Alejandro Santelises H. Email & Phone Number

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

San Jose, Costa Rica

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Importer, Distributor and Installer of Hurricane Protection Doors and Roller Shades in the Caribbean. - Founded CCT with an exclusivity agreement with hurricane and security shutter company Maestroshield, in order expand their sales effort in the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean and Colombia. Within 10 months, transformed the business model from reseller to direct-to-consumer, increasing profit margins by 100%. - Developing key relationships in the construction sector, increased sales 115% from 2012 to 2014. - Analyzed demand models to determine potential savings in supply chain. Renegotiation of supplier contracts resulted in a 25% reduction in raw material purchase costs. - Implemented a commission based incentive system to improve quality service levels, reducing service calls by 35% in a twelve month period. - Interviewed, hired and supervised 11 employees, from the administrative staff through the manufacturing staff. - Started a Corporate Social Responsibility Program to donate resources and volunteer hours from the personnel to a local Santo Domingo girls home “Hogar Bethesda”. - Negotiated the sale of CCT to the biggest construction related finished products company in Dominican Republic, Marmotech S.A, while staying on as an adviser to help the operation transition smoothly.

Atlanta, Ga

Communications Lab tasked in training and preparing students for presentations in the workforce. - Conducted feedback sessions with Industrial Engineering Capstone groups that improved their presentation skills and ability to clearly and effectively deliver key points in a workforce environment.

San Cristobal, Dominican Republic

- Designed and implemented the 5S Lean Manufacturing methodology to decrease dependency on critical personnel, increase cleanliness and safety and positively impact morale and employee engagement. - Cooperated closely with the machine operators in the honing and filling process of marble, to use filling material more effectively, reducing production costs in the unit by 8%.

Masters Of Business Administration, Consulting/Entrepreneurship

Activities and Societies: - Certificate in Business Analytics - Graduate Assistant Financial Accounting

Bachelor Of Science, Industrial And Systems Engineering

Activities and Societies: Senior Design Capstone Industrial Engineering Project - 1st place, Capstone Project: Redesigning Comcast.