Professional Experience:
Instituto de Investigación Geológico y Energético – IIGE (National geology & energy research institute of Ecuador)
- Deputy Technical Director (Sep 18 – Jan 23)
* Supervision & operational management of R+D+i management mechanism & technical/ research-related processes. Average technical staff of 150 people, including 6 technical directors
* Supervision & operational management of geology, mining & energy-related research groups
Instituto Nacional de Eficiencia Energética y Energías Renovables - INER (National energy efficiency & renewable energy laboratory of Ecuador)
- Executive Director (Jun 18 – Aug 18)
* Legal representation of INER – Average staff of 86 people
* Report institutional performance to the Chair Committee
- Deputy Technical Director (Sep 15 – May 18)
* Supervision & operational management of R+D+i management mechanism & technical/ research-related processes. Average technical staff of 60 people, including 3 technical directors
* Supervision of energy-related research groups
- Director of Scientific & Technological Research (Aug 14 – Aug 15)
* R+D+I strategies & indicators management – Average technical staff of 15 people
- Technical Expert (May 12 – Jul 14)
* Grants, cooperation & public funds management
* Renewable energy & energy efficiency (ISO 50001) advisory
IDB Invest – Development bank
- Freelance – Energy efficiency & waste-water consultant (Nov 19 – Oct 20)
* ISO 50001 gap analysis & waste-water disposal improvement for INDUGLOB S.A. – Home appliances producer
* ISO 50001:2018 implementation & certification
Working Up – Coworking & entrepreneurship office
- Science & technology mentor (Jul 16 – )
* Scientific & technology mentorship through the incubation service.
Universidad Central del Ecuador - Faculty of Chemical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
* Lecturer – postgraduate level (Dec 20 – Jan 21) – Energy efficiency in industrial facilities
* Lecturer – undergraduate level (May 16 – ) – Automatic Control, Unit Operations
Bureau Veritas Ecuador – Verification & certification services
- Freelance - Technical expert (Aug 19 – )
* Auditing tasks support in electricity & steam generation, water utility operations, power electronics equipment manufacturing
Universidad Internacional SEK Ecuador - Faculty of Architecture & Engineering
- Industrial Eco-Efficiency Master Program
* Lecturer – postgraduate level (Apr 18 – Oct 20) - Energy & environment, Writing workshop
Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST) Loughborough, UK
- Research associate/ PhD researcher (Mar 13 – Sep 19)
* Renewable energy for development research group – Artificial intelligence application for gasifiers
Renssnature Consulting Co.
- Freelance – Climate change consultant (Nov 22 - )
* Carbon footprint calculation for PLUSPETROL S.A.
- Freelance - Cleaner production consultant (Jan 14 – Dec 14)
* Energy, & water optimization advisory at textile & poultry industry
Corporación para la Investigación Energética – CIE (Ecuadorian NGO)
- Freelance consultant (Jan 2012 – Apr 2012) & intern (Jun 11 – Dec 11)
* Wind resource assessment (Manabí, Ecuador) & biomass gasification – Techno-economic assessment
Secretaría Nacional del Agua – SENAGUA (Water Authority of Ecuador)
- Water quality analyst – Irrigation water quality in water-use permits above 50 litres per second (Apr 10 – Sep 10)
* GIS basins analysis
* Water sampling, testing & water quality information analysis
* Environmental quality of local water bodies