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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Leads multidisciplinary teams of experts performing technical due diligence or independent engineer reviews of power plant portfolios of diverse technologies and other industrial projects for prospective acquisition, sale, or financing transactions across the United States and other countries. Projects reviewed to date include fossil-fuel power, geothermal, solar energy, wind energy, aqueduct, plastics recycling, battery recycling, and solar panel manufacturing facilities. Clients include US government agencies, private equity investors, development finance institutions, and investment banks.

Bethesda, Md

Led and contributed to multidisciplinary teams (engineers, economists, lawyers, energy market specialists, and environmental experts) performing feasibility studies or technical reviews of projects located in Central America, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Guyana, Jamaica, Jordan, Peru, and the Lesser Antilles. Clients served included US government agencies, multilateral development banks, commercial banks, infrastructure investment bankers, and private equity investors.Services included acting as Lenders’ Technical Advisor, Independent Engineer, or Owners’ Engineer in preparing feasibility studies, technical due diligence, tender packages, major project agreements reviews, fuel conversion projects assessments, analyzing energy supply options for industrial users, and monitoring construction and operation phases of power plants and other projects.

Orlando, Florida Area

Prepared proposals and negotiated multi-million long-term parts and service agreements with clients and plants in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Italy, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, and the United States.Coordinated fulfilling all RFQ/bid requirements, risk management, and sale strategies with senior management and drafted term sheets and contracts utilizing support within engineering, operations, global sourcing, field service, legal, and other company departments.As a sales manager always exceeded the targets required to achieve 100% of the individual performance compensation (sales incentive above base salary).

Orlando, Florida Area

Implemented and oversaw service operations related to long-term service agreements (LTSA) for six power plants in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Colombia.Working in a global matrixed organization, served as the focal point for customer service and resolution of technical, contractual, and warranty issues. Coordinated Mitsubishi's field service resources, shop repairs, component exchange programs (rotors, blade rings), and engineering support from service centers in the US, Mexico, and Japan to fulfill contractual requirements.Oversaw planning, parts procurement, international logistics, and execution of dozens of plant outages for planned and unplanned maintenance inspections and repairs of gas turbines, steam turbines, and generators.

Cali, Valle Del Cauca, Colombia

Following the O&M contract termination, assumed the overall plant direction and P&L responsibility for plant operations, supervised all required aspects for a safe, efficient, and profitable operation of the combined cycle power facility, and oversaw all its contractual and regulatory compliance with all applicable technical and EHS requirements. Prepared and managed annual operating plans, O&M budgets, and related periodic performance and variance reports. Negotiated a long-term service agreement with the plant's turbine generator OEM.Provided witness testimony for resolving commercial disputes with EPC contractors and neighbor landowners before arbitration tribunals in Colombia and the State of New York.Company representative in front of technical and environmental national committees of the energy sector and the PPA coordinating committee. Chairman of the national Thermal Plants Subcommittee in 2003.Supported parallel Owner's business development activities, including several technical due diligence reviews of power plants and energy-related projects in Colombia and Panama for an Owner-affiliate US-based engineering and consulting firm.

Responsible for ensuring the plant's compliance with all technical and environmental requirements stipulated by applicable law and the major project agreements.Oversaw the O&M contractor's performance and budget.Led the implementation in Termovalle of the first environmental management system that was ISO-14001-certified for a thermal power plant in the country.

Joined the project during construction, supporting punch list verification, acceptance tests for the EPC contract's final completion, handover to the O&M contractor, and fulfillment of technical requirements to achieve commercial operation under the PPA.

Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia

Joined the project during construction, received O&M training from the OEM in the US, and supported commissioning, performance testing, handover from OEM and EPC contractors, and beginning of commercial operation for three gas turbine units and one combined cycle closing as shift supervisor.

Barranquilla (Atl.), San Andres Islas, Chinu (Cord.)

Positions held in CORELCA plants: - Plant Supervisor at Chinú Gas Turbine Power Plant;- Operations Supervisor at San Andres Island Punta Evans Diesel Power Plant;- Mechanical Maintenance Engineer at Termobarranquilla Steam Power Plant (a.k.a. TEBSA); and- Operations Engineer (Shift Supervisor for Units 1 and 2) at Termobarranquilla Steam Power Plant.

Graduate Certificate, Solar Energy

Master Certificate, Commercial Contracts Management

Graduate Specialist, Production Management

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering, Minored In Mining Projects Engineering