Engineering Leader overseeing a team of 10, driving new-product development projects and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver Equipment, Smart Fixturing, and Equipment Automation solutions for the medical devices industry at BSC Costa Rica.- Spearheaded technical training initiatives for technicians and process engineers in 2024, aligning with departmental strategies and succession plans within the Process Development area.- Currently managing a portfolio of 15 key projects focused on new product development, aimed at enhancing technology solutions in medical devices production lines at BSC Coyol Costa Rica.- Facilitated the creation of a new PD Technician position through internal coordination, supporting personnel growth within process development departments across Costa Rica sites.- Leading cross-site support for the implementation of strategic production lines in Coyol and Heredia locations.

Senior Equipment Engineer and Supervisor at BSC Coyol Costa Rica, leading efforts for sustaining and new-product development projects, with a focus on Equipment Qualification (ESQ) and machine readiness.- Led PMO efforts in upgrading project management tools, including Criticality Matrix, Decision Making Matrix, and others.- Completed implementation of 2023 project portfolio, qualifying 159 equipment pieces and establishing 7 production lines.- Facilitated transition of equipment engineering team to new products development department in 2023.

Manufacturing Engineer overseeing process sustaining and key projects for IVUS Catheter devices.- Managed successful transfer of assembly line from MN, USA to Coyol, Costa Rica in Q1-2020, resulting in $0.5MM annual cost savings.- Led process validation initiatives, achieving 25% improvement in catheter assembly lines by 2021.- Led critical quality deliverables implementation, resulting in zero complaints related to detachment since 2020.- Led initial submission of EUMDR phase in September 2021, ensuring completion of all Regulatory and PMO commitments.

Engineering supervisor leading a projects engineering team, responsible for developing local and divisional project strategies for the Endoscopy and NeuroModulation divisions.- Program manager: Successfully integrated a project portfolio worth $400M for the area in August 2018, meeting the $3.7MM plan for that year.- Budget management: Executed the Capital Expenditure at the end of 2018 with a performance rate of 98%.- Achieved a 7% cost savings for the Endoscopy and NeuroModulation areas in 2018.Implemented $1MM cost savings initiatives focused on cost avoidance and overhead leverage savings during 2018.

Master Supply Chain Planner for the low, mid and high voltage cables manufacturing plant, delivering form Latin America and USA markets. Responsible for materials inventories control and plant capacity estimation, main point of contact with sales and marketing departments. Leading SI&OP efforts.- Trained new planners and consolidated the planning Planning Department in 2016.- Implemented a capacity simulation software for the factory in Mexico, to balance production capacity for Mexico's cable manufacturing plant. Benefits to Ops of $0.5MM in 2016.- Reduced company inventory levels (including make-to-stock) in 2017 by removing low rotation parts that allowed returning an amount of $3.7MM to the company cash flow.- Managed to deliver a project portfolios of over 1800tons in 2016 to major clients in Mexico and Central America.

TPM Engineer in charge of the maintenance department of the cable manufacturing and the Copper Upcast (Outukumpu) plants in Zambia. - Implemented an Autonomous Maintenance Program for the company in 2013 and developed SMEs in critical stations to handle general maintenance tasks at the equipment.- Reduced overall machine downtime from 6% in Q2 2012 to an average of 3.9% in Q1 2014 for W&C facility.- Increased monthly PM execution by 68% between Q2-2012 and Q4-2013.- Benefited operations with savings of $103M in 2013 with controls to maintenance budget expense and reduction of low-rotation and obsolete spare parts in the maintenance warehouse.- Served as Project Manager for Zambia Expansion Project and managed the installation and ramp up of 5 machines (Samp Buncher, Niehoff drawing M/C, Bow Twister, Pay-Offs) during 2013.

Process engineer in charge of process continuity for a drawing and stranding productive area for low-voltage isolated copper conductors process in Costa Rica plant.- Implemented first phase of TPM Program in 2011, having Costa Rica’s plant as beta site for the deployment in Latin America. Delivered a 90% reduction of unplanned and sudden-failure maintenance downtimes+ at the main wire drawing machine for the plant.- Improved 15% of the OEE index in 2011, through the Implementations and deliverable achievements of the first TPM machine; OEE>85% (world-class) never experienced before in Costa Rica plant.