Marco Piovan is sales and marketing engineer for dry-type transformers at ABB in Australia, with responsibility in product management and business development nationally. Before moving to Australia, Marco gained experience in dry-type transformers at the Swiss factory of ABB where special and customized product are manufactured for rail, marine and industrial applications. Prior to this, Marco worked in Quality and Operations for the ABB Power Transformer factory in Italy where he graduated from ABB’s Operational Excellence program. Marco’s greatest strengths are his accountability, energy and understanding cultural diversity. He thrives on challenges and innovation, especially those that bring customers at endorsing new solutions. One of his most recent projects involved the first use of dry-type low voltage transformers in underground mining for coal seam gas recovery. Marco is an Italian citizen and holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the “University of Padova”. Marco has lived in the US, Belgium, Switzerland and now Australia, as part of his education and professional experience. Marco has now been living in Sydney with his partner Elisa since 2013.