Highlights:Starting my own project and helping companies have a better chemical handling and implement sustainability improvements.

Skills:chemistry, environment

Goal:To become a sustainability expert and benefit to the economy as well as the environment.

Membership:Costa Rican Chemists Association

Certification:Six Sigma Green Belt Higg FEM Generalist Verifier Higg FEM Chemical Specialist

CEO Project Manager 10/2023 - current
Eko Balance, San Jose, Costa Rica
Industry: Consulting
-Support national and international companies in chemical, environmental and safety consulting projects. -Preparing and submitting reports, permits, SDSs and other documents for regulatory compliance. -Training teams on GHS, safety, and emergency topics.
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Chemical Company Assessor 05/2019 - 09/2023
Bluesign technologies ag, St Gallen, Switzerland
Industry: Certification
-Auditing chemical companies in the textile supply chain. -Checking quality, environmental, and safety aspects in chemical manufacturing companies. -Ensuring correct hazard communication via SDS and chemical product labeling.
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R&D Chemist 03/2015 - 09/2017
BioLand S.A., Cartago, Costa Rica
Industry: Cosmetic Manufacturing
-Researching new eco-friendly ingredients to develop +50 cosmetic formulas (e.g. facial creams, makeup, hair products). -Monitoring the escalation of formulas from lab scale to +7 000 L tanks. -Ensuring proper use and storage of chemical substances in the factory.
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Head of Quality 01/2014 - 05/2015
BioLand S.A., Cartago, Costa Rica
Industry: Cosmetic Manufacturing
-Ensuring the quality in a production process that involves +20 people and +20 000 units of finished cosmetic products per day. -Performing QC analysis (e.g. viscosity, density, pH) to raw materials and finished products. -Applying Six Sigma tools for process improvement and waste reduction.
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Regulatory Affairs Assistant 11/2012 - 01/2014
Reckitt Benckiser, San José, Costa Rica
Industry: Home & Hygiene product manufacturing
-Registration of +50 household products (e.g. Lysol, Harpic, AirWick, Vanish) in six Central American countries. -Reviewing and editing documents (e.g. SDS, formulas, manufacturing protocols, labels) to ensure regulatory compliance. -Investigating local and foreign legislation.
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Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant 05/2009 - 11/2012
CIBCM UCR, San José, Costa Rica
Industry: Academic Research
-Researching natural products as possible new active pharmaceutical ingredients. -Developing advanced knowledge in biochemical lab analyses like PCR and FACS. -Working in the micro-scale with sterile equipment, cell cultures, and delicate samples (e.g. RNA, blood, proteins).
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University of Costa Rica 03/2005 - 12/2009
San José, , Costa Rica
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Chemistry
Lab and theory courses in general, analytical, organic, inorganic, industrial and physical chemistry.

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