Experience

Health Product Declaration Collaborative

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Manager

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  • Provide training and technical support to architects, building product manufacturers and suppliers around the world working on creating and using Health Product Declarations (HPDs). • Manage QA & testing for HPD Builder, HPD Public Repository, Supplier HPD Builder Extension applications. • Manage HPD Third Party Verification and Preparer programs• Develop educational materials on HPDs and HPDC tools for architects, designers, manufacturers, and suppliers.

• Technical Support Manager

  • Feb 2016 - Jul 2021

  • Provide technical support to building product manufacturers around the world working on creating Health Product Declarations (HPDs) using HPDC Builder application and HPD Public Repository• Support product development in creating, planning and implementing test plans and acceptance criteria, and procedures relating to new and legacy product development.



Sustainable Minds

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Product Manager

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  As the TC Product Manager responsibilities include:• Own product strategy from concept through launch, along with future iterations• Stay up to date with industry trends to maintain product content and functionality updated• Interact with the product user community to continuously improve the product• Build and manage data team• Communicate the voice of the customer to the development team to define new features • Work with development and data teams to determine feasibility of developing the features.• Write feature requirements documents and user stories describing what needs to be developed.• Deliver the requirements to the development and data teams and continuously follow up on the progress of the development to make sure of timely and accurate delivery.• Perform in-depth testing and other post-implementation support activities• Create the product’s long-term vision and strategy.• Work with the product marketing and customer success teams to ensure users are aware of new features and understand how to benefit from them

• Product Data Manager

  • Nov 2017 - Jan 2020

  SM Transparency Catalog (TC) Product and Data ManagerAs the TC Product Manager responsibilities included:• Own product strategy from concept through launch, along with future iterations• Interact with product user community, partners and stakeholders to collect and analyze feedback, understand users’ needs and prioritize what to build next.• Communicate the voice of the customer to the development team.• Write feature requirements documents and user stories describing what needs to be developed.• Continuously follow up on the progress of the development to make sure of timely and accurate delivery.• Perform in-depth testing and other post-implementation support activities• Create the product’s long-term vision and strategy. • Work with sales and marketing teams to ensure users are aware of new features and products and understand how to benefit from them.As the TC Data Manager responsibilities include:• Work with customer to establish content strategy to build their product listings• Builder customers listings and Transparency Product in TC. • Regularly import/export and synchronize data from multiple systems with accuracy.• Create, manage, and edit product and company listings.• Seek, assess and resolve inconsistencies across large data sets.• Work with development team to implement and maintain API data from partner websites.• Extract and synthesize data from various online sources.• Work at a quick pace with accuracy to resolve technical issues.

• Product Development Manager

  • Aug 2013 - Nov 2017

  • Owned (SaaS & DBaaS) product development projects from inception to conclusion• Conducted market research to analyze industry trends, developments, and identify business and product expansion opportunities in Building Products, Nonwovens and Education industries. • Worked with existing customers to understand their needs better and implement them in product design. • Formulated product vision and defined user stories for HTML and Craft developers. • Designed and executed QA testing plans. • Worked closely with the design and development teams to provide guidance on architecture, design, and priorities.In addition to New Product Development responsibilities I managed ongoing product transparency projects with building product manufacturers which included:• Material ingredients disclosures and SM product transparency consulting projects.• Life cycle assessment (LCA) and environmental product declaration (EPD) projects from start to finish. Project teams usually included external engineers, graphic designers and HTML and Craft developers.Relevant past projects: • Developed SM Sustainable Minds Transparency Catalog.• Developed SM Material Health Overview and SM Performance Fact Sheet.• Built private dataset structure for the US Nonwoven Industry working directly with INDA upper mgmt. • Re-designed Sustainable Minds software BOM category dataset structure to improve customer’s experience and enhance SM v3.5 release. Implemented and supervised content changes.

• Market Research Analyst

  • Sep 2012 - Jul 2013

  • Conducted market research and identified business expansion opportunities. Market data analysis. • Prepared and presented biweekly sales reports, monthly cash flow statements, and sales forecasts to upper mgmt.• Successfully completed extensive business analytic project and developed standardized sales, marketing, and personnel training strategies and materials, produced a comprehensive SWOT analysis for the organization, and provided an in-depth competitor analysis.

• Sustainability Consultant

  • May 2012 - Jul 2013

  Tufts MSEM Program | Academic Practicum Provided Life Cycle Assessment consulting services and solutions to a design and manufacturing company by benchmarking competitor environmental performance.



Soluciones Sostenibles

• Venezuela
• Wholesale Building Materials

• Founder & Material Transparency Specialist

  • Mar 2018 - Present

  Soluciones Sostenibles es plataforma educativa enfocada en el campo de la construcción sostenible. Somos especialistas en el desarrollo de estrategias corporativas para especificación de productos sostenibles y saludables, transparencia de productos y mercadeo ecológico. Nuestra misión es promover la declaración y optimización de productos saludables y ecológicos mediante la educación y consultoría a fabricantes, arquitectos, ingenieros y desarrolladores de proyectos “verdes” en Latinoamérica que busquen certificar sus proyectos bajo LEED®, WELL®, y otros sistemas de certificación.



Escuela Destrezas

• Venezuela
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  Escuela Destrezas is a coworking space and incubator of training ventures in the city of Barquisimeto, Venezuela. We provide the ideal space and business planning support for trainers to conduct classes and workshops and develop their school/academy projects. Escuela Destrezas is a coworking space and incubator of training ventures in the city of Barquisimeto, Venezuela. We provide the ideal space and business planning support for trainers to conduct classes and workshops and develop their school/academy projects.



Universidad Simón Bolivar Alumni Association of America - AlumnUSB

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and Board Member

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  Non-profit organization that provides a platform for USB Alumni living outside Venezuela to connect and support their Alma Mater. Achievements include: $500K+ funds raised, fulfilling 31 projects, including: providing scholarships for students and faculty, acquisition of equipment, reactivation of central air systems, restoration of transportation system, among many others. Non-profit organization that provides a platform for USB Alumni living outside Venezuela to connect and support their Alma Mater. Achievements include: $500K+ funds raised, fulfilling 31 projects, including: providing scholarships for students and faculty, acquisition of equipment, reactivation of central air systems, restoration of transportation system, among many others.



Prototek, E.P.S.

• Caracas, Venezuela

• Project Engineer

  • Jun 2008 - Jun 2009

  • Modeled and created technical drawings for over 30 equipment components using Solidworks. • Successfully managed manufacturing projects by beating projected yearly budget by 22%. • Managed end-to-end supply chain process for product components • Supervised machine shop operations to ensure quality specifications. Design Engineer – Co-op • Designed an electric actuator for driving multi-turn valves in purification plants. • Modeled and created technical drawings for over 30 equipment components using Solidworks. • Successfully managed manufacturing projects by beating projected yearly budget by 22%. • Managed end-to-end supply chain process for product components • Supervised machine shop operations to ensure quality specifications. Design Engineer – Co-op • Designed an electric actuator for driving multi-turn valves in purification plants.



Bhadra de Venezuela CA

• Venezuela
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Marketing and CRM intern

  • Jan 2006 - Jun 2008

  • Coordinated marketing campaigns and sales processes. Increased profit by 17% in two years. • Defined client and project needs, ensured the development of proposals and budgets, and acted as an account liaison to maintain ongoing good client communications. • Performed multiple tasks related with design and manufacture of electronic technological products. Provided extensive local/global freight and logistical analysis. • Coordinated marketing campaigns and sales processes. Increased profit by 17% in two years. • Defined client and project needs, ensured the development of proposals and budgets, and acted as an account liaison to maintain ongoing good client communications. • Performed multiple tasks related with design and manufacture of electronic technological products. Provided extensive local/global freight and logistical analysis.



Universidad Simón Bolívar

• Math Department Administrative Assistant

  • 2005 - 2006