456 North Street Unit 1 Burlington, VT. 05401

Patricio A. Ortiz patricio@ortiz.com.ar

Cell: (260) 577-2830

EDUCATION: Tri-State University Angola, Indiana, USA Master in Engineering ( Fulbright Scholarship) May 2010

● Mechanical Engineering

National University of Rosario Rosario, ARGENTINA Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees December 2007

● Industrial Engineering

EXPERIENCE: ABSMaterials, Inc. Wooster, Ohio, USA Team Leader, Engineering and Manufacturing July 2014 to present

● Lead the Engineering and Manufacturing Teams: ○ Oversee development and effective execution of daily / weekly / monthly work plans for engineering, production, fabrication and field work. Assign projects and tasks to direct reports. Enlist others to assist. ○ Create clear expectations and hold people accountable to meet or exceed expectations. ○ Get projects and tasks completed on time. ○ Responsible for HSE, Quality, On-time Delivery, Cost and Housekeeping. ○ Ensure accurate, complete records of manufacturing activities. ○ Maintain secure process and formulation documentation. ○ Develop and maintain an ISO-compliant production system. ○ Cost reduction: Perform design, build and testing of manufacturing process improvements to achieve cost targets and timing.

● Manage current products (Regenex ITS, VOCEater, VOCSock, Injection, VOCCapture, Regen and special systems and special treatment): Assisted in the managment of a $1 M budget.

○ Prepare client proposals for standard and special applications of current products. ○ Deployment checklists. ○ Up-to-date BOM’s for all designs. ○ Maintain CAD drawings for each product in a backed-up and organized library. ○ Ensure effective version control of all documentation; no question about which is the latest version.

● Move new products from Product Engineering to commercial product or assist hand-off to Partners: ○ Work with Product Engineering for successful transition from field-test stage. ○ Ensure the products are manufacture-able and meet cost targets .

● Manage Engineering projects, including timing, cost and deliverables, as follows: ○ Work with company leadership to develop quantitative design criteria, measurement methods, capacity,quality targets and investment and operational cost objectives. ○ Per project, create an overall system concept and project timing for management review and approval. ○ Benchmark existing designs and explore options for components and sub-systems. ○ Design, build and test prototypes to prove concepts. ○ Organize ideas, test results, benchmarking reports and other information. ○ Provide concept drawings and sketches for the team to refine. ○ Facilitate manufacturing Quality Control plan development for each new equipment design, including FMEA, Control Plan, reaction plan, training and audits. ○ Identify suppliers and work with them to develop components and sub-systems. ○ Oversee detailed design, build and testing of mechanical, piping, controls and monitoring systems.

○ Test final products and evaluate the results versus the initial design criteria; adjust as needed. ○ Create BOM’s for all designs and ensure they’re up-to-date. ○ Maintain CAD drawings for each treatment and production system in an organized library. ○ Maintain production control plans as they are being developed. ○ Ensure effective version control of all documentation; no question about which is the latest version.

● Work with the rest of the Operations team and others at ABSMaterials to develop and launch new formulations, new processes, new products and improved equipment.

● Develop and maintain a Preventive Maintenance System with a calendar and checklists for periodic tasks to maintain the production equipment and facility. Issue monthly reports.

● Assits in the provisional and final patent process. ABS Materials, Inc. Wooster, Ohio, USA Project Engineer November 2011 to July 2014

● Led projects from conception to commecial product. ● Designed and built engineered prototype water treatment systems based on fixed beds of media. ● Implemented multiple manufacturing processes for commercial products, including quality control, health and safety, and

efficiency optimizations. ● Water handling sub-systems: pumps, tanks, piping, manual and automatic valves, flow meters, safety valves, etc ● Programmed PLC devices. Set up network stations and remote access. ● Design simple circuit boards for producs like the VOCSock ( Remote Sampling Unit). ● Coordinated design and build of automated production water treatment systems and regeneration. ● Managed projects, including timing and budget.

Dometic Corp, Sanitation Division Big Prairie, Ohio, USA Product Engineer August 2010-November 2011

● Responsible for one of the main products of the sanitation division (Dometic High Profile 310 Series Gravity Discharge Toilet)

● Communicated project status and updates with scheduled monthly meetings that include purchasing, quality, operations, engineering and customer service.

● Assisted in a systematic transition process of R&D projects to manufacturing and verify assembly, processes, bill of materials, procedures, fixturing and specialized tools.

● Troubleshooting existing warranty designs as necessary. ● Designed and improved products, parts and componentes for the Dometic’s 310 series line. ● Performed cost reduction and time studies. Improved manufactruing procedures for the Dometic’s 310 series line. ● Improved packing design. Designed test of experiments. Applied continuous improvements and lean manufactring methos to

Dometic’s 310 series line. ● Contacted and reviewed suppliers of raw materials. Analyzed returnd and warranties. ● Responded to quality issues and implemented corrective actions as necessary. ● Approved changed/updated drawing and bill of material documentation for use in manufacturing.

Bambi Industry Rosario, ARGENTINA R&D Assistant May 2009 – September 2009

● Worked in Research and Development department. ● Redesigned commercial glass door cooler (Final Project Master Degree Trine University)

SicozCorporation Rosario, ARGENTINA IT Manager/Webmaster January 2007- June2008

● Led interdisciplinary working groups. ● Worked with the Web designers, IT technicians, and staff to assess and respond to IT needs. ● Oversaw the development, design, and implementation of new applications and changes to existing computer systems and

software packages.

● Developed, reviewed, and certified all back-up and disaster recovery procedures and plans. ● Maintained the integrity and continual operation of the IT network including the wireless networks.

CAMMESA Rosario, ARGENTINA Financial Assistant/ Account Executive January 2006 – December 2006

● Oversaw medium and big customers of the national electric market and provided customer service. ● Ran penalization of the electrical market. ● Provided information about the status of the electrical market.

Conexis (Computer technical services) Rosario, ARGENTINA Computer repair technician January 2005- December 2005

● Repaired hardware and software. Manufactured desktop computers. ● Installed operative systems and repaired software installations and antiviruses. ● Set up security network installation and maintenance (router, switches, WiFi, TCP/IP).

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY:

● Proficient, Pro-Engineer Wildfire and Mechanica, Solid Works, CFDesign 9 and 10, MathCAD, Matlab, Microsoft Office, TCP/IP protocol, Ethernet and Wi-Fi networks, Windows 98, 2000, NT, XP, Vista operating systems. Computer Hardware knowledge.

● PLC programming. Deep undersatnding of computer hardware. ● Languages Spanish: Native; English: Speaking: Fluent, Writing: Very well, Reading: Fluent; Certificate: The International

General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) de Cambridge University in 1997. Portuguese: intermediate. ● Proven leadership skills with organizing conferences, soliciting corporate sponsorship programs, arranging on-site company

visits for over 300 people while working with Group of Improvement of Industrial Engineering (GMEII) and Latin American Congress of Industrial Engineering.

HONORS & ACTIVITIES: August 2008 Thomas Furth Fulbright Scholarship, Merit scholarship August 2008 - May 2010 International Student Association, Vice President & Webmaster Led school visits during International Education Week. Organized annual International Night for campus and community. December 2008 - May 2010 Delta Chi Fraternity, Member

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Mr. Glenn Johnson Site Manager, Danfoss – Ames Operations 2800 East 13th Street Ames, IA 50010 330-749-7363 Scott Bunger Operations Manager at Dometic Corporation 13128 Ohio 226, Big Prairie, OH 44611 (330) 496-3211 Email: scott.bunger@dometic.com Jeffry McVay Chief Design Engineer Dometic Corporation 13128 Ohio 226, Big Prairie, OH 44611 (330) 496-3211 Email : jeffry.mcvay@dometicusa.com Stacey L. Dean, PhD Senior Scientist, Lab Team Leader ABS Materials, Inc. Wooster, OH 44691 (440) 666-2648 Email: s.dean@absmaterials.com Greg Hallahan Engineering/QHSE Supervisor 1909 Old Mansfield rd. Wooster, OH. 44691 (330) 439-5050 Email: g.hallahan@pwabsorbents.com PERSONAL REFERENCES: Clayton Bennett Friend 260-494-4989 Mari Williams Friend 260-668-9341