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Kevin Giang Barrera

FAYETTEVILLE GEORGIA, US

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  • Looking For: program manager, marketing manager

  • Occupation: Management

  • Degree: Master's Degree

  • Career Level: Fully Competent

  • Languages: English, Spanish (native), Portuguese

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Highlights:• Experienced business professional with a managerial and analytical background. • 14+ years of experience in strategic planning, program/project management, and product development. Experienced using data and information to present results aiming to optimize business operations and support firms’ Officers decision-making. • Soft skills include analytical thinking, attention to detail, outstanding verbal and written communication, good interpersonal relations, goal and time management and leadership-oriented to results. Career interests involve business development, BI and data visualization, business strategy, strategic planning, product marketing, CRM, marketing research and data-driven marketing.

Skills:product development, project management, program management, marketing, analytics

Goal:To build a long-term career in a company with opportunities to grow while contributing my experience and background and applying my academic and professional skills in a dynamic environment to help firms succeed and achieve their goals. ... You‘ll never know it if you don‘t give it a chance. Taking risks and opening our minds to new opportunities will open doors to new and different approaches.

Certification:Brand and Customer Management (2019) Google Analytics for Beginners (2019) Hootsuite Platform Certification (2019) 6-Sigma Black Belt - GM (2011) 6-Sigma Green Belt - Ford Motor (2003)

Honor:- MS in Marketing “Best Leader” Recognition (2019) - GSU Alumni Association Grad. Student Scholarship Award (2019) - ‘Panthers in the Valley’ Immersion Program Cohort Candidate (2019) - GSU Best Teaching Performance in Business Analysis (2019) - GM Executive Committee Award (2016) - International Relocation within General Motors (2014) - GM Continuous Improvement Award (2013) - International Training at General Motors Brazil (2011) - Early Promotion at GMV (2008) - Early Promotions at Ford of Venezuela (2005 and 2006) - Majored in Mechanical Engineering with university honors (Cum Laude). Obtained position 1/88 graduates (2003) - Achieved Honor Roll for the Grade Work Thesis (2003) - Achieved Honor Roll Chart recognitions as best student during university studies. (2000, 2001, 2002 & 2003) - Being granted an Academic Scholarship by PDVSA (2000) - Achieved 2nd place in singing contest during High School (1996) - Participant of the Final Math and Chemistry Venezuelan Contest (1994)


Experiences:

Business Intelligence & Data Analytics 06/2019 - 08/2019
United Way of Greater Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia United States
Industry: Non-profit
Summer Intern position
? Responsible to support and perform marketing analytics tasks by analyzing CRM, Social Media and Web analytics databases to generate customer insights, create marketing metrics dashboards and propose actions for marketing campaigns and customer relationship follow-up.--
Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant 08/2018 - current
Georgia State University (GSU), Atlanta, Georgia United States
Industry: Education
Serve as support and assistance to undergraduate students while teaching the MGS3100 Business Analysis course.
For the Robinson College of Business Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA): ? Assisted Business Analysis course while reinforcing students’ knowledge in tools to support Business Analysis – profit analysis models, heuristic and causal forecasting methods, simple and multiple regression analysis and decision-making analysis process. Assisted faculty members with administrative tasks in general - recordkeeping and grade computation. Introduced student to course applicability using Microsoft Excel while preparing and leading in-class exercises. For the College of Education and Human Development Research Assistant (GRA): Optimized administrative process while automating operations by applying SharePoint collaboration tools through programming flows using SharePoint Designer and Microsoft Flow. Responsibilities involved creation of Lists and Document Lists management, automation of template documents generation, e-mails and, task approvals using.--
Project Manager 09/2015 - 07/2018
General Motors do Brasil LTDA, Sao Caetano do Sul, Sao Paulo Brazil
Industry: Automotive
Managed and coordinated Chassis Engineers to provide product development solutions according to customer needs and market requirements by tracking, controlling and delivering product development imperatives (mass/cost/quality) to support flawless launches.
• Responsible to control Chassis Program Budget of tooling investment for components development • Responsible to link Chassis Department and Program Engineering Team to function as communication channel and address Marketing and Product Planning Requirements • Engage Chassis Engineers to support project timing and program deliverables • Support Chassis Engineers to address project development quality issues • Chassis focal point and responsible to link Program Chassis Engineers with other Product Engineering cross functional teams and Chassis senior management to address requirements and support issue resolution process. • Support and participate in vehicle drive sessions and virtual and physical vehicle evaluations at proving ground.--
Chassis Sr Product Engineer 08/2014 - 09/2015
General Motors do Brasil LTDA, Sao Caetano do Sul, Sao Paulo Brazil
Industry: Automotive
• Perform Design Engineering Release activities and assure supplier development and industrialization according to localization plan and program timing requirements and drivers
• Work together with CAD Team to guarantee math data and component design attends corporate best practices and fits package environment. • Work together with CAE Team to perform FEAs as prevention actions for potential product development issues. • Work closely with component validation engineers to guarantee parts compliance according to corporate validation and local regulatory requirements. • Work closely with vehicle dynamics and performance integration teams to optimize vehicle performance through parts design optimization as a result of tuning activities. • Coordinate Product Development Team (PDT) to assure development is put in place according to program timing requirements working closely with cross functional areas such as purchasing and supplier quality. • Perform subsystems integration DFMEA and coordinate Supplier DFMEA/PFMEA reviews • Work closely with Supplier Quality Engineering to review/execute APQP planning • Administrate Change Management process to implement product cost optimizations and improvements • Plan purchasing of prototype parts with suppliers to support integration vehicle builds for vehicle validation--
Advanced Projects Engineering and Regulations Supervisor 07/2007 - 07/2014
General Motors de Venezuela C.A., Valencia, Carabobo Venezuela
Industry: Automotive
? Supervised and coordinated product development team to assure flawless execution of vehicle components industrialization and vehicle launches according to customer expectations and market requirements. ? Managed product development activities to implement new market regulations flawlessly while minimizing business operations impact – e.g. product market regulatory requirements (VIN/CNG) and supervised components industrialization to achieve localization target to maximize governmental business incentives.
• Engage Product Engineers to perform product engineering activities with passion and quality in a timely manner. • Coordinate Product engineers to execute product development and component validation with local suppliers according to localization plan. • Lead OEM product development and implementation of CNG system in vehicles with CNG suppliers to achieve compliance with local regulatory requirements. Projects achieved Optra CNG, Aveo Hatchback CNG, Luv D-Max CNG and Silverado CNG. • Work closely with corporate technical experts to support validation and development of local components according to Purchasing and Supply Chain localization plan. • Implement Product Development Team (PDT) philosophy in Application Engineers to assure development was put in place according to program timing requirements working closely with cross functional areas such as purchasing, supplier quality and manufacturing. • Engage Application engineers to work closely with Supplier Quality Engineering to review/execute APQP planning • Administrate Change Management process to implement product cost optimizations and improvements in localized components and coordinate changes and breaking points with CKD content. • Support Technical Standards discussion with National Automotive Technical Chamber. • Support maintenance and update of Global Legal Technical database with local legal requirements. • Perform and support execution of Vehicle certification and homologation process. • Lead latest Venezuelan VIN regulation implementation at GM Venezuela. Provided all technical & legal requirements to cross functional areas as Manufacturing, IT, Planning, and Product Engineering itself in order to execute the project. Provided details to VIN,Labels and Literatures GSSLT to spread Venezuelan VIN regulation globally. Work together with Government Relationships Department to minimize regulation impact at GMV operations.--
Product Engineer 06/2005 - 07/2007
Ford Motor de Venezuela S.A., Valencia, Carabobo Venezuela
Industry: Automotive
Execute product development and component validation with local suppliers according to localization plan work closely with Supplier Quality Engineering to review/execute APQP planning.
• Assure development was in place according to program timing requirements working closely with cross functional areas such as purchasing, supplier quality, manufacturing and validation team. • Execute Change Management process to implement Cost Reduction initiatives and product improvements in localized components and coordinate changes and breaking points with CKD content. • Support material supplier’s homologation process according to corporate global specification. • Support ISO9001 implementation in product engineering department and contribute as Internal Auditor for QS certification. • Implement SOX compliance within product engineering department.--
Supply Chain Analyst 04/2004 - 05/2005
Ford Motor de Venezuela S.A., Valencia, Carabobo Venezuela
Industry: Automotive
Control stock of CKD parts to support production according to production scheduling requirements.
• Work closely with Engineering Change Analyst to control parts inventory while coordinating change breaking point. • Support production scheduling to perform production mix according to parts availability. • Control CKD material importation and work closely with logistics/customs to prioritize shipping/custom clearance according to critical parts required for production. • Work closely with engineering to submit temporary engineering changes in order to avoid production loss. • Control inventory during production build out to avoid material excess while assuring parts to support production builds without creating “vehicles on wheels”.--

Education:

Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira (UNET) 02/1997 - 07/2003
San Cristobal, Tachira, Venezuela
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Mechanical Engineering
I majored in Mechanical Engineering and also worked for the university as Teacher Assistant in Thermodynamics. I got to graduate with honor roll and my final thesis achieved special mention award as well.


Universidad Tecnológica del Centro (UNITEC) 07/2004 - current
Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Degree: Master's Degree
Major:Master Science in Management
8 semesters of studies completed in Management providing business acumen and strategic thinking . Final graduation work to get the diploma missing.
Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) 03/2016 - 04/2018
Santo Andre, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Degree: Master's Degree
Major:MBA in Business Management
Business Management MBA providing a holistic view in project management, finance, marketing and economics.
Georgia State University 08/2018 - 08/2019
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Degree: Master's Degree
Major:Marketing
? Development of Marketing Plan for CopyThat app ? Application of Marketing Research techniques to understand correlation between satisfaction, loyalty and relationship with customers ? Digital & Social Media Marketing Plan for Make-a-Wish Georgia ? Marketing Activation Campaign for Point 3
Georgia State University 08/2019 - current
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Degree: Doctoral Degree
Major:Business Administration
Minor:Marketing
Doctoral Program with heavy course work in scientific research methodology and statistical methods for data analysis to conceptualize and test theories, and help explaining and predicting phenomena.

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