My career was built with large experience across multiple paint companies, such as PPG, BASF Coatings and Tintas Coral. I have been working, along 30 years, mostly in Technical laboratories management, Automotive Refinish and OEM Product Development and Quality Systems.Summary of Qualifications- 15 years experience in Product Development of all different Automotive Refinish Collision and Fleet technologies such as Polyester Basecoat, Polyurethane clearcoats and topcoats, Polyurethane and Nitrocellulose Primers, Polyester putties, Synthetic enamel, Epoxy among others.- Experience in color matching, color approval and color software.- Experience with technical analysis of raw materials to the coatings industry such as preparations, pigments, additives and resins.- 3 years experience in Product Development Automotive OEM technologies such as Polyester Basecoat, Clearcoats and Primers.-Administration of multiple SBUs technologies and laboratories throughout Latin America, including resins lab and raw materials and finish goods QC.-Operational Excellence: Management of budgets, KPIs, Cost Reduction projects, Productivity Increase projects, Kaizen, Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma Methodologies.-Quality Systems, ISO 9000 and TS, 5S program, FMEA, MASP, among others.-Due Diligence and integration process of acquisitions. -International exposure in Product Development and know-how disclosure - United States, Europe and Latin America.Training Programs- Mastering Leadership Strategies – PPG – June/2006- BPE- Business Process Excellence – PPG – January/2007- Lean Accelerator – PPG – May/2007.- Lean Sigma Accelerator (Green belt) – PPG – August/2008- BPI-Business Process Improvement – PPG – March/2008- ISO 9001 Certification auditor – Feb/2011EducationChemical Engineer by Oswaldo Cruz (1988)LanguagesFluent English and Spanish