Eduardo E.

Varela Uvalle
Monterrey, NL, Mexico
eve1df0e@westpost.net
+52 1 (81)1791.7641... (81)1253.7166... (81)1253.7165

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
* Executive Business Leader with 20 years of experience in Manufacturing, Operat
ions, Engineering and Overall Business Management.
* Focused in Maximize Business Profit and Guarantee Business Solid Growth accord
ing to Corporate Strategy / Vision.
* Organized, Visionary, Simplicity - Preventive Thinking, Self-Motivated, Motiva
tor, Team Developer, Customer Service Approach (Internal and External), On Time
- Cost Effective - Quality Compliance Philosophy (Make it Happen).
* International Experience developing business in Latin America and Asia.
* Strong development on Sales, Marketing and Commercial Areas taking care of Con
tracts, Getting successful Win-Win relationship with Customers.
* Outstanding Communication skills at any Level within an Organization, includin
g healthy and Productive Relationship with Union.
* Domain Areas: Full Operations Management (Production, Projects, Engineering, M
aintenance & Continuous Improvement, Quality Assurance), Product Development, Sa
les Management, Market Development, Human Resources, Financials, Purchasing, Raw
Material & Inventories Control, Administrative Controls.
* Two Engineering Degrees (Electronics + Automation), MBA, 6 Sigma Green Belt, P
M Certified, General Manager with proven results having the Full responsibility
of an American Company at Mexico.
* Fluent in English and Spanish
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
* Saving my current company (AYB) of closing on June/06 (Responsibility taken on
July/05... Deadline given on Nov/05), getting "black" numbers, reducing 50% the
Break even point, increasing productivity, no quality issues, on time deliverie
s.
* Increasing Productivity from 63% to 87%, also reducing Dead Downtime from 17%
to 3% in the first 6 months of operations at AYB
* Successful support on Fintube Thailand (Brother Division at Asia)... Increasin
g Productivity from 45% to 82% in 3 months on May/07... Taking 7 operators with
me to support 7x24 schedules in full Operations, leading Thai and American Teams
at site.
* Saving the most important account in the group on 2007 (bad account management
), getting a fair contract... since then I have closed with the same customer mo
re than $15 million dollars in contracts with an average Gross M of 35% (exceedi
ng industry margin for this product).
* Getting better business performance in the group on 2008 and 2009 (Bookings, B
acklog, Margin, Performance and Safety).
* Growing in Sales Revenues from $3M in 2006... $6M /07... $10M/08... $12M in 20
09
* Winning 5 consecutives large projects at Korea even do we have a local competi
tor there, complying ahead schedule, according to budget, Margin and Strict Qual
ity Requirements (2009 / 2010).
* No Quality issues and No Late Deliveries since March 07
* Successful Project Management Development at Operations and Maintenance on Aut
omotive Glass Mfg, Automotive Aluminum Motors Mfg, Telecommunications, Ceramic T
ile Mfg
* More than 15 successful Plant Automation Start up performed at Honeywell, on s
everal industries like Refineries, Cement, Chemical Plants among others becoming
winner of the "Top 5" Consultants at Latin America.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ALETAS Y BIRLOS, SA DE CV (2005 - Current)
Monterrey, Mexico
Manufacturer of High Frequency Finned welded Tubes for Heat Recovery Application
s at Latin America's Petrochemical, Power Generation and Boiler Industries.
General Manager
* Directing all business areas such as Sales, Production, Engineering, Maintenan
ce, Quality, Financials, Administration, Human Resources, Safety, Purchasing and
Logistics.
* Development of Business Annual Plan, according to corporate guidelines of Marg
in, Profit, Revenues and Market Presence, Getting ready the annual budget to rea
ch company targets.
* Develop Cost Effective System to detailed analyze every project in order to gu
arantee Margin/Profits to the company.
* Working effectively with the Sales Force in order to gain loyal customers and
reach new prospects/customers in other countries and within Mexico and Latin Ame
rica.
* Management of operations, keeping the Production running according to the expe
cted standards... Efficiency > 90%, Scrap < 1.5%, QNC PPM < 300
* Guarantee the Optimal Maintenance of the assets in order to keep the expected
performance of the equipment at a competitive value to generate the forecasted b
usiness margin for the organization. Downtime < 3%
* Ensure compliance with ISO9001 and ASME Standards.
* Monitor all financial aspects of the business in order to control and set stra
tegies for improving cost controls & results.
* Full accountability for facility Profit and Loss (P&L), conducting monthly rev
iews with Top Management.
* Keeping a healthy environment among the organization in terms of Human Resourc
es (No strikes, nor major issues with employees/workers/Union), Safety Improveme
nts (more than 250 days w/o lost time accidents), and Starting a "Green Company"
culture at the company.
* Develop of all the Management team...Every Leader at AYB is coming from lower
levels at the organization, some of them speak English now and are studying a Ma
ster Degree (focusing in develop Human Resources - Replacement Card Concept)
* Developing new Products with R&D team at USA with the Vision to open a new Fac
ility here at Monterrey Mexico by 2012

Feb03-Feb05
Daltile de Mexico SA de CV www.daltile.com.mx
Monterrey, Mexico
Manufacturer of Ceramic Tile, Floor tile plant.
Maintenance Superintendent
* Preventive/Predictive Maintenance Management in Floor tile Plant, including Pl
ant Facilities, Setting of TPM practices.
* Setting of Best Practices program to perform productive Major Maintenance Stop
s in order to increase Efficiencies at the plant, getting for the first time a M
ajor Maintenance soft-clean start up during Christmas Stopson 2004 & 2005
* Project Manager on saving projects on Electricity, Gas, Water and Compressed A
ir (hard savings USD$270,000 in a year).... New installations, Updates, Process
Improvements
Jan02 to Feb03
Operations Consultant Own Business
Monterrey, Mexico
Project Management, Production, Operations Consultant.
* Project to increase production at Compressors Plant, being Responsible to incr
ease the production in 50%...Goal reached! Increasing production on 57% in 3 mon
ths (5s', TPM, Production line balance, Team work, Lean Manufacturing, Emphasis
on communication and team Motivation).
* Project to increase production at Textile Company, 40% on 4 months, Goal reach
ed! Increasing production on 43% on time (5s', Production Order Management, Pro
duction line balance, Kan-Ban, Setting of Quality Standards, Emphasis on team De
velopment)
Sep00 to Dec01
Company closed due to 9/11 WTC
SR Telecom www.srtelecom.com
Operations Manager
* Responsible to guarantee successful Deployment of Point to Multi Point Network
provided by SRTelecom in Mexico.
* Coordination of Engineering, Logistics, Installation, Test and Start-up activi
ties for the implementation of the SRTelecom network.
* Implementation of all the facilities on time according to the schedule. Improv
ing team's performance reducing implementation time from 3 weeks to 5 days.
Mar99 to Jul00
AXTEL, S.A. de C.V. www.axtel.net.mx
IT O&M Manager (Operations & Maintenance Manager)
* Management of the Axtel's IT Maintenance and Operations area.
* Leader on development of Systems to support the Operations and Maintenance are
as
* Successful release of systems on time according to schedule.
* Successful development of unique tool in Latin America's telecoms industry to
determine service availability in 3 seconds, the competition takes from 1 to 2 d
ays.
Sep97 to Mar99
NEMAK, S.A (Alfa) www.nemak.com
Information Technology Coordinator
* Leader of SAP_R/3, Plant Maintenance module (PM) implementation. Module Manage
ment, Configuration, Training to users and Technical Support.
* Implementation of Manufacturing Execution System (MES) in NEMAK, S.A. (phase I
). To integrate the data collected from factory floor on real time into an infor
mation platform.
* Homologation of Maintenance Operations in the 4 NEMAK's Factories.
* Break the maintenance cultural work conflict between factories (mills 1-2 vs.
3-4)
Apr95 to Aug97
Autotemplex, S.A. de C.V. ( Grupo Vitro) www.vitro.com
Instrumentation and Control Maintenance Manager
* Implementation and Management of the Preventive, Predictive and Corrective Mai
ntenance on Electronics, Pneumatics, Hydraulics and Instrumentation.
* High Technology Equipment Maintenance (German, Italian, Swedish and USA).
* Responsible of the Maintenance Quality Control System
* Member of Autotemplex leaders committee.
* Implementation of Preventive-Predictive Programs...Dead Time reduction: 67%
* Automation projects to reduce Cycle and Set Up Times.
May90 to Apr95
Honeywell, S.A de C.V. www.honeywell.com
Industrial Automation Consultant
* Honeywell's Industrial Control Systems Consultant
* Domain of the entire platform since Planning, Engineering, Analysis, Developme
nt, Installation, Configuration, Start-up, Technical Support and Enhancements.
* 15 successful Plant Start-up (Kimberly-Clark, Pemex, etc.)...3 rescued project
s
* 5 Successful optimization Projects at major facilities (Hylsa, Cemex, Dupont ,
etc.)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
M.B.A (2002)
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon - UANL, Monterrey, Mexico
B.S. Electronic and Communications Engineering - IEC (1990)
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon - FIME - UANL, Monterrey, Mexico
B.S. Automation and Controls Engineering - ICC (1989)
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon - FIME - UANL, Monterrey, Mexico
Other training
Executive Top Management Seminars
- HSM Mexico 2008 / 2009
Six Sigma-Green Belt Training Program
- ITESM, Monterrey 2004
ISO-QS 9001 Auditor Program
- NEMAK 1998
SAP Enterprise Resource Management Program
- NEMAK (ALFA Group) 1997
TPM, 5s', Kaizen Blast Improvements teams
- Vitro Group 1995
Project Management Consultant Program
- Honeywell, Mexico 1994
Honeywell's Total Distributed Control System Program
- Honeywell, Mexico 1992
Affiliations and Honors
President - Fellowship Grant Committee at Latin American School (2008 - Now)
Member - American Chamber Mexico (2008 - Now)
Member - Executive Forums Mexico (2009 - Now)
Top 5 Award Consultants in Latin America - Honeywell 1994