Wilbert De La Paz
Caguas,PR
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Sales Representative - Latin America Caribbean Region
Siemens Energy
2018.10 - Current
- Responsible in the Caribbean region for matters related to technical sales.
- Mainly the support from client's perspective to SE teams developing proposals and presenting them to clients.
- Critical in communicating the alignment with support needed during the approval process for those purchases to occur.
- Part of the LTPSA and Field Service teams during services planned and unplanned implementation.
- Being in Puerto Rico in the Caribbean, it also supports SE new unit's groups with matters related to the general marketing of opportunities in the Caribbean.
- This includes the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad and Tobago as main countries.
- Excellent relationships due to proximity and immediate support with clients of the companies that mostly require Siemens Energy services through parts and long-term service platforms, as well as for all open-market business segments.
Technical Services Manager
Ecoelectrica
2014.05 - 2018.09
- Direct operations and engineering services plantwide.
- Scheduled Power Plant Outage Management, capital projects development and implementation, plant performance monitoring, and major equipment maintenance programs for a 507 MW liquefied natural gas plant that supplies 14% of the electrical energy in Puerto Rico (Approximately).
- Main Contact for OEMS and Projects critical to Plant Main Equipment.
- Execute startup and commissioning of gas supply equipment for increased production and significant reduction in emissions since its PR Grid inception in Yr 2000.
- Led a non-programmed project: turbine rotor replacement involving a major part delivery by an Antonov aircraft, featured by the media as the first time such an ambitious deadline had been met; negotiated insurance coverage and achieved negotiated reimbursement for the aircraft/emerging repair costs.
- Steered capital project improvements and spearheaded with a 30% cost reduction plan.
- Develop integrity, mechanical coding and regulatory programs in conjunction with the Safety and Environmental departments prior to audits.
Maintenance Manager
EcoEléctrica
2003.07 - 2014.05
- Oversaw maintenance, engineering and overall interface with contractors and vendors for turbines, variable drive pumps, vertical drive motors, LNG send out, circulating pumps, screw compressors, blowers, heat recovery steam generators, scrubbers, and others for a 507 MW liquefied natural gas facility.
- At one point 12-20 associates were supervised under my direction.
- Structured preventive/predictive maintenance programs for two combustion turbines (170MW) and one combined cycle turbine, cooling towers, and boilers.
- Reduced failure index from 5% to under 1%.
- Identified root cause and designed modification to correct turbine vibrations, extending lifecycle by three years and helping other peers with the savings of over $10M.
- Managed planned outages, kept under budget aside minimum of findings triggering emergent scope costs usually included within contingencies to avoid major operational/financial impacts.
- Supervised superintendents and engineering personnel engaged in preparation of plans, designs, cost estimates and specifications for improved maintenance and reliability.
Operations Team Leader
AES Puerto Rico
2001.11 - 2003.06
- Managed a team of eight associates successfully coordinating maintenance planning and operation for the overall unit targeting daily priorities of power block equipment and auxiliaries, for a coal energy power plant with 110 associates.
- One of various owner's representative during construction of the 454 MW Coal Fired Plant in the southeast coast of Puerto Rico: followed up on EPC contractor's Duke Fluor Daniel construction activities, focusing on the power block equipment, balancing of rotating equipment, fans, pumps, and limestone crushers.
- Worked and completed the installation and startup of the boiler under the established time schedule.
Project Manager
Siemens Westinghouse
1998.10 - 2000.11
- Held several positions with significant growth in a short period: led projects valued up to $5M and worked with key accounts in the US Mainland and different countries across Latin America.
- Performed the installation and preliminary site warranty services of two 501 F combustion turbines on a two-on-one, 507 megawatts combined cycle power plant in Peñuelas P.R - Enron Eco Electrica.
- Rendered technical support to see projects through construction, startup, and initial commercial operation.
- Managed Siemens Westinghouse personnel at the site.
- Lead Engineer for Siemens Westinghouse startup of a 50 I F steam and combustion turbine at Marubeni's new power plant in Thermo Valle, Cali Colombia.
- Lead Engineer for Siemens Westinghouse project in Whitewater Wisconsin: installation, commissioning and start-up of a one-on-one combined cycle power plant.
- Supported the installation/commissioning of steam and gas turbines.
- Project Mechanical Engineer for a turnkey Westinghouse project: Dominican Power Partner - Los Mina in Santo Domingo; oversaw installation, commissioning and startup of a new simple cycle power plant.
- Disassembled, inspected, repaired and started up service units.
- Assumed ownership of several departments: R&D, Engineering, Projects and Maintenance.
- Achieved high scores in customer satisfaction surveys.
- Part of a select group of 300 associates for rotational development programs.
Timeline
Technical Sales Representative - Latin America Caribbean Region
Siemens Energy
2018.10 - Current
Technical Services Manager
Ecoelectrica
2014.05 - 2018.09
Maintenance Manager
EcoEléctrica
2003.07 - 2014.05
Operations Team Leader
AES Puerto Rico
2001.11 - 2003.06
Project Manager
Siemens Westinghouse
1998.10 - 2000.11