ALVARO GARCIA

• Oversee a cross-functional team of 15+ professionals to successfully design, manufacture, install and commission 30+ engineered-to-order cranes with projects ranging from $1.2MM to $25MM.
• Responsible for the detailed development of over $65MM in project financial budgets while maintaining a profit margin of between 5-10% above initial estimates.
• Identify and mitigate over 200+ project risks and secure appropriate resources to reduce project issues by 35% and reduce unexpected costs by 15%.
• Lead supplier contract negotiations across 30+ projects to secure more favorable terms and achieved a cost reduction of 8%.

• Conceptualize and create product technical design specifications and patent applications for 2 products as well as define project scope and schedule through the implementation of agile project management practices increasing engineering throughput by 45%.
• Design 4 test apparatuses and corresponding test procedures to safely validate engineered concepts and parameters for patented designs through more than 50 tests.
• Design and execution of over 60 FEA simulations and achieved a 15% decrease in design development and testing costs.

• Planned and executed 20+ industrial boiler outages, supervising 20-40 union and non-union skilled trades to safely inspect, perform maintenance repairs, and provided recommendations for performance optimizations while consistently completing projects an average of 6-15% under budget.
• Conducted root-cause analysis of boiler performance deficiencies and presented recommendations for appropriate corrective actions based on customer needs to improve or maintain performance of plant efficiency at or above 85%.
• Provided recommendations of boiler spare parts and lead-times for outage planning, reducing outage times by 2-4 weeks per outage and incrementing outage sales value by 20%.

• Supervised, coached, and afforded technical support for 20+ UAW die-makers, mechanics, and electricians across 7+ plant maintenance outage and engineering upgrade projects from design to implementation.
• Planned and supervised maintenance repair activities for mechanics, electricians, and die technicians to reduce plant downtime by 6%.

• Oversaw the purchase, design, manufacturing, and installation of General Motors' overhead crane fleet across 16 plants in 3 countries for the North American Division.
• Collaborated with strategic suppliers to develop scope of supply and present a multi-year business strategy governing the purchase and plant partnerships for over $100M of overhead cranes for GM North America, including the identification of strategic plant partnerships to implement and test newly developed safety technologies.
• Fostered partnerships with strategic suppliers, general contractors and sub-contractors, and potential suppliers to continually increase sourcing capabilities achieving 5-10% year over year cost reduction for crane installations.

• Trained, supervised and organized over 35 Field Artillery soldiers, across 12 weekends and a 2–3-week field training exercise per year and maintained 95% soldier readiness.
• Collaborated with fellow NCOs across Information Operations, Psychological Operations, Key Leader Engagements, Public Affairs, and Electronic Warfare teams to develop tactics and strategies resulting in an average 90% positive mission success rate.
• Planned safety awareness training for over 100 soldiers within the unit, reducing internal incidents during training exercises and deployments by 5%.