• Senior Executive with 25 years of overall experience in the electronic goods, pharmaceutical, logistics and textile industries• 16 years of experience as Plant Manager.• Worked for a $70+ billion global microprocessor manufacturer with operations on 4 continents.• Expert at directing teams executing automated manufacturing systems/processes and Operational Excellence initiatives, while enhancing performance, improving quality, reducing costs, and generating sustainable revenue/EBITDA gains.• Skilled at managing multicultural teams and operation start-ups• Rare combination of strong operational and commercial experience• Have lead teams of up to 12 direct reports with over 1800 indirect reports.• Performed duties as an expatriate Technology Transfer Manager during a period of 4.5 years in Arizona, USA.• Solid entrepreneurial record developing two companies in Costa Rica from zero.• Fluent in Spanish (native) and English.
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Chief Executive OfficerDelvento S.A. May 2021 - PresentSan José, San Jose, Costa RicaDelvento is a marketing and distribution company with the aim of being disruptive in the national and regional markets. We represent Novolex (through our subsidiary Empapel) in the Central America region, which is the largest corporation in North America in packaging innovation and sustainability. Product offering includes products in paper and sustainable materials for the food, retail, health, and industrial markets.As well, we have included in our portfolio best-in-class personal care… Show more Delvento is a marketing and distribution company with the aim of being disruptive in the national and regional markets. We represent Novolex (through our subsidiary Empapel) in the Central America region, which is the largest corporation in North America in packaging innovation and sustainability. Product offering includes products in paper and sustainable materials for the food, retail, health, and industrial markets.As well, we have included in our portfolio best-in-class personal care products to expand our offer to our customers. Quality and unique brands such as Aromas and Beautik are part of our new focus. In the next few weeks, we will be announcing more exciting product lines. Our customer portfolio includes all major retail and pharmaceutical chains. As well, we provide products to the Social Security (Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social). During the next quarter, we will be expanding our customer base to include all major independent supermarket chains in Costa Rica. In this capacity, Leo is in charge of developing the growth strategy of the company. Show less -
Chief Executive OfficerEmpapel S.A. Jan 2021 - May 2021San Jose, Costa RicaCo-owner of Empapel S.A. company dedicated to the commercialization and distribution of personal care products, sustainable packaging and gift wrapping solutions. Empapel represents Novolex in the Central America region. Novolex is the largest corporation in North America in packaging innovation, choice and sustainability. Product offering includes products in paper, plastic and sustainable materials for the food, retail, health and industrial markets.Currently, Empapel has a customer… Show more Co-owner of Empapel S.A. company dedicated to the commercialization and distribution of personal care products, sustainable packaging and gift wrapping solutions. Empapel represents Novolex in the Central America region. Novolex is the largest corporation in North America in packaging innovation, choice and sustainability. Product offering includes products in paper, plastic and sustainable materials for the food, retail, health and industrial markets.Currently, Empapel has a customer portfolio of all major retail and pharmaceutical chains. As well, Empapel provides products to the Social Security (Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social) He is responsible of the strategic development of the company. Show less
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Chief Executive OfficerKpo Alpha Inc, S.A. Jun 2012 - Dec 2020San Jose, Costa RicaKPO is a company dedicated to commercialization and distribution of pharmaceutical and personal care products. In 9 years since the start up, KPO has solidified its position in the market with exclusive representations of prestigious pharmaceutical companies such as PISA, Uriage, Coopervision, Medline among others. Currently, the company is expanding to Central America.
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Amr Region Vp & General MgrTrax Technologies May 2006 - Oct 2010Phoenix, Arizona AreaTrax Technologies focus is in the Logistics and Supply chain market using engines and systems to manage transportation suppliers to better performance and lower cost. The company makes international freight payments processing transactions from 196 countries, in more than 11 currencies, $2.6 billion in freight processed annually and 55 million bills/year. Very demanding companies as General Electric, Apple, HP, Pfizer, Chevron and LG are part of the portfolio.Position: Vice-President… Show more Trax Technologies focus is in the Logistics and Supply chain market using engines and systems to manage transportation suppliers to better performance and lower cost. The company makes international freight payments processing transactions from 196 countries, in more than 11 currencies, $2.6 billion in freight processed annually and 55 million bills/year. Very demanding companies as General Electric, Apple, HP, Pfizer, Chevron and LG are part of the portfolio.Position: Vice-President for the America RegionReports to: CEOKey Responsibilities and Accountabilities:• Responsible for the strategic growth of the operation to serve a worldwide customer base• Coordinated the ramp of the Philippines operation and optimized the global capacity planning. • Developed excellent working relationships with Trax enterprise customers serving as a consultant on how to improve the health of their supply management chain, among other key tasks. Key Achievements:• Introduce several processes to standardize the operation that were key in the development of the Philippines operation.• Acted as account manager for Hewlett Packard that was a key account about to be lost by Trax rescuing the customer that represented large part of the company revenue Show less -
Factory MgrIntel Feb 2004 - Mar 2006San Jose, Costa RicaIntel is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, in the Silicon Valley. It is the world's second largest and second highest valued semiconductor chip manufacturer based on revenue. Intel ranked No. 46 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. Intel supplies processors for computer system manufacturers such as Apple, Lenovo, HP, and Dell. Intel also manufactures motherboard chipsets… Show more Intel is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, in the Silicon Valley. It is the world's second largest and second highest valued semiconductor chip manufacturer based on revenue. Intel ranked No. 46 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. Intel supplies processors for computer system manufacturers such as Apple, Lenovo, HP, and Dell. Intel also manufactures motherboard chipsets, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, flash memory, graphics chips, embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing. Position: Costa Rica Plant Manager (Feb 2004 – Mar 2006)Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:• Responsible for supervising the activities of the manufacturing, quality, product engineering and safety teams• Managed the daily ops meeting to track and monitor the activities of the previous 24 hours and the next 24 hours of the plant• Assigned personnel and monitored the flow of work in process through the manufacturing facility. • Coordinated multiple functions within the manufacturing facility, establishing strategic plans to ensure production schedules were met within established quality and cost objectives. • Responsible for overall safety of personnel, company assets, and the surrounding environment.Key Achievements:• Worked on positioning Costa Rica as the premium producer of server chips. Server chips are the most complex microprocessors in Intel’s portfolio. • This gave Costa Rica a value proposition against Asia factories that were more cost effective. Show less -
Assembly Technology MgrIntel Aug 1999 - Jan 2004Position: Assembly Technology Manager (Aug 1999 – Jan 2004)Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:• Directed the Assembly Operations Organization based in Arizona. This team was in charge of the deployment of production processes for leading edge microprocessors in the worldwide factory network.• Managed a multi nationality team across 3 continents coordinating the design and definition of High-Volume Manufacturing Processes Key Achievements:• Received several Intel… Show more Position: Assembly Technology Manager (Aug 1999 – Jan 2004)Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:• Directed the Assembly Operations Organization based in Arizona. This team was in charge of the deployment of production processes for leading edge microprocessors in the worldwide factory network.• Managed a multi nationality team across 3 continents coordinating the design and definition of High-Volume Manufacturing Processes Key Achievements:• Received several Intel Awards due to innovations in the certification processes of the factories, changing the process from sequential to a simultaneous process where the labs and factories will certify the technology in parallel. This initiative compressed the time to market of new microprocessors to a third of the previous process Show less -
Factory ManagerIntel Corporation Sep 1997 - Jan 2004San Jose, Costa RicaKey Responsibilities and Accountabilities: (same position from Feb 2004 – Mar 2006)• Responsible of the start-up of the Costa Rica operation. Key Achievements:• Under a record time of 12 months he led the organization to perform according to established KPI’s at the levels of the Asian counterparts with up to 20 years of experience. • Led the integration of an inexperience Costa Rica engineering team to take the ownership of being the first factory to ramp the new cartridge… Show more Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities: (same position from Feb 2004 – Mar 2006)• Responsible of the start-up of the Costa Rica operation. Key Achievements:• Under a record time of 12 months he led the organization to perform according to established KPI’s at the levels of the Asian counterparts with up to 20 years of experience. • Led the integration of an inexperience Costa Rica engineering team to take the ownership of being the first factory to ramp the new cartridge technology deployed worldwide • Responsible for supervising the activities of product teams or staff in a manufacturing area. Show less
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Leonardo Acuña Education Details
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National UniversityMarketing -
Industrial Engineer
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Leonardo Acuña works for Delvento S.a.
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Leonardo Acuña's current role is Chief Executive Officer at Delvento S.A..
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Leonardo Acuña attended National University, Universidad Autónoma De Centro América.
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Leonardo Acuña has skills like Supply Chain Management, Process Improvement, Strategic Planning, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Logistics, Six Sigma, Inventory Management, Manufacturing, Cross Functional Team Leadership, Team Leadership, Program Management.
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