B.S Chemical Engineer and Master in Administration

ALBERTO RIVERA VELASCO

********@*****.*** +1-303-***-**** Centennial, EE.UU. 80112

Profile

Chemical engineer, MBA, with more than 20 years of experience in the manufacturing industry. Seasoned professional in general and operations management with comprehensive experience leading teams, optimizing processes, and implementing cost-effective strategies. Skilled in strategic planning, staff development, and operational efficiency, consistently improving workflow and reducing costs. Proven track record of enhancing overall business performance through effective leadership and innovative problem-solving. Entrepreneur and innovator with a hunger for knowledge and in search of challenges that allow me to improve myself day after day. I enjoy learning by teaching and sharing my knowledge and experience with others. I dedicated 15 years of my career to growing my business PRODUCTOS Y SERVICIOS RYV SAS, entrepreneurship forged from the business idea to position the brand in the cleaning and degreasing sector.

Skills

• Entrepreneurial personality

• Active Listening

• Team oriented

• Attention to Detail

• Analytical, Critical and Strategic

Thinking

• Decision-Making

• Troubleshooting and Problem-

Solving

• Multitasking Abilities

• Chemical processing

• Unit operations

• SOP Development

• Product Formulations and

Technical Documentation

• Equipment operation

• Safety and compliance

• Instrumentation and control

• Production Planning and

Scheduling

• Continuous Process Improvement

and Standardization

• Quality assurance and control

• ISO standards and Compliance

• Lean manufacturing principles

• Root Cause Analysis

• Six Sigma understanding

• Statistical process control

• Change Management

• Delegation

• Staff Supervision, Management

and training

• Team Building and Development

• Business and Team Leadership

• Business and Project

Management

• Budgeting and cost control

• Waste and Cost-reduction

Strategies

• Process Design and Optimization

• Research and Development

Experience

LEITERS HEALTH

Manufacturing

Technician I

11/2024 – Today

PRODUCTOS Y

SERVICIOS RYV SAS

General Manager

01/2007 – 06/2024

• Company Overview: Leiters is a trusted FDA-

registered 503B outsourcing provider of compounded sterile preparations.

• Responsible for providing essential support in the preparation, manufacturing, packaging, and

documentation of sterile drug products, always

maintaining quality aseptic areas and ensuring

compliance with industry standards.

• Successfully perform various tasks that require

attention to detail and adherence to strict protocols such as: operate formulation, sterile filling, inspection, and final vial packaging equipment and perform aseptic filling activities within a cleanroom environment, focusing on quality and efficiency, as well as

maintaining accountability and traceability of all components and finished products

• Responsible for following Standard Operating

Procedures (SOPs) and product batch record instructions meticulously, ensuring that all documentation is

accurate and compliant with current Good

Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).

• Company Overview: Manufacturer and Marketer

Company of industrial cleaners and degreasers.

• Visionary entrepreneur responsible for the

company's strategic direction.

• Under my leadership, the company went from

being a business idea to becoming a recognized business in the sector, profitable and sustainable over time.

• Successfully design and implement the

production process as well as the company’s distribution logistics.

• In addition to developing the complete line of

products initially offered by the company, I have

developed an entire new line of environmentally

friendly products that not only do not pollute but also help to decontaminate, protecting the environment to maintain and expand our market share.

• Faithful to my commitment to serve society,

during the pandemic I developed a line of specialized disinfectants to combat the virus and protect our clients and the community at large.

• During the times of crisis the company

experienced, especially after the pandemic and the global economic slowdown, I made the decision to

concentrate the company s efforts on our strongest and most promising line, surface degreasers, as well as the new line of biodegradable products, and in this way, I managed to overcome these difficulties and keep the company afloat.

• Responsible for; production, sales, technical

department, research and development, finance and

investment.

MODATEX S.A.

Production Manager

07/2006 – 12/2006

• Company Overview: Industrial Laundry

• Responsible for; processing of garments in the wet zone, production scheduling in machines and operator shifts, review and adjustment of process formulations,

monitoring of batches in the plant (traceability), rework scheduling, coordination of preventive and corrective maintenance in plant, scale-up of processes from pilot plant to production, standardization of processes. CONFITECOL

Quality Engineer

06/2005 – 07/2006

• Company Overview: Confectionery manufacturing

company.

• Responsible for control of the critical variables of the production process and the assembly, implementation, maintenance and monitoring of the company’s quality management system, based on GMP and ISO 9000.

Implementation of statistical control in the die-cutting process – control charts, operator training, continuous improvement.

• Responsible for the company’s metrology program – Implementation of measurement instruments in the

critical points of the production process, responsible for the coordination and programming of the Maintenance, Verification and Calibration of the company’s

measurement instruments.

• Responsible for the quality laboratory – analysis of; raw material, packaging material, product in process and finished product.

PROTECNICA

INGENIERIA S.A.

Plant Manager

2001 – 2003.

• Company Overview: Manufacturing Company of

chemical specialties.

• Effective management of human and physical resources to meet the needs and expectations of internal and external customers, at the right time, with the required quality and at the lowest operation cost, always keeping in mind the comprehensive development of staff, safety in our daily operation and respect for the environment.

• The management of engineering projects aimed at the continuous improvement of plant processes, process standardization, cost reduction and the increase in the plant’s productive capacity.

• Responsible for maintenance of the quality system (ISO 9001 – 2000, GMP, KOSHER), in the production area.

• Responsible for the management indicators of the production process.

• Preparation and control of the cost budget of the production process.

• Responsible for execution and monitoring of process control.

• Responsible for monthly scheduling and shifts in the production area.

• Direction of university degree works and internships focused on production.

• Qualification and training of plant operators in unit operations and management of production equipment.

• Responsible for the operation and maintenance of WWTP (wastewater treatment plant).

• Planning and coordination of preventive management of plant equipment focused on minimizing down times due to mechanical failures.

• I decreased nitrogen consumption in the grinding process.

• I reduced the cost of fuels (ACPM and PROPANE GAS) in the plant, reducing its consumption by changing the main boiler to Natural GAs.

• I directed the assembly project for a new reactor for the esterification area.

PANAMCO

COLOMBIA S.A.

Production assistant

1999 – 2001

• Company Overview: Coca Cola bottling plant in

Colombia

• Professional expert in carbonation equipment

management.

• Responsible for the preparation of the filling line, and the start-up and shutdown processes of the bottling line.

• Responsible for the statistical control of critical variables in the filling process.

Education

Valle University Cali

Master’s in administration

2016

Research work: Strategic plan for PRODUCTOS Y SERVICIOS RYV SAS period 2016 - 2021. Scholarship for academic average.

Javeriana University Cali

Diploma “Manufacturing and Productivity Management” 2003

Autónoma de Occidente University Cali

Seminar “TPM & Lean Manufacturing”

2003

Colombian association of Chemical Engineering

Seminar “Instrumentation and Control of Processes” 2003

Andean Seminars

Seminar “Inventory management”

2002

Javeriana University Cali

Seminar Costs of Non-Quality

2002

Comfenalco training center

Seminar Effective Communication

2001

Cali Chamber of Commerce

Seminar Application of Strategic Planning as a Competitiveness Structure 2001

Valle University Cali

Chemical Engineer

1999

Thesis: Design of a pilot plant for the extraction of essential oils using supercritical carbon dioxide. Scholarship for academic average.

Champagnat Institute Pasto

Academic Bachelor

1993

With honors. Excellence award for Best Bachelor of Nariño 1993, awarded by the government of Nariño.

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