Experience

SpecialChem - The Material Selection Platform
• France
• Internet Marketplace Platforms
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Account Manager

  • Jan 2020 - Present

SAS CODEM
• Colombia
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Responsable Développement Industriel et Etude

  • May 2019 - Sep 2019


Proquinal S.A.

• Spain
• Environmental Services

• Director Of Innovation

  • Sep 2015 - May 2018

  Responsible for leading the global innovation plan. Manage the corporate innovation committee from the issuance of new ideas, concordance of the market needs and strategic priorities of the organization. Conduct investigation and development activities, along with methodological advising, to support innovative product projects. Seek new alternative technologies in order to guaranty the sustainability of the business and satisfaction of the clients. Ensure differentiation and exclusivity in order to enhance the Proquinal and Spradling brand. Achievements: -Design, development, implementation and approval of 5 new innovative synthetic leather products (using alternative polymers and new technologies), from the raw material sourcing (worldwide) to the adequacy of the manufacturing process -Developed and implemented medium and long term strategies supporting business growth -Built and trained the innovation team to support the research & development projects -Developed and implemented the “innovative product development process” within the quality system (ISO 9001) -Developed and implemented the product portfolio management tools within the company´s information system to support strategic decisions -Developed an indicator tied to the information system that continuously measures the company´s innovative product sale participation and project benefits -Implemented “innovation campaigns” which encouraged new ideas that generated competitive benefits and an innovation image of the Proquinal and Spradling brand -Developed and implemented an alliance management tool to generate synergies with external stakeholders (Clients, Suppliers, Investigation centers, Universities) seeking to increment the innovation potential -Developed, along with the internal legal team and external law firm, the process and documents for the registration and management of patents, ensuring the confidentiality of the information, and keep up-to-date the intellectual property policy of the group



Federal-Mogul Systems Protection

• 1 - 100 Employee

• R&D Project Engineer

  • May 2015 - Sep 2015

  Responsible for the development of technical textile products for the automotive and aeronautic industry. Strategic watch activities, international fair participations, patent proposals and intellectual property management participation, research of multi-companies´ collaborative projects opportunities. Desarrollo de productos técnicos textiles de protección para la industria automotriz y aeronáutica. Actividades de vigilancia estratégica, participación en ferias internacionales, redacción de patentes y contribución a la estrategia de gestión de la propiedad intelectual, identificación de oportunidades para el desarrollo de proyectos colaborativos para convocatorias nacionales y europeas.



Federal-Mogul Corporation

• United States

• Research Engineer - PhD candidate

  • May 2012 - May 2015

  The objective of my Research was to develop innovative recycling project management methods for design engineers and project managers. In the automotive industry in Europe, regulations for environmental management are strengthened, in this context industrials organize new green supply chains in response to governmental pressures. How to organize and manage collaborative supply chains networks in respect of the strategic industrial business plan? Based on industrial best practices, which tools can be proposed to project managers to develop and optimize new green supply chains? Those questions have been developed this PhD study, with a specific industrial agreement between the company Federal Mogul and the University of Lorraine. This particular contract permits the PhD student, after a master of engineer, to both gain industrial experience as an employee and research experience as a laboratory member.