Alexandre Quesada

Executive Director at SmartTox Ltda
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(386) 825-5501
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Federal District, Brazil, BR
Languages
  • Portuguese Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Professional working proficiency
  • French Elementary proficiency

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Alex Quesada has three outstading caracteristcs. Integrity & Ethics , High specialized technical expertise and great adaptation skills. During the two years of diract relationship Alex implemented the start up of a Toxocilogy lab, implemented new routine and testing operationl teams while managing a complete site operation. Alex is a team player, an excellent integrator and articulator. His high dgree of technical expewrtise in the toxicological area makies him a very unique professional in this space combining both laboatory regulations for testing methods and techncially specific details of complex testing for regulatory approvals for Agro,Pharma and life sciences.

Profissional de altíssimo nível técnico, mas acima de tudo era uma pessoa diplomática e de muito bom senso, portanto trabalhar com o Quesada era harmônico, e sem duvida alguma os desafios enfrentados ficavam mais fáceis de serem superados trabalhando seu lado.

Alexandre is a hard-worker and an enthusiastic business partner who rapidly grasped training concepts and delivers solid results. His English skills are superb. He is a pleasure to work with.

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Experience

    • Brazil
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Executive Director
      • Jan 2017 - Present

      Consulting company that acts in the toxicological evaluation of the agrochemical segment, in order to guarantee adherence to the current legislation, as well as HUB connecting leading companies within the global agribusiness value chain, operating in South America through the group named South America Task Force. It also acts in the implementation, auditing and inspecting quality systems (i.e. BPL, Iso 17.025, etc).• Responsible for prospect the agrochemical national and international markets, mainly for India, China, Europe, South and North America, opening the market to clients with market evaluation, and connecting with SmartTox local partners in all South America, Europe, among other countries;• Leadership of contracted projects, identifying the best strategy to clients;• Control fixed and variable costs of all productive sectors of the company, identifying opportunities and wastes, acting directly on them, in order to increase the company's profits;• Measure the productive capacity of all sectors in order to always check idleness and / or lack of capacity, in order to prepare the operation for the new opportunities that the market demand;• Lead and select all new hires in order to create a solid team and with little "turnover", avoiding unnecessary expenses for the company;• Lead improvements and vulnerabilities project deployments, as well as new methodologies, in order to always be updated with the market needs.

    • DIRETOR DE OPERAÇÕES
      • Jun 2015 - Dec 2016

      Lab operates in the pharmaceutical equivalence analysis, quality control, oncology, microbiology and pharmaceutical development, beyond to perform physical-chemical analysis, radioactivity and five batch tests. It also acts in conducting toxicological and ecotoxicological testing, in order to compose the study dossier required for a product registration in the market, lending credibility and reliability to customers.• Lead a team of 170 employees, assisting the company in a cultural transition from the purchasing of a family business to a multinational company;• Lead the business transfer project between two units of the group and the consequent closure of these units in order to promote synergy between the different businesses and reduce operating costs between them;• Lead the project to build a new technology center for pre-clinical analysis (Toxicological), facing the pharmaceutical segment, containing 1800m2, with advanced equipment, and clean area principle;• Control of all study generation, in order to achieve monthly and annual targets set by the group, thus increasing the company's revenues, which last year (2015) increased by approximately 10%;• Control fixed and variable costs of all productive sectors of the company, identifying opportunities and wastes, acting directly on them, in order to increase the company's profits;• Measure the productive capacity of all sectors in order to always check idleness and / or lack of capacity, in order to prepare the operation for the new opportunities that the market demand;• Lead and select all new hires in order to create a solid team and with little "turnover", avoiding unnecessary expenses for the company;• Lead improvements and vulnerabilities project deployments, as well as new methodologies, in order to always be updated with the market needs;

    • DIRETOR DE NEGÓCIOS
      • Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

      Laboratory that operates in the chemical, microbiological testing of cosmetics and household products, beyond veterinary products in order to provide credibility and reliability to customers seeking registration in official bodies; (BIOFORTIS Sensorial and Consumer Analysis): Company engaged in sensory and consumer products that are or want to be in market assessments, in order to provide subsidy to aware to better sell their brands.• Lead two teams of 6 and 45 employees (Consumer Goods and BIOFORTIS, respectively), motivating them and helping them to conduct all studies performed in the company, thus increasing the synergy between everyone on the team, and between units businesses;• Lead the revenue of all studies, in order to always motivate all sectors to achieve monthly and annual goals set out by the group, thus increasing the company's revenues;• Lead the fixed and variable costs of the company in order to exponentially improve the company's results;• Lead recognition of all revenue coming into the company, in order to cross data, and have a more comprehensive view of the company, thus being able to act more effectively on the most vulnerable points, making them more profitable;• Lead and selected all new hires, in order to create a solid team, with little turnover;• Lead an entire customer list directly, solving problems, defining studies driving strategies;• Follow market trends, always looking for a more efficient and practical way to conduct the studies.

    • DIRETOR TÉCNICO
      • Apr 2009 - Jun 2014

      Pre-Clinical toxicology Lab focus on testing of chemicals, disinfectants, pesticides and pharmaceutical, with the purpose of submit a dossier to an official regulatory body.• Manage a team of 100 employees, motivating and helping them technically to perform all toxicological studies in the company, thus increasing the synergy between everyone in the team;• Manage shutting off an unit, as well as transferring all assets and studies deployed to another group unit at Piracicaba-SP, ensuring that ongoing studies had no impact to the customer, neither regulatory, legal and fiscal issues;• Manage fixed costs and company variables in order to make increasingly profitable studies;• Manage and selected all new hires, in order to create a solid team, with little "turnover";• Assist customers to replay official bodies requirements (MAPA / ANVISA / IBAMA);• Manage the acquisition of an International Association of Animal Welfare (AAALAC) requested to an international clients;• Manage market trends, as the science of laboratory animals, always looking for a more efficient and practical way to conduct the studies.

    • GERENTE DA GARANTIA DA QUALIDADE
      • Mar 2008 - Apr 2009

      Pre-Clinical toxicology Lab focus on testing of chemicals, disinfectants, pesticides and pharmaceutical, with the purpose of submit a dossier to an official regulatory body.• Carry out the management of a group of 10 employees, motivating them to perform in an exemplary manner, all activities in the quality field audit, thereby increasing the quality of audits;• Implement management system and traceability studies generated in the ACCESS environment, which increased the speed and reliability of audits carried out by the internal auditors, making them more efficient;• Manage GLP (Good Laboratory Practices) quality system, interacting with an inspector body (INMETRO), requesting scope extensions of new studies, as well as the maintenance of existing studies in that scope;• Introduce the quality system to new customers, thus increasing the reliability of the Quality System in the company, and thereby increasing the company's customer list;• Manage all quality documents and forms, in order to reduce bureaucratic activities and makes them more efficient, thus reducing the staff time, in the execution phase of each study, and it specific records.

    • COORDENADOR DO LAB. MICROBIOLOGIA E DA GARANTIA DA QUALIDADE
      • Aug 2006 - Feb 2008

      Cosmetics industry that combines nature and technology to their products, upgrading active natural raw materials of high-level purity.• Started the quality system implementation process of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), implementing forms, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and training of all employees;• Coordinate a group of 3 employees, motivating them to perform in an exemplary manner, all activities in the quality field audit, thereby increasing the quality of audits;• Lead the microbiology laboratory to meet the market demand, avoiding contamination of the manufacturing process;• Introduce the quality system to new customers, thus increasing reliability in the quality system implemented in the company.

    • GERENTE DA QUALIDADE
      • Sep 2001 - Jul 2006

      Quality Assurance manager (Apr/04 a Jul/06) and Quality Assurance Inspector (Sep/01 a Mar/04)

Education

  • Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - ESALQ/USP
    Pós-Graduação em Gestão Estratégica de Negócios, Biologia - Geral
    2016 -
  • UniCEUB - Centro Universitário de Brasília
    Graduação em Biologia
    2002 -

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