Experience

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  Self-employed

  • Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, USA, Colombia.

  • Consulting

    • 2012 - Present
    • Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, USA, Colombia.

    -Assessment of ceramic companies on manufacturing operations (productivity, costs, raw materials, energy, processes, products, equipment, design, research and development) and project feasibility.-Based on the assessment, the problems or possibilities of improvement are determined in various industrial processes such as: mold fabrication, body and glaze formulas, casting process, drying, glazing, firing, final inspection and packaging, quality control and testing from a hands on perspective. -Seminars and workshops on basics and principles of ceramic engineering for supervisors, engineers and managers participating on projects and procedures to be implemented, focusing on teamwork.

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  American Standard Brands

  • Costa Rica

  • International Director of Operations (Incesa Standard Group)

    • May 1981 - Feb 2012
    • Costa Rica

    -International Director of Operations for the Incesa Standard Group (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua): Responsible for all manufacturing and technological aspects (production, quality, productivity, costs) of the sanitary-ware plants, chrome plating plastic fittings and seat injection plant, floor tile pilot plant, ceramic raw materials and plaster operations; also for Safety & Health and Demand Flow Manufacturing for the operations of the Group. - Worldwide Best Practices Coordinator for the Corporation, appointed by American Standard, while working for Incesa Standard. During several years visited and gave assistance in manufacturing processes and technical fields to the sanitary plants of the corporation in 18 countries (Europe, North, Central and South America, Asia and Africa). -Director of American Standard R&D Center for the Americas and Asia; working on projects in areas as diverse as: raw materials, body formulations, plaster fabrication, casting, firing and grinding process, drying technology and mold fabrication among others. -One of the responsibilities as Director of R&D Center, was training and development of engineers and managers sent by different American Standard Plants to Incesa Standard facilities in order to be trained in various managerial and production aspects.

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  Grupo Corona

  • Colombia

  • Technical Manager

    • 1970 - 1981
    • Colombia

    -Technical Manager for several ceramic factories such as: Refractories, Electrical Porcelain Insulators, Sanitary Ware, Kaolin processing plant, Plaster fabrication, Raw Material Grinning and Processing, Frit plant and Central R&D.-Technical assistance to dinnerware and floor-wall- tile plants.