Technical Manager / Co-Owner - ATVISEEC - Quito, Ecuador
(2024-01)
Lead technical and industrial service activities supporting mining and industrial operations.
- Manage multidisciplinary technical teams and multiple projects simultaneously.
- Lead industrial maintenance and engineering support for mineral processing plants.
- Coordinate maintenance activities involving crushers, conveyor belts, chutes, grinding and regrinding systems, thickeners, flotation cells, agitation systems and filter presses.
- Provide technical solutions for industrial maintenance and engineering projects.
- Coordinate specialized industrial refrigeration and HVAC services, including chillers and cold rooms.
- Manage teams of specialists and operators across simultaneous projects.
- Support industrial clients through customized engineering, maintenance and technical solutions.
- Coordinate certified scaffolding assembly activities and work-at-height operations.
Technical Manager / Co-Founder - INNOVATIVA 4.0 - Cayambe, Ecuador
(2022-01)
Lead engineering and industrial technology services focused on automation, digitalization and industrial performance.
- Manage multidisciplinary engineering teams and simultaneous industrial projects.
- Lead Industry 4.0, SCADA and industrial automation projects.
- Develop and implement process automation solutions.
- Coordinate PLC programming and automation system upgrades.
- Implement industrial instrumentation and process control solutions.
- Support preventive and predictive maintenance programs for pumps, motors, generators and industrial equipment.
- Apply predictive maintenance technologies including thermography, vibration analysis, dynamic balancing and laser alignment.
- Develop production standards and analyze manufacturing capacity and bottlenecks.
- Apply continuous improvement methodologies to identify major sources of production losses.
- Provide consulting and training to industrial organizations.
- Support digital transformation and performance improvement initiatives.
Process Management Consultant - SALGRAF - Quito, Ecuador
(2020-01 - 2020-12)
- Led performance management initiatives across Production, Quality and Supply Chain.
- Implemented KPI cascade systems connecting strategic objectives with operational execution.
- Restructured key organizational functions to improve operational performance.
- Managed factory-wide processes including Production, Quality, Supply Chain and Safety.
- Identified cost-saving and continuous improvement opportunities throughout the manufacturing value chain.
Demand Planning / Supply Chain Specialist - NIRSA S.A. – Atún Real - Posorja, Ecuador
(2019-01 - 2020-12)
- Analyzed production capacity for water pumping, tuna drying, packaging and related manufacturing operations.
- Developed demand projections for tuna, raw materials, packaging and production requirements.
- Managed operations involving up to 89 operators in the packaging area.
- Improved production line efficiency from 45% to 60%.
- Implemented Shoplogix Web for production efficiency monitoring and decision-making.
- Implemented planned maintenance and production performance tracking improvements.
- Supported Supply Chain teams with continuous improvement and strategic planning tools.
Industrial Performance Manager - NESTLÉ / ECUAJUGOS S.A. - Cayambe, Ecuador
(2015-01 - 2019-12)
Senior leadership position reporting to the Factory Manager and Regional Industrial Performance Manager.
- Implemented Nestlé Continuous Excellence and Goal Alignment methodologies.
- Developed strategic performance management systems linking business, market, technical and factory objectives.
- Implemented KPI cascading from senior management to operational teams.
- Led organizational structures for project management and execution.
- Supported initiatives generating approximately USD 6.5 million in savings with direct impact on production costs.
- Implemented TPM Focused Improvement methodologies to identify and eliminate major organizational losses.
- Led Loss Tree Analysis focused on production cost and manufacturing performance.
- Participated in the regional Performance Acceleration Team supporting manufacturing performance improvement.
- Optimized variable labor management to improve resource allocation and reduce overtime.
- Developed leadership programs to create autonomy and sustain Lean Manufacturing implementation.
- Coached 5 Green Belt projects using DMAIC and advanced statistical methodologies.
- Led structured problem-solving initiatives at the operational level.
- Led two SMED projects that reduced planned downtime by 40%.
- Improved UHT production line efficiency through analysis of major performance contributors.
- Implemented digital systems for production KPI monitoring, replacing manual reporting processes.
- Analyzed three-year production capacity projections and identified potential capital investment requirements.
- Implemented manufacturing management standards and supported SAP recipe management.
IT Systems Analyst / Manufacturing Systems Specialist - DPA – NESTLÉ ECUAJUGOS S.A. - Cayambe, Ecuador
(2006-01 - 2014-12)
- Managed the SIGMA Manufacturing Information Management System and industrial automation environment.
- Administered Microsoft SQL Server databases, including performance tuning and optimization.
- Developed SQL reports and real-time data applications.
- Worked with Wonderware InTouch, InSQL and InTrack environments.
- Developed applications communicating with PLCs and industrial control systems.
- Managed servers and network infrastructure.
- Designed and administered structured cabling and communication devices.
- Supported information security policies and IT infrastructure.
- Participated in industrial automation projects integrating PLCs, HMIs, sensors and process instrumentation.
