Experience

CAF USA

• United States
• Railroad Equipment Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Vice President of Operations

  • Apr 2017 - Present

• Engineering Manager

  • Aug 2013 - Apr 2017

  Currently I manage a group of 6 Engineers and 3 drafters, reviewing and prioritizing their resources to achieve project goals.I am responsible for the Engineering budget planning as well as ensuring that the budget is met.As part of the management staff, I have to interface with the board of Directors in CAF S.A. (Spain) to report any management level updates and needs. Additionally, I am responsible of managing the Engineering department KPI’s, actions and updates. I have been responsible of the recruiting process of any hiring for the engineering department in the USA.Besides the management duties, I continue to interface the customer for the different project development activities. Show less



CAF USA

• United States
• Railroad Equipment Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Systems Lead Engineer

  • Jan 2011 - Jun 2013

  Mainly focused on the Amtrak LDSL program, I have been responsible for the interface of the systems engineering work with the customer as well as with the project lead engineer and other departments in CAFUSA. I coordinated the design updates carried out by the system engineering group in Spain and participated in Preliminary, Intermediate, Final Design reviews as well as FAIs with the customer for all the onboard equipment. I have experience with most of the American Railroad standards to comply with our customer specifications and Federal regulations: FRA, APTA, AAR, FDA,… Show less



CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles)

• Spain
• Railroad Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Engineer at CAF

  • Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  I managed the on-board equipment such as master controllers, traction motors, traction inverters, braking resistors, auxiliary power supply systems, etc. for different projects like CPTM, PPP5000 and Euskotren. I worked on the preliminary design phases defining the technical specifications for the equipment. Additionally, I worked in design integration process as well as the validation and testing phases until the commissioning of the equipment. I also interfaced in a daily basis different departments in the company to make sure the integration of the equipment was successful and met customer requirements and the deadlines imposed to meet the projects schedule. Show less