Guillermo Ortega

Experience

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  Vission XXI S.A. de C.V.

  Sept 1997 - Feb 2002

  Branch Manager

  - Development of Display & A/V technology projects, adapting the technology available in the market to the needs of customers like Pfizer, Mabe, Editorial Santillana, Michellin, Nortel Networks, SKB, Glaxo Smith Kline, Centro Banamex, Cinemark, Cinépolis, etc. achieving increased sales by 1000%, become the best sales representative for three years consecutively.

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  COPARMEX Cancún (Centro Empresarial de Quintana Roo, S.P.)

  Mar 2002 - Nov 2005

  Manager of Entailment and Government Council

  Responsibilities consisted of:- Organization of monthly events of politics and business management with the participation of public figures. In charge of logistics and recruitment of the participants and expositors.- Responsible for the Quintana Roo as Investment Destination project and fund, promoting investment, increasing networks of providers in the state and capturing 200 Million pesos annually to program.- Responsible for government relations - Responsible for public relations and relations with chambers and associations - Mass media management- Created a fund for the organization for several international forums as the two International Forums of Public Safety & Law Enforcement, among others. Show less

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  Universidad Privada del Estado de México S.C.

  Dec 2005 - Aug 2008

  Managing Director

  Over saw the operations and functions of new university with full accountability for P&L. Responsibilities consisted of:- Leader of the ISO 9000 Certification Project which consisted of standardize, efficient processes and changing internal control formats, making recruiting of students increased by 500% in two years and reducing registration process and fees in 25% per student.- Leader in the design and implementation of an operation system which was conceived to establish promotions to motivate regular students to fulfilling the payment commitments of the scholastic cycle, reducing NPL´s to 20%.- Negotiation of different agreements with other schools increasing the enrollment by 50% per cycle. Show less

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  Health Mart - Grupo Medix

  Sept 2008 - Feb 2010

  Presidency Assistant | Project Manager

  My function was to oversee and coordinate the operations and function of a pharmaceutical company. This included capital expansion construction projects for office and manufacturing. Responsibilities consisted of:- Regulatory approval process management- Design consultant management- Construction Administration for the ownership representation- Budget and requisition review and approval- Facilities management and plant operations management coordination- Responsible for the Public and Corporate Relations for the Presidency of Medix Group and Social Responsability Projects- Management of the presidency agenda- Mass Media Handling- Design of the Organizational Structure of the Corporate Social Responsibility Project, consisting on create new charts, job descriptions and operation manuals with savings of 100% in addition to acknowledging Institutionalism and Transparency certificate. - Leader of fundraising projects, consisting in obtaining sponsorships and monitoring the existing portfolio, increasing donations in 50%. Show less

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  Building Design International - Sunshine Development Group

  May 2010 - Apr 2013

  Project Delivery Executive | Managing Director

  Guillermo was responsible for ensuring national consistency in operational execution and bridging relationships across the regions of BDI and its corporate team. He also facilitated resource planning, helping coordinate opportunities for the staff to work in different offices and provide counsel on succession planning. He provided support for the company's regions, helping BDI achieve business plan goals and the company's long-term vision.Finally, he also provided support in operations management, working with the executive team and the Safety Committee to ensure that we follow our operational SOPs (Systems of Operations) across the companies. Show less

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  Jones Lang LaSalle

  May 2010 - Jan 2012

  Project Director Assistant | General Project Coordinator | Proyecto Aurora BBVA Bancomer

  His function on the $1.8 billion dollar Aurora Project for BBVA Bancomer in Mexico City, was to support the Project managers and project executives in the administration from design through construction. Responsibilities consisted of: - Review, integration, and Development of the Field Procedures Manual and Field Execution Plan- Weekly and Monthly Reports To Sr. Project Management and Clients (BBVA – BBVA Bancomer)- Review of progress with Construction Management (Gerens Hill – Turner Marhnos)- Vendor, Supplier, and Procurement Process Evaluation - Design and Management of Internal Controls Structures for the Aurora Project- Constructability, submittal, and shop drawing review- Coordinate LEED gold scorecard between consultants and construction manager- Responsible and coordinator of meetings of technical analysis, the progress of construction, and certification processes- Coordinator of information between the architect-designer, the certifying company, Project Manager and Construction Manager- Review and monitor the agreements and non-conformities on-site with the Construction Manager and Contractors Show less

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  Grupo Vertical | BIM Modeling Technologies México S.A. de C.V. (BTMx)

  Apr 2013 - Sept 2016

  Project Director | Project Delivery Manager | Construction Manager

  Grupo Vertical is a consolidated group with over 35 years of experience in Construction and Project Management services. The company has a track record in real estate projects, commercial, residential, business, industrial, and logistics.As a construction Executive, he was focused on developing and customize Construction and BIM solutions for projects with full modeling and coordination services, through unique and innovative systems on the market, with particular emphasis on customer needs and requirements of the project, providing the best possible solutions to the best cost.Grupo Vertical now focuses on attending to the growing market on México, LATAM, and the Caribbean. Show less

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  Autodesk

  Sept 2016 - now

  I am currently supporting AECO companies, professionals, and executives in imagining, designing, and creating a better world by implementing cutting-edge methodologies, technologies, and standards as a keystone to project management and improving efficiency in processes and workflows for project delivery. - Leads engagements with customers and acts as a representative at the executive level.- Demonstrate competence in strategic thinking and planning, communications, and leading boldly for results. Identify and articulate the business benefits and realization plan from pre-sale through the project completion phase.- Leads teams in scoping, estimating, delivering, and concluding customer engagements.- Understands, documents, and communicates customer business and processes. Assesses, defines, and recommends improvements to business processes and workflows.- Recommend options and best approaches to achieve customer solution objectives, working closely with the Solution Architect and other consultants to prepare and present solutions to customers.- Review and process deliverable documents, including proposals, business assessments, recommendations, business process analysis, and workflow documentation.- Become established as an industry thought leader by identifying, creating, and promoting compelling insights related to your area of expertise.- Develops and executes plans to improve the consulting group's capabilities, including external and internal capacities. Where appropriate, creates and delivers best practices, documentation, technology training, and coaching based on personal experience.- Ensures that team members perform to the highest level of quality and professionalism. Show less Helping customers to imagine, design, and create a better world by implementing BIM methodology and BIM Standards as a keystone to managing projects in the AEC industry. For the last 17+ years, has been working on the implementation of the BIM methodology for large scale projects, applying it in project controls, project delivery, contract management, operations, auditing processes, customer success and government relations in a variety of multicultural projects in Mexico, Asia, and the Americas.Provides internal and external benefits by giving advice, guidelines, and mentoring in operational, procedural, and technical matters, to benefit customers by increasing Autodesk value as ‘certified’ trusted advisor for the AEC industry. Provides advisory at large-scale projects from the discovery stage through the project delivery phase, which enables customers to achieve a high standing in the organization. Supporting implementation teams across geos, with client engagements by increasing collaboration providing best practices and senior expertise. As Autodesk Subject Matter Expert provides a review of strategy and feedback into account teams for long term Costumer Success Plans optimization.Provides advisory on early-stage and discovery phases support, projects where we can influence the whole ecosystem across the supply chain, joint ventures between multiple EBAs, new adoptions, renewals, big infrastructure projects, etc.He has participated in a variety of challenging projects with different profiles, such as: • Three major airports that include renovation and construction • Transportation• Logistic platforms and industrial parks• Highrise• Mix use projects • Residential and housing• Data centers• Corporate facilities • Pharmaceutical and hospitals• Schools • Participating ONCEE for the first BIM standard in Mexico. • Etc. Show less Responsible for the technical delivery, technical processes to be used in the project, and management of the technical team including subcontractors, technical point of contact for the customer, project supervision, and the resources working the project. • Be the technical point of contact for customer inquiries and requests.• Understand Contract, Scope, BIM Deliverables, and Schedule.• Proactive management and planning for deliverable execution.• Creates, manages and optimizes processes, priorities, and ownership for deliverable workstreams. Oversees schedule and timeframe for BIM deliverables; ensures timely deliverables.• Attends all customer meetings and helps to lead workshops, reports on Technical Deliverables progress and status with backup from different subcontractors as needed.• Daily in-house task management of 3rd parties and Autodesk technical staff.• Coordination of tasks, resources for deliverable creation.• Enforces timeframes and internal & 3rd party adherence to processes.• Manages day to day issues related to 3rd party assignments and contracts.• Recast and set expectations on deliverables and quality, establishes and maintains a QA/QC process.• Facilitates resolution of issues related to BIM deliverables.• Ensures effective team dynamics and communication.• Backup resources in the event of program manager illness or attrition.• Overall owner and responsible for technical deliverables. • Responsible for evaluating the project and customer technical needs and coordinating with the Program Manager and Technical Lead to find solutions to those.• Responsible for managing BIM Office support and sustainability.• Identifies technical project resource needs and works with PM and Delivery Manager for obtaining the resources.• Responsible to provide any executive presentation on the technical side of the solution, as well as any presentations required to further business and support the project. 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  • Principal Business Consultant, Construction

    Mar 2020 - now

  • Senior Business Consultant - Construction | Customer Success Services - World Wide Field Operations

    May 2019 - Mar 2020

  • BIM Project Manager - PMP | BIM Implementation Manager - NAIM

    Sept 2016 - May 2019