Polymer industry specialist

Middle/upper level management position in industrial products. Focused on development of new markets based on competitive strategies such as: product tailoring, packaging development and direct client support

January 2008 to present: Independent sales agent for Chemium International Corp. Achieved sales of 1.2 million dollars in the first year.

Estizulia Servicios Técnicos, C.A. (a subsidiary of Estireno del Zulia, C.A.)

2002 to July 2008: Sales Manager.

Responsible of marketing and commercial team. Achieved the goals established in the company business plan, which was based on new markets expansion mainly in North America, Mexico and Europe.

2000 - 2001: Technical Services Superintendent / Export Sales Executive.

Opening of US market to the company during 2000/2002 thus producing an increase in sales of the order of 1.5 million dollars per year. Technical assistance of international clients in USA, Colombia, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Guatemala and Costa Rica. ISO-9000 internal auditor.

1992 - 1999: Technical Services Superintendent

Successful development of eight new grades of products through the coordination and execution of the research and development plan. This meant an increase of 20 % in sales by winning new accounts in Brazil, USA., Dominican Republic and Italy. Technical assistance and training to local and international clients. Implementation and maintenance of ISO-9000 quality system in marketing, sales and technical service areas.





Estireno del Zulia, C.A.

1989 - 1991 Quality Assurance Supervisor.

Coordination and execution of laboratory analysis for raw materials, process materials and finished products; as well as liquid effluents.
Elaboration of raw materials and final products specifications and test methods for quality control purposes by means of statistical tools.

1983 - 1988 Process Supervisor

Successful start-up of new polystyrene line in record time. Elaboration of operational directives for the production of crystal, expandable and high impact polystyrene. Process trouble-shooting and optimisation that allowed a high performance of the production lines. Process evaluation of alternative raw materials. Responsible for all the processes involved in the reception of styrene monomer vessels, including quantity and quality inspection, coordination of product discharge and storage and pipe cleaning.


Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd (ICI). Hillhouse works. Plastics Division. England

1980: Industrial trainee. Main work: Optimisation of distillation column operation

UNDERGRADUATE: Loughborough University of Technology, England.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, 1981.

POSTGRADUATE: Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Specialist in Chemical Engineering, Major: Polymers, 1994

LANGUAGES: Spanish, English, Italian.