Dipl.-Ing. Gabriel Ruiz

° Led Regional Business Centralization focused on Human Resources (2017) for Zone COPEC (Colombia, Peru & Ecuador) - delivered savings of around USD2MM ° Established practices and frameworks for innovation through NoCC products : robotics and operational excellence scheme : robotics architecture and roadmap, operational Community of Practice, Internal Capability - savings to be delivered USD800K first year. ° Engaged C level to deliver best practices, centralization strategy.

o Led as Regional Transformation Lead to deploy Latam functional and technological improvements in Ecuador´s Global ERP. o Co-Led the deployment of Global Business Partnering Organization in Finance for LatAm Operations o Led Post Implementation Review &Benchmarking Methodologies - identify improvements points in Business Process, Organizational Design, Process Automation & , Centralization o Controlled the regional transformation team budget - US$6MM

o Led and participated in Global Workshops to design global processes Credit, Collection , Dispute Mgt. and Cash Application (countries: Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, South Africa, Czech, Poland Romania, United Kingdom) o Led the Design, Deliver, Test new SAP functionalities (FI and FSCM SAP Modules) o Supported Business Readiness activities to align and mitigate changes in processes o Led the design of BI and BW Reporting o Led Business Value Realization to identify local and global benefits

o Participant in Regional Workshops as LatAm regional representative to design Global Processes related to Credit , Collection , Dispute Management and Cash Application. o Regional and Local Role Mapping support (transactions allocation) based on SOD guidelines o Local Deployment of SAP FSCM functionality (Colombia Go Live – Sept 2011) o Local Post Implementation Review execution to identify Design and Solution Gaps

o Mapping of Regional Processes mapping related to Commercial Finance (ARIS Flow tool) based on Regional Best Practices o Regional local processes gathering and process alignment proposal. Regional discussions to align expectations and processes. o Analysis of local processes based on Regional best Practices (global support from Accenture Consulting from a technical point of view)

o Regional and Local Support to test DSD (Direct Store integration) functionality and impacts in financial processes. o Regional support to develop a Regional Credit Policy based on local and regional best practices. o SOX and SOD team support to align and implement controls and processes in the Design and Solution. o Human Resources Management at low and medium level (analysts, specialists, consultants – Accenture)

Note : graduation in stand by - thesis to be presented - Geopolitics and changes in the contemporary international system International Conflicts and negotiation mechanisms and conflict resolution. Development Policy and International Cooperation