ICYB Six Sigma Certified
Bilingual.
8+ years of experience in business and educational strategy development
Conference speaker experience and peer reviewed author in management.
Supplier diversity and contract compliance experience focusing on Construction Management and Architectural services.
8+ years of experience in cross cultural management, working in different countries.
June 2022 - Present
B2Gnow ( Nation’s leading diversity, procurement, and grant management software provider)
-Invited to personally attend the Rule Change Accouncement by the U.S. D.O.T. for all the SBE/ACDBE program changes to collaborate with U.S. D.O.T. staff and F.H.W.A. staff.
-Work directly with public entities such as DOTs, FHWA, Counties, States, School districts, Cities, Port authorities, and others to ensure they are properly tracking and managing supplier diversity requirements.
-Relevant accounts include The Obama Foundation, Miami Dade County Public Schools, Texas Dept. of Transportation, Parkland Health and Hospital System, State of New York, University of Texas, Washington D.C. Dept of Transportation, Gilbane Construction Company, AT&T, and hundreds more.
-Help private and public entities, including departments of transportation, school districts, counties, cities, and insurance companies navigate and understand contract compliance and supplier diversity to help them build the strongest supplier diversity program.
-Developed industry best practices to effectively engage local vendor communities for increased participation.
-Trained compliance officers from leading agencies around the country on Contract Compliance, Grant Management, and using B2Gnow tools to comply with different policy requirements (1391/1392 reporting, On the Job Training, Hub Subcontracting Plan, etc).
-Helped develop The Obama foundation’s supplier diversity cross-communication system where the GCs report to The Obama Foundation and the information flows to the Chicago Department of Housing. The project required collaboration between multiple GCs, the foundation and the city’s Department of Housing.
-Present Vendor training and Contract Compliance Training to users and vendors participating in contracts with participation goals.
Sep 2018 - Present Florida, U.S.A.
The School district of Palm Beach County
-Manages full cycle of Small, minority and women owned business participation on construction related contracts.
-Manages cross-cultural suppliers to ensure cohesiveness of the supply chain and compliance with local and national regulations.
-Prepares monthly financial and expenditure report for the School Board and CORC meeting (Construction Oversight and Review Committee)
-Regular evaluator for bid proposals committees relating to construction and architecture for contract awards above $300,000.
-Reviews GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price) for all construction projects over $300’000.00 to ensure compliance and maximization of Small Business Enterprises (SBE and Minority/Women Business Enterprises (MWBE).
-Developed multiple strategies to maximize participation of SBEs and MWBEs. Such strategies have created a constant increase on participation of underrepresented minorities, including LatinX women owned construction management businesses.
-Provided training to other public organizations on how to track participation efficiently.
-Worked with local agencies to create and execute strategies that advance Supplier Diversity, equity and Inclusion for small, minority, and women owned businesses.
-Represented our agency in local and national events.
2020 - 2021 Florida, U.S.A.
Marine Restoration Fund (MaRes Fund) [Non-profit]
Webpage under development
Marine Restoration Fund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that will engage in an array of activities to improve the status of marine reefs. Main activities will include cleaning trash contamination of multiple ecosystems including mangrove fringe and patch reefs with the use, as needed, of specialized diving equipment. All cleaning performed will be carefully logged including type of trash and location, in order to correlate information with local demographics for research purposes. Trash contamination removed will be properly disposed of to minimize environmental impacts.
Marine Restoration Fund Inc. will use the research performed to educate the population on the impacts of pollution on marine ecosystems and what actions they can take to minimize their impacts on it.
During regular cleanups of reefs, trained volunteers will look for signs of reef diseases in order to log it and report it to local marine research institutions and other organizations, including global databases that focus on the health of marine reefs.
-Ensuring that the organization's activities are in line with it's mission.
-Leading decision making efforts.
-Presiding over board meetings.
-Operational oversight.
-Compliance with bylaws oversight.
2019 Florida, U.S.A.
Reviewed thousands of pages of phone records from AT&T and T-Mobile and synthesized a report of contacts (more than a thousand) between two particular phone numbers. The report generated facilitated evidence to the lawyers and the judge, providing detailed contacts between the two numbers by date , time and form of contact( SMS, voice-call, call-forwarding, etc.). The report corroborated that the two individuals that claim not to know each other had had previous frequent communication.
Macro-data mining services and data management provided to attorneys.
Testified in front of the judge explaining the report, results and the techniques utilized to generate said report.
Mar 2014 - Sep 2018 Florida, U.S.A.
Family Center for Recovery (Psychiatric Hospital)
-Increased medical education affiliations from 2 to over 50 in a year, resulting in an average of 27 volunteer staff managed by me, increasing quality of care, staff-to-patient ratio and savings estimated in over $190,000.
-Designed, implemented and supervised new operational procedures that ensured compliance while increasing quality of care.
-Evaluated viability of strategic approaches, securing new market opportunities and new competitive advantages.
-Developed financial and operational metrics that evaluated effectiveness of care and financial value per acquisition.
-Developed market share analysis and industry analysis providing information to take effective actions to secure competitive advantages, positioning us at the top operationally.
-Updated policies and procedures to ensure state and federal-level compliance with regulatory organs.
Jan 2011 - Oct 2013 Barcelona, Spain
Clat 2010 BCN, S.L. (Mining Industry Trade)
-Increased the number of suppliers and lowered costs by establishing relationships with new suppliers in China, South Africa and Peru.
-Managed cross cultural suppliers to ensure cohesiveness of the supply chain and compliance with local, national and international regulations.
-Developed new quality controls of production and modernized systems and platforms, substantially improving brand quality.
-Managing, forecasting and budgeting inventory.
Oct 2010 – Oct 2013 Barcelona, Spain
Barromex España S.A. (Manufacturing)
-Accounting Management
-Technical and safety sheet translation; as well as other documents
-New image design and development
-Commercial relations support with English speaking providers and clients
"No matter how senior you get in an organization, no matter how well you’re perceived to be doing, your job is never done." - Abigail Johnson
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