Giancarlo Guenzi was born in Italy on 1946. He received a Master of Science equivalent degree in Electrical Eng. - Power Plants from Politecnico di Milano, a Master of Science in Electrical Eng. - Power Systems Analysis from USP - São Paulo, Master of Science and PhD – Doctor of Philosophy in Reliability Engineering from University of Maryland; furthermore, he is Certified Cost Engineer AICE – ICEC A, Distinguished International Fellow ICEC, Life Senior Member IEEE, and Professional Engineer in Novara – Italy.

He is Managing Director of Energoconsult, Novara – Italy, in charge of cost engineering studies, risk and reliability analysis, power systems design and analysis.
He is author / co-author of more than 35 papers covering cost engineering, reliability and risk analysis, ground grids, protection systems.