test deep foundation elements on some of the largest and most expensive projects in the world.
- High percentage of travel has led to experience working in many different regions in North and South America
with a large variety of project sites.
- Ability to adapt to different construction site conditions and apply safe work practices to changing
environments.
- Fluent in spoken and written Spanish

EDUCATION
April 2012
Master of Engineering (Civil and Coastal Engineering, Structures), University of Florida
December 2009
Bachelor of Science (Civil and Coastal Engineering), University of Florida

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
March 2012 - Present, Project Manager, Latin America Regional Manager
Loadtest USA, Gainesville, FL.
- Responsible for planning, preparing and analyzing deep foundation test shafts using the Osterberg Cell
bi-directional test method.
- Coordinate daily interaction with international and domestic clients to provide project progress.
- Prepare client proposals, submittals, technical reports, daily field logs, purchase orders and technical
presentations. Evaluate sub-surface stratigraphy to estimate optimal foundation element performance.
- Perform field installation of test equipment, complete load testing and reporting analysis of collected field
data, including calculation of shaft displacements, side shear and end-bearing unit resistance, shaft
compression comparisons and generation of equivalent top load curves.
- Develop marketing and business development strategies for Latin America, as well as generating quarterly
and monthly projections.
- Currently directed over 60 combined load tests in the United States, Canada, Panama, Honduras, Brazil,
Puerto Rico, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates. Notable projects include: Atlantic Bridge over the Panama
Canal, Entisar Tower (UAE), Tappan Zee Bridge (NY), California High Speed Rail, Transbay Tower (San
Francisco), Porto de Santos (Brazil) and the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project.

January 2010 - March 2012, Graduate Research Assistant
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Presented a Master’s Thesis investigating the mechanical uplift resistance of asphalt shingle sealants during
extreme wind events.
- Led the structural design and construction of a Pressure Loading Actuator to simulate the behavior of extreme
wind events on full scale residential components.
- Organized, designed and performed experiments to calculate wind driven rain ingress rates of idealized
leakage paths through a residential envelope.
- Participated in the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program (FCMP), including destructive testing and deployment
of instrumentation to quantify hurricane wind behavior and the resultant loads on residential structures.

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August 2007 - December 2009, Laboratory Assistant
Powell Family Structures Lab, University of Florida, Gainesville FL
- Contributed to the construction of the University of Florida’s Portable Hurricane Simulator.
- Coordinated experiments to analyze the water ingress rates through exterior residential doors and windows,
and shingle and roof tile impact testing on residential glazing.
- Performed general maintenance of the hurricane reconnaissance instrumentation towers.
- Developed experience with general carpentry, welding and machining equipment for specific project
fabrication requirements.

May 2008 - August 2008, Civil Engineering Intern
Kiewit Southern Co., Lakeland, FL
- Assisted with project estimating of pile reinforcement for a bridge replacement in Pensacola, FL.
- Completed estimate for Design-Build of the SR-44 Overpass in Wildwood, FL.
- Created 3-dimensional renditions in AutoCAD of project structures to plan equipment access.
- Conducted construction site safety inspections on 3 Florida-based construction projects.

May 2007 - August 2007, Civil Engineering Intern
Kiewit Southern Co., Miami, FL
- Coordinated crew schedules at 12th Avenue Bascule Bridge project.
- Coordinated concrete mix inspection, slump testing and concrete cylinder preparation and collection on the
I-95 Concrete Replacement project.

SOFTWARE LITERACY
Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio, Outlook, AutoCAD, MATLAB, Mathcad

CERTIFICATIONS
- IPMA Level D – Certified Project Management Associate – January 2014
- Smith System DriverTrainer Certification – January 2014
- OSHA-10 Construction Safety and Health – April 2012
- Engineering Intern - Florida - June 2009
- FDOT Plans reading certification - December 2007

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- American Association for Wind Engineering

PUBLICATIONS

“Residential Roof Covering Investigation of Wind Resistance of Asphalt Shingles” – Co-author. Submitted to
ASTM February 2011 for the December 2011 Roofing Symposium.

“Wind Uplift Resistance of Asphalt Shingles” – Author. Thesis presented to the graduate school of the University
of Florida.

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