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Elia Gomez Figueroa

Miami,FL

Summary

With a proven track record at Arborea Consulting LLC, I excel in transforming landscape restoration with innovative, sustainable business models and strategic planning. My leadership, underscored by financial acumen and problem-solving skills, has consistently delivered projects that exceed expectations without increasing costs, showcasing my ability to navigate complex challenges and drive success.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience

Work History

CEO

Arborea Consulting LLC
Miami, FL
05.2016 - Current
  • Prepare a medium-term work plan for the HOAs, hotels, commercial areas, and residential areas for landscape restoration, including budget estimates, materials, equipment, and labor requirements.
  • Develops a supply plan for the landscape and environmental restoration of HOAs, hotels, commercial, and residential areas.
  • Negotiated contracts with vendors to secure competitive pricing for goods or services.
  • Developed strategies to achieve goals and reach the restoration landscape without increasing monthly fees throughout the years.
  • Ensured compliance with all relevant regulations, policies, and procedures.
  • Created detailed plans outlining timelines, goals, budgets, staffing needs, and other project requirements.
  • Prepared presentations for board meetings, summarizing key developments, and advancing and adjusting according to the plan.
  • Led cross-functional teams in the development of innovative solutions to complex problems.
  • Identified opportunities for process optimization through data analysis.
  • Negotiated high-value contracts with vendors and partners to optimize resource allocation.
  • Represented the organization at environmental and landscaping events, and networking activities, as needed.
  • Provided organizational leadership and collaborated with executive partners to establish long-term goals, strategies, and company policies.
  • Promotes the integration of the action plan for the maintenance, landscaping, and environmental adaptation of the common space, with the general maintenance plan of the client.
  • Supply of materials and equipment for reforestation, erosion control, restoration, and landscaping of degraded areas.

Techical Director/ President

Arborea Consultores Ambientales C.A
Caracas, Venezuela
07.1999 - 02.2018
  • Negotiated contracts with vendors, suppliers, and other partners.
  • Reviewed reports submitted by department heads to assess progress toward meeting objectives.
  • Created a marketing plan to increase awareness of the organization's activities in the community.
  • Strengthen the vocation of the company in the local government sector and landscape restoration.
  • Organized and facilitated board meetings, strategic planning sessions, and annual conferences.
  • Acted as an ambassador of goodwill for the organization by engaging positively with external parties.
  • Managed personnel issues including recruitment, hiring, training, performance evaluation, and termination.
  • Developed policies, procedures, and short-term and long-term goals for the organization.
  • Represented the organization at community events and public forums to promote its mission.
  • Collaborated with staff members to ensure the operational efficiency of the organization.
  • Cultivated and maintained positive working relationships with employees, executives, and other stakeholders.
  • Developed and executed a strategic business plan to attain assigned metrics.
  • Visualize and promote alternatives for the continuity of the business outside of Venezuela.

General Manager of Projects

Proegeo Consultores.
Caracas, Venezuela
10.1992 - 10.1998
  • Responsible for the technical and economic marketing of the company in the oil sector.
  • Responsible for the management of the client, and the definition of the technical and economic offers of the projects.
  • Planning, management, and technical coordination of the company's environmental projects.
  • Formulation and execution of the marketing and public relations plan.
  • Monitoring the execution of operations.
  • Coordination of environmental audits and preparation of environmental sensitivity maps.
  • Environmental consulting services.
  • Formulation of contingency plans for hydrocarbon spills in soils and waters, leaks of hazardous substances, and restructuring of the national contingency plan against hydrocarbon spills in water, management of industrial waste, and environmental impact.
  • Curriculum design and teaching in the field of environment and development.

Principal international clients: Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons of the Government of Guatemala, Pérez Companc (Argentina), PlusPetrol (Argentina).

Principal national clients: Petróleos de Venezuela C.A., Instituto Nacional de Canalizaciones, Pralca.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Geography

Universidad Central De Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela
04-1986

Skills

  • Global perspective
  • Sustainable business models
  • Corporate governance
  • Succession planning
  • Financial acumen
  • Problem-solving
  • Budgeting and cost control
  • Annual planning
  • Strategic planning and execution

Affiliations

  • Design sustainable and friendly landscape, based in Florida Friendly Landscape Design Standards.
  • Integrated solution using best management practice to reduce pollution and conserve water.
  • Promote sustainable solutions for solid waste management.
  • Environmental Assessment.
  • Environmental and landscaping tools, materials and products.

Languages

Spanish
Professional
English
Elementary

Accomplishments

  • Dr. Enrique and Elsa Tejera Award (PEET) mention of Best Conservation Organization in Venezuela, 2007. For the planting of more than a million trees in the Restoration of Green Areas affected by oil activity, in the south of the state of Anzoátegui (Venezuela). Project managed by Geographer Elia Gómez Figueroa, as Technical Director of the aforementioned project, executed through Arbórea Consultores Ambientales C.A., for the oil company Sincrudos de Oriente (SINCOR C.A.) during the period 1999-2009.

Timeline

CEO

Arborea Consulting LLC
05.2016 - Current

Techical Director/ President

Arborea Consultores Ambientales C.A
07.1999 - 02.2018

General Manager of Projects

Proegeo Consultores.
10.1992 - 10.1998

Bachelor of Science - Geography

Universidad Central De Venezuela
Elia Gomez Figueroa