Responsible for the full range of IT services delivery and Project Portfolio for the sales and distribution operations in the Canadian market along with other leadership roles in AmericasEstablished and maintained business relations with local and above-market stakeholdersEnsured all IT initiatives, projects and services are delivered in a timely manner and within a prescribed budgetManaged the IT team leading and directing the work of othersCoordinated with the business partners for designing strategies and initiatives for systems and technologies supporting key business objectivesApplication Portfolio Management and TCO ManagementRegional leadership role with the broad mandate of stepping up and pushing the top management in strategic directions related with the future of the company and emerging hot topicsDesigned the systems roadmap to support the go-to-market strategy in Canada for the futureBusiness Engagement Manager in Canada for a global project comprising the development of a new B2B platform with Canada and Australia as lead markets in the tobacco industryLed the Digital and Agile agenda in the Americas, effort to spread the use of Agile project management methodology and best-practices sharing on the Digital Marketing arenaIndustrialized of a Business Intelligence engine to be exported firstly to LatAm with two active pilots workingHead of Americas Drive Team, forum that leads initiatives on innovation, shaping the future and cost management across the different functions and throughout the region

Responsible for IT services delivery and Project Portfolio for operating the Mexican Canadian marketsEstablished and maintained business relations with local and regional/global stakeholdersEnsured all IT initiatives, projects and services are delivered in a timely manner and within a prescribed budgetManaged the IT team leading and directing the work of othersProvided consultancy in terms of systems and technologies to help materialize business objectives at local, regional and global level in the companyTCO Management; Service Level Management for all systems in place supporting the operationCareer development and management of the staff within responsible divisionParticipated in a variety of regional forums coordinating, resolving and making decisions regarding resources, projects, strategy and stakeholder management for all End Markets in AmericasDouble-hatting as sponsor and leader of a regional projects dealing with technology strategy for AmericasNurtured global initiatives arriving to Americas

Coordinated the rollout of complex and large projects with multicultural and cross-functional teams-Project dealing with a Regulation Compliance global initiative, Project Manager for the rollout, coordinating a multi-functional team with suppliers from 5 different countries; exceded quality and timing. Project and technological/business model packaged to be replicated in other End-Markets in the world. Led the advocacy with the Mexican Government and in other Governments such as Colombia, Peru, Argentina and Chile; saving the company of over 13 million USD as cost-avoidance per annum-Coordinated a project implementing changes in the manufacturing process for the Canadian cigarette production; modernized the tracking, tracing and handling of the product; also adding a production line freezing process for enhancing quality. Delivered the design and coordinated the implementation of a centralized system (Oracle + Web Service) managing all the information of product labels for inventory control; system interaction with factory systems and corporate ERP (SAP); automating and securing crucial information flow for the areas of Planning, Logistics, Procurement, Production and Import-ExportReduced production costs by 2.5 million USD per year-Led the implementing of a Manufacturing Execution System E2E improvement; with the objective of enabling best practices, creating a replicable model for the function at global levelIdentified and used present and future regional requirements for negotiating with the vendor; saving 30% of costs in the project (i.e. 250k USD); estimated 1million USD for rollouts in two more factories to come.Delivered over 99% availability system by the deployment of an infrastructure redesign. (Application and Database Cluster; and Network redundancy)Redesigned the service catalogue and support model to adjust services according to actual (leanest) business needs; reducing costs by 20% and unplanned downtimes by 15%

Acted business partner from a technology standpoint for the Plan, Buy, Move and Make FunctionsCaptured business needs, delivering strategic initiatives, impacting positively on business growth, improvement and optimizationBoard engagement, buy-in for 6 large initiatives with different areas (investment over 6 million USD)Leader of Business Impact Analysis conducted on BAT MexicoAchieved budget approval for 3 large (˃7 million USD) infrastructure projects to minimize or eliminate riskDelivered a sustainability plan for risk management that is currently in use (tested in 2010)Business engagement leader for an Import-Export Regulation Compliance project with the aim of implementing a system to comply with Toll Manufacturing regime in terms of Governmental Reporting and Audits The link between the business function and the technical developersDesigned a system emulating the entire transformation process; capturing the business process and transform it into a system; the model delivers over 99% accuracy and 100% user satisfactionThe Government authorities certified the model as fit for purpose; saving over 2mn USD in fines/legalizations

Strategic consultant in Technology Intelligence, Acquisition, Transfer, and Assimilation. My focus was in Electrical, Electronics, Automation and Control Engineering; implementing related projects across the different factories of the companyConducted a technological intelligence study in the areas of automation, instrumentation and process controlFindings resulted in a proposal for a quality detection technology; implemented by the flat glass plantTechnology proved value and later rolled out to other plants of automotive glass; serving as project consultantLed technological assimilation project; managing a team implementing a robotic and vision system in the automotive glass plant; achieving an improved OEE from 83% to 95% in bending lines

Acted project leader of automation and modernization projects for the steel industry in the U.SSuccessfully implemented three projects in the American mid-west area for Nucor Steel melt-shopExtensive customer liaison in pre and post-sales as well as technical implementation and development

Provided strategic planning support for investment/activities portfolio roadmap, sponsor liaison and marketingDelivered research and consulting activities including, execution of projects for several externally sponsored and company-funded manufacturing development programsDelivered strategic analysis of manufacturing and aeronautical industries through 2 benchmark studies; results enabling investment decision of developing experts on the manufacturing industry and not for the aeronauticalDeveloped a software development project with Agilent Technologies, consisting of programming the functionality of an electronic manufacturing test machine in C++ to use it in Windows environmentPresented during the Manufacturing Trade Show Monterrey 2004Service Manager for the Electronic Manufacturing Laboratory, coordinating and conducting materials liability tests for the local electronic manufacturing industry