Daniel Florez, MBA, PE, CEM
Director of Key Accounts at ECT2 (Emerging Compounds Treatment Technologies, Inc.)- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Global Leadership - Conducting Business in China
Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsApr, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
Association of Energy Engineers -
Licensed Professional Engineer in GA
State Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors, Georgia -
Licensed Professional Engineer in ME
State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers, Maine -
Licensed Professional Engineer, NCEES
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
Experience
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ECT2 (Emerging Compounds Treatment Technologies, Inc.)
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United States
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Key Accounts
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Mar 2021 - Present
Technical business development professional in the environmental space. Lead sales and project delivery teams to oversee multiple key accounts, with the primary responsibility of creating value and deliver long term sustainable solutions for customers. Technical business development professional in the environmental space. Lead sales and project delivery teams to oversee multiple key accounts, with the primary responsibility of creating value and deliver long term sustainable solutions for customers.
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Mars
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United States
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Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Principal Engineer | Capital Project Manager
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Jul 2018 - Mar 2021
Senior Project Manager and technical leader for major and complex projects ($25 - $100 million) Responsible for all aspects of planning and executing projects from ideation to project closure. Leads all phases of diverse technology manufacturing and supply chain improvement projects, executing conceptual design, planning, testing, manufacturing, construction, start-up, commissioning, acceptance, budget tracking & closeout of project. Leads major projects in process areas, buildings and infrastructure, general manufacturing processes, and packaging systems depending on business needs. Overall leadership of major capital projects through the Mars Engineering Execution Standard for executional excellence in project delivery.• Builds and leads high performance teams• Develops team member skills that support excellence in execution and leadership• Provides segment leadership for engineering projects with close collaboration with Industrial engineers, activity management leads and supply directors• Develops skills that support excellence in execution and leadership, including effective communications and establishing clear accountability with the project team, contractors and vendors• Provides leadership and engineering knowledge required to plan and execute projects• Facilitates the transfer of knowledge of technology for all projects stakeholders through the start-up process• Provides project solutions with value added engineering and lean design • Delivers projects that maximize asset utilization • Drives to identify, protect and expand intellectual property of corporation• Develops standards for equipment, systems and engineering processes or assigned functional area and collaborate with other senior engineers and global technical teams• Develops practices & methodologies that increase the effectiveness and reduces the costs of engineering• Balances use of internal engineering resources with third party engineering firms for maximum value & efficiency
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Regional Project Engineer | Capital Project Manager
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Nov 2016 - Jun 2018
Lead all phases of diverse technology manufacturing and supply chain improvement projects, executing conceptual design and planning, testing, manufacturing, construction, start-up, commissioning, acceptance, budget tracking, and closeout of project. Manage a $16M budget and perform all financial planning for each project—ROI, life cycle cost, capital and expense budget costing, cash flow and projections, purchase requisitions, goods received, and SAP database management. Coordinate R&D, engineering, procurement, installation, and start-up efforts. Create and facilitate technical and project milestone updates, as well as future planning presentations to senior leadership team. Successfully managed $16 million capital project and led cross-functional team for the launch of innovative Wrigley mega-pack to horizontally expand the gum product portfolio with a 35-stick integrated package appealing to the heavy gum chewers’ market segment category.Effectively allocated and utilized $11 million of capital funds, led cross-functional team of 7 peers from engineering, operations, maintenance, marketing, logistics, quality and finance. Managed over 100 project stakeholders including engineers, SMEs, operators, contractors and vendors in order to achieve on time 7-day vertical start-up set for 85% efficiency for a new state of the art automated sugar-free gum manufacturing line.Key Accomplishments:• Led a $16M capital project and an 8-person cross-functional team designed to horizontally expand the gum product portfolio, achieving 85% efficiency and 7-day vertical start-up for its automated packaging line.• Utilized $11M of capital funds and managed 100+ project stakeholders to complete an on-time 7-dayvertical start-up set for 85% efficiency for a new state of the art automated sugar-free gum manufacturing line.
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Project Engineer | Project Manager
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Jul 2014 - Oct 2016
The position was within the Wrigley business segment, working out of the Gainesville / Flowery Branch factory in Georgia. Duties among others were:• Responsible for $12 million in annual budget for technology manufacturing projects and supply chain improvements. • Technical Manager responsible for scope, budget, schedule and coordination of R&D, engineering, procurement, installation and start-up efforts.• Responsible for routine presentations to leadership team including technical team update, projects, budget and planning status, quarterly spending reports and 3 month look ahead outlooks.• Business strategist accountable for multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains.
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The Coca-Cola Company
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United States
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Food and Beverage Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Manager | Team Leader
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Jul 2011 - Jul 2014
Spearheaded the design, installation, commissioning, and launch of Coca-Cola Freestyle involving microdose pumping, robotics, RFID, automatic data capture and Automated Storage & Retrieval System (ASRS) technologies.Key Accomplishments:• Project team Leader responsible for the design, installation, commissioning and launch of Coca-Cola Freestyle. • Agile Project Manager for Coca-Cola Freestyle serial #1, first of a kind, state of the art manufacturing line. • Lead cross-functional team with members from R&D, finance, operations, engineering, logistics, quality and maintenance, and successfully launched the freestyle compact innovation to drastically reduce inventory, warehousing, distribution and transportation supply costs. The freestyle technology has also driven live data demand acquisition, which provides accurate models to the supply side resulting in healthy inventory levels and lean manufacturing.
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Woodard & Curran
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United States
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Environmental Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Consultant | Project Manager
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May 2005 - Jul 2011
Executed design reviews, specifications, engineering, bid and construction deliverables, design-build contracts, scope of work documents, construction oversight, schedule, contractors, contract change orders, purchase orders, and invoicing. Oversaw a team of technicians. Developed prototypes, dimensioned AutoCAD 3D plans and specifications with sizes, weights, rates and configuration of components, process block flows, and general arrangement layouts.Key Accomplishments:• Consistently resolved business bottlenecks in the supply chain for Fortune 500 clients such as Coca-Cola, Nestle, and Unilever, achieving capital savings in asset conservation, equipment manufacturing, as well as reduced costs in distribution, warehousing, and operations.• Appointed Project Lead on several multimillion capital design and build, turnkey projects comprised of concept, detailed engineering, budgeting, procurement, sub-contracts, construction, startup, andcommissioning.
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Education
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2015 - 2016
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management of Technology -
2002 - 2005
University of Maine
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering -
2000 - 2002
Dean College
Associate of Science (A.S.), Liberal Arts - Computers & Math
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