Valter Cergol founded the Cergol Engineering company in 2004 and to date boasts a longstanding experience in structural, vibration and noise analysis in the shipbuilding industry.He graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Trieste in 1989 and later obtained his PhD at the Faculty of Maritime Studies of the University of Ljubljana. He improved his structural, noise and vibration knowledge working in the noise and vibration department of Fincantieri for 9 years, acquiring both theoretical and practical engineering competences. He then decided to start his own company. To the present day, Valter Cergol has worked on more than 220 vessels, from yachts and passenger ships to offshore and merchant vessels and still today  gives the company his technical contribution and vision in every project by means of his solid expertise and extended experience. Throughout the years he was also a scientific papers reviewer for Sname, thesis supervisor and speaker at international conferences.