerized solutions — resilient to bandwidth and location constraints. Delivered “mini-datacenters” per substation with a single control plane, integrated security and automated deployment of VMs/containers/network policies using GitOps, GitHub, Ansible and ArgoCD. Circle K Europe Poland - Remote, Portugal Business or sector Other service activities Platform Architect - EDGE Computing 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2025 Key Responsibilities: • Assessed multiple edge computing solutions for the retail sector, comparing architectures, performance, and scalability. • Designed and tested edge computing hardware and software stacks for retail stores , delivering mini data centers per site to improve resilience and reduce latency. • Oversaw architecture and platform design, ensuring full compliance with corporate digital standards and best practices. • Implemented a Proof of Concept (PoC) to validate customer expectations and demonstrate the value of the proposed digital offering. • Leverage diverse virtualization solutions to drive financial and functional outcomes that fulfill stakeholders’ expectations. Impactfull projects: Designed and piloted a cutting-edge edge computing solution to support retail store operations across Europe (990 stores), enabling seamless deployment of both virtual machines and containers. The platform was architected for high availability with built-in failover and load balancing, ensuring business continuity even in the event of system failures. E-REDES S.A. Business or sector Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply Senior Platform Architect 01/03/2023 - 31/08/2024 Key Responsibilities: • Technical leadership across multiple IT domains, aligning strategies with stakeholders. • Designed and tested edge computing hardware/software stacks for primary substations, delivering computation power on the far edge. • Led project deliverables and budgets in parallel with platform design, ensuring strict adherence to digital standards and corporate reference architectures. • Oversee VMware and Hyper-V platforms from technical and economic perspectives, aligned with the corporate IT product portfolio. • Managed and mentored a team of 7 engineers and contractors. Impactfull projects: Designed and tested multiple edge hardware/software stacks for substations — from KVM hypervisors to containerized solutions — resilient to bandwidth and location constraints. Delivered “mini-datacenters” per substation with a single control plane, integrated security and automated deployment of VMs/containers/network policies using GitOps, GitHub, Ansible and ArgoCD. EDP S.A. Lisbon, Portugal Business or sector Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply Head of IT/OT for Renewables & Generation 01/12/2015 - 28/02/2023 Key Responsibilities: • Designed and implemented IoT & Real-Time OT/IT solutions, driving continuous improvement and digital transition across business areas. • Defined and integrated new data sources; maintained and updated the corporate data catalogue with accurate and timely delivery. • Built MVPs to test new technologies/business challenges with a “fail fast” approach. • Performed security and architecture reviews aligned with the enterprise reference architecture for Data & Analytics / AI. • Developed strategies to reduce technical gaps and operational risks; managed project/development teams with Agile practices. • Promoted automation and IaC using Ansible and GitHub stacks on Azure DevOps. • Evolved the PI System fleet for wind/solar, integrating SeeQ analytics. Impactful Projects: • Operational Maintenance Mobility System: Field services solution on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and SAP with bi-directional sync of work orders, procurement and warehouse data. Implemented multiple CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps). • IoT Video Streaming & ML: Collected video streams from plants and T&D substations; used ML to detect fire, explosions and unauthorized access; correlated events with SCADA and security alarms. • Microservices Logging Platform: Consolidated application logs for analytics; built web-scraping microservices to collect/enrich/contextualize multi-source data; exposed REST/GraphQL APIs. CGI S.A. Lisbon, Portugal Business or sector Information and communication Technical Coordinator / Solutions Architect 01/01/2006 - 30/11/2015 Key Responsibilities: • • • • Led pre-sales: prepared and presented IT proposals; translated business needs into technical solutions. Managed IT technical teams and projects, ensuring timely delivery and client satisfaction. Oversaw problem management, communication and service management for complex environments. Provided technical architecture for Microsoft solutions, real-time data management, Citrix and large-scale infrastructures. • Designed, set up and managed HA web farms and container-based deployments; implemented patching and monitoring. • Developed automation and CI/CD with PowerShell, Python, Shell, SQL and Azure DevOps. • Acted as Technical Lead and Management Advisor for clients in energy, finance and public sectors. Impactful Projects & Technical Expertise: • Real-Time Data Management: Architected solutions using OSIsoft PI Server and NoSQL for real-time analytics. • Citrix Consulting: Implemented and optimized secure remote access and application delivery. • Web Farms & Containers: Designed scalable, resilient web infrastructures with automated patch deployment. • Complex Event Processing (CEP): Implemented event-driven architectures for high-volume operational streams. • Troubleshooting & Debugging: Performed deep analysis for .NET and SharePoint solutions. Arval - BNP PARIBAS Lisbon, Portugal Business or sector Financial and insurance activities Systems Management & Scripting 01/11/2002 - 31/12/2005 Key Responsibilities: • • • • • Managed backups with ARCServe and Veritas Backup Exec; ensured data integrity and DR readiness. Developed Perl, C++ and Delphi tools to automate administration tasks. Administered Active Directory and Exchange for identity and mail services. Managed Ethernet networks; administered SQL Server and Sybase databases. Produced reports with Crystal Enterprise and SAP Business Objects; coordinated patch management and testing teams. Impactful Achievements: • Streamlined backup and recovery reducing restore time by ~40%. • Automated repetitive administration via custom scripts, increasing operational efficiency. • Standardized AD policies and Exchange mail flow across departments. EDUCATION & TRAINING 01/09/1998 - 30/06/2002 Lisbon, Portugal MSc in Information Technology ISLA Lisbon Field(s) of study: Information and Communication Technologies | Final grade: 14 Lisbon, Portugal Azure IoT Developer Specialist (AZ-303) – Jan 2023 Microsoft Lisbon, Portugal Azure Solution Architect (AZ-303) – Mar 2022 Microsoft Lisbon, Portugal MCITP & MCTS – SharePoint 2010 – Jan 2014 Microsoft Frankfurt, Germany PI AF – Asset Framework (OSIsoft) – Aug 2012 OSIsoft LANGUAGE SKILLS MOTHER TONGUE(S): Portuguese OTHER LANGUAGE(S): English Listening C2 Spoken production C2 Reading C2 Spoken interaction C2 Writing C2 Spanish Listening C2 Spoken production C2 Reading C2 Spoken interaction C2 Writing C2 French Listening B2 Spoken production B1 Reading B2 Spoken interaction B1 Writing B1 SKILLS CONTAINERS YAML | Git | Docker | Kubernetes | GitOps | Bash | Helm | Automation and CICD | ArgoCD | Openshift | Python | Linux (RedHat, Debian, Arch) MULTIPLE IT STACKS Shell Scripting (Powershell, bash,..) | SQL Server | Microsoft Active Directory | Azure IoT | Terraform | Azure Local | Azure | Sharepoint | Azure Devops CICD | Ubuntu | MySQL | Oracle Relational Database | VMWare | KVM | Hyper-V CONFERENCES & SEMINARS Amsterdam - The Netherlands Digital Substations - The EDGE Computing Impact (April 2023) Present the impact of Edge Computing on Primary Substation digitalization, and demonstrate how it can enhance energy quality and accelerate the digital transition for DSOs and TSOs. Frankfurt - Germany SKIPPER - Democratize Operational Data Access (PI World - May 2020) Present an EDP use case about an internal project where we've used PI Server to give contextualized easy access to operational data to internal users.