Julio Cesar Morassi

Responsible for rebuilding the engineering and maintenance department at the W Hotel, reinstating old and new suppliers and recovering contracts and services that were previously unfeasible.

• As a Director, responsible for implementing monthly departmental meetings, organizing rooms and engineering spaces, implementing a program focused on solving chronic problems with guests (BLT), and with that, seeking to increase general satisfaction in Maintenance & Up Keep and Intent to Recommend.
• Responsible for the general resumption of maintenance contracts with outsourced companies that stopped performing their duties due to the pandemic and breach of contract.
• Management of the entire structure of corrective and preventive maintenance of Critical Operation of a Submarine Cable Entry Data Center, working mainly in the control of all network assets, special air conditioning machines, generators, primary switchgear, infrastructure, access and control of used loads.
• Coordinated the redeployment of product inventory control systems for the Data Center, new inventory layouts per company.
• Reorganizing the work on preventive and corrective maintenance actions, in addition to creating new contracts with suppliers, aligning costs with the annual budget.
• Executive Committee Member - title given for the ones in charge of hotel policies, as well as developing and implementing the annual Business Plan, and planning the next 10 years investments.
• Managing the hotel's structure and building maintenance, planning preventive and repairing actions in all equipment, rooms, services and in the building itself.
• Responsible for outsourcing the services needed for the building and patrimonial maintenance: machining, weld shop, tapestry, kitchen equipment, gardening and landscaping, glass shops, paintings, remodeling and furniture works.
• Responsible for managing, controlling and coordination the Hotel projects, remodeling and expansion, constructions in general, such as remodeling the 444 apartments and 17 meeting rooms, expanding the SPA and Fitness areas, expanding the Cyber Café, lobby, bars, restaurants and external areas, since 2005 until now.
• Responsible for implementation of new ideas and concepts for room renovations such as: controlled demolition of walls, fixing system with noise reduction, grab bars for ADA rooms - removable.
• Studying and planning new Engineering investments regarding new constructions, expansions, remodeling, corrections and substitutions, defending with the owner the reasons and values involved.
• Responsible for the assignments and resolutions of the entire Fire & Life Safety process of the Hotel, organizing and acquiring the certificates of competence and good functioning of equipment, pumps, generators, electrical panels, natural gas structure and fire panel, among others. Certifying all devices that make up the fire alarm system, including smoke detectors, individual alarm stations, drain valves, sprinkler systems, sound systems, elevator stop logic, etc.
• Responsible for organizing the Complex's Directors and Managers, seeking to optimize general costs in purchases, energy and service labor.
• Director responsible for the Hotel's Power management committee, working to create understanding among the employees and new attitudes toward energy saving.
• Innovative Director of Engineering with 20 years developing and applying new technologies to deliver exceptional results. Combines technical engineering capability with effective management techniques. Dedicated to promoting the rapid and advanced development of solutions through the meticulous supervision of junior staff and hands-on participation.

• Responsible for the reintegration of the Mesh and Transcendent system in the W Hotel and with that, repositioning the hotel, after 4 months, among the 3 best in the EMEA region in December 2022.
• Responsible for the organization, command and performance of the corrective and preventive maintenance team for the submarine cable data center, using strict access control regulations in critical works and even dedicated support to solve problems with the structure in general.
• Responsible for implementing the Transcendent Program in the Hotel in 2012, new program and structure for Preventive Maintenance implemented on Marriott International.
• Member of the EAC - Engineering Advisory Council since 2012, a select group of Engineering Directors from the CALA and Americas Region, responsible for implementing specific standards and training for all Engineering Leadership in North, Central and South America.
• Interim Director of Engineering on Marriott Costa do Sauípe Hotel, deploying new concepts on O&M and organizational structure.
• Attending to the Latin America Engineering Directors meetings, held in Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil and USA.
• Programming and logistics that on 2 occasions, there was a need for total power outage in the hotel. External generators were installed with the maintenance of all the necessary infrastructure for the operation of the building.
• Responsible for all programming and logistics before and during the renovation works of rooms in 2012 and 2013. 343 apartments were executed in the 1st phase - 2012 and 101 apartments in the 2nd phase in 2013. Works performed on time of 4 months, reaching levels of quality and satisfaction.
• Coordination and exchange of 32 fan-coils of the areas of operations and events, implemented by third parties work without interfering with the operation.
• Responsible for the execution of work for the implementation of 22 accessible apartments, according to current legislation, and the hotel is certified by the city authorities.
• Creator and implementer of a new affordable removable apartment bar system, later patented design in my name.
• Responsible for the modification of electric power purchase system, the captive market system to the free market system, generating a reduction from 25% to 40% of the costs of energy.
• Energy cost management, optimizing the use of generators at peak hours, enabling the sale of energy to the market with profits of approximately US$ 4k/year.
• Increased Guest Satisfaction Index (Maintenance & Upkeep) by 2.1 points above target in 2019.
• Extraordinary maintenance positioning at GITB (Get In The Box) game - 2019, coordinated by Marriott int., Placing the hotel in the top 10 among 424 properties.
• Production and description of all property safety and life & safety procedures and materials, developing emergency manuals.
• Developer of the maintenance systems integration initiative - Transcendent, GXP - Empower (Operations), MESH (Technical) and Birchstreet (Purchasing), increasing the credibility of maintenance actions within the hotel, making maintenance a pioneer in this advance and integration.

• Speech on IIR's Facility Management - Institute for International Research - Challenges and Benefits on Outsourcing - 2006.
• Speech on Services and Building Maintenance for students of the Centro Universitário Assunção - UNIFAI - 2006.
• Speech on Seminar "Energy Cogeneration to Natural Gas" - Rio de Janeiro - 2011.
• Speaker at the II Congress of Law applied to Hospitality and Tourism of the OAB-SP (Order of the Brazilian Lawyers) .- September 2018
• Active participant in the committee for the preparation of the new Brazilian standard for the prevention of Legionella in water systems - ABNT - NBR 16824 - Water distribution systems in buildings - Prevention of Legionellosis
• Teacher in "Operations Management" class MBA - Luxury Hospitality - Roberto Miranda University- Brazil - Sep / 20

• Leader of the 1st quarter in 2004 - April 2004
• Finance University - 2006
• Five Years of Dedicated and Valuable Service as of. - May 2007
• Managing Business Priorities - Equator - August 2007
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - July 2009
• MS Project 2007 - November 2009
• ServSafe - Certification - Sept 2004, Dec. 2009, Feb. 2014
• Ready, Set, Discover! - June 2010
• Skill Practice Interview - August 2010
• Executive Presentations Skills - Santiago - Chile - April 2011
• Impact Leadership - Aruba - Oct. 2007, Feb. 2012
• Advanced Engineering Program - USA - Dec 2011, Jun 2012, Aug 2012
• Transcendent Program Training - Panamá - April 2012
• Exponent of Engineering Advisory Council CALA Region - since 2012
• CALA Region Director of Engineering Meetings - Puerto Vallarta - Mexico, Panamá City - Panamá, Orlando - USA, Marco Island - Florida - USA, San Jose - Costa Rica, Assunção - Paraguai
• Winner of GITB Program for Marriott CALA Region - 2013
• Outstanding Engineering Department of the Year - First Place - 2013
• Tenth Place among 424 Hotels in GIBT Program in 2019
• Professional, Emotional and Technological Skills for Times of Change - PUCRS - 2020/21
• Brazilian Regulatory Standard Courses - NR01,10,20,33 and 35 - 2021