Esteban Heidke Email & Phone Number

United States

Santiago, Chile

• Core contributor in business improvement consultant services and client projects. Responsible for harnessing the expertise of our team with operative excellence to create reliability solutions for our clients and for.
• Redesigned and implemented asset management framework for an energy firm with over $2.5 B in assets and an investment plant over $1 B
• Lead a zero-based… Show more Core contributor in business improvement consultant services and client projects. Responsible for harnessing the expertise of our team with operative excellence to create reliability.
• Lead a zero-based budgeting process for an energy company in four key functional areas; final recommendations saving +20%for FY 2021 vs. 2020 Show less

Santiago, Chile

• Lead high-performance teams during strategy and top management projects for clients with purpose of creating value and delivering excellence to our clients. Provided support to firm’s business strategy and development.
• Redesigned maintenance strategy and investment portfolio to improve the throughput of the largest lithium plant in the world
• Key contributor in designing the organizational structure and governance model for the… Show more Lead high-performance teams during strategy and top management projects for clients with purpose of creating value and.
• Key contributor in designing the organizational structure and governance model for the international expansion of a mining firm with a CAPEX more than $400 M in a greenfield
• Lead the business model and strategy design for a key mining supplier with project impact of 25% of the company’s EBITDA
• Revamped and employed a new back office structure, processes, and shared services model for a salmon and fishing company saving over $4 M in back office expenses Show less

Santiago, Chile

• Project lead and business model developer for process improvement analysis. Strategy executor responsible for new process deployment and asset management in the field, working alongside clients throughout.
• Reengineered processes to aid in enhancing organizational efficiencies and guarantee the sustainability of the business
• Conducted state of the art research and supported best practices implementation throughout process redesigns to ensure asset management… Show more Project lead and business model developer for process improvement.
• Conducted state of the art research and supported best practices implementation throughout process redesigns to ensure asset management capabilities and improvements in capital intense companies Show less

Taught at the Austral University of Argentina for the Graduate Asset Management program, at the University of Chile for the M.B.A. in Mining program, and at the Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile, for the Master in Asset Management program.

Santiago, Chile

• Participated and lead several consulting teams on more than 15 projects in reliability engineering and in the evaluation of investment projects, investments above $15 B. Identified cost-savings over $200 M in CAPEX.
• Managed and negotiated all economic & technical offers and active member of negotiations team during engagement and selling process, generating $1 M in revenue
• Cultivated relationships with new clients during project executions and influenced top managers’… Show more Participated and lead several consulting teams on more than 15 projects in reliability engineering and in the.
• Cultivated relationships with new clients during project executions and influenced top managers’ decision-making process
• Initiated and led projects analyzing, defining, and deploying service metrics and KPIs to better track, measure and control performance and identify business improvement opportunities Show less

2013 Co-Author Book: “Ingeniería de la confiabilidad”. Arata A., A. & Arata B., A. RIL Editors, Chile.2013 Paper: “Model-based evaluation of Asset Operational Availability, Summer School “F. Turco”, Italy.2013 Paper: “Generación de KPIs de confiabilidad a partir de la integración de plataformas informáticas”, Seminar MAPLA.2012 Paper: “Adaptación del.

M.S. In Management

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Diploma In Project Management

Mechanical Engineering