René I. Gonzalez, Ph.D., Pmp® Email & Phone Number

West Nyack, New York, Us

Saddle Brook, Nj, Us

Saddle Brook, Nj, Us

New York, Ny, Us

A leading global manufacturer and marketer of 25+ prestige skincare, makeup, fragrance, and hair care brands, Estée Lauder operates in more than 150 countries and generates $14.29B in annual revenue. • Served as the technical leader and project manager developing the design, scope, cost, and schedule for a new $1B greenfield factory of the future outside of Tokyo, Japan. • Led the procurement of critical facility equipment for compounding, fill and assembly, mobile robotics, and automated warehouse storage and retrieval. Manage a team of five Director-level reports, 10 indirect resources, multiple engineering EPCM firms, and a budget of over $200M. • Led the development and deployment of The Estée Lauder Companies Future of Manufacturing and Distribution strategy and capability roadmap. Directed activities, coordinated stakeholders, and engaged with industry SMEs to define the future state infrastructure, build a competitive advantage, and enable global corporate objectives. • Directed the Central Engineering & Excellence Equipment Engineers, Project Engineers, and the Standards & Policies teams. Created, evolved and deployed global standards and policies, optimizing performance and capabilities across manufacturing and distribution, and ensure the successful and on-time delivery of mission-critical projects.

London, England, Gb

Castrol is the industrial and automotive lubricant brand of BP, a leading multinational oil and gas company that produces the equivalent of 3.7M barrels of oil per day and generates annual revenue of $183.5B. • Promoted to lead an engineering capital projects portfolio for the storage, processing, and manufacture of automotive and industrial lubricants. Managed a team of 10 direct reports and an annual capital budget of $30M.

London, England, Gb

• Designed and safely executed complex, large-scale processing, blending, and packaging automation projects across four industrial lubrication production facilities in the United States and Brazil. Managed a team of three Project Engineers, four engineering contract firms, and a combined project budget of $20M. • Designed, installed, and integrated multiple high-speed bottling and packaging lines. Led the integration of an SAP-driven automation and wireless infrastructure project. Headed the front-end engineering design of a 30,000 SF analytical laboratory and customer engagement center at the company’s flagship plant in the Americas.

New York, New York, Us

An NYC-based cupcake brand famous for its signature, bite-size cupcakes and treats, Baked by Melissa is a rapidly expanding startup e-commerce and retail bakery chain with stores in New York and New Jersey.• Modernized and led the company’s North Bergen, NJ bakery manufacturing facility, with full responsibility for production, procurement, distribution logistics, and an e-commerce shipping operation. Managed seven direct reports, a manufacturing team of 100+ personnel, and a combined budget responsibility of $40M.• Deployed Lean productivity methodologies across the plant that improved net productivity by 15%. Established key performance metrics, quality checks, and an improved plant layout. Instituted autonomous and planned maintenance processes, which achieved a 25% increase in overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). • Led the procurement of an automated baking line and decorating line. Engineered, designed, commissioned, and installed an automated variety packaging line that enabled a 300% capacity increase. • Delivered over $500K in annual savings on the procurement of raw materials, ingredients, and packaging materials. Consolidated suppliers, negotiated long-term agreements, and optimized delivery frequency. • Transformed the workforce culture, motivated the team as a hands-on leader on the factory floor, established trust by engaging employees in English and Spanish, and prevented a union from winning election.

Newport Beach, Ca, Us

An independent, privately held alcoholic beverage company producing artisanal, integrity driven products that include Slow & Low Rock and Rye, Crème Yvette, and St-Germain elderflower liqueur.• Led the end-to-end development, deployment, and launch of the Lock Stock & Barrel and Hochstadter's Slow & Low Rock & Rye whisky brands, in less than one year. Managed three direct reports and a budget of $5M. • Developed a five-year roadmap, sourced whisky stocks and ingredients from various distilleries across North America, procured bottling line and production equipment, led the creation of a bespoke design for bottle labels and closures, and coordinated the production of finished goods at multiple manufacturing sites.

Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Gb

William Grant & Sons is the American luxury spirits subsidiary of Scotland-based William Grant & Sons, Ltd., the third-largest producer of Scotch whisky in the world with an 8% market share and production of 7.6 million cases per year. Directed a 1.4 million case bottling production facility and a 2.5 million case warehouse distribution operation. Managed 7 direct reports, 50 indirect personnel, and an annual budget of $300M. • Turned around and revitalized US manufacturing and distribution to mirror corporate global best practices. • Achieved standout results, including a 10%+ YoY increase in total net productivity, a two-fold increase in alcohol blending capacity, $1.4M in labor savings over 5 years, and facility energy cost reductions of 20%.• Led projects to improve safety of alcohol processing and bottling areas.• Managed all capital projects. Directed the procurement, design, installation and commissioning of $2M high speed glass bottling line. Led the construction and design of alcohol quality control laboratory and acquisition of analytical instrumentation. Trained employees on spirit quality testing procedures.

Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Pr

One of the top agro-industrial, food and beverage product companies in Puerto Rico, with more than $400M in annual revenue.Managed two plants and a distribution center with 155 team members. • Led construction of new state of the art manufacturing plant and spearheaded the design, production, and rollout of new products. Managed two plants, P&L, 155 team members, for a 3-shift manufacturing operation and consolidated distribution center. Developed and implemented strategies to maximize revenues, profits and efficiency, and optimize production and cost control. • Led the development of a new business unit focused on the production of 21 new juice, cocktail and sauce products in pouch format. Captured 36% of the juice drink market share in Puerto Rico, outperforming Capri Sun.• Grew sales 40% by creating a new market niche with innovative packaging called Gasolina Ready to Drink Cocktails in a pouch.• Oversaw capital expenditures and the sourcing, purchasing, and deployment of automation equipment in excess of $30M. Led 3 plant startups including a state of the art Italian designed coffee torrefaction and packaging facility, beverage and tomato sauce processing and packaging facility in aseptic and hot fill formats.• Delivered $1.3M annual savings in rice milling and packaging facility (for a 1-time $300,000 investment) by managing a Six Sigma project to reduce number of defects and percent overfill in consumer packages.

Wright-Patterson Afb, Oh, Us

Promoted to lead the operations for a multimillion dollar R&D program and 10+ scientific team members under the auspices of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research ﴾AFOSR﴿ and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency﴾DARPA﴿. Research focused on the development of novel high performance polymers with applications in solid rockets, jet canopies, turbine engines, and spacecraft by enhancing the state‐of‐the‐art in plastics, rubbers, and lubricants. Recipient of US Air Force Commendation Medal for contributions to the success of theDirectorate Propulsion Program. Designed low‐earth orbit environmental simulator for testing ofspace materials and new spacecraft survivability programs including on International SpaceStation; saved over $20M in new materials testing by integrating basic and applied research effortsinto one cohesive program.

Wright-Patterson Afb, Oh, Us

• Designed advanced ceramic matrix composite and polymeric aerospace materials in cooperation with academic and government resources. Developed new high-performance polymers with applications in solid rockets, jet canopies, turbine engines, and spacecraft, by enhancing state-of-the-art plastics, rubbers, and lubricants.

Phd, Chemical Engineering

Bs, Chemical Engineering

Ms, Chemical Engineering