Elkin Barahona

Built strong relationships with clients and industry partners to support business objectives and service delivery. Provided installation, repair, calibration, preventive maintenance, electrical safety testing, and asset inventory for biomedical and laboratory equipment.

Serviced laboratory analyzers including chemistry, immunology, hematology, urinalysis, HbA1c, and coagulation, supported hospital biomedical equipment used by healthcare professionals and performed inspections in sterilization areas and operating rooms.

• Maintained, repaired, and inspected biomedical equipment to ensure optimal performance and compliance with standards. Diagnosed malfunctions, conducted failure analyses, and ordered parts for timely repairs. Mentored junior engineers and trained healthcare professionals on proper equipment usage, enhancing team expertise and patient care. Maintained detailed records of maintenance, research, and operational procedures.

• Identified customer needs to provide guidance on brand products and analyzer programs. Delivered supplies and consumables while installing, repairing, and maintaining laboratory analyzers. Provided technical support and training for medical and laboratory technicians. Built strong relationships across the Caribbean, including Guyana, Suriname, and Belize, and streamlined support processes to enhance technician proficiency with brands such as Siemens, Coulter, Abbott, Awareness, Enboy, and Werfen.

• Coordinated and supervised restaurant operations to improve sales performance. Managed vendor relationships, including purchase orders and payments. Oversaw hiring, interviews, and staff reductions as needed. Maintained accurate inventory to ensure product availability.

• Supervised a national engineering team maintaining anesthesia vaporizer machines. Coordinated service operations, managed international parts orders, and documented maintenance activities.

• Collaborated with a national engineering team on installation, repair, and maintenance of medical devices in Colombian healthcare facilities. Resolved technical issues through effective troubleshooting and provided training to sales teams and national/international representatives on equipment operation and preventive care.

• Inspected, maintaining and repairing incubators systems for functionality and safety compliance.