SPEAKERS

MALENA AQUINO, Senior Lab Planner - Principal, Page Southerland Page, Inc.

Malena is a Registered Architect. She graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Architecture with Highest Honors. She also completed the program on Control of Biohazards in the Research Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University.

Malena believes that working closely and listening to her client needs is essential for good state-of-the art laboratory design. She offers extensive architectural and lab planning experience, covering a broad range of professional services, with overall management responsibilities for a variety of high technology projects, including research laboratories, healthcare facilities and educational buildings. She has special expertise in the technical aspects of laboratory planning and design, code review, ADA compliance assessment, lab equipment planning and existing facilities evaluation and laboratory equipment planning and specifications. In addition, she was an NIH NCRR grant reviewer, and an instructor for CDC / PEPFAR International Training Programs for Health Labs.

Pedro Bruno, Superintendent of Government and Institutional Relations, Brazilian Development Bank - BNDES

An employee of BNDES since 2010, he currently leads the Superintendence of Government and Institutional Relations of BNDES, a unit created in August 2019, aligned with the Bank's strategy  of repositioning to strengthen relations with public sector clients at the federal, state and municipal levels and act as a bank of services and investments, with emphasis  on  the performance supporting public entities in the conduct of their respective programs  of concessions and denationalizations.

Responsible for the origination,  prospecting  and management of the BNDES structuring  project portfolio, currently with 163 concession projects, PPPs and privatizations with Capital mobilized  approximately R$ 287  billion in the most diverse sectors of the economy (sanitation, highways, ports, parks, forests, health, education, public safety, mobility, lighting energy, among others). It also coordinates the team responsible for structuring the projects of the  socio-environmental infrastructure portfolio,  currently with 69   projects being structured simultaneously. He is also responsible for coordinating the relationship of the BNDES System with the Federal Legislative Power.

In the period 2016-2019, he participated in the formulation of the Investment Partnership Program (PPI) of the Presidency of the Republic, having served as Secretary of Coordination of Energy, Mining and Airports and Secretary of Articulation of Public Policies.

Before joining BNDES, he had stints with Petrobras, INDG (now Falconi) and the Government of Minas Gerais.

He holds a degree in public administration from the João Pinheiro Foundation's School of Government, a Master's degree in administration from Puc-Rio and a Master's degree in international management from the Institut d'administration des enterprises de Grenoble (France).

Wesley Cardia, Secretary Promotion Partnerships of Federative Entities, SPPI Ministry of Economy - Brazil

Experience:  Shareholder/Director of Maestro Marketing since 1991. Director of Aspen Capital, mergers and acquisitions company (2011-2018). CEO of ISL Brazil (1999-2001). Worked in three different moments for the government of Rio Grande do Sul State: Director of International Relations - (1979-1983), Ceremonial Director - (1983-1984) and Events Director (1995-1998). He was also Director of the midia company RBS (1984-1990) and Director of Marketing of the Soccer State Federation – RS (2004-2012). Author of the books "Sports Marketing and Sponsorship", "Sports Marketing and Arenas Management" and "Image crisis and crisis management".

Academic background:  Master in Communication Science at PUC-RS (2008). Post-graduate certificate in Marketing at the University of California - Berkeley (1992). MBA at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul [Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul] - UFRGS (1991). Post-graduate certificate in Administration and Human Resources Management at PUC-RS (1986). Bachelor's Degree in Law at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul [Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul] - UFRGS (1981).

Pavlov Cáceres, National Director of Sanitary Infrastructure, Ministry of Public Health - Ecuador

Cáceres A., Pavlov was born in Quito- Ecuador, on January 1, 1976. I was educated at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (2000), later at the Carlos III University of Madrid (2003) where he studied civil engineering and a master's degree in business administration, respectively. I also have knowledge and training as an auditor in quality-environmental management systems ISO 9001-14000, in management of large infrastructure projects and financing of infrastructure and public facilities.

My work experience is since 2001, which includes positions of Direction, Technical Coordination, Head of Engineering, Constructions and Supervision of linear infrastructure projects such as: the OCP and Roads and concentrated infrastructure projects such as: Rooms and Buildings, Hospitals, Industrial plants and Consulting on Quality and Environmental Management Systems based on NT ISO 9001-1400 for companies in the construction and energy, gas and oil sectors.

I also participate as a teacher in the civil school engineering faculty of PUCE (2012 to date) in matters of Construction Materials-Concrete, Inspection of Works, Strength of Materials and in the Postgraduate Institute of the Faculty of Engineering of the Central University from Ecuador, in the Master of Construction Management (2012 to 2017).

Wilhelm Dalaison, Social Infrastructure Specialist, IDB - Inter American Development Bank

Wilhelm is an Architect from the University of the Republic of Uruguay and a Specialist in Health Facility Planning from the University of Buenos Aires. Currently he is a Social Infrastructure Specialist within the Infrastructure and Energy Sector at the IDB and has been the coordinator of the Social Infrastructure Unit since September 2020. The Unit provides with technical support to project financed by IDB, including health sector, in the Bank's 26 borrowing member countries, in Latin America and the Caribbean. Previously, he served as technical coordinator at UNOPS for healthcare infrastructure projects, in Colombia and El Salvador, and has carried out academic and research activities related to health facility planning at the University of Buenos Aires. In addition, he has experience in healthcare infrastructure projects in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.

Juan Manuel Delgado, Head of the Infrastructure Unit, Mexican Institute of Social Security

Architect graduated from UNAM, Scholar, Owner University Counselor and Member of the University Merit Commission, with a Diploma in "Development of management skills", Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. Certified as "Inspector of Federal Public Works" by the National Council for Standardization and Certification of Labor Competencies and as "Auditor of Public Works" by the College of Public Accountants of Mexico. With Specialty in Sustainable Building and Energy Efficiency by the Technological Institute of Construction. Speaker of the course "Audit of Public Works", in various delegations of the Mexican Chamber of the Construction Industry (CMIC), College of Civil Engineers of CDMX and National Polytechnic Institute. With experience in architectural projects in the public and private sectors, his collaboration in the office of Arq. Pedro Ramírez Vázquez stands out. More than 20 years within the Federal Public Administration, as responsible for real estate and public works of the Ministries of Foreign Relations, Public Education and Economy. For more than 10 years in the Ministry of Public Function as Coordinating Director of Direct Audits to Public Works. He is the founding president of the Mexican Association of Public Works Inspectors, A.C. He was Coordinator of Strategic Projects at the CMIC; Coordinator of Real Estate Infrastructure and currently Head of the Infrastructure, Special Projects and Investment Portfolio Unit at IMSS.

Raúl Fernandez, Central Manager for Promotion and Management of Investment Contracts, ESSALUD - PERU

Lawyer from the University of Lima, with a Master's degree in Public Management at the University of the Pacific. He has 25 years of experience working in public sector entities, linked to closing infrastructure gaps in transportation and public health.

He has served as Chairman of the Board of PROTRANSPORTE-Metropolitan Municipality of Lima, Member of the Board of EMAPE SA - Metropolitan Municipality of Lima, and currently Central Manager of Promotion and Management of Investment Contracts of ESSALUD in charge of monitoring the correct execution of the Contracts of APP Concession (02 level II hospitals and Central Warehouse for Lima and Callao.

Gonzalo Folgueira López, sales manager, CarttecLab

Born in Madrid in 1978, graduated in Biology in 2001, Master in Environmental Engineering in 2002 and Master in Marketing and Sales Management in 2021.

Until 2012 he developed his career in the field of water management. From that moment on, he began his work in the commercial field. First in telecommunications, then in healthcare and finally in digital marketing.

He is a flexible, adaptable and versatile person, as shown by the different fields in which he has developed his career.

For a few months, he has been working at CarttecLab as sales manager. He considers it an exciting project, as it allows him to develop all his experience and learning in the field of marketing and sales. Passionate about project management, multidisciplinary project development and group work.

Álvaro Garrido, Public tenders technician, SIAC - SOLUCIONES INTEGRALES DE ACCESOS

Álvaro Garrido is an expert lawyer in public procurement and the role it plays in improving the equity and well-being of the population. His training includes a postgraduate degree in access to the legal profession, which has served him to complement his legal and legal knowledge.

He has more than 4 years of experience in the management and processing of recruitment files at different levels in Spain; With the SIAC Group, they have been awarded of several public tenders in health infrastructure such as surgical blocks, bacteriological isolation rooms and supply of health equipment has been managed.

Thorough and detailed, he is passionate about the legal legal processing of files and their social and environmental repercussions.

Alejandro Gómez López, District Secretary of Health, Mayor's Office of Bogotá - COLOMBIA

Doctor. Specialist in Health Audit from CES University and in Finance from EAFIT University. Master in Political and International Studies from the Universidad del Rosario. He has more than 20 years of experience at the national level. He worked as a doctor in different hospitals in Antioquia and has served as vice president of Bonsalud EPS; health director of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society; director of public health of the Mayor's Office of Medellín; manager of Metrosalud and national director of nutrition of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF). In the same way, he has taught at the Universities CES, Rosario, EAFIT and Autónoma de Bucaramanga, in administrative postgraduate courses in health.

Jorge Granados Soto, Infrastructure and Technologies Manager, Costa Rica Social Security

Jorge Granados Soto is a Civil Engineer with a degree in civil engineering with an emphasis on Structures from the University of Costa Rica. He also holds a master's degree in Earthquake Disaster Mitigation from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and a Postgraduate Degree in Earthquake Engineering from the International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Tokyo, Japan. 

He began his professional career in the private company where he worked for 3 years as a civil engineer, focused on the field of inspection of works, later, in 2003, he began work in the Costa Rican Social Security Fund as a Structural Engineer in the Directorate of Project Development where he was in charge of the structural design of important works such as the Alajuelita Area headquarters and the new Heredia hospital, among others.

In February 2008 he assumed as Director of the Architecture and Engineering Directorate where he served until January 26, 2019 when he assumed the position of Manager of the Infrastructure and Technologies Management

Arturo Inda, Operations Manager, GE Healthcare

With GE Healthcare Partners since 2014, Arturo Inda brings 20 years of experience in the areas of operations, strategy and consulting in healthcare (GE, UNC Healthcare System) and manufacturing (Ford, Navistar) in various capacities. Arturo earned his Bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Tecnológico de Monterrey in México, Master’s Degree in Operations Research from Columbia University in New York City, and a MBA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.  On his Command Centers career, Arturo has shared his expertise at major events in Brazil, Chile, Spain and the US.

Alberto Losada , Senior Investment Officer for the LAC Region , IFC - International Finance Corporation

Alberto Losada is the Senior Investment Officer at IFC for the LAC Region who leads the PPP team based in Bogotá.

Prior to joining IFC, Alberto worked as Advisor to the President of the National Infrastructure Agency - ANI on strategy and financing matters. Before this, he was the Managing Director for the Investment Banking business of the Santander Group in Colombia.

Alberto has been a member of the Securities and Futures Authority (SFA) in London and of the AMW (Colombia’s Securities Market Self-regulator) in Bogotá, as well as board member of various companies. He holds a MBA in International Business from the Schiller International University in London and a BA in Economics from Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá.

José Manuel Mora, Associate Principal - Page Mexico , Page Southerland Page, Inc.

Jose’s experience encompasses all phases of the design process from master planning and campus design to the design and construction administration for green-field hospitals and medical office buildings. His breadth of experience also includes a rigorous understanding of the requirements for medical research facilities and their specialized laboratories.   

His portfolio includes extensive work for the Centro Medico ABC in Mexico City, including a 168,000-square-meter master plan development with 11 new phases of development in the growing Santa Fe neighborhood of Mexico City. This project evolved into multiple highly specialized facilities for treatment of cancer, neurological rehabilitation, and critical care as well as centers for a gynecology, obstetric and pediatric care, impatient care, and a medical school for the Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey.

Wilmar Ortiz Cardenas, Business Unit Manager, MubiMedical

Wilmar Ortiz Cardenas, MubiMedical Business Unit Manager, Industrial Engineer specialized in advanced quality systems, with 15 years of experience in lean manufacturing systems and 5 years in MubiMedical growth strategy design.

Camilo Sánchez, Applications Engineer, Genetec

Electronic Engineer with a specialization in Marketing Management, he has more than 18 years of experience holding different positions in leading manufacturers in electronic security, building automation and gas and flame detection. He has participated in the development and implementation of projects in different Latin American countries in various vertical markets. He is currently part of the Genetec team as Applications Engineer for Central America and the North Andean Region.

Katherin Sandoval, Dir. Private Participation Program Infrastructure, National Planning Department - Colombia

Economist with a Master's degree in Economics, she currently works as Director of the Private Participation Program in Infrastructure in the National Planning Department, has extensive experience in the coordination, formulation, preparation, monitoring and evaluation of multisectoral infrastructure and logistics projects, in Associations Public Private, as well as in the management and execution of technical cooperation and credits with multilateral entities.

Rubén Soriano, MANAGING DIRECTOR, SIAC - Soluciones Integrales de Accesos

Rubén Soriano is an economist passionate about business management, caring for its human components and its international projection, always in search of the vertical and horizontal integration of the company. His studies includes a postgraduate degree in public procurement which helps him better to understand the public legal system from within.

He has more than 7 years of experience in the development of biosanitary infrastructures at the highest level in Spain; where the company he manages is an expert in the performing of operating rooms, bacteriological isolation rooms and supplying of sanitary equipment.

Ambitious and willing to face new challenges that keep his creative instinct alive.

Because it is not afraid of change and cycles, who says they are not an opportunity for evolution and growth?

Rafael Ugaz, Executive Director, PROINVERSION - PERU

Economist from Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, with an MBA in Finance and Economics and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago.

He has 20 years of national and international experience in infrastructure projects, Public Private Partnerships (PPP), construction, mining, banking and project finance.

Throughout his career, he was in charge of project development, strategic planning and financial analysis, feasibility studies, commercial structuring and investments in transportation, mining, water, energy and technology, including airport concessions in Costa Rica and sanitation in Ecuador; as well as experience in PPP contract for part of the London Underground railway in the United Kingdom.

In last 10 years, Ugaz has held management positions at Bechtel Enterprises (BEn), the Bechtel Group project, investment and financing development unit. Previously, he was responsible for the evaluation of the performance and risk analysis of the investment portfolio of 15 financial institutions at COFIDE (Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo) and he carried out consultancies and research on the development of the Peruvian financial system for the World Bank.

In ProInversión, Rafael Ugaz has been Executive Director since December 2019.

Santiago Urbizo, Planning and Development Deputy Manager, Guatemalan Social Security Institute

Economist from the University of San Carlos de Guatemala, with a master's degree in Industrial Administration and Diplomas in Advanced Management from INCAE and Technological Management from CINDA (Chile), and International Project Course from ILPES (Chile). He is currently Deputy Manager of Planning and Development of the Guatemalan Social Security Institute, which is in charge of the Master Plan for the Modernization and Expansion of the Hospital Network with the assistance of the United Nations Office of Project Services -UNOPS-. He has also served as Project Administrator, Head of Cooperation and International Relations and Manager in the Planning and Institutional Development Management of the Superintendency of Tax Administration. He has been a consultant at the National Secretariat of Science and Technology, and the General Secretariat of the National Council for Economic Planning. In the academic field, he has been a professor at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the economic and project areas. He has been Coordinator of the Master's Program in Project Formulation and Evaluation at the School of Postgraduate Studies of the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of San Carlos de Guatemala. All this has allowed him to acquire for more than 25 years a vast experience in operational and strategic planning, management, negotiation and execution of projects, mainly in international cooperation, administration, execution and evaluation of Research and Development (R&D) and Science projects. and Technology and Infrastructure. At the international level, he holds the position of Technical Secretary of the Council of Social Security Institutions of Central America and the Dominican Republic CISSCAD, whose Pro Tempore Presidency is held by the IGSS.

He is President of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Academic Development, FUNDAC, a benefactor partner; He has been a member of the Economic Studies Commission of the College of Professionals of Economic Sciences of Guatemala and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Latin American Association for Technological Management, ALTEC.