LUIS CONTRERAS BREA

Recognized as a motivating team leader and stimulator of excellent customer relations. Strong project management and engineering background. Proven ability to organize projects and obtain maximum profitability. Key strengths are:

• Industrial Engineering
• Human Resource Management
• Building and Motivating Teams
• Strategic and analytical Planner
• Customer Relations
• Persuasive Negotiation Skills
• Bilingual/Bicultural - Spanish and English
• Business Administration Skills

Strategic and Analytical

Clear interpretation and evaluation of project specifications. Ability to negotiate realistic expectations and build customer consensus and relationships. Regular review of project progress with team foremen to determine percentage of task completion and its impact on the overall project.

This strategy improved project completion time by an average of 35 % over the last 3 years.

Key negotiator for an average of US$5.0 million yearly in existing contracts, change orders, and new work requests in a fair, honest manner creating win-win outcomes for both Shipyard and related companies and customer.

Calculation of estimates, detailed scope of work and project time lines.

Developed and implemented company "start up" strategies and operational procedures in an underdeveloped country to compet in the international market. Upgraded local craftsmanship to meet industry standards.

Reorganized existing production systems in a way to obtain larger ship repairs demands in a developing country to increase output by 200% and reduce material waste and theft by 80% over two prior years. Strategically coordinated with customers, government, and suppliers to keep project on schedule and within budget.

Human Resource Management

Interview experience marine experts in the shipyard business in order to bring experience skill and devoted personnel to work in our new expanded Shipyard Facilities in the Dominican Republic.

Sign a join venture contract for shipyard management with the Wallem Group. This has brought skill labor workforce form around the country to work with our Dominican Workers and bring new strategies and experience.

Working along with my Father, we brought into the Dominican Republic a new way of thinking by fabricating ships in our country which should be an example for Dominicans like ourselves that in the Dominican Republic anything can and should be built in order to reduce importation and create labor the Dominican Republic.

During the last years I helped developed strong communication paths with foremen, subcontractors and project team members to build and maintain strong consensus and relationships.

At the company I collaborated with my co-workers in order to implement mutual ideas in benefit of the company and bring progress to every employee.

Maintained an open door policy to encourage two-way communication with feedback with entire project team.

Safety Standards and Productivity

Clear understanding of safety requirements requested for ship repair and new constructions environment.

Reinforce the short and long-term strategic direction of safety program to increase daily awareness of personal safety.

Working with International Paint to built more strategies to implement quality control and protect ecology and the bay of Salinas.

WORK HISTORY

2002 - Present Ciramar International Trading Ltd.
Project Manager PresidentNew construction for six navy vessels for the Marina de Guerra in a join venture with Damen Shipyards Las Calderas, Bani.Ship repairs activities in the new Drydock.

2001 - Present Ciramar GroupProject manager
President Preparing shipyard facilities in order to provide services ofship Repairs for the new market for the yard of vessels coming for repairs.

2001- 2002 Project manager/President
Prepared a Project for a local private bank loan in order to Import for the first time in the Dominican Republic a Floating Drydock with a lifting capacity of 7,500 tons from Germany.
After negotiating purchase of dry-dock with Stralsund Shipyard own by the AP Moller Group.
After reaching an successfully agreement I initiated preparing the transportation of Floating Dry-dock, floating Crane barge, Floating pontoon and equipments from Germany to the Dominican Republic.
Also I gain a lot of experience dealing with Insurance, work preparations
In other countries as per 150 tons of steel have to welded on dry-dock for strength as per it was 55 days voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Also there were Insurance negotiations and the hire of a transportation company.

1999-2001 Production Manager Astilleros Benitez
Ciramar Signed a join venture agreement with Benitez yard in order to take Larger size ship repairs that could not be dry docked at Anabalca.

1997-1999 Vice president/ Anabalca

Shipyard Quality Control Manager Training shipyard skill personnel in order to compete with the global market by Providing better services certified and approved by class societies.

These included steel welding and paint application.

1997 - 1999 Production/ general sales manager
Nadelca and International paint
In charge of Paint application and surface preparation for ships in dry-dock Also work with the sales managers in to bring International paint into The Industrial market.

1994 - 1997 Vice president/Anabalca
Attending ship repairs in dry-dock and preparing cost estimates And final invoices.
Product Development and Marketing/Nadelca
Established an agency for foreign ships coming to repairs in the Dominican Republic. These services required crew exchange, ships spares in transit, steel repairs and paint application on ships.

1992 - 1994 Steel repairs and paint department officer/ Ciramar & Anabalca
Planning time table for ship repairs and quality control

1987 - 1992 Purchasing department manager/ Ciramar
Organize inventory and place orders locally and imported products or ship repairs demand

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2001 Dr. Chester karrass Seminar for effective business negotiations

2000 United States merchant Marine academy Kings point Basic of shipyards

1997-2000 Participated in business strategies courses provided by INTRAS

1993-1997 International Paint training in several shipyards Welding procedures training Society Surface preparation and paint application for ship's in dry-dock Mobile AlabamaWater blasting and airless Spray paint application Jackson Ville, Florida Quality Control and procedures for paint application anama City, Panama Welding procedures in shipyards Miami, Florida Electrode welding with Inner shield process Miami, Florida Ship repairs planning and specifications Vera Cruz, Mexico Ultra High pressure water blasting (Ultra Strip Technology)Grand Bahamas

1989 - 1993 Instituto tecnológico de Santo Domingo (Intec)
Ingeniero industrial

1986-1989 Universidad católica Madre y Maestra Administración de Empresas (Grado Técnico solamente)