Dr. Franco Fernando Yanine is a professional engineer, researcher, and associate professor at the Faculty of Engineering of Universidad Finis Terrae in Santiago, Chile and professor of the MBA of Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM) also of Chile. He is also an industry consultant for several companies. Fernando received his M.Sc. and Sc.D. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC) in March, 2014; he also holds B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso, USA (May 1988), a Bachelor of Science and a Professional Civil-Industrial Engineer’s title from Universidad Arturo Prat at Iquique, Chile, UNAP (2006), and M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from University of Santiago de Chile, USACH (1997). His research interests and projects include: Energy Engineering; Energy Sustainability, Sustainable Hybrid Energy Systems (SHES) for on-grid Distributed Generation optimization, IoT, Machine Learning, Energy Storage. Dr. Yanine is an active researcher and member of several research networks and an advisory member of local organizations dedicated to Sustainable Energy and Environment.