Alberto Oscar is chief technology officer of the stringing division at Tesmec SpA in Italy, where he leads a large team of research and development engineers involved in the design and manufacturing of T&D overhead and underground power line stringing machine and equipment. He has a degree in mechanical engineering from Politecnico Milan, Italy, in 1988. He is an active member of the Commission Electrotechnique Internationale/International Technical Commission (CEI/IEC) TC 11 Overhead Lines, TC 78 Live Working (WG 11 Technical Support) and TC 20 Electric Cables; CIGRE SC B2 Overhead Lines (WG B2.66 Safe Handling and Installation Guide for High-Temperature Low-Sag Conductors); and IEEE.