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• As Director of Finance, I lead the redefinition of the chart of accounts, correcting the order for the P&L and allowing a better visibility of the company’s performance by departments, projects and trades, to provide the owners meaningful information for making better decisions.• Created and implemented processes to ensure detailed control over the expenses of the company and its correct allocation in the accountability.• Created and implemented processes to provide operations timely information about labor and materials expenses and the budget execution of each project.• Lead the restructuring of the operations department, defining positions, roles, and functions for the new structure.• Leaded the successful closure of the oldest projects, reducing the average age of the open projects from 24 weeks to 15 weeks.• Hired new contractors, ensured compliance with license and insurance requirements, and established quality standards according to all relevant regulations, codes and standards.• Identified potential risks in the projects and developed strategies to mitigate them.

• Acted as the main point of contact for the customers in Alaska, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.• Achieved a goal of 40% of gross profit every month through negotiation with customers and contractors, while ensuring the quality and continuity of the services• Reduced the complaints from 10 to 3 per month and the response time from 15 to 5 days average through constant communication with the customers and contractors to achieve long-term partnerships.

• Successful implementation of projects in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico and Panama with an average Return on Investment of 5 to 1, mainly in commercial areas.• In the industry of Consumer Goods, in Costa Rica, an increase in the penetration of the product portfolio was achieved, equivalent to 2.3% of the total sale, or 5% compared to the comparable sale, generating a gross profit of +13 million dollars projected at the end of the project.• In Retail Sales, in Panama, the increase in sales was equivalent to $ 16.8M compared to a proposed goal of $ 5.3M achieving three times the proposed goal.• In the industry of Consumer Goods, in Guatemala, during the pandemic, I achieved a 4% increase in cross-selling due to a greater impulse of unavoidable products by segment, an 8% reduction in payroll cost due to redesign of the serving model and additional sale due to the reduction of the unsatisfied demand for manufactured product of 15%, for a gross profit of 2.2 million dollars

• Achievement of the breakeven point and generation of profits in the first year of operation.• National operation through direct channel and distributors.• Start of exports to Ecuador, Peru and Costa Rica.• Participation in fairs of Colombia Moda and Colombiatex achieving a positioning of the brand in the national market.

• Provided support to more than 250 companies to achieve their objectives.• Participation in strategic city programs such as Business Acceleration of the Secretariat of Economic Development of the Mayor's Office of Medellín, generating an average growth in sales of 70% in the participating companies.• Participation as a jury for program selection committees of the Mayor's Office of Medellín and the Metropolitan Area.

• Improvement of the Billing and Surgery processes of the Imbanaco Medical Center in Cali due to the implementation of IBM BPM.

• Successful participation in projects with large companies in the financial, agro-industrial, government and industrial sectors in Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala.

Liderar los proyectos de mejora de los procesos, recertificación de ISO 9001, alineación e implementación de BLQR.

Implementación de modelo de gestión de proyectos a través del Project Server así como de modelos de evaluación del PGT para la toma de decisiones y planeación de actividades de los proyectos.

Dirigí la expansión de la asociación por el estado de puebla, coordinando la apertura de ramas estudiantiles y desarrollando la vinculación entre la asociación, la industria y las universidades del estado a través de proyectos de automatización y desarrollo organizacional.