CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Mauro Alabuenas, President, Buenos Aires Subway

Alabuenas is a lawyer graduated from the University of Belgrano and has postgraduate studies in In-depth Commercial Bankruptcy Law from the University of Buenos Aires. He has extensive work experience leading work teams, both in the public and private spheres. In addition, he has vast experience in the independent exercise of his profession.

In Subterráneos de Buenos Aires, he served as regular director between 2016 and 2018, and as vice president since November 2018. Between 2011 and 2016 he was general director of Public Space Planning of the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, under the Ministry of Environment and Public Space, in addition to chairing, in the same period, the Urban Landscape Commission of the Government of Buenos Aires.

DAVID BARRAGAN, VP SALES SPAIN & LATAM, VOESTALPINE RAILWAY SYSTEMS JEZ

David Barragán, Zaragoza, Spain, 1979, is Commercial Director at LATAM for voestalpine Railway Systems.

Industrial Engineer from the University of Comillas, with a Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Control from the University of Humberside & Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom, he has an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain.

After working for several years in companies of the railway sector, he joined the voestalpine group in 2013. Since then he has focused on points and crossings, signaling and monitoring devices for the Latin American and Spanish markets.

EFRAIN BASTIDAS, GERENTE GENERAL, METRO DE QUITO

Efraín Bastidas Zelaya is the general manager of the Quito Metro Metropolitan Public Company, since October 22, 2021. He has a Master's Degree in Transportation Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain; MBA Master in Business Administration from the INCAE Business School of Alajuela, Costa Rica; and is about to obtain a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Infrastructure Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. He has 24 years of work experience, where he has stood out as manager and project coordinator of the United Nations Development Program UNDP, Ecuador; Consultant for the analysis of determining technical variables for the construction of urban railway projects for the World Bank, Washington, USA. He was a teacher at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences; University of the Americas; SEK International University; International University of Ecuador; and, University of the Pacific. He has given lectures at international transport congresses and written several scientific articles for international specialized magazines.

Jonathan Bernal, Structuring Vicepresident, National Infrastructure Agency - ANI

Jonathan Bernal is a Civil Engineer, Specialist and Master of the National University of Colombia. Currently, he leads the Vice Presidency of Structuring at the National Infrastructure Agency. Previously, he served as Director of Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy of the DNP, where he previously held the position of Deputy Director of Transportation, he has worked as a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank - IDB, Director of Infrastructure of the Ministry of Transportation, Advisor to the Office of the Minister of Transport, Advisor to the National Government on issues of intermodal transport, urban mobility, efficiency and energy transition and sustainable exploration of hydrocarbons and minerals.

Felipe Bravo, General Manager, Santiago Metro

Felipe Bravo has spent almost 26 years at Metro de Santiago in different areas, so he has a wide and deep knowledge of the company. He is an Industrial Civil Engineer with a mention in Transportation from the Catholic University and joined the underground train in 1996 as a Planning Engineer. Since then he has held various roles. In 2014 he took over as Maintenance Manager. Two years later, in 2016, he was appointed Operations and Services Manager. In 2019, meanwhile, he took the leadership of the Projects Division, a position he held until June 30, 2022, before being appointed as General Manager.

HANDERSON CABRAL RIBEIRO, DIRECTOR - PRESIDENT, Federal district Metro Company

Graduated from the State University of Goiás in Civil Engineering, he has a postgraduate degree in Public Management from the Castelo Branco University / Institute of Education of the Brazilian Army, and a postgraduate degree in Business Management from Fundação Don Cabral. Handerson Cabral is a servant of the Infrastructure Analyst career at the Ministry of Planning, with experience in planning and managing projects in the Infrastructure area.

Handerson Cabral was president of Valec Engenharia Construções e Ferrovias S/A, where he also assumed the position of Director of Administration and Finance.

With more than 18 years of experience, he also worked at the National Department of Transport Infrastructure – DNIT, between 2012 and 2014, serving as Regional Superintendent in the states of Goiás and the Federal District. Between 2009 and 2012, he served as Advisor and Project Manager at the Secretariat for Management of Transport Programs of the Ministry of Transport, where he was responsible for the Coordination of PAC Highways in the South and Southeast regions.

Paulina del Campo, Customer and Sustainability Manager, Santiago Metro

Paulina del Campo has been the Corporate Manager of Clients and Sustainability of Metro de Santiago since September 2018, from where she has led the positioning and linkage strategy of Metro de Santiago, having, among other responsibilities, advising and acting as corporate spokesperson for various stakeholders with a high level of crisis management as a result of the social context and the pandemic that implied for Metro the reconstruction of an important part of its network, the repositioning of the Brand and the redesign of the linkage strategy. From this management he also leads the company's corporate sustainability strategy. She is a journalist and has twenty-two years of professional experience in various fields such as transportation, higher education, retail, real estate, and electricity. In 2022, she was recognized as one of the 100 leading women by Diario El Mercurio – Women Entrepreneurs.

Ricardo Cardenas Cortes, Risk Manager, Bogota Metro Company

Civil Engineer from the National University of Colombia, Master in project management from the University of Quebec (Canada), Master in Civil Engineering from the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), Fellowship in soil mechanics research at the University of Bristol ( England), with extensive experience in project management, strategic and financial planning, project structuring, coordination and control of urban infrastructure projects, railway project advisor, currently Risk Manager of the Bogotá Metro Company.

Francisco Coddou, Engineering manager , PACIFICTEK Exclusive representant Concrete Canvas - Chile

Francisco Coddou, is a Construction engineer graduated from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, he´s a managing partner of Grupo Tek and a leader in the commercialization of projects with Concrete Canvas. With more than 12 years of experience with these materials, he is an expert in GCCM's (concrete in a roll) technology and he´s committed to excellence in his work. Its focus on innovation and the development of quality projects has led PACIFICTEK to be a leader in the distribution, sale and technical advice for projects with GCCM worldwide in areas such as mining, agriculture, petrochemicals and ports.

Antonio Dourthé Castrillón, Head of the Land Transportation Department, Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications

Civil engineer graduated from the University of Chile and has two postgraduate degrees, one in Traffic Safety and the other in Business Management, obtained at the same university. He has 30 years of work experience in his professional field.

Throughout his career, he has held management positions in railway and real estate companies, as well as in different areas of various institutions. His responsibilities included both the corporate area, such as General Management, administration, finance and human resources, as well as the technical production areas, with a particular focus on sustainability, including safety (traffic, labor and patrimonial), environment, quality, norms and relationship with the community. He has also held positions of public authority, such as Regional Ministerial Secretary for Transportation and Telecommunications in the Metropolitan Region and Executive Secretary of the National Traffic Safety Commission.

In the teaching area, he has been a professor in graduate programs at institutions such as the University of Chile, the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, the Universidad Federico Santa María and the Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana.

Roberto Gerosa, Chairman, Pini Group

Roberto Gerosa looks back on more than 20 years of experience as managing director and member of the management of international engineering companies. He has been a member of the Pini Group Board of Directors since the beginning of 2019.

Most recently, he was an important player in establishing the international presence of a large European consulting and engineering firm and developed its international services in the energy sector.

Roberto Gerosa is a graduate civil engineer from ETH Zurich. He deepened his management experience through further training at the St.Gallen Management Institute SDMI in Finances for Executives and at IMD - International Management Development in Lausanne (PED).

Denis GIRAULT, Managing Director, Alstom Chile

Denis Girault has been the general manager of Alstom in Chile since 2016 and vice president of maintenance for Latin America since 2011. He was director of Infrastructure and System at Alstom Spain between 2006 and 2011 and previously held the same position in Chile between 2002 and 2006. Girault joined to Alstom in 2000.

He has experience in the electromobility market, through various positions, from project manager, to his current role as CEO. He also has experience in general management of complex projects.

The executive is a Civil Engineer from École des Mines de Saint-Etienne, where he graduated with honors. In addition, he studied financial management at the Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne and has an MBA from the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD).

Juan Carlos Holguín, General Director, Urban Electric Train System (Siteur) - MEXICO

Juan Carlos Holguín Aguirre assumed the position of Director of Rail Transport and recently as General Director of the Urban Electric Train System (Siteur). Until October 2021, he served as Deputy General Director and Office Manager of the General Directorate of the Metrorrey Collective Transportation System.

Industrial Engineer and Systems Engineer with a Master's Degree in Administration with a specialty in Finance from the TEC de Monterrey, Eng. Juan Carlos Holguín Aguirre, in addition to working in the private sector, has held various public positions such as the Directorate of Engineering, Planning and Highways of the Government of the State of Nuevo León, as well as local deputy and councilor in this same state and General Director of DIF Guadalupe.

William Kim, GCS Regional Sales Manager Latin America, Hexagon Geosystems

Cartographic Engineer graduated from Universidade Estadual Paulista of Presidente Prudente with over 15 years of experience in the Latin American market where he started giving several training courses on digital photogrammetry for public and private institutions in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, Honduras, Cuba, Venezuela, El Salvador, etc. and led the deployment and operationalization of aerial sensors and mobile mapping systems in Latin America. Currently based in Santiago, Chile, he's focused on evolve the adoption of reality capture geotechnologies in the transportation engineering segments by using airborne and mobile mapping solutions.

Alejandro Marinelli, Technical Sales Specialist, Autodesk

More than 11 years of experience in BIM Projects of Civil Engineering and Road Infrastructure. His function is to guide infrastructure companies to develop their maximum potential using advanced Autodesk tools. He has extensive experience developing projects in multinational companies around the world.

Sergio Mark, Geobrugg Andina, Geohazard Manager

Sergio Mark (MG) Structural and Geotechnics Engineering Master Pontifical Catholic University Chile, 2018 Geotechnical Civil Engineer, Pontifical Catholic University Chile, 2012. He has more than 6 years of experience in projects related to mitigation of geohazards with participation in projects from the design to the implementation. Currently, in charge of the technical-commercial area of the geohazard department in Geobrugg Andina, a pioneer company in solutions of slope stabilization, rockfall, debris flow and other kind of natural hazards. Additionally, he has 3 years of experience in the field of geomechanics in the Chuquicamata Underground project of Codelco. The main line of research is related to the slope stabilization.

Paulo Meca, Director of Engineering and Planning, Sao Paulo Metro

Electrical engineer with 37 years of professional experience in medium and large companies, developing activities in the areas of design and implementation of works, systems and equipment.

He has a postgraduate degree in business management. He also holds a specialization in energy conservation and environmental management from AOTS in Japan, in addition to a specialization in project management. He is certified by PMI as a Project Management Professional (PMP).

He joined the São Paulo Metro in 1988, having worked for 22 years in the project area and for 5 years at the head of the management responsible for the implementation of the Line 15-Silver Monorail. From 2015 to 2019, he served as director of the Engineering and Construction Board, being responsible for the implementation of all expansion works on the São Paulo Metro lines. Since January 2019, he has served as director for the Engineering and Planning Board, accumulating responsibility for planning transport networks and new line projects, in addition to the implementation of all expansion works for the São Paulo Metro.

Ricardo Montecino, Planning and Management Control Manager, EFE Chile Trains

He has more than 25 years of experience in the areas of transportation and infrastructure, having worked mainly in Consulting, and planning and development areas. In the last 3 and a half years, he has been in the planning and development management of the State Railway Company (EFE), promoting the deployment of the company's strategy and in particular its portfolio of more than 130 investment projects. , and over 5,000 million USD. Previously, between 2017-2019, he worked in international consulting work, as Director of Public Transportation for Latin America of the Steer company. Also, between 2012-2017 he led the areas of planning and development of the RED system from DTPM in Santiago, having previously developed his career in Consulting.

Juan Carlos Muñoz, Minister, Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications

Industrial Civil Engineer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California (Berkeley), United States, and Master's in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the same university. With extensive experience in the academic world, he has worked in research areas focused on transportation operations, public transportation systems, logistics, and vehicular traffic theory, among others. Until his appointment, he worked as a tenured professor in the Department of Transport and Logistics Engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and as director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development, CEDEUS. He was a member of the committee of experts promoted by the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications to suggest improvements to public transport and was part of the boards of the Santiago Metro and the Valparaíso Regional Metro (MERVAL). He is the author of the book Bus Rapid Transit and the Restructuring of Public Transit (2016) and has made numerous publications in national and international magazines on mobility and transportation issues, being recognized as an international expert.

Cristián Navas, senior specialist Transportation Division, IADB Inter-American Development Bank

Cristián Navas is a senior specialist in the Transportation Division in the representation of Chile, where he works in the areas of public policy development for urban transportation, emerging technologies for mobility, and infrastructure for transportation systems. He has worked in the development and planning of transportation systems for more than 15 years, both from private companies and from the public sector. He has led the development of non-motorized modes plans and policies at the Chilean Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications and has been project manager for various urban transport, transport-oriented development, demand management and road safety initiatives. Between 2014 and 2016, he was project manager at the Concessions Coordination of the Chilean Ministry of Public Works, where he led the development of public-private partnerships (PPP) in the areas of transportation infrastructure and public transportation systems. Cristián is a Civil Engineer with a mention in Transportation from the University of Chile and has a Master's Degree in Urban Studies and Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2017).

Jaime Andrés Ortiz, Social Manager and Customer Service, Medellin Metro

Vocational training

Project Management Specialist, Pontifical Bolivarian University - UPB

Professional in Financial Administration, Jaime Isaza Cadavid Polytechnic – Medellín

Systems Technologist, Tecnológico de Antioquia – Medellín

Professional experience

Medellin Subway:

Currently Social Manager and Customer Service

Coordinator of Social Management and Customer Service Processes

Customer Service Professional 1

Professional 2 Sales Supervisor

Other experiences / Boards of directors if it belongs

Member of the Board of Directors Corporación Arví – Strategic Ally

Lauro Ramírez, President, Paraguayan Railways, Inc

Lauro Manuel Ramírez López, Lawyer, MBA and PHD, has a long career path in both public & private sectors in Paraguay, where he was legal advisor in the Ministry of Finance and the Supreme Court of Justice, and abroad, where he lead the more important South American Organization in the railway sector, based in Buenos Aires (ALAF), and was Director of the world body that bring together the sector, in Paris (UIC).

He was university teacher for 10 years at the Faculty of Law of the National University, is a member for Paraguay in the Administrative Tribunal of the Financial Fund for the River Plate Basin (Fonplata) since 22 years ago, and a lecteur in various international forums on areas of business and rail.

Permanent collaborator in newspapers and publications in Paraguay and de United States, he is currently President of Paraguayan Railways, Inc., and Director of Intelligo Consulting Group.

LUIS SALAS GONZALES, Application Engineer for the South Cone, GENETEC

Luis Salas González is currently the Application Engineer for the South Cone at Genetec, a leading Canadian technology company with a broad software portfolio in security, intelligence, and operations. Graduated as a Connectivity and Network Engineer with a certification in Project Management from Universidad Mayor, he has a vast experience of more than 10 years in the physical security industry. During this period he has helped companies in their digital transformation journey to improve the security of their installations and the safety of their people.

Gian Carlos Silva, Project Director, Proinversion

Graduate in Economics from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and Master in Transport Economics from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. With more than 10 years of experience in the contractual management of transport infrastructure projects under the Public Private Association (PPP) modality. He has participated in the contractual renegotiation of large-scale projects belonging to different modes of transport such as airports, railways, interurban highways and ports. Likewise, he has extensive knowledge and experience in infrastructure projects and transport services, related to economic regulation, discrete choice models, financial structuring, among others. Currently, he leads the promotion process of the Ferrocarril Huancayo-Huancavelica project as Project Director of the Private Investment Promotion Agency.

JOSE SOLORZA, GENERAL MANAGER, EFE Chile Trains

Civil Engineer from the University of Chile, with more than 30 years of experience as a leader in the field of civil engineering, 16 of which he has served as a director of INECO, a multinational engineering services and transportation consulting company, with a presence in more than 50 countries and highly specialized in railway projects. Vast experience in effective management of projects and organizations. Expert in commercial management and international negotiation.

Academic background: Civil Engineering, University of Chile, Santiago. Diploma in Business Management, Escuela Superior de Gestión Comercial y Marketing (ESIC), Madrid. EXECUTIVE PDI, International Business, ICEX-CECO, Madrid. Sustainable leadership for the 2030 Agenda, Bureau Veritas, Madrid. Superior Program of Commercial Leadership Expt., Otto Walter, Madrid.

Claudia Valdés, Lead Infrastructure Specialist, IDB Invest

Claudia Valdés, a Chilean national, is a Lead Infrastructure Specialist at IDB Invest, the private arm of the IDB Group. She is based in the Chile office, covering the four sectors: Energy, Transportation, Water and Sanitation, and Social Infrastructure. She has more than 20 years of experience in infrastructure financing in Chile and Latin America. Before joining IDB Invest, she was Vice President in the Project & Acquisition Finance team at Banco Santander-Chile, leading project financing advisory and structuring teams in the energy and transportation areas. Before that, she worked at the local capital bank, Banco BICE, in various areas, both commercial and analytical, with a main focus on financing the corporate and infrastructure sectors. Claudia is a Commercial Engineer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Wen Ding, President, METRO LÍNEA 1 S.A.S.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• President of METRO LÍNEA 1 S.A.S.
• Senior engineer (associate professor) graduated from Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, China.
• 27 years of experiences in international project management and marketing.
• Extensive experiences in infrastructural projects in mainland of China, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Colombia, etc.