EDUCATION 

HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS	 Boston, MA U.S.A.
MBA emphasizing business policy, managerial economics and operations management

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	Pasadena, CA U.S.A.
BS emphasizing electrical engineering and information technology. Tau Beta Pi

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Spanish – fluent native with operational and business experience in Latin America
French – 2 years plus study at Paul Valery University, Montpellier France

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
 
-	Senior management experience planning, starting, and operating multinational businesses

-	Senior management experience in climate change, carbon emission reduction, clean energy, and Kyoto Protocol Clean Development Mechanism cap and trade

-	Development, management and delivery of professional services with Fortune 100 to 500 clients and multi-nationals

A creative and effective leader of business performance improvement, Al Vazquez is especially proficient in improving and stabilizing operations. He focuses organizations on  implementing sound process capabilities and technologies to accelerate the achievement of strategic objectives.

Leveraging training and experience in both business and technology, he has conceived and implemented innovative business process improvement often dependent on creative, new applications of technology. Furthermore, he has led change management and proven those new processes operationally in multi-national enterprises.

His broad industry experience includes information technology, steel, food, electronics, computers, professional services, consumer products, biomedical devices, healthcare, automotive, abrasives and distribution for leading companies such as IBM, Nabisco, Johnson and Johnson, Marubeni, North Star Steel, National Semiconductor, GTE Sylvania, Baxter Healthcare, Merisel, Ortho-Rehab, Computer Task Group, Norton Abrasive, Ingram Distribution, General Motors as well as state and local governments.

He has published in the Harvard Graduate School of Business Case “Rio Bravo Electricos”, Logistics Strategy, Cases and Concepts with Roy Shapiro, Revitalizing Manufacturing, with Janice A. Klein, Council of Logistics Management, Peopleware, and Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Speaking engagements include the Distribution Computer Seminar, Logistech, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (AutoFact), Steel Industry Systems Association, IBM Pharmaceutical Industry Executive Conference (IBM), and the Taiwan Carbon Forum.

Experience Highlights

Vice-President and Founder of Industrial Carbon Emission Reduction Division
Leading Global Carbon Emission Reduction Project Developer
Conceived, planned, built, and led a new division focused on large-scale industrial and  clean energy carbon emission reduction. Increased the typical emission reduction project size by a factor of 30, spreading overhead costs to improving profitability substantially. Developed and implemented the new processes including business development (origination), opportunity qualification and deal-making. Doubled capacity by recruiting and training highly qualified staff and led the buildup of the pipeline from nothing to 20 million tCO2e annually in 6 months. Led successful business development in a new country and reworked the business plan to target new countries based on key factors he identified in the market.

Vice-President, Science Technology and Innovation
Leading Global Carbon Emission Reduction Project Developer
Reorganized valuable, highly qualified science and engineering staff and developed management processes to focus decision-making on strategic issues based on objective science and financial analysis. Created and implemented a new, strategic initiative to improve performance of 700 large biodigesters in Latin America. That initiative continues to be effective two years later. Conceived a novel approach to agricultural carbon emission reduction based on a much more reliable process.

Lead Consultant
Rapid Operations Improvement and Stabilization for Divestiture
Led a 3-month analysis and process design for a $30 million national provider of medical rehabilitation services and equipment. Quickly determined that fundamental processes of inventory management, ordering, and billing were inadequate and articulated practical process designs (with the CIO) to fill those gaps. Helped the CEO implement those process designs in time to improve the valuation of the company for a profitable sale.

Materials Manager
Automobile Component Manufacturer International Supply Chain Implementation
Created the business processes to manage the complex supply chain of a new, international, multiple plant manufacturing strategy for General Motors. Then implemented and proved those designs as the first Materials Manager of the first GM plant in Mexico with the new process. Hired, trained, and managed an indigenous team to handle 5000 incoming and 2000 finished parts successfully across the border from multiple foreign sources to multiple foreign customer assembly plants in less than a year.

Lead Consultant
Largest ERP System Implementation On Time, Under Budget
Led the articulation of a vision and explicit business goals for a new corporate order management process for a food manufacturer. Then helped the client management team select an ERP solution and successfully implement the highest volume SAP system ever deployed. Provided periodic assessments of progress against business goals so that the over $50 million project was completed on time and under budget in less than one year. Advised the leadership on change management issues throughout the challenging effort. Planned, developed and delivered communication events and new process training content to change critical skills among thousands of field staff across the country.

Lead Consultant
Order Management Process Reengineering for Process Manufacturer
Led a 6-month reengineering of the Order Management Cycle of a $100 million process-manufacturing supplier to foundries. Facilitated the development of explicit goals and the business case for change. Developed and executed a comprehensive plan of communication events for company officers that maintained a positive momentum despite staff cutbacks. His redesigned process slashed the number of forms by 80%, cut mission-critical quotation time by over 50%, and was projected to reduce customer claims substantially. The client quantified $2 million in annual benefits. Ultimately, the anticipated new ERP system was not even needed due to the process improvements.

CHRONOLOGY OF EXPERIENCE

11/2008 - present 	Closewaters LLC Energy & Carbon Mgmt.	Satellite Beach, FL USA
Managing Partner

6/2007 - 11/2008 	AgCert Services U.S.A.	Melbourne, FL USA
Vice President - TurboGreen Division

6/2006 - 6-2007 	AgCert Services U.S.A.	Melbourne, FL USA
Vice President - Science, Technology and Innovation

8/1996 – 6/2006	Closewaters	Satellite Beach, FL USA
Owner - Independent Management Consultant

4/1988 - 8/1996	Computer Task Group, Inc.	Melbourne, FL  USA
Director-Management Consulting

10/1985 - 4/1988	General Motors, Packard Electric	Warren, OH USA
Senior Project Engineer

9/1983 - 9/1985	General Motors, Packard Electric	Warren, OH USA
Marketing-Senior Analyst

7/1982 - 8/1983	General Motors, Cableados de Juarez	Juarez, CH Mexico
Gerente de Materiales (Plant Materials Manager)

6/1981 - 8/1981	General Motors, Rio Bravo Electricos	Juarez, CH Mexico
Manufacturing Operations Consultant

8/1977 - 8/1979	General Motors	Warren, Ohio USA
Associate Engineer, Project Engineer