Leading the advancement of technology infrastructure to promote a circular economy through cutting-edge science, technology, and innovation in Chile and LATAM.

I oversaw all the food ingredients operations such as process optimization, production, supply, security, and maintenance of facilities.• Handled risk management and evaluation to comply with internal and external audits under ISO22000:2018 standards.• Led the redesign and improvement of Standard Operating Procedures, reducing process time.• Led and implemented coordinated activities with QC/A, R&D, and HSSE departments.• Increased +30% OTIF KPI• Reduced 50% response time to clients.

I developed and evaluated business case scenarios for building an unprecedented CDMO in Chile to manufacture vaccines and biopharmaceuticals.• Conducted research and data analysis to select production platforms.• Determined CAPEX and OPEX for different business case scenarios.• Studied the regulatory frame work (cGMP) for the CDMO installation in Chile.• Conveyed results to stakeholders which led to contracts with top-tier biopharmaceutical engineering companies.

I led and executed a technical due diligence to a biodiesel plant (USD$ 4.5 M) in Honduras, which aimed to assist a client interested in acquiring the plant to produce phytonutrients.• Analyzed and assed historic experimental data.• Revised technical drawings and documents of the plant (PFDs and P&IDs).• Validated mass and energy balances to establish the plant capacity and status of the process equipment.• Presented results which supported the decision of the client.

I directed all contract R&D projects and services of the company for the food & feed, pulp and paper, non-metallic mining, fish oil and meal, and vegetable oil industries.• Coached, supervised, and assisted a team of 8 staff members.• Managed, planned, monitored, and executed experiments and data analyses to comply with project deadlines and communication.• Managed, troubleshooted and maintained the pilot plant (reactors, pumps, molecular distillation, membrane filtration, and adsorption/desorption units) and analytical equipment.• Managed the results and activities of the analytical laboratory (microbiology tests, AOCSs, UV-VIS, HPLC, GC).• Designed and improved several analytical methods and Standard Operating Procedures.• Developed a process for the extraction and purification of anthocyanin from local berries without the use of organic solvents.• Led conceptual and basic engineering studies (CAPEX and OPEX) for in-house projects and third parties.• Designed and modeled the extraction and purification of polyphenols from multiple Agri-industry by-products.• Developed a business model for a polyphenols multi-product production plant.• Constructed and collected empirical evidence to draft three process patents.• Established and managed alliances with three new clients for the development of biofuels via hydrothermal carbonization and protein isolates from feed waste.

As team leader I led all ingredients projects within the Agrifoods & Ingredients business area.• Managed, supervised, and implemented biotechnology R&D projects with a budget of approx. US$ 300,000 per year.• Managed, supervised, and led the design and development of nutraceutical, skin-care, and wound-healing products prototypes based on honey and propolis API.• Managed, supervised, and led the design and development of feed functional ingredient based on wine by-products polyphenols.• Supervised functional and biological activity experiments (in vitro wound healing, and in vitro anti-oxidant, -microbial, and -inflammatory activities).• Developed pre-investment studies and LCA of new technologies and/or processes.• Coordinated and supported business management area to identify opportunities, provide solutions, and budget services to clients.• Management of new alliances with worldwide private and public stakeholders and research centers.

Accountable for the development of a propolis extract for the Bees for Care Project.• Produced a propolis extract with standardized antioxidant capacity using several extraction methods such as supercritical fluid extraction and fractionation.• Allocated funding for a two-year research project with Nueces del Choapa (USD$ 100,000).• Managed, supervised, and led the design and development of a nutraceutical prototypes based walnuts by-products.• Delivered technological roadmaps for the Maule and Los Rios regions of Chile.• Recognized excellent performance as Project Manager by the management of the institution.

Professor of chemical engineering thermodynamics to undergraduate students.

Was accountable for the Process Engineering Thermodynamics Laboratory.• Installation and implementation of an automatic sampling device (ROLSI™) for high-pressure phase equilibrium measurements.• Implemented an automatic sampling device for high-pressure phase equilibrium measurements.• Maintained high-pressure equilibrium equipment coupled to GC and HPLC.• Performed statistical analysis and modeling of experimental phase-equilibria data.• Authored 12 peer reviewed scientific articles.