Supply Chain Manager
Resume:
RONALD MESIA
PLANTATION, FL ****4
******@*******.***
Operations and Business Development Executive with worldwide expertise in Industrial Engineering, Six
Sigma and Supply Chain Management. Main professional experience in Transportation, Demand Forecasting
and Capacity Planning; Outsourced Service and Contract Management; High Volume, Distribution,
Maintenance and Fulfillment Operations; Import and Export Compliance Operations; Manufacturing, and
Strategic Planning; Extensive involvement in Academics throughout my professional career as a College
Professor and University Advisor.
EXPERIENCE
Nova Southeastern University Jan 07 - Present
• Adjunct Professor College of Business, Decision Science Department. Professor of Logistics,
Operation Management, and Business Modeling
Senior Manager, Logistics
Nortel Networks Corporation, Sunrise, FL Oct 07 –Feb 11
• Manage the Latin America Nortel Network Logistics organization
• Responsible for $60 M/year Logistics expenses
• Supervise 15 professionals executives across the region
• Develop strategies to optimize the supply chain organization in the region
• Contribute to the world wide strategies by implementing best practices in other regions
• Develop and execute cost reductions initiatives
• Implement process improvements as a champion with six sigma methodology
Supply Chain Manager
Microsoft Corporation - Latin America Supply Chain, Ft. Lauderdale, FL May 00 – Sep 07
• Set up the Latin America Operation HUB in Miami.
• Support Global and Regional projects suing DMAIC methodology.
• Develop and implement warehousing and distribution logistics policies and procedures to support
the operational needs of all aspects of Latin America Operations.
• Develop and maintain Statement of Work, Metrics, Service Level agreements.
• Extensive usage and Data Analysis.
• Implement Best Practice and Distribution Logistics Strategies to improve efficacy while reducing
costs.
• Improve Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and Score Cards to a continuous 99.9 % plus service
level.
• Coordinate the logistical operations with courier companies such as DHL, FedEx, UPS, Ground
Transportation companies and Freight Forwarders.
Senior Manager, Industrial Engineer
Federal Express Corporation, Memphis TN, Miami FL, Sao Paulo BR Mar 84 – Apr 00
• Setup Call Centers in Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Caracas, Santiago de Chile and Puerto Rico
• Responsible for Business Development and Deployment in South America, Mexico, Puerto Rico
and the Caribbean Islands.
• Supported the development, evaluation, recommendation, and implementation of business plans,
including facility layout, training, vehicles and manpower.
• Responsible for the planning and developing of new business products.
• Responsible for the budget preparation and capital expenses justification.
• Responsible for productivity, efficiency, cost reduction, capacity analysis, quality, manpower and
equipment requirement for FedEx operations.
• Responsible for the opening up of express transportation and airfreight cargo operation facilities
in most of the Latin American countries.
• Deployment and implementation of new technological projects throughout the Americas, Europe,
and South East Asia, including the automation of tracking and bar-code scanning.
• Supported FedEx to win “The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award”
Chairman of Science & College Instructor Aug 80 - Feb 84
University of Illinois, St. Augustine, North Park and East–West University. Chicago, IL
• Responsible for the Science Department and Academic Curriculum.
• Taught courses in Engineering Economics, Mathematics, Forecasting, Inventory Control and
Statistics.
EDUCATION
Date
• Doctor of International Business Administration
2008
(Areas of Research: International Business & Supply Chain)
Nova Southeastern University - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Master of International Business Administration (MBA)
2002
Nova Southeastern University - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Master of Science in Operation Research
1982
Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago, IL
• Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering
1980
Federico Villarreal University - Lima, Peru
PUBLICATIONS
• Senior Leadership and Middle Management impact on Lean Enterprise Initiatives, Journal of
Accounting Information Sciences & Leadership (IJAISL), Volume 5, Issue 15, 2012
• Key Performance Measurement and Lean Enterprise Initiatives Impact on Defense
Contractors, Journal of Accounting Information Sciences & Leadership (IJAISL), Volume 5, Issue 13,
2012
• Economic Determinants of Maquiladoras Exports to the USA, Journal of Global Business
Issues (JGBI), Volume 5, Issue 2, Fall/Winter, 2011
CONFERENCES
• Performance Measurement and Lean Enterprise Initiatives Impact on Defense Contractors,
Intellectbase International Consortium, San Antonio Texas, 2012
• Latin America Distribution Center Relocation Decision Making, 9th International Conference of the
Academy of Creative Teaching, Bolzano, Italy, 2006
• Guest speaker at the Miami World Trade Center - Air Cargo Americas for “Free Trade Area of the
Americas”, 2004
• Guest speaker at the San Martin de Porres University, Lima-Peru. Productivity and Competitiveness,
2005
• Guest speaker at International Summit for Amazonian College Students, Iquitos Peru. Impact of the
Globalization in the Amazonia Universities, 2008
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
• International Business Leadership, University of South Africa – Johannesburg / Cape Town
• International Management, Graduate School of Business of Czech Republic – Prague
• Applied Mathematics & Statistics, Post Graduate courses – Memphis State University - TN
• Advanced Supply Chain Management, University of Miami - FL
• Forecasting techniques such a adaptive smoothing models, trigonometric, Box-Jenkins models,
lumpy demand, and multidimensional forecasting models, University of Illinois - Chicago
• Six Sigma – Black Belt
COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient in Windows XP/NT/3.11 Operating System, Microsoft Office, Project Management, Visio,
FOCUS (4GL) in CMS and TSO environment, SAP 4.6, MINITAB, SPSS, EViews, SigmaXL, Siebel,
Artificial Neural Network.
LANGUAGES
Fully trilingual (English/Spanish/Portuguese)
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
• Member of the Florida International University Advisory Board (FIU)
• Member of the Academy of International Business (AIB)
• Member of the Council of Logistics Management (CLM)
• Member of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers (AIIE)
Member of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA)
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• Member of the Peruvian College of Engineers
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