Adolfo Garza Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Global consulting and professional technical services provider to cement and other manufacturing industries.Provide strategy, process optimization, plant upgrades and continuous improvement for clients on a consulting basis. Consulting work with cement companies in Latin America and USA for cost reduction, Continuous Operations Improvement Programs, upgrades, benchmarking, guidelines for the use of alternative fuels and alternative raw materials, use of petcoke, combustion improvement, CO & NOx reduction in kilns systems, assessments on environmental impact, use of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) for calciner and combustion performance optimization; CO2 mitigation studies including CCS for cement kilns.Open to discussing consulting contracts.

Houston, Texas Area

A business partner of SINOMA CBMI Construction Co., Ltd and representative for North and Latin America supporting business development of industrial EPC projects.As a core member of Sinoma, CBMI is the main founder of "Sinoma" brand. CBMI, a global leading EPC contractor for cement industry. Reliable and reputable! CBMI is an industrial engineering company specialized in design, supply, building, operation and maintenance of the cement industry. CBMI’s business scope also covers other industry building material engineering, chemical engineering, energy engineering, and so on.

Houston, Texas Area

Managed the execution of large Capex projects above $15MUSD worldwide in Cement & Aggregates Operations as well as large Environmental projects. In 2018, managed a total Capex portfolio of $900MUSD while managing multinational and interdisciplinary teams in 4 continents (Philippines, Egypt, Poland, France, Colombia, Panama, Mexico and USA), from design, procurement, construction to commissioning and start up.Developed Capex and Technical Studies for Cement, Aggregates & Environmental above $15MUSD and special strategic initiatives.Assessed EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) contractors, equipment and materials suppliers worldwide to support projects execution, with particular emphasis on Chinese companies. Created and managed the Global Safety Taskforce team for projects worldwide to promote safety as a top priority in construction projects.Generation of Engineering standards in CEMEX and for providing specialized technical support to Cement Operations worldwide.

Houston, Tx

Focused on Alternative Fuels (AF) Projects implementation and AF Capex Plan management in the company worldwide. AF technologies assessment, definition of company AF standards and optimization.

Houston, Texas Area

Obtained a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for $1.8MUSD to conduct groundwork for the development and demonstration of a commercial-scale Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) project in a Cement plant in Texas. Managed CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) projects registration with the United Nations (UNFCCC), achieving 8 registered projects with CO2 emissions reductions of 1.45Mtons/year becoming one of the leaders in the cement industry worldwide.

Houston, Tx

Led more than fifty managerial professionals consisting of Process Technology, Maintenance & Reliability, Energy, Geologists and Mining, Engineering and Projects Managers in the support of company growth, optimization, productivity increase & troubleshooting of US Cement plants.Managed the permitting, design, engineering, procurement & construction of two Cement Expansion projects in Texas and Florida with a total Capex exceeding $500MUSD, and some expansion and environmental projects in Aggregate facilities and Cement Terminals for $150MUSD.Led the implementation of the Energy Management Plan in all US Cement plants following the Energy Star guidelines, which was recognized by the US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) by receiving the 2009 Partner of the Year award.

Bruegg B. Biel, Switzerland

Managed the Cemex Technology R&D Center in Switzerland which consisted of over 45 specialists and researchers in cement and concrete products.Developed institutional relationships with government authorities and Top European universities and Research Centers.Supported CEMEX expansion plans by participating in Due Diligence (DD) and Post Merged Integrations (PMI) process globally with active participation in USA, Europe, Asia and Latin America.Managed and provided specialized Technical support to Cement Operations worldwide.

Monterrey Area, Mexico

Managed fuel conversions projects from fuel oil & natural gas to petcoke in all Mexican plants. Managed specialized technical services to 15 Cement plants in Mexico including Process (Kilns and Mills), Energy, Maintenance and Reliability focusing on optimization and productivity increase.

Monterrey Area, Mexico

Designed our own calciner technology for low reactive solid fuels (petcoke & alternative fuels), which was successfully implemented in seven kilns in CEMEX worldwide with total energy savings of $14MUSD /yrSupported CEMEX growth with Due Diligence efforts and Post Merged Integration programs as a technical-operational specialist in USA, Colombia, Brasil, etc.

Monterrey Area, Mexico

Kilns and mills optimization support through technological upgrades, process and operational best practices implementation generating energy savings and production increase.Switched to lower cost fuels in kilns and provided environmental compliance support at all cement plants in CEMEX.

Executive Global Leadership Program, Business Administration And Management, General

Joint Business Program by IMD (Switzerland), IESE (Spain), Harvard (USA), Stanford (USA), IPADE Business School (Mexico)

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Business

Executive MBA - International Management Program, IPADE Business School, Forth Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Msc Combustion Sciences And Energy

Msc Chemical Engineering, Industrial Processes And Environmental

Bachelor Of Science In Chemical Engineering