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MAURICIO CIFUENTES

Full name Omar Mauricio Cifuentes. Mechanical Engineer born in Quito, Ecuador on December 11, 1977. His father, Luis Ivan Cifuentes, and his mother, Sylvia Acevedo, are both ecuadorians. Mauricio Cifuentes is currently living in Los Angeles, California. Mauricio Cifuentes early begun his engineering career when in high school he obtained a technical degree in industrial mechanics with specialization in mold, dies, and hands-on machinery tools operation and maintenance. In 2006, Cifuentes graduated as mechanical engineer in Quito from the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana and in 2010 he earned his MSME, master of science in mechanical engineering, from California State University Los Angeles graduating with honors and becoming member of the Golden Key International Honour Society.

Along his career Mauricio Cifuentes has learned a wide different skills related to the mechanical engineering such as industrial manufacturing, mass production, mass customization, prototyping, operation of lathe and mill machinery, CNC machines operation and programming, arc-welding, MIG, TIG, and special weldings. In addition, he is proficient in special thermal treatments for metals, coating, and anticorrosive processes. As a mechanical engineer he has worked for different Fortune 500 companies related to the industrial gas industry, including liquid oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, argon, and carbon dioxide. He started with a role as cryogenic maintenance supervisor in 2005 and became national chief engineer for the technical services organization. In 2007, he started working in the United States as maintenace engineer in a chemical plant acquiring knowledge in epoxies, resins, composites, and semiconductors. In this role he has managed multimillion projects and scheduled turnarounds in the U.S. and Canada. In 2013, he joined the aerospace industry and started working for one of the most important governmental contractors for air and military defense technology. Upon this time, Cifuentes expertise has shifted towards the thermal sciences, including fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer. Besides his engineering skills, Cifuentes has learned core topics of B-School such as accounting, finance, marketing, economics, communication, negotiation, business operations, and strategy. He is an active member of ASME, ASHRAE and volunteers in coaching undergrad and graduate students for both, engineering and business schools.