Nikunj Patel
Technical Leader For Substation Automation Systems
Montpellier, Occitania, France
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Top SchoolNikunj Patel is a Technical Leader for Substation Automation Systems with nine years’ experience designing, commissioning and troubleshooting IEC 61850/101/104 and MODBUS-based substations across Europe and the Middle East. He combines a strong academic background—Master’s work at Wroclaw University of Technology on SCADA–relay communication—with hands-on expertise integrating multivendor relays (Siemens, ABB, GE, MICOM) and PACiS/SCADA gateways on complex projects. At Schneider Electric he has led IEC 61850 SAS rollouts and developed ACCS applications to national grid specs, demonstrating both systems-level architecture skills and field commissioning leadership. Comfortable with PLCs, SCADA platforms and protection toolchains, he pairs practical lab testing experience (UNICA analyzer, IED simulators) with commercial and client-facing roles in deployment and training. Based in Montpellier, he brings a mix of technical depth and cross-cultural project delivery proven in Saudi Arabia, Poland and France.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Bachelors Of Engineering, Electrical Engineering at Gujarat UniversityMaster's in Control In Electrical Power Engineering, Control In Electrical Power Engineering, Master's in Control In Electrical Power Engineering, Control In Electrical Power Engineering at Politechnika Wrocławska
English
Github Skills (30)
project-management10
python10
mms10
crm10
goose10
frappe-framework10
protocols10
asset-management10
cli10
erpnext9
stock9
erp9
accounting9
point-of-sale9
cryptography9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nikunj1222/libiec61850
Feb 2023 - Oct 2025
Official repository for libIEC61850, the open-source library for the IEC 61850 protocols
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
cryptographyiecprotocols
nikunj1222/Signal_list_generator
Aug 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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