Chief Operations Officer Pragmatic, visionary, and market-focused executive with extensive international experience in directing organizational strategy and operations across Latin America and the USA. A transformational leader, creating bottom-line impacts through targeted business initiatives aligned with emergent market strategies, while developing and leading high-performing teams.
Skills
Accounting
Administrative
Budgets
Competitive
Contracts
Finance
Financial reporting
Government
Hiring
Insurance
Interpretation
Inventory
Investments
Market
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Negotiations
Negotiation
Oil
Optimization
Payables
Procurement
Project management
Proposals
Quality control
Recruitment
Safety
Sales
Selling
Strategy
Strategic Thinking
Tax
Upgrading
Education and Training
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PAExpected in – –M.S:Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering - GPA:
, Expected in – –Master: - GPA:
Pennsylvania State UniversityState College, PAExpected in – –B.S:Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering - GPA:
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of ManagementPhiladelphia, PAExpected in – –Essentials of Management, Executive Negotiations Workshop, Bargaining for Advantage, Implementing Strategy: - GPA:Strategic Thinking and Management for competitive Advantage, Finance and Accounting for the Non-Finance Manager
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Experience
Finless Foods Inc. - Chief Operating Officer Emeryville, CA, 12/2019 - Current
Oversee end-to-end operations of Cetyl’s Biodiesel plants, including feedstock purchase, sales, debottleneck and overall project management.
Ensured implementation of IRS, EPA, NC and FL DOR compliance, insurance, and permitting at the federal, state, and local levels.
Ensure zero outstanding account receivables and/or account payables, while optimizing inventory operations, leading to complete processing of all consumables/feedstock, and selling entire available product inventory at year end.
Finalized file on time
in compliance with all Federal and State IRS and EPA requirements and overseeing the monetization of Blenders Tax Credits (BTC) and Carbon Credits (RIN1).
Diversified the market orientation by targeting different customers, resulting in threefold sales growth as compared to previous year 2019.
Expanded the supplier base to ensure continuous procurement of feedstock and consumables, reducing the additional costs by
+/- 11%.
Expedited the resolution of all COVID-19 government and labor-related issues, ensuring maximum satisfaction among customers, suppliers, and employees.
Effectively executed process optimization and de-bottlencking, increasing yield by +/- 4%.
Hornblower - Chief Executive Officer and Founder Miami, FL, 12/2002 - Current
Acquired stakes in oil properties in Colombia (Suroriente, Arjona, Hato Nuevo and two exploratory blocks in the Putumayo Basin); Mexico (Pirineo and Nejo); Texas (HardinField); and Ecuador (Pucuna and Singue).
Developed formerly enumerated oil properties by prospecting and finalizing the flow of private investments.
Supervised the recruitment of 150+ employees to enhance the oil sector activities, while inaugurating four operations offices in Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Venezuela.
Successfully negotiated a merger and acquisition of NCT to Suroco Energy, Inc.
In 2008.
Upgraded the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in: Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Venezuela, and the USA, to international financial reporting standards (IFRS); eventually being audited by Ernst & Young for certifying the consolidation.
Completed the oil and gas reserve assessment though audit and certification by third-party SEC authorized entity (Gaffney, Cline & Associates).
Formalized bids to participate in oil and gas filed bid offerings in LATAM, as well as negotiated and administrated contracts with governmental agencies.
Abm - General Manager Albuquerque, NM, 12/2015 - 12/2019
Executed the engineering, procurement, construction, start up, and operations of a Biodiesel plant with a capacity of 10M gallons per year.
Ensured complete adherence to EPA and IRS compliance, and federal, state, and local regulations.
Streamlined the recruitment procedures for rapid hiring of all required manpower.
Drafted job description, determined salary range, formulated and implemented project budgets, scheduled project activities, while developing the overall process and quality control procedures.
Optimized the glycerin recovery system by upgrading process and procedures, raising the purity from 80% to 98%.
Enhanced recovery of methanol by implementing process control and optimizing recovery procedures.
Recommended alternative resources by diversifying the front-end pretreatment of feedstock.
MB4 Oil And Gas Texas, S.A - Vice President City, STATE, 12/2011 - 12/2015
Analyzed and finalized all operation proposals, as well as reviewed and evaluated technical/administrative decisions considered in the project’s operating agreement to develop a gas and condensate field in Louisiana, USA.
Identified and mitigated the exploration risk by expertly planning and executing the drilling pads and support facilities.
Assessed the drilling activities and oversaw the logging and interpretation procedures, while ensuring zero safety hazard incidents.
Successfully negotiated interconnection and sales to pipeline company, Acadian Gas Pipeline System; along with the negotiation and administration of the drilling contract, Brammer Engineering Inc.
Responsible for the exploration drilling and completion of a gas and condensate well in Thibodaux LA.
USA.
Discovered a total of 5 horizons of non-commercial gas and condensate reserves.
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School Attended
Pennsylvania State University, State College
Pennsylvania State University
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Management
Job Titles Held:
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
General Manager
Vice President
Degrees
M.S
Master
B.S
Essentials of Management, Executive Negotiations Workshop, Bargaining for Advantage, Implementing Strategy
