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• Oscar Rogelio Mendias Rivero (OMENDIAS)• Company Location: Ford of Mexico (Mexico City) • Ford Service Date: 11/30/1992 (22.5 years in the company, 14.5 years as LL6)• Job Function: Non Commercial Areas BIT Supervisor (PD, Quality, Purchasing, Tax, Accounting, HR, MP&L, OGC, and

coaching Mexican IT Manufacturing Plants) and FoM IT Department Finances Manager.

EducationInstitution Degree Major YearI. Tec. de Chihuahua (MEX) Master of Electrical Engineering Science-Electronics/Electricity 1994I. Tec. de Chihuahua (MEX) Bachelor of Engineering Engineering-Electrical/Electronics 1988

Professional Recognition/Certifications Genesis Wave 2 PeopleSoft and HRDW launches in the Americas (Finances management help) (2015) Global Diversity and Inclusion Awards Nominations - Leading the way (FoM to FNA C3PNG Site Consolidation) (2014) 2014 five years Global Business plan for Information Technology (2014) Digital Worker Expert (2013) Canada, Mexico, ONE IT integration program recognition (2012) ITIL Foundations Certification (2010) Karrass Effective Negotiation (2008) 6 Sigma Bulls Eye club award (2006) Inuksuk Award - Drive for Leaders award (2005) Ford US - Consumer Driven 6 Sigma Black Belt Certification (2004) Electronics and Industrial Engineering (Titled, graduated with honors - 1st place award) (1988)

Oscar Mendias – Ford career


1988-1992 Chihuahua Engine Plant - Technical Trainer (PS)

1996-2000 Chihuahua Engine Plant - IT Coordinator (GSR 8)

2000-2005 Lima Engine Plant - IT Supervisor (ISE - LL6)

2005-2006 Powertrain Operations - IT Black Belt (ISE - LL6)

2006-2008 Ford of Mexico - IT PTG Supervisor for PD, MP&L, Purchasing and Quality (LL6)

2008-2012 Ford of Mexico - IT PTG Supervisor for PD, FCSD, Purchasing and Quality (LL6)

2012-2015 Ford of Mexico - IT BIT Supervisor for PD, HR, Finance, MP&L, OGC, Purchasing and Quality. IT Department Financials Manager (LL6)

Oscar Mendias – Ford Motor Co. Jobs1992-1996 Chihuahua Engine Plant - IT Analyst (GSR 6-7)


Strong Project and Finance management, demonstrated ability on driving IT projects with great ability (application’s launching and infrastructure upgrades/installation); documenting, organizing, leading, and solving of roadblocks and constraints for success delivery. I´m a highly motivated person, work well under pressure and I´m a goal oriented, always completing objectives and projects on time with high quality results.

9 years achieving excellent objectives results in Ford of Mexico (FoM) IT Cycle Plan projects for multiple business areas. Average yearly business IT investments managed of $ 1 million usd budget for projects and $ 2 million usd on operational costs. Solid experience on incorporating systems, processes, and procedures to enhance business practices, increase productivity and revenue.

Effective time utilization management, high discipline and prioritization skills, detailed work plans establishment and analytical skills with a data-driven mindset, costs savings, and problem solving approach.

Effective and solid communications skills. Demonstrated ability to work in a global, cross-functional environment with strong collaboration and teamwork skills (projects and portfolio mgt activities with countries like USA, India, Brazil, U.K., Canada, etc.). Excellent customers and clients business relationships.

Strong leadership behaviors (Drive for Results, Courage, Commitment to Quality, Problem Solving, Develop talent and inspire others, high innovation and creativity, and full Customer Satisfaction mindset).

6-Sigma Black Belt certified since September 2004. Ford Digital Worker Expert (Level 3) certification and ITIL Fundamentals´ certification achieved

Areas of expertise encompass: Manufacturing, Product Development (PD), Finance (Tax and Accounting), Quality, Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD), Materials Planning and Logistics (MP&L), Purchasing and Human Resources (HR).

Oscar Mendias – Top Qualifications


Responsible of developing and futuring of IT strategies for multiple FoM Business areas (PD, Quality, FCSD, Accounting, Tax, HR, MP&L, Purchasing) identifying high level business goals, objectives, business stakeholders, business risks; developing high level plans and seeking for approval. Providing BIT coaching to Mexican Vehicle and Powertrain Plants.

Oscar Mendias – Ford CareerCompany / Location: FORD MOTOR CO. – MEXICO CITY Area: Information TechnologyTitle: Business IT / Business Relationship Manager (BIT/BRM) Period of time: Mar 2006 to present

Management of multiple portfolios of applications, evaluating cost-benefit for the business and then prioritizing opportunities and shaping those opportunities into projects determining the right direction, right time (Cycle Plans), funding options/approvals, determining and rationalizing resource requirements (infrastructure, development, maintenance, and business expertise help), communicating and implementing these strategies.

Lead periodic business areas governance sessions, survey customers, and determine needs and wants, communicate quality feedback for continuous improvement, assess relationship management effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement, monitor financial health and portfolio performance and identify changes.

Responsible to manage IT department Finances and Budget (Operational and Projects). IT Billing expert since March 2006, providing training/coaching to IT and Finance areas, in addition to develop tools and detailed reports to improve Projects’ Forecast Accuracy and understanding to FoM IT and Finance areas, FSAO IT, and CMSA IT.


Dedicated Black Belt, working with all levels of IT Management, Business Partners, Project Champions, Process Owners, 6-Sigma teams and other Master/Black Belts peers to identify, work with and complete 3+ IT 6-Sigma Black Belt projects per year, as part of the aligned project portfolio managed within the Performance Cell.

Oscar Mendias – Ford Career

IT 6-Sigma Green Belt trainer providing ongoing mentoring/coaching in the effective application of 6-Sigma tools and methodology. Developed and conducted communication sessions, facilitated project identification workshops, etc., to build 6-Sigma awareness, competency, value add, and culture change across the organization.

6 Sigma Bulls Eye club award received in March 2007 given out to 6-Sigma performance cells that exceed goals in 3 areas: Delivery/Support of Business Results, Building Relationships, and Developing People. IT PTG team held the first two 6-Sigma Kaizen events in IT and had numerous cross functional/organizational Black Belt projects.

A total of 4 Black Belt Projects completed in this period of time solving high level difficulty problems and obtaining + .9 Million usd yearly hard savings and +8 Million usd yearly soft savings. Projects Completed as IT Black Belt listed in the Key Achievements and Recognition slides.

Company / Location: FORD MOTOR CO. – DEARBORN, MI USA Area: Information TechnologyTitle: FNA IT Manufacturing 6-Sigma Dedicated Black Belt Period of time: Apr 2005 to Feb 2006


Responsible of leading all activities related to managing the IT assets and resources of the IT organization at Lima Engine Plant Manufacturing site. The job responsibilities included:

Planning and prioritization of resources including suppliers (i.e. Help Desk). Plant IT cost management.

Engage and drive business partners within the plant towards strategic/standard business practices. Administrative and clerical functions related to IT assets on site (660 PCR, 130 printers, 1000 pagers,

etc.). IT Initiatives and project-manage implementation of new IT systems and infrastructure, along with

their subsequent operations and support at an appropriate level. Plant Data Center with 35 local servers, networking and telecommunications support and upgrades. Liaise with application management and local/regional IT teams for +65 IT global/local applications. Security & Controls (ensures all systems comply with requirements, support audits, AFR, ACR/ICR,

SOX, etc.).

Oscar Mendias – Ford CareerCompany / Location: FORD MOTOR CO. – LIMA, OH USA Area: Information TechnologyTitle: LEP Powertrain Plant - IT Supervisor Period of time: Dec 2000 to Mar 2005

I led the local IT team and worked with multiple IT manufacturing applications teams in USA on planning, installing, testing and launching +25 IT applications/infrastructure for the new v6 engine program (D35) in 2003-2005.

Facilitated the plant's transformation towards lean manufacturing via implementation of Ford Production System (FPS) IT enablers improving SQDCME goals. Implementation and training to Plant areas of the Master Schedule IT tool to document and track Manufacturing Sites objectives.

Black Belt training completed in Dec 2003 and certification obtained in Sept 2004. A total of 2 BB projects completed:

PROJ #24275 - Investigate, evaluate and provide a printer solution for D35 BB Project: annual hard savings of 51,000 usd. Project Completion Date: 20-Aug-04.

PROJ #17898 - Elimination of downtime in 3 Sciemetric stations at DEW Assembly BB Project: annual hard savings of $50,000 usd. Project Completion Date: 15-Mar-04


I worked as Primary and/or Backup analyst to align to operative business practices, launching, configuring and maintaining the following IT applications/infrastructure: Alpha-Digital/HP servers and peripherals, MB+ Network, VMS Basestar, Quality systems (QLS-CM, BHT, ETIS, Meters, RS/1, SPCS), Delivery Systems (MMS, POS Monitoring, Kanban support and SMART cards/calls, FPS measurables), Maintenance Systems (Engine Shipping Tracking, PDS/Mass AutoSave, Alarm Notification System, Process Control / Andon Boards).

I led and represented ChEP IT group to successfully complete launch of IT applications and infrastructure for the New i4 British engine program. I had high interaction and communications with Systems Business Managers, applications teams, and vendors from Europe (U.K.) and USA to plan, test and implement 23 FPS IT enablers applications. I was also responsible for management and control of budgets/costs for these IT applications/infrastructure launching (Aug 97 to Dec 00).

Oscar Mendias – Ford Career

I led 7 Mfg. application's launch (MMS, ETIS, DTS, PQS, TMS, BHT e IMAGE) for Taubate Engine and Transmission Plants new program in Brazil interacting with corporate and non-corporate teams (IT, Mfg., Vendors) from Brazil, Europe, USA and Mexico (Apr 96 to Jul 97).

Responsible of creating effective working relationships with manufacturing business leaders to communicate services and facilities offered by the technology applications; participation in development of an IT service-oriented philosophy in the Manufacturing Plant Floor environment aligned to FPS corporate strategy.

I coordinated the support of 20 Plant Floor IT applications to meet Ford’s Zetec engine project business requirements for quality, productivity, and costs. I led a team of 7 IT analysts and performed parallel job as analyst supporting quality and engine assembly areas applications.

Systems' representative in the Ford Production System Plant Implementation Team deploying Synchronous Material Flow tools (Measurables, Visual Factory, Kanban, TPM, Poka Yoke, just in time, bottleneck analysis, etc.).

Company / Location: FORD MOTOR CO. – CHIHUAHUA, CHIH. MEXICO Area: Information TechnologyTitle: ChEP Powertrain Plant - IT Launch Coordinator and Analyst Period of time: Nov 1992 to Nov 2000


Product Development: Responsible for deploying and maintaining up-to-date, and aligned with FNA standards, all the required IT PD portfolio of applications and local infrastructure; managing multiple projects (+3 Million investments) for PD area growth, in order to develop Product Engineering capabilities in Mexico to support Global needs, reaching BIC performance in terms of Responsiveness, Quality of Execution and Cost. Multiple Tech Renewal events were successfully completed working with SM and AM teams: (P2 C3PNG major infrastructure and 16 applications upgrade with 1.2 M usd investment, EWS model upgrades, Windows 7 OS migration, PD NAS Shared folders consolidation, Major replacement of NAS upgrading to a new technology and having a backup NAS server between CSAP and SFE Ford sites).

Product Development: FoM to FNA C3PNG infrastructure and data multisite consolidation successfully led and completed with FoM/FNA/APA IT and PD teams (Feb to Aug 2014).

GLOBAL benefit: Ensure C3PNG applications & new infrastructure improvements enable this C3PNG site and future C3PNG sites (Brazil and APA) consolidations.

LOCAL benefit: Avoid cost on reinvestment in new technology and reduce FoM C3PNG ongoing annual infrastructure support costs ($325,000 usd Operational cost); and avoid a SAN device tech refresh upgrade scheduled to 2014 ($110,000 usd Non Prod cost).

ENGINEERING benefit: Improved data collaboration and reduction of hours spent for each Vehicle's design due the fact of having real time access to C3PNG data (replace 2Tier connection and overnight synchronization, by 4Tier real time direct connection).

Oscar Mendias - Key Accomplishments

FCSD: Sales and Inventory of Parts (VIP): led the initiative to analyze and implement migration of Production Support and Development duties from Brazil to India. Yearly financial reductions of $63.5K usd representing 30% cost reduction of previous cost. This application support service was for Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina.

Finance: As IT Financials Coordinator, I led, documented and communicated the 2012 ORB exercise for Mexico where I identified opportunities for Mexico staff to remove incorrect annual billings for more than $700K usd (similar situation found for Canada with $1.5M usd savings).

Manufacturing: Successfully led implementation of manufacturing applications and infrastructure for 2 major manufacturing programs (ChEP i4 Engine (1997-2000), and LEP D35 Engine (2003-2005)) in addition to launch 7 manufacturing application in Taubate Brazil (1996-1997). These projects demanded multiple effective communications and work with different IT and Manufacturing teams from multiple countries like USA, United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil and Mexico.


6 Sigma Black Belt: FoM > $19.5 Million usd annual savings obtained with IT 6 Sigma Black Belt Projects:

#56143 Improved Catia license usage. Efficiencies to reduce Catia hours in FoM. Expected annual savings for $600K USD. Completed 15-Nov-2011

#37078 Participation on Vehicle Inventory cost reduction Kaizen project that helped FoM save > 10 million USD (2007).

#30154 - DXD-PLC No Communications BB Project: Soft savings of $268K USD annually. Completed: 17-Apr-2006.

#33232 - Mfg. IT PC's Consumption Mgt: Savings obtained of 1.76 Million USD annually. Completed: 31-Jan-2006.

# 34197 - Mainframe CPU processing Consumption Mgt: 143 DB changes reducing 67% of mainframe work units, annual soft savings of 6.87 Million usd (4.25 Million usd in 2005). Completed: 23-Dec-2005.

#21616 - Active Safety Awareness Process: Application adopted corporate-wide. Completed: 30-Nov-2005.

#24275 - Investigate, evaluate and provide a printer solution for LEP D35. Annual hard savings of 51K USD. Completed: 20-Aug-04.

#17898 - Eliminated downtime in 3 Sciemetric stations at LEP Assembly area. 50K USD annual hard savings. Completed: 15-Mar-04

Key Accomplishments and recognitions MP&L: Led launch of COPAC application to track and pay vehicles transportation to dealers’

fees. Development of local 9-Series reports and database provided a big help to MP&L Finance on auditing checks paid to Transportation carriers generating big savings to the company (more than $2 million usd).

Manufacturing: Development and implementation of a web-based hourly overtime scheduling and local Opt. Cards input forms application, eliminating the use of paper cards. This project reduced at least 1 salary position, and improved process efficiency and safety. Annual hard savings of $100,000 usd.

Manufacturing: Led the analysis and development of LEP IT Production Tools, an in-house web-based application for FPS measurables. This application was replicated in 5 USA Manufacturing Plants (CEP1, CEP2, REP, DEP and EEP).


Short Term (1-2 years):• Manufacturing Company IT Director/Manager • Business Strategies IT Director/Manager• IT Projects Manager/Director• IT Director for an International Company

Willingness to relocate in next 12 months: YES • North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, South America (moving

lateral or promotional)• Remarks: (5.5 years International Service Employee assignment

in USA (Dec 2000 - Mar 2006)).

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