Clovis Fritzen - Brazilian, Male, 30 years old (born 1987)
Contact: clovisf@gmail.com || fritzenlab@gmail.com
Check out my
Github here
Education
- Automation technology student (3.5 years undergraduate), SENAI (Brazil) 2017 -(Currently enrolled)
- Undergraduate exchange program in Vancouver-Canada at the University of British Columbia (UBC) - 09/2013 to 12/2014
- Eletrical Engineering (5 years undergraduate), Catolica de Santa Catarina (Brazil) 2006-2013 - dropped out
- Associate Degreen in Electronics, SENAI/WEG (Brazil) 2004-2006
- Associate Degreen in Industrial electrician, SENAI (Brazil) 2003-2003
Professional experience
- Magedo Automatizacao, Brazil (01/2017- present days)
Sales and comissioning of residential automation (sliding gates, intercom, CFTV, alarm)
- WEG Drives & Controls, Brazil (07/2015 - 12/2015)
Budget analyst - quoting motor-starter panels/controllers (50kW +) for international markets: South Africa and Eastern Europe
- WEG Drives & Controls, Brazil (02/2015 - 06/2015)
Intership (Electrical Engineering) - Research & Development of off-grid solar converters, grid-tie wind converters and grid-synchonization relays (for electric generators)
- WEG Drives & Controls, Brazil (04/2010 - 08/2013)
Laboratory technician - Research & Development of high power DC motor controllers, low & medium-voltage starters for electric motors
- WEG Automacao, Brazil (02/2007 - 03/2010)
In-house service technician - analysis of failure and repair/fix of electric motor controllers (Soft-starter, Frequency inverter, servo-converters) and PLC (Programmable logical controller)
Extra-curricular activities
- I run a blog about embedded systems and electronics (in Brazilian Portuguese): FritzenLab.com.br . Over 260 unique users and 600 visits every day (as of 2018)
- Courses (20 or less hours each): Microsoft Excel, Python programming
- Courses (20 to 40 hours each): Creativity and entrepreneurship (edX platform), Solar Energy concepts (edX platform)
- Courses (40 or more hours each): Lego Dacta, Java language, Pascal programming
- Beginner-level Self-taught web development (front-end): HTML, CSS, Javascript
- Road runner (Over 30 10km races, 20 half-marathons and 2 full marathons to this point); Best pace 4:36/Km
Notable habilities
- Microcontroller programming and prototyping (mainly Arduino-based systems)
- Electronics prototyping (both as a hobby and professionally)
- Basic understanding (from college experience) of FPGA hardware description
- Advanced user of Microsoft Office and Apache OpenOffice suites
- Handcraft (Glue gun and cardboard; basic woodworking; metal filind, soldering and milling)
- Blogging in Wordpress, Blogger/Blogspot and flat-file CMS'
- Digital files versioning with GitHub (this page is hosted on GitHub!)
Community engagement
- Facebook groups co-management: 'Arduino Brasil' (Electronics) and 'Teensy Brasil' (programming)
- Many DIY (do it yourself) and open-source electronics/programming projects hosted on hackaday.io platform (over 15 at this point) and Instructables.com