Marco Vinicio Ochoa Galindo

Cell: +502-****-**** - Phone: +502-****-**** - E-mail: adi78l@r.postjobfree.com Address: Km. 17.5, Carretera a El Salvador, Residenciales Arrazola II, Fraijanes, Guatemala, C.A. Abstract

Marco Ochoa is a Civil Engineer from San Carlos University in Guatemala, with more than 20 years of experience in the fields of Water and Sanitation. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Water Supply and Public Health Engineering from the Middlesex University in the U.K. and a Diploma in Business Administration from the Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala.

Recently, he worked at Hidraes, Ingenieros Consultores as the lead supervisor for the largest component of a project concerning Water Supply and Sanitation in San Marcos, Guatemala (> $12.4M). He has gained experience in the formulation (identification, planning and appraisal) and construction of projects concerning water distribution and sanitation in rural areas of Guatemala while working for GKW Consult/CECONSA (a $45M project financed by KfW), as well as the IADB and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development. He has also worked for consulting companies such as Biwater PLC and Tetra Tech ARD. At Biwater PLC, he gained experience working in Water and Sanitation projects located across Latin America and the Caribbean, in countries such as Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, the US Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic and Cuba.

Experience

Jun. 2018 to

Sept. 2020

HIDRAES, Ingenieros Consultores, Guatemala, Lead Supervisor

• Technical and financial assessment of the sewage system and waste water treatment plants construction in San Marcos, San Marcos, Guatemala (> $12.4M).

Feb. 2017 to

Ago. 2017

GISYSTEMS International, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Project Manager

• Survey of the registry of users of water services in 8 municipalities in western Guatemala.

Feb. 2015 to

July 2015

VORSEVI Guatemala, Technical Manager

• Assess water supply layouts, evaluate the hydraulics and propose improvements to increase project quality and efficiency, were the main duties of this job. Two projects that require pumping were redesigned to meet new demand (new sectors were added). Costing and scheduling were also updated.

May 2013

World Health Organization, Guatemala, Instructor

• Train personnel from the Ministry of Health as well as from Municipalities from the west part of Guatemala in technics related to flow Marco Vinicio Ochoa Galindo

Cell: +502-****-**** - Phone: +502-****-**** - E-mail: adi78l@r.postjobfree.com Address: Km. 17.5, Carretera a El Salvador, Residenciales Arrazola II, Fraijanes, Guatemala, C.A. measurement, using low cost methods. Results were compared with measurements carried out using electronic meters.

• Design and build a flow measurement lab to train personnel related to water supply.

Major achievements: Flow measuring is not a common practice in Guatemala, many systems do not have even a single flow meter. The implementation of a basic and low-cost flow measurement lab, help technicians either to monitor non-revenue water in relatively large systems, or to evaluate whether a source produces enough water to cover the demand of a small village - many villages are supplied by small springs. The lab includes an electronic meter that serves not only for teaching purposes but also to be used in measuring flows, in large diameter pipes.

May 2011 to

April 2013

Tetra Tech ARD Inc., USAID Guatemala, Finances and Municipal Services Coordinator for the "Local Governance Project"

• Provide assistance to 13 municipalities in eastern Guatemala on improving revenue by providing good quality public services. He worked especially on improving water distribution systems.

• Special attention was given to cases where water is supplied via pumping. Diagnostic of networks showed that reduction in the number of pumping stations was possible. This had a straight impact on the electrical bill.

• Reviewing of disinfection systems was also carried out. A booklet on how to monitor the correct chlorine doses as well as how to add this chemical to water (using either gas or powder) was written.

• Training systems operators was implemented. This included flow metering and disinfection practices (chlorine dosing monitoring) and the implementation of timetables to keep a good track on daily duties. Major achievements: A customer satisfaction survey carried out at the end the consultancy showed that in those municipalities where the recommended improvements were implemented, there were substantial changes in the perception of customers and thus, increments in the income were registered.

Nov. 2009 to

Jul. 2010

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Research Assistant

• Supervised the preparation of the "Water and Sanitation Program for Human Development", which sought to strengthen institutional governance of the water sector in Guatemala. He also coordinated the Marco Vinicio Ochoa Galindo

Cell: +502-****-**** - Phone: +502-****-**** - E-mail: adi78l@r.postjobfree.com Address: Km. 17.5, Carretera a El Salvador, Residenciales Arrazola II, Fraijanes, Guatemala, C.A. technical and financial review of nearly 200 pre-investment studies of drinking water and sanitation.

Major achievements: Deadlines were met thanks to a good coordination with all collaborators.

Sep. 2001 to

Jun. 2008

Biwater PLC, Guatemala, S.A.

Deputy Project Manager

• Managed the design stage of a wastewater treatment plant in Panajachel, Sololá, Guatemala, which was awarded to the company in a public bidding.

• Managed the design stage of a wastewater treatment plant in Managua, Nicaragua (January to June 2005). This plant currently serves 1,000,000 inhabitants.

Business Development Manager

• Activities included: Formulation of technical and financial proposals for the participation in bidding processes for concession of water utilities; multidisciplinary groups coordination during the formulation phase of proposals; and relation with high level executives of water utilities. Commercial Losses Control Manager (Non-Revenue Water Control Project)

• Activities included: revision of the commercial area of EMPAGUA

(Empresa Municipal de Agua de la ciudad de Guatemala) to improve the company’s income through optimizing the billing, accounting, and IT systems. This also included the production of KPI for the senior management. A tariff study to design a commercially viable tariff for EMPAGUA was also carried out.

Major achievements: Awarding of the Projects for Panajachel, Sololá, Guatemala and Matagalpa and Jinotega in Nicaragua. Feb. 1995 to

Oct. 1997

GKW-CECONSA Consortium, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Technical Coordinator

• In conjunction with the Head of Mission, he coordinated the planning and building of nearly 80 projects concerning drinking water and sanitation, in rural areas of western Guatemala. The planning included, the study of the economic feasibility, analysis and hydraulic design, budgeting and development of investment plans.

Major achievements: He developed an Excel file for project budgeting. Marco Vinicio Ochoa Galindo

Cell: +502-****-**** - Phone: +502-****-**** - E-mail: adi78l@r.postjobfree.com Address: Km. 17.5, Carretera a El Salvador, Residenciales Arrazola II, Fraijanes, Guatemala, C.A. Education

Jan. to

Nov. 2002

International Program for Executive Development, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala, Diploma in Business Administration Jun. 1989 to Jul.

1990

School of Applied Sciences, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom, Postgraduate diploma in Public Health Engineering and Water Distribution

Jan. 1981 to Oct.

1986

Faculty of Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, University of San Carlos of Guatemala, Degree in Civil Engineering

Completed certify MOOC

Interamerican Development Bank, Instituto Interamericano para el Desarrollo Económico y Social. Curso: Hydro-BID: Herramienta para el manejo y planificación del recurso hídrico en América Latina y el Caribe (30 horas).

(https://api.badgr.io/public/assertions/N1CByEpKQ- yEgnXBIuMd4Q?identity__email=marcovochoa%40gmail.com) Interamerican Development Bank. Curso: Agua 2.0: Empresas eficientes para el siglo XXI (24 horas).

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Interamerican Development Bank. Curso: Agua en América Latina: abundancia en medio de la escasez mundial – Curso desarrollado en colaboración con la Universidad de los Andes de Colombia (40 horas).

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4nuRMqceiCWM8gpCw?identity__email=marcovochoa%40gmail.com) Interamerican Development Bank. Curso: Asociaciones Público-Privadas: Retos, lecciones aprendidas y soluciones innovadoras en América Latina y el Caribe (60 horas).

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Google y la fundación Santa María la Real. Curso: Productividad personal (40 horas).

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• English • Spanish

Marco Vinicio Ochoa Galindo

Cell: +502-****-**** - Phone: +502-****-**** - E-mail: adi78l@r.postjobfree.com Address: Km. 17.5, Carretera a El Salvador, Residenciales Arrazola II, Fraijanes, Guatemala, C.A.

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