Rod Valades

Rod Managing & Education 1998 - 2004 Molins Architects Business consulting Social Efficiency Technologies Save something today: laying foundations for an efficient and sustainable world Ediciones Urano Barcelona, Spain ISBN: 9788496627338 @rvalades rod@imprezing.com Enthusiastic, self-starter and team empathetic engineer with strong analysis and synthesis skills to generate innovative approaches for process improvement and product innovation, or solutions to complex problems; combining the discipline of Eastern Cultures, European order and tenacity, Western entrepreneurship and Latin creativity. Valades B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering International Business and Management Master in Industrial Engineering & Quality Control Education 1997-2001 1998 2002 Work experience Skills Kitakyushu, Japan Guadalajara, Mexico Lippstadt, Germany Profile Publications Speaker at TED Mexico City 2010 Keynote speaker at UITP 2008 Keynote speaker at Universal Forum of Cultures, Monterrey, Mexico 2007 Academic Excellence Award granted by National Ministry of Education of Mexico 2003 Microsoft Office Prezi Internet Statistical software AutoCAD Visio ERP Intermediate Hungarian German Japanese Fluent English Spanish Honors Languages Computer Fastron Hungaria Kft, Tolna, Hungary Sep – Nov 2004 Improvement project for in-company and for exporting material handling, analysis of work-flows and implementation of poka-yokes. Athens 2004 Olympic Games Organizing Committee Aug 2004 Organizing transportation to athletes and National Olympic Committee members at Piraeus Port Activ@mente Producciones, Mexico City Feb – Mar 2002 Executed the access control plan for 2002 World Congress of German Schools Abroad. Health Group Industries, Guadalajara, Mexico Sep2000–Jan 2002 Code bar system implementation in 1,200 SKUS, warehouse layout new design, implementation of lean practices in inventory management. Horizon Asset Management, Zurich, Switzerland Sep – Oct 1998 Internship on financial analysis and stock follow-up Hella KG Hueck & Co., Lippstadt, Germany Mar – Apr 1998 Internship on assembly line of BMW auto headlights and quality control department Jimdo, Inc. May 2012 to date Business development and customer support & education. IPN, Jul 2011–Mar 2012 Lecturer on strategies for quality culture program implementation for executives. Tec de Monterrey, Jun 2008 – Jul 2011 Lecturer on business dynamics, logistics, production & inventory management. Social Efficiency Technologies Sep2006–Mar2012 Senior Consultant. Systemic solutions to foster strategical planning & change management on technology and innovation. I lead projects around 25 projects for both public and private companies, among them: Natuvit (natural product chain stores), Azteca Lighting (led lighting design & manufacturing), Ryder Mexico (transport & logistics), Mayan Sea Garden Hotels, Sanki Europe (robot components), INDEX Nuevo Leon (business association), SEMARNAT (Mexican Ministery of Environment and Natural Resources), Capacitanet Monterrey & CANIC Guadalajara (both executive education & training), Calzado Andrea & Calzado Viali (both shoe manufacturers), DUES Textil, Noroeste (newspaper), Estrella del Mar (golf and beach resort), British Embassy in Mexico, PINSA (tuna factory). Molins Architects, Jan2005 – Mar 2007 Mazatlan & Los Cabos Managing Director of architectural studio (design and construction): strategy, budget control, HR administration & project management. Our main client was Pueblo Bonito: www.pueblobonito.com the World Capital of Sustainable Development ID: rodesz 2005 - 2012