Responsible for trading physical gasoline barrels in Latin America and specialty high margin products, assisting Chevron needs in Central America and Panama, discovering new clients and markets throughout South America.

Responsible for the purchase, sales and trading of approximately 20 million/year physical barrels of gasoline, components, distillates, naphtha and blend stocks, supervising logistics and blending activities on the east coast USA, Caribbean and Central America, with systemic and offshore barrels, using financial instruments in the market; swaps and future contracts, to upset the downtrends of the P&L book, Manage appropriate information and share it with peers on cash and future markets, developing non traditional areas for the commercialization of petroleum products with origin Brazil » Allocation of approximately 12 million barrels/year securing markets for Petrobras distribution system in new markets in Latin America improving the alternatives in approximately $50 MM» Increased participation in Central America markets for Petrobras in a 6 years time frame, starting from zero to about 60% of the total demanded product in the region, allocating securely thru long term contracts with major companies. » Initiated a blending logistics operation in the Caribbean to supply steadily Petrobras long term contracts in the region, adding value to the corporation of approximately $15 million per year, actively involved in the component market and blending 100% of the products received from Petrobras's system, purchasing and trading barrels around the system to non traditional destinations such as: Florida, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Central America.

Duties: Responsible for completing purchases, sales and trades of refined products, gasoline, distillates and jet fuel to maintain CITGO's balance supply & demand in all northeast terminals and into Florida. » Manage purchases/sales of 25-MM barrels per year with an impact to the company of approximately $750 MM. » Responsible for optimizing gasoline & components supply into CITGO's northeastterminal system.» Pursue export sales of products and feedstock from US Gulf Coast and east coast CITGO's refining asphalt company. Estimated contribution $MM 1.5» Execute opportunity trades to add value to CITGO's annual net income. Estimated Contribution $MM 0.5.» Allocate between 50% and 100% of PDVSA's reformulated gasoline (RFG) cargoes in the Northeast adding value to the corporation in more than $MM2.5.

Duties: Responsible for allocating hydrocarbon light products in the Caribbean, Central and South American markets. » Contractual and spot sales agreements for more than 200 thousand barrels per day with gross income of approximately US$ 1.3 billion on a yearly basis.» New market strategies, develop Latin-American markets such as Ecuador, Peru and Chile among others.Additional Experience with Maraven, S.A. a PDVSA Petróleo, S.A. Affiliate.Long term commercial planning, developed data base for customers once the update of the Punta Cardon Refinery Complex, would produce, high sulfur petroleum coke and liquid sulfur.Marketing and Sales of finished branded lubricants thrughout Latin America; Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia Chile, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico

Marketing and Sales of finished branded lubricants thrughout Latin America; Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia Chile, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, starting from scratch.

Sales of finished lubricants and base oils, LPG, Sulfur, Propylene Trimers and Tetramers from the refinery, looking at selling them in different markets for the company and maximizing the best netback value for the corporation. Sales of $ 20 millios/year

In charge of a Lab for re-certification of quality of petroleum products marketed thrughout the different distribution plants that Maraven had in Venezuela.Supervise the activities of 3 analysts handling around 2000 tests per month for all type of petroleum products; naphtas, gasolines, distillates, Jet fuel, base oils, finish lubricants, fuel oil and petrochemicals.In charge of new formulation of lubricants for the local market, caring for the API norms and certifying them thru the corresponding agency. Interacting with other petroleum products labs, participating in round robins locally and internationally.Published an internal paper about detecting contamination of motor gasoline in AVGAS (aviation gasoline) by thin layer chromatography methodology. 1986

Assisted the lab chief in administrative work.In charge of purchasing new equipment with latest tecnhology to upgrade the lab.Worked towards to obtainig ISO 9000 and the corresponding country regulation institution (COVENIN)

Undergraduate research in Organic Chemistry Synthesis that involved the construction of a series of aminoacid molecules with the purpose of inhibition of replication of cells and eventually be part of cancer treatment.