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Boston, MA, US

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Evaluated product/market fit with semiconductor manufacturers to determine target market and startup path forward (TAM of $72M)
• Connected with three industry professionals to learn customer needs and initiate discussions

Freeport, Texas, United States

• Directed project execution to increase safety, reliability, and production of polyethylene plastics manufacturing facility
• Presented and pitched 2 business cases for funding approval of large-scale project proposals ($6.5M total cost)
• Conducted due diligence on 50+ project proposals to allocate annual budget to projects based on IRR (from production/reliability improvements), ease of implementation, and impacts on safety/environment
• Implemented hydrogen pipeline project to generate annual raw material cost savings of $3.6M, increase personnel safety by eliminating unloading hazards, and reduce annual GHG emissions by 46 tons of CO2
• Negotiated capitalization for six projects by using technical knowledge to explain engineering elements of projects to accounting specialists
• Crafted the plant’s long-term vision by launching a technical evaluation of 4 end-of-life absorption refrigeration units

Freeport, Texas, United States

• Oversaw day-to-day operation of Utilities process and equipment in polyethylene plastics manufacturing facility
• Addressed acute process upsets through clarification of field procedures and developing new operating disciplines to deliver a 63% reduction of Utilities-related production losses
• Diagnosed and troubleshot high-impact reactor contamination issue from ethylene compressor causing reactor die-offs, and resolved issue by implementing new method of operating oil separator and new tasks to commission.
• Managed safe plant shut-down, start-up, and critical utility shortages during major weather event (2021 Texas Freeze)
• Utilized Critical Event Reviews to assure proper alignment with stakeholders on risky commissioning activities, reducing Utilities-related production line stops by 33%
• Devised and executed plan for inspection and commissioning of co-monomer pipeline without interrupting production

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Educated 500+ students during drop-in hours and private appointments for Organic Chemistry and Transport Phenomena
• Adapted teaching styles to tailor to each type of learner and maximize teaching effectiveness for students
• Organized Q&A portion of review sessions to help roughly 100 General Chemistry students improve exam understanding

Fort Pierce, Florida Area

• Consulted with operators and updated procedure for changeovers to increase efficiency of carton lines by 17%
• Created training procedure to optimize workflow of digitally transferring lock-out tag-out procedures
• Assessed feasibility of bin dump automation by drafting design and estimating costs, value-adds, and alternatives

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

• Programmed new automated program in JMP and troubleshot with future user to increase data analysis productivity by at least 1,025%
• Performed calculations and created spill prevention plan appendix to rectify audit findings of EPA compliance
• Conducted trials to save costs through scrap reduction by assessing if new products would affect product performance

Panama City, Florida

• Programmed new tool in VBA to optimize quality inspections of fluff rolls, increasing inspection efficiency by 50%
• Researched brightness and moisture relationship to develop new brightness testing method and improve accuracy by 34%
• Verified statuses of field transmitters by testing samples, analyzing process design, and performing timed experiments
• Formulated 13 pareto charts of downtime and defect sources to identify critical opportunities for improvement
• Investigated quality data in alum trial to illustrate correlations with 15 product specifications and alum flow levels

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Conducted small-scale experiment using algae as a biofuel to the anaerobic digestors to assess large-scale viability
• Measured and maintained the pH and salinity of six anaerobic digesters for a renewable biofuel research project
• Titrated samples of saline micro bacteria to calculate the volume of volatile fatty acid production

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: Elected Service Representative for Section H Club Member: Energy & Environment, VCPE, Entrepreneurship, LASO

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering, 3.48/4.00

Activities and Societies: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics, 3.48/4.00

Activities and Societies: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)

Uf In Florence - Global Perspectives, 4.00/4.00

Activities and Societies: Global Water Resource Sustainability, Italian Language Beginning, Italian Soccer