Consultant for intensive ***** ***** ***** systems (*****, *****)
• Combined experience as independent consultant and as Senior Partner and Chair of Management Commission at Consultoría Pecuaria Integral SC (***** Integrated Consulting), based in Western and Northwestern Mexico.
• Duties: Consulting and development of technical and economical projects on intensive beef and dairy *****. Quality control of ingredients, processes and final products. Implementation of quality-oriented systems. Research and development. Training and recruitment. Corporate clientele includes leading pharmaceutical, cattle, feed and ***** companies in Mexico and the US, as well government agencies and academic institutions: Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health (formerly Hoechst Roussel Vet), Eli Lilly/Elanco Animal Health, Rancho El 17, NASSA, Cedasa, Grupo Viz/SuKarne, Agribrands, Continental Grain, Nutrikowi, Micro-tracers Inc, NUBAM, Federal Ministry of Economy, UNAM, Durango Cattlemen Association, TAES/TAMU.

• Current projects
- a) Scientific consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica: Technical support on intensive animal health & management processes; integration of science-based knowledge to marketing and business development.
- b) Operations manager for ***** Innovation 2050 (IGA 2050 AC), a non-profit organization for the disclosure of forefront knowledge on the bee*****: Building of a knowledge base, development of a web-hosted platform and edition of a reference book on intensive beef *****; consolidation of a technical, academic and commercial network.
- c) Technical advisor and coordinator for the Durango Cattlemen Association (UGRD): Design and development of a project for value-added beef cattle management and integration of a statewide beef ***** chain.

• Management & Operations / Organizational consultant for wellness & corporate social responsibility (*****) - Responsible of logistics and corporate consultancy at Deporvida Alto Rendimiento SC (Lifetime High Performance).
Duties: Design and operation of organizational development programs and nationwide interventions on corporate wellness: diagnosis, evaluation, planning and logistics. Follow-up of individual behavior development programs, focused on coaching of behavioral nutrition, physical activity and rest/leisure activities. Management of data and knowledge bases, confidential files, statistical analysis and interpretation. Training for HR personnel on coordination of worksite wellness-oriented activities. Workshops on nutrition, consumer information, fitness, injury prevention, stress management, health risk appraisal and prevention. Presentation of initiatives and results at scientific audiences in North America and Europe. Corporate clientele includes international *****, technology and service firms: Gatorade, Technicolor, PepsiCo.

• Department Head / Professor / Advisor / Senior Research Scientist (*****) - Six years of combined experience at Research Center for ***** and Development (CIAD), Sonora ***** Research Center Foundation (PATROCIPES) and the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INIFAP) in Mexico.
Duties: Academic, technical and administrative duties in research and development. Evaluation, design and implementation of applied research projects. Graduate education in nutrition and ***** science/technology. Collaborative research and extension with meat, dairy and cereal technology on processing, quality, ***** safety and labeling. Graduate level teaching of Comparative nutrition, Milk ***** and quality, Intensive beef *****, Experimental nutrition and Research seminar. Graduate thesis advisory on grain conditioning and starch fermentation, diet and management on beef quality, antibiotic residues in pork, genetic variants in milk. Extension and services for cattlemen, feed, beef and dairy producers.

• Predoctoral professional experience (*****)
- Research Assistant at Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. Duties included research and technical coordination with sponsors and presentation of data analysis and reports to feed and pharmaceutical companies, including: Cargill, Eli Lilly, Novus International, Rhone Poulenc, Hofman La Roche, SmithKline Beecham.
- Laboratory Instructor for undergraduate science majors at Texas A&M University.
- Associate Research Scientist at the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INIFAP).

Ph D (1994, GPA 3.95/4.00) & MS (1991, GPA 3.90/4.00)
Texas A&M University, Nutrition and Growth, Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

ACHIEVEMENTS
•QA controls for grain & forage processing for cattle feeds.
•Opportunity cost tools for feed plant managers.
•Profit margin projection model for beef cattle suppliers (for financial offers).
•System for applied field research protocols and budgeting for feed & pharmaceutical industry.
•Feed & mgmt integration for beef high yield & predetermined quality.
•Design of full line of feeds for dairy cattle.
•Technical support for leading cattle industry supliers and producers, such as Elanco Animal Health, Hoechst Roussel Vet (Intervet Schering-Plough Animal Health), Rancho El 17, Grupo Viz (SuKarne), Continental Grain, NASSA, NUBAM, CEDASA, Productos Cárnicos Santa Cecilia, Yoreme Cortes y Procesos.
•Development & registration of a personal health & wellness model (awarded as National Best Corporate Practice for Social Responsibility in Quality of Life)
•Results of services and program initiatives presented to scientific audiences in North America & Europe.
•Edition & distribution of a reference book on health behaviors.
•Building of a knowledge base for individual application of a behavior development model on line.
•Continuous commercial service accounts with Gatorade, Technicolor &*****anizational strategies for corporate wellness presented to Hewlett Packard, Mattel, MasterCard, Kraft *****s, Profuturo GNP, Corn Products International-CPIngredientes.
•More than one thousand personal wellness programs applied in 42 cities nationwide.
•Project development contracts & agreements with Rancho El 17 (resarch & professional training on intensive beef *****), Agribrands Purina (enzymes for cattle feeds), Sonora ***** Research Foundation & Texas A&M University (cattle breeds adapted to arid environments for the North American market), National University of Mexico & Ministry of Economy (daylight savings program evaluation in the cattle industry), Elanco Animal Health (database on grain processing, feeder cattle metabolic risk, diet quality, bunk mgmt, fecal starch, performance & visceral lesions), Microtracers Inc. (feed mixing evaluation & quality), Hoechst Roussel Vet (feeding & mgmt practices on beef quality), Ganadería Integral Vizur/El Centinela/SK, Ganadería Flexi, Nutrikowi Farmland, Insumos Agropecuarios de Mexicali, Saline Seed BC, Sonora Agropecuaria (technical & analytical services), University of Sinaloa & University of Sonora (academic collaboration).
•Design of an interdisciplinary graduate program on ***** intensive ***** ***** & added value.
•Technological developments for starch analysis in cereal grains & animal feces, rapidly available starch in processed grains, sample preparation for mixing evaluation of high-molasses diets with micro-tracers.
•Specialized analysis services for ruminal digestion rate, protein solubility, rapidly available starch & mixing evaluation. Training and advisory in QA & services for more than twenty corporations in nine states.
•Building of research facilities for metabolic in vivo animal studies.
•Committee director & member for thirteen graduate thesis in animal science, nutrition, ***** science & technology.

PUBLICATIONS
Thirty nine scientific and disclosure articles and abstracts.
Selected work published internationally in the Journal of Agriculture and ***** Chemistry, Journal of Animal Science, Canadian Journal of Animal Science, Nutritional Ecology of Herbivores, Conference on Rumen Function, Conference of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Mexican Veterinary Journal, National ***** Research Proceedings, Rancho Magazine, Scientific Veterinary Journal of the University of Zulia, International Meeting on Beef and Dairy Systems in Warm Climates, International Congress of Animal Nutrition.

PRESENTATIONS
Forty one training courses, workshops, conferences and briefings to academic, technical and producer audiences.
Selected titles and audiences: A technical value chain analysis in beef *****: From cow-calf ranching to quality-oriented beef supply. ***** Industrial City Project, Durango Cattlemen Association. Fat reduction in beef. 4th Conference on Lipids and beef quality and its impact on public health, Research Center for ***** and Development. Quality control in feed plants. Continuing Education Program, Research Center for ***** and Development. Intensive quality-oriented beef *****. Cattle Feeders Association ASEGAN Conference. Feed and cattle managemente impact on beef quality. Cattlemen´s Day Conference, University of Yucatan. Irrigated pasture grazing systems. 2nd National ***** Seminar, National Cattle Producers Association. Intensive grazing management. Department of Agriculture Anniversary Conference, University of Sonora. Cattle body condition management. Range Management, ***** and Wildlife Training Course, Sonora ***** Research Center Foundation. Nutrition and body condition score. XII Veterinary and Animal Science Week, Sonora Technological Institute. Beef cattle nutrition. Continuing Education for Animal Science and Range Management Faculty, University of Sonora. Irrigated pasture yearlong management / Supplementation strategies for irrigated pastures / Intensive pasture grazing and nutrition management. Roussel Technical Conferences. Strategies for protein supplementation. Meat Industry Program, Technology for Latin America Conference, Texas A&M University. Animal nutrition. Research Highlights Course for Extension ***** *****s, Ministry of Agriculture. Molasses based diets for ruminants. Cattleman´s Field Day, La Campana Experimental Station, National Institute for Agricultural Research.