INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER by the BARCELONA SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (University Polytechnic of Catalonia).

Work Experince

More than 25 years of experience as a manager in industrial companies in the metallurgical and chemical sector, development of port and marine projects and accident investigation.

Fire investigator collaborating for PERADEJORDI PROYECTOS E INFORMES, S.L.

Founding partner and fire investigator of ABP INVESTIGACIÓN DE SINIESTROS, S.L.

Professor of the BASIC COURSE IN INVESTIGATION OF CAUSES AND ORIGINS OF FIRES to FIREFIGHTERS, taught in PERADEJORDI PROYECTOS E INFORMES, S.L. during 2012 and 2013.

Professor of a course about JUDICIAL PHARMACEUTICAL, taught in the PHARMACY SCHOOL OF BARCELONA, during 2011 to 2013.

Professor of the course THE INVESTIGATION OF THE ORIGIN AND CAUSES OF THE FIRES, organized by CEAPS (Studies Centre of APCAS – Association of Insurance Experts and Commissioners of Breakdowns), designed for FIRE JUDICIAL EXPERTS AND VARIOUS RISKS, taught during 2017 in the autonomic headquarters of APCAS.

Coordinator and Professor of the course ELECTRICAL FIRES INVESTIGATION, designed for personnel of the JUDICIAL POLICE, SCIENTIFIC POLICE and CRIMINALISTICS SERVICES of the GUARDIA CIVIL, taught during 2017 in Madrid.

Writer of the EXPLOSION INVESTIGATION GUIDE and professor of the course EXPLOSIONS INVESTIGATIONS, organized by GAS NATURAL FENOSA, designed for technicians of this company, taught during 2018 in Madrid.

Professor of the course FIRE INVESTIGATION IN VEHICLES, organized by CEAPS, taught during June 2018 in Madrid.

Training

• MASTER IN ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF COMPANIES by the EAE
  Business School.
• Postgraduate Diploma of THEORY AND METHODS OF THE TOTAL QUALITY of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
• Course about JUDICIAL EXPERT SPECIALIZED IN FIRE INVESTIGATIONS of the University Foundation of the Las Palmas (University de Las Palmas of Gran Canaria).
• Diploma of PROFESSIONAL EXPERT IN FIRE INVESTIGATION of the National Distance Education University (UNED).
• Postgraduate in JUDICIAL EXPERT OF FIRE INSURANCES AND VARIOUS RISKS of INESE and APCAS.

Among the different training courses, there are:

• Course about GENERAL FORMATION FOR JUDICIAL EXPERTS taught by Centre for Legal Studies and specialized training of the Generalitat of Catalonia.
• TOP COURSE ABOUT FIRE INVESTIGATION AND IGNITION PHYSICS FOR POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS of the Police training institute.
• Diploma of ADVANCED COURSE IN FIRE INVESTIGATIONS taught by Fundación Fuego.
• Course about FIRE INVESTIGATION OF VEHICLES by CESVIMAP.
• ADVANCED COURSE ABOUT TECHNIQUES OF INVESTIGATION FOR FOREST FIRE CAUSES by CENEAM of Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment of the Government of Spain.
• Course about FIRE PREVENTION of the Association of Industrial Engineers of
  Catalonia.
• Diploma of COURSE ABOUT FIRE SAFETY REGULATIONS AGAINST FIRES IN INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS (RSCIEI) AND FIRE PROTECTION FACILITIES REGULATIONS (RIPCI) AND ITS MODIFICATIONS by Fundación Fuego.
• Course about REGULATION FOR PRESSURE EQUIPMENT by Industrial engineering association of Catalonia.
• Course about ELECTRICAL MEASURES. GUIDE FOR THE VERIFICATION OF LOW VOLTAGE INSTALLATIONS by Industrial engineering association of Catalonia.
• Diploma of the COURSE ABOUT PREVENTION AGAINST ELECTROSTATIC CHARGES by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health..
• Diploma of the COURSE ABOUT INFORMATION ON CHEMICAL RISK CLP-SGA and FDS by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
• Course about SECURITY AGAINST EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES ATEX of ATEXPREVEN and CESS BCN.
• Diploma COURSE ABOUT FUNDAMENTALS OF CONSTRUCTION, ITS PATHOLOGIES AND STRUCTURAL STABILIZATION IN EMERGENCIES by Fundación Fuego.
• Diploma COURSE EVALUATION OF FIRE RISK IN BUILDINGS by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
• Course about BASIC INVESTIGATION OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT by the Police Training Institute.
• Course about JUDICIAL EXPERT IN WORK ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATION by Surge Centro
  de Estudios.
• Diploma in SECURITY IN EQUIPMENTS FOR TEMPORARY WORK AT HEIGHT by the
  National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
• Course about SPECIALIZATION IN MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING, INFRASTRUCTURES AND SERVICES of the Department of transport infrastructure and territory of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

INDUSTRIAL TECHNICAL ENGINEER by the University Collage of Technical Industrial Engineering of Barcelona (Polytechnics University of Catalonia).

Work Experience

20 years of experience in prevention, industrial security, self-protection and investigation of fires, explosions and accidents.

President of the Security Cluster against Fire of Catalonia.

Head and member of the Technical Assessment Committee of the Institute of Security Studies.

President of the Security Commission against Fire and Emergencies of the Association of Technical Industrial Engineers of Barcelona (years 2003 to 2008 and 2010 to 2012).

Judiciary Appraiser of the Investigation Group about Fire and Explosions of the Central Area of the Police Forensic Department of the Corps of the Mossos d’Esquadra of the Generalitat of Catalonia (on voluntary leave since 1999).

Training

• Diplomat on FORENSIC POLICE by the POLICE ACADEMY OF CATALONIA (Generalitat de Catalunya) and in FIRE INVESTIGATION by the POLICE CORPS (Ministerio del interior).
• HIGH TECHNICIAN SUPERIOR in the PREVENTION OF RISKS AT WORK in the specialities of Security, Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics.
• HIGH TECHNICIAN in SELF-PROTECTION PLANS.

Participation in Published Works:

• Editor of the GUIDE FOR THE INTEGRATION OF FIRE SECURITY IN THE PREVENTION OF LABOUR RISKS OF PYME, edited by the PROMOTION OF NATIONAL WORK and the FOUNDATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF LABOUR RISKS.
• Coordinator of the FIRE SAFETY MANUAL prepared by the College of Industrial Technical Engineers of Barcelona.
• Coordinator of the first two FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS INVESTIGATION GUIDES developed in Spain and edited by the Collage of Technical Industrial Engineering of Barcelona.
• Editor of the FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS INVESTIGATION Manual, of the Safety Segments Collection, edited by the Public Security Institute of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya).
• Investigation project at the University School of Industrial Technical Engineering of Barcelona: “Effect of heat on materials” (1996-1997) and “Effect of fire on materials” (1998-2000).
• Editor of the EXPLOSIONS INVESTIGATION GUIDE and professor of the EXPLOSIONS CAUSES INVESTIGATION course, organized by GAS NATURAL FENOSA, aimed at technicians of group companies, taught in 2018 in Madrid.

DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING by the ESCOLA D’ENGINYERIA DE BARCELONA EST (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya).

Work Experince

TECHNICIAN in investigation of fires and explosions in ABP INVESTIGACIÓN DE SINIESTROS.

Training

• The Final Degree Project in ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING has been “DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF METHODOLOGIES FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF ELECTRICAL FIRE”.
• Diploma of PROFESSIONAL EXPERT IN FIRE INVESTIGATION from the National University of Distance Education.
• Course THE INVESTIGATION ON THE ORIGIN AND THE CAUSES OF THE FIRES of the CEAPS (Centre of studies of APCAS – Association of Experts of Insurances and Commissioners of Failures).
• Course in GAS NATURAL FENOSA about the INVESTIGATION OF EXPLOSION CAUSES.
• Course in FIRE INVESTIGATION IN VEHICLES of CEAPS.
• Course in FIRE INVESTIGATION IN VEHICLES of CESVIMAP.
• PATRON OF RECREATIONAL BOATS awarded by the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Generalitat of Catalonia.