Date: 22th September 2011
Time: 5:00 pm registration. 5.15 pm Conference/Presentation. 5.45. Informal discussion 6.15 Networking.
Where: Malbec Room of Novecento 1414 Brickell Ave, FL 33131
Speaker: Ricardo García López, Head of Engineering Latin America General Manager Nationale Suisse
Professional Experience
| 01.04.2011 / present08.06.2010 /
31.03.2011 |
Nationale Suisse Latin America LLC, MiamiGeneral Manager Head of Engineering Latin America
Nationale Suisse, Basel Member of Senior Management Head of Engineering Latin America |
| 11.09.2006 / 30.05.2010 | Infrassure Ltd., ZurichSenior Underwriting Consultant, Risk & knowledge, (until 30.05.2010)
Head of the Civil Construction, Metals and Mining Sector (until 30.11.2009) Head of the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Sector (until 01.05.200)7 World-wide insurance and reinsurance of engineering business (operation and construction of large infrastructures, manufacturing, production, and energy facilities) |
| 08.10.2002 / 16.07.2006 | Willis Corretaje Reaseguros SA, CaracasGeneral Manager
Reporting to Willis Ltd in London but dealing placements with regional markets (MR, SR, Hannover, SCOR, XL, Mapfre, etc.) for Venezuelan and Dominican business. |
| 08.10.1984 / 08.10.2002 | Swiss Re, CaracasDifferent positions along this period: Engineering Underwriter, Manager Engineering Department, Marketing Manager, Client Manager Corporate Accounts (Large Industrial Risks). Technical Director:
As Technical Director, responsible as chief of the Underwriting and Loss Control Unit, for the facultative underwriting of Property, Engineering, Liability and Marine business lines in the markets Venezuela, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Also appointed by the Divisional Underwriting Office (DUO) of Swiss Re Americas as special representative in charge of the oil and gas business in Latin-America. |
| 19.11.1981 / 07.10.1984 | Dragados y Construcciones de Venezuela S.A.
Chief Engineer in charge of the project execution Representation in Venezuela for Dragados y Constructions S.A. of Spain, that established the Parque Naciones Unidas Consortium with Pretensados Venezolanos C.A. in 1981, in order to develop the project: “Multi-purpose Gym and Olympic Pools at the Parque Naciones Unidas”, for the IX Pan-American Games of 1983. |
| 18.05.1981 / 18.11.1981 | L.M. y ASOCIADOS C.A., Venezuela
Engineering Consulting Company Civil and Mechanical works surveys of the GüiriaInternational Port, Sucre State, Venezuela |
| 08.01.1979 / 08.07.1980 | CIA. OBRAS TERCIO LEVANTE, Cartagena
Civil and Mechanical Project and Management at the Tercio Levante Fort, Infantry Unit, Spanish Army |
| 03.09.1978 / 03.01.1979 | INTRAL S.A, affiliate of Compañía Valenciana de Cementos S.A.Student Apprenticeship Calculus Department |
Publications in specialized journals:
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“Application of the Boundary Elements Method to the Analysis of the Stability and the Design of the Tunnels Excavation in Rock Mass”. Proceedings of the 14th Boundary Element International Conference 1992 in Seville, Spain
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“Turbine-powered Machinery Insurance”. Boilers and Turbines, 1992 issue of Steam Team magazine, Venezuela
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“Turbine-powered Machinery Insurance”. Boilers and Turbines, 1993 issue of Steam Team magazine, Venezuela
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“Damage Mechanics Theory and Boundary Elements Method Applied to Rock Tensions and Displacement in Tunnel Excavations”. Proceedings of the IV Pan-American Congress on Numerical Methods, Buenos Aires, Argentina1994
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“Damage Mechanics Theory and Boundary Elements Method Applied to Rock Tensions and Displacement and Tunnel Excavations”. Proceedings of the II Venezuelan Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering and Applied Sciences, Maracaibo 1994
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“Boundary Elements and Damage Mechanics to Analyze Excavations in Rock Mass”. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, No. 20, 1997, Elsevier Science Ltd.
- “A Boundary Element Formulation for a Class of non Local Damage Models”. Paper number 9/936, 1999, International Journal of SOLIDS and STRUCTURES
Education:
| 2001 | Caracas Institute of Advanced Studies in Management (IESA)Advanced Management Program (PAG) |
| 2001 | Escuela de Vela Caraballeda, Edo. Vargas, VenezuelaSports Master Second Class Patron, vessels up to 40 tonnes |
| 2000 | ELS Language Centre at the Saint Thomas University of HoustonIntensive English Program for Executives |
| 1995 | Faculty of Engineering, Central University of Venezuela
Magister Scientarum in Structural Engineering (Thesis approved with Honours, recommended for publishing) |
| 1985 | Faculty of Engineering, Central University of VenezuelaCivil Engineer / Hydraulics Works speciality |
| 1978 | Valencia Polytechnic University / School of Roads, Channels and PortsCivil Engineer / Hydraulics and Energy specialty |
| 1965 1971 | “Luis Vives” High School, Valencia |
