CBENS 2026

Rita Kwiek is Business Development Manager for South America at OPAL-RT Technologies. A Control and Automation Engineer, she has more than 13 years of experience supporting customers across the energy, industrial, mining, automotive, oil & gas, and academic sectors. Rita works closely with utilities, research institutes, universities, and industry leaders throughout Latin America, providing consultative technical guidance on real-time simulation, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL), and digital engineering solutions for power systems and power electronics applications.

Marcela Trindade is the General Manager for Latin America at OPAL-RT Technologies. She is an Electronic Engineer with a Master’s degree from COPPE/UFRJ and more than two decades of experience spanning R&D, electronic instrumentation, defense applications, business development, and real-time simulation technologies. She is passionate about helping customers across Latin America accelerate innovation in the energy and industrial sectors.