Professional Profile
Project lead and Systems Engineer with a long track record in technology and consulting, focused on delivering on project objectives by managing scope, timelines, costs and resources. My sector base is in regulated banking and financial services (Grupo AVAL, Cardif insurance, Porvenir pension fund), where every decision goes through compliance, risk and audit, with a financial lens on solution analysis and design. I coordinate cross-functional teams and internal and external stakeholders, track project health indicators, and communicate progress, risks and delays transparently. I work under both traditional and agile approaches, removing impediments, supporting decision-making, and acting as a change facilitator for the client. I pair team leadership, conflict resolution and a results orientation with fluent executive communication in Spanish and English. MBA from Tecnológico de Monterrey.
Focus Areas
End-to-end project management
I own delivery against scope, timelines, costs and objectives for each assigned project. I plan, allocate resources and manage changes that strengthen execution and results, under both traditional and agile approaches.
Team and stakeholder coordination
I coordinate work teams and internal and external stakeholders, aligning execution with client and business needs. I lead, motivate the team and resolve conflicts to sustain the delivery pace.
Health indicators and communication
I track project health indicators and communicate progress, risks and delays on time. I report to leadership with data, anticipate deviations and propose action plans before they escalate.
Facilitation and change management
I facilitate the team, removing impediments and supporting decision-making. I act as a change facilitator for the client and contribute to solution analysis and design with a financial lens and banking-sector knowledge.
Experience
- Led the largest consulting account in the office for Grupo AVAL (Colombia's largest financial holding): owner of the client relationship and of end-to-end delivery, managing scope, timelines and costs in an environment where every decision went through banking compliance, risk and audit.
- C-level stakeholder management: tracking project health indicators, communicating progress, risks and delays to executives, and facilitating strategic planning sessions.
- Coordinated multidisciplinary Agile teams (architecture, development, QA, change management), removing impediments and supporting decision-making for high-complexity delivery.
- Acted as a change facilitator for the client, contributing to solution analysis and design with a financial lens and banking-sector knowledge.
- 9+ years leading digital transformation projects in regulated financial services — Cardif (BNP Paribas group insurer), Porvenir (pension fund), Colsanitas (health and insurance), Colombia's Judicial Branch.
- End-to-end project management: scope, schedule, cost and resource planning; indicator tracking and reporting to client and leadership.
- Designed and facilitated requirements-gathering workshops, solution architecture definition and organizational change management with client teams.
- Direct the project portfolio of a consulting firm: prioritize initiatives, define the business case and own end-to-end delivery, with KPIs and quality gates tied to client approval.
- LPDI Relacionamiento (investment fund) — Led delivery of a digital transformation program with 260+ project cycles managed on a portfolio platform, coordinating team, indicators and client communication.
- Facilitated executive workshops to define KPIs, governance and scalability plans with clients across LatAm.
- Development and management of information-system projects for the utilities sector, with deployments in Peru, Argentina, Panama and Colombia.
Key Achievements
- Led the largest consulting account in the office for Grupo AVAL, Colombia's largest financial holding, owning scope, timelines and costs end to end.
- 9+ years of projects in banking, insurance and regulated financial services (Cardif, Porvenir, Colsanitas), where compliance and risk are the norm.
- Coordinated multidisciplinary teams and C-level stakeholders, sustaining high-complexity delivery under agile and traditional approaches.
- Featured in Revista DINERO for the impact of MedicalHubAssist on Latin America's digital health ecosystem.
- Founding Professor of the Innovation chair, Universidad Sergio Arboleda — designed the program and taught it across 3 cohorts.
Methodologies & Tools
Project management: traditional approaches (waterfall / PMBOK) and agile (Scrum, Kanban) · scope, schedule, cost and resource management · project health indicators and risk management · organizational change management.
Collaborative tools: Jira · Confluence · Trello · Microsoft Planner · MS Project · tracking boards and leadership reporting.
Education & Certifications
MBA — Strategy & Business Policy
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Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
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2006
Systems Engineering (Top Third)
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Universidad de Lima, Peru
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1999
Continuing education & certifications
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Scrum Foundation (CertiProf) · Liferay DXP Certified Professional · Anthropic
Languages
Spanish: native (Peru / Colombia)
English: professional — fluent executive communication, meeting facilitation, presentations to C-level stakeholders and work with international teams