Industrial Engineer, Industrial and Operations Management, Port Ops

RESUME / VALENTIN GUTIERREZ ARIAS. La Unión, El Salvador. ***********@*****.*** +503-****-****

DANIEL VALENTIN GUTIERREZ ARIAS

Email: ***********@*****.*** * M: +503-****-**** * La Unión, El Salvador https://sv.linkedin.com/in/valentin-gutierrez-arias-88a1a820 Senior Industrial Engineer, who enjoys to get involved in all relevant matters of the production/servuction process of goods/services, particularly those regarding to human resources, processes and infrastructure keys to reach goals as planned. I like all the maritime and port matters, which motivated me to study a Master degree in Port Management & Shipping Business in Spain. I possess practical knowledge in seafood processing plants, LPG Maritime Terminal O&M, also, application of modern methods of project investment assessment and compliance of project development protocols such Equator Principles of World Bank Group. I am passionate to undertake managerial positions with direct responsibilities of P&L statements and KPI s monitoring, so I have managed companies with annual budget up to US$ 50M. Intermediate English proficiency, but I am sure that spending 3-4 month in an English environment I d be able to improve it.

Core Competencies include:

• Working under strict EHS and Q Controls,

• Integral and systematic approach to planning, implementation and control of any production process,

• Expertise in the execution of different activities required for project development, among others: permitting, public relationships, project representative, getting support of stakeholders and Public consultations,

• Excellent oral and writing skills,

• Trustworthy and empathetic person which let me take leadership and support of reports and colleagues.

• Ability to understand my weaknesses and find ways to overcome them.

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• Claremont Energy Development El Salvador LLC * El Salvador * 2013 – Present Claremont Energy is a private equity firm focused on developing and owning renewable energy projects and companies. Areas of investment interest include the United States and Latin America, as well as selected markets in Africa. Claremont Energy was established in 2003. Senior Project Development Consultant.

Lead developing process of 3 solar PV projects of 10 MW ea. located in eastern zone of El Salvador.

• Achieved negotiation of 3 land parcel strategically located,

• Coordinate and supervise multidisciplinary teams that successfully completed EIA, risk and geotechnical assessment.

• One of these projects was rated as “Proponente Habilitado” which it allowed to bid on International RFP No. DELSUR-CLP-RNV-001-****-*** MW ENERGIA RENOVABLE NO CONVENCIONAL.

• AES DEUSEM/ EMPRESAS AES EL SALVADOR * Usulután, El Salvador. 2012 – 2013 AES DEUSEM is an electricity distribution company with 75k costumers and annual revenues of US$ 40 M, certified ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18000 and is part of the group “Empresas AES El Salvador” which is totally owned by AES Corp. headquartered in Arlington, VA. This group of companies has an 80% share of electricity distribution business from El Salvador.

Operation Manager.

Direct responsible of customer services, sales of new services (residential, commercial and industrial), field work and safety. Manage relationship with worker s union and government regulator.

• AES CORP. DEVELOPMENT TEAM / FONSECA ENERGIA PROJECT * La Unión, El Salvador. 2007 -2012. AES Corp is a global energy company with businesses all over the world. LATAM Development Team was focused on evaluating energy business development in Latin-American markets. AES Fonseca Energía / Project Development Manager. Industrial and Operations Management and Business Development Professional Experience

RESUME / VALENTIN GUTIERREZ ARIAS. La Unión, El Salvador. ***********@*****.*** +503-****-**** Development process of a 250 MW Coal Fired Power Plant in the port of La Union, El Salvador. Activities / Achievements:

• Achieved the following legal permits: Environmental (plant, transmission line and ash site), construction, Maritime Port Authority, Archaeological, Ministry of health and other government agencies.

• Overcoming of strong opposition to the project generated by a political party and an environmental organization linked to it.

• Established and leaded a project of socio-environmental corporate responsibility, which looked at the analysis, selection, development and implementation of a skills training project, mainly in Occupational Safety and Health.

• Learned of modern methods of project investment assessment and compliance of project development protocols such as those established by the World Bank Group.

• Coordination and supervision of developing process of 3 EIAs (generation plant, transmission line and ash deposit)

• Bidding Process for the sale of energy (PPA).

• FUNDACION VALENCIAPORT / PORT AUTHORITY OF VALENCIA (APV) * Valencia, Spain. 2005-2006 Valenciaport Foundation it is a subsidiary of Port of Valencia focused on research, development, innovation and education regarding logistic, shipping and port businesses. Also brings consultancy services on this matters in America, Asia and Europe.

Internship

Working on the project "Strategic Plan for Port Development in El Salvador" and "Port of La Union Master Plan", which developed the strategic framework, market analysis and traffic forecasts, competitive diagnosis, competition faced by La Union Port from other Central American Ports and plan of action for the entire Salvadoran port system (Acajutla and La Union).

• Knowledge of the legal framework governing foreign trade of El Salvador,

• Port and maritime issues from El Salvador; actors, markets and trade flows

• Methodologies and evaluation techniques of these investment projects.

• CALVO CONSERVAS EL SALVADOR SA DE C.V. / GRUPO CALVO of SPAIN * La Unión, El Salvador. 2003 – 2004. Calvo El Salvador it is fully owned by Grupo Calvo from Spain, which is a multinational company focused on canned products as tuna, sardine, salmon and other seafood and vegetables. Calvo operates plants in Spain, Italy, Brazil and El Salvador.

Plant Director.

Main Responsible of P&L statements and KPI s monitoring of tuna processing Factory with installed capacity of 300 tons / day and annual budget of 40-50 US$M.

• I achieved the startup of a completely new installation since technology to type of seafood with unexperienced human resources.

• In less than 6 months indexes of quality and raw material output reached satisfactory levels to the headquarters.

• I dedicated to develop a team of professionals involved and committed to meet the performance indicators and a good working environment.

• TERMINALES DE GAS DEL PACIFICO S.A DE C.V. / GRUPO TROPIGAS DE EL SALVADOR * La Unión, El Salvador. 1999-2002

Terminales de Gas used to be the biggest LPG maritime terminal from Central America with a total capacity of 3M US Gallons of LPG (Butane and Propane). From this facility the company provided LPG to several plant in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras by truck tanks.

Operations Manager.

Main responsible of inventory and quality control of products, occupational safety, health and environment, receipt-unloading-dispatch of vessels and load and dispatch of LPG truck tanks to plants.

• I achieved to establish standardized procedures of health, safety, environment and operations and preventive maintenance.

• I promoted and built facilities and established services required by truck drivers who visited us.

• In 4 years of my tenure there was not a serious accident and the company performance regarding HSE was excellent.

RESUME / VALENTIN GUTIERREZ ARIAS. La Unión, El Salvador. ***********@*****.*** +503-****-****

• MASTER DEGREE IN PORT MANAGEMENT & SHIPPING BUSINESS. Universidad Pontificia Comillas from Madrid and Fundacion Valenciaport from Valencia. Spain. 2005-2006.

• BACHELOR OF SCIENCE / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING.

Universidad Albert Einstein. San Salvador, El Salvador. 1986-1991.

• AES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROTOCOL: Processes & Tools for Advancing Projects from Idea to Approval. Protocol of Project Development from AES Corp. Panamá, Panamá, January 2010.

• NCCER Master Trainer. Train the Trainers. National Center for Construction Education and Research. Tempe, Arizona, October 2007.

• Management System of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM). Organized by Valenciaport Foundation/ Valencia Port Authority and delivered by the Management Excellence Club licensed by the EFQM. Valencia, Spain, November 2005.

• Induction Program to Managers. Training on budget, finance, assurance and quality control of products (ISO 9001:2000), HR management, and manufacturing and maintenance programs. Grupo Calvo. Spain and Venezuela, January to May / 2003.

• Training of Inspectors of Petroleum. Delivered by SGS de Mexico / Redwood Services. ISO 9000 quality systems, basic concepts of chemical health and safety, Inspection and petrochemical calculation, analysis and decision making problems. Acajutla, El Salvador, August 2000. August 2016.

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