MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT• Plant Operations Manager and Quality Improvement Leader with 20 years of overall experience in the automotive manufacturing and metal processing industries. Has been responsible for tier-1 automotive operations for VW, GM, Chrysler, Ford, Mazda and Nissan. • Led the start-up of two new plants, an automotive tier-1 supplier, and a manufacturing site for industrial products. Experienced in lines transfer from US to Mexico and in directing new product and new processes implementation and launch.• Has led teams of up to 7 direct reports with over 400 indirect reports. Have developed plant staff teams from scratch and integrated existing teams under critical change periods.• Experienced leader and champion for improvement projects, Certified Six-Sigma Black Belt by ASQ, has implemented lean and six sigma in diverse processes.• Has worked in multi-cultural work environments with American, Japanese, and European partners and lived and worked in the US. Has well developed communication skills in English and Spanish (native). RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT• Recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Grant as Visiting Researcher at Purdue University, applying statistics for quantitative research in Engineering Education.• Coordinated the development of the Masters of Engineering in Quality and Productivity at the School of Engineering at Queretaro State University.• Graduated with honors of the Masters of Engineering in Quality and is a Candidate for the Doctor of Engineering Degree with interest in Applied Statistics and Data Science. University – Industry Relations and Engineering Education.• Instructor of statistical analysis, design of experiments, discrete events simulation and Geostatistics. Knowledgeable in the use of statistical software like R for statistical modeling, simulation and big data analysis.