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Colombia

Colombia

- Lead in Colombia the implementation of the Global Quality and Standards Program of the UNIDO-SECO Cooperation (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of the Swiss Government): EUR 3.1 million for the construction of trade and quality capacities.- Provide substantive advice on strengthening strategies, public policy and national institutional affairs regarding regulations, conformity assessment and related issues.- Coordinate the local work of short-term sector-specific national and international consultants and sub-contractors to ensure smooth project delivery.- Advice and support the execution of detailed work plans in coordination with relevant internal and external stakeholders.- Establish and maintain relations and exchange of information with local authorities, counterparts and beneficiaries to achieve the proper project implementation.- Contribute to the dissemination of the UN system mandate and the achievement of the SDGs through the inclusive and the sustainable industrial development.- Formulate multistakeholder cooperation initiatives with an impact on policies, cooperation programs and productive/economic development agendas.

Colombia

• Improve and mantain the management systems according to the ISO standards; add value to the products through quality certifications and manage the QA and HSE corporate systems.• Lead the continuous improvement internal initiatives and take part in the strategical activities of standardization and quality regulation of the national industrial sector.• Lead the corporate organization of quality management, turning strategic macroinitiatives into tactic objectives intended to the quality management teams in each site.ACHIEVEMENTS: I led the UL certification for ASTM A795 fire sprinkler systems; I achieved the full migration of the QMS acccording to ISO 9001:2008/ISO 14001:2004 to obtain in record time the certifications according to ISO 9001:2015, ISO14001:2015 and OSHAS 18001:2007; I got the representation in ICONTEC Technical standardization commitees 106, 108, 161 and 215

Colombia

• Decide on the issue viability of +1200 certifications of conformity according to ISO 17065/17067 schemes.• Check and validate activities performed by lead assessors and technical experts. Issue technical concepts and recommendations for the technical director.• Provide advice and internal consultancy on quality, technical regulations, conformity assessment, international standards, ISO schemes and quality inspection and audit.ACHIEVEMENTS: I am a member of the Internal Commitee of Certification of Lenor Colombia, subsidiary of Argentinian Lenor S.R.L. with the executive, technical and administrative directors.

Colombia

- KPI design and implementation leader and KPI management through executive reports.- Coordination of the corporate relations with civil work supervision companies, planning joint activities to preserve and mantain the company's interests.- Responsible for the brand activation strategy and for the development of tools to increase the brand placement in digital media.- Development of the Communication strategy intended to potential clients.- Research and Development of new businesses Support.

Colombia

• Develop action plans to correct and prevent deviations, using root cause analysis and PDCA cycles.• Ensure the conformity of products and processes according to NTC 2289 standard and technical regulations for construction iron bars (Dec. 1513 de 2012).• Perform risk analysis of non-standardized activities, standardizing the critic processes.• Perform data management and process statistical analysis to increase the productivity and to boost the continuous improvement.• Design and manage KPI’s through scorecards, leading also the improvement projects.• Manage and control the operation EBITDA through the cost control and production monitoring.ACHIEVEMENTS: I obtained the total environmental conformity of TCP site, I was lean 5S’s leader and I got the product stamp certification for all the products manufactured in TCP and Duitama plants. I was doublé finalist to Ideas prize 2014 for major improvement initiatives in TCP plant, I obtained savings around 1’700.000 USD thanks to improvement projects, I reach over 1’000.000 worked hours and nearly 2 years without incidents.

Colombia

• Support the accreditation process of ICONTEC according to ISO/IEC65 scheme to certificate vehicle conversion workshops, automotive components and CNG Vehicles in Colombia (Res. 0957/2012).• Support the accreditation process of M.T.E. according to ISO 17020 standard for the calibration inspection of automotive service stations in Colombia (Dec. 1521/1998).• Support the accreditation process of ICONTEC according to ISO 17020 standard for the calibration inspection of automotive service stations in Colombia (Dec. 1521/1998).• Support the accreditation process of Verifylab according to ISO 17020 standard for the inspection of gas plants for medical uses.

Colombia

• Provide consultation engineering and technical advisory on technical regulations and standards compliance of equipment and components of CNG for vehicles.• Provide advice and support on the issue of standards equivalence concepts by manufacturers and recognition concepts issued by regulatory and control agencies according to the National Quality System.• Process the acceptance of conformity assessment documents according to Res. 180928/2008 by certification bodies and conformity assessment entities.ACHIEVEMENTS: I ensured the conformity of nearly 4000 steel cylinders installed in automotive service stations without previous recognized conformity mechanisms, I was invited contributor in the regulation section of ‘Gas Vehicular’ magazine.

Colombia

• Lead the technical affairs regarding the regulatory and metrological control of the CNG, fuels, energy and automotive industries in Colombia.• Design the national verification schemes for technical regulations, support inspection and control activities, perform Company audits and support the new regulations drawing.• Prepare concepts and inquiries regarding technical regulations, work on technical analysis and rapports and support the legal area in the administrative proceedings.• Provide advisory on technical issues of industry, automotive sector and energy; also in quality, ISO schemes, technical regulations and standards.ACHIEVEMENTS: I was member of the Intersectoral commission on quality representing the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce, I was invited contributor in technical regulations of ‘Gas Vehicular’ magazine, I increased over 200% the average annual number of investigated companies for regulatory affairs in the CNG industry, I worked on the elaboration of technical regulations for the automotive industry (e.g: res. 0957/2012).

Development of equipment to improve the productivity of small and medium manufacturers

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

EADA is currently Europe "Top 25" and World "Top 50" according to Financial Times, proving that EADA is one of Europe’s most innovative.

Master In Strategic Business Management - Mba, Cum Laude

The International Managerial MBA is a high-level master's program designed for executives, who wish to contribute to the modernization.

Mechanical Engineer, Ingeniería Mecánica

Vocational Subjects: 1. Management and Strategic Planning; 2. Tribology Internship: “Planning and Organization of the Control.