Andres Gutierrez Mesa

• Responsible for developing regenerative agriculture strategies with a strong focus on agroforestry. I worked closely with local communities to adapt international carbon standards into territory realities, and farmers' economic and environmental needs.
• Lead research on integrating industry standards of regenerative agriculture to verify carbon content in the coffee industry. I work with different stakeholders to understand their needs and develop a tailored approach to their specific needs.
• Helped create specific project offers to different tropical agricultural supply chains, assess client and company carbon, social and economic objectives, recommend interventions and possible carbon, social and economic efficiencies.
• Being a project operator at PUR has given a strong sense of regulatory carbon frameworks, GEC accounting, and nature-based solutions project management.
• Developed comprehensive project plans, ensuring timely completion of milestones and deliverables.
• Optimized project performance with thorough risk assessments and proactive mitigation strategies.
• Navigated complex regulatory environments to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards throughout the entire project lifecycle.
• Expanded organizational capacity by identifying opportunities for growth and development within the team.
• Countries: Colombia, Costa Rica, Brazil

Technical Skills

• Designed and budgeted custom renewable energy systems (solar PV, biomass gasification) for residential and commercial clients, optimizing for site-specific resource availability.
• Managed supplier communications, system installations, and post-installation performance reviews.
• Gained expertise in off-grid PV systems, battery technologies, and energy efficiency (e.g., designed a 100% off-grid solar system for personal use).

Key Achievements:

• Developed deep knowledge of solar regulatory frameworks, component specifications, and emerging tech (inverters, controllers).
• Translated client energy needs into practical designs, ensuring compliance with local codes.
• Solar Design Software: AutoCAD, PVsyst (self-taught), Helioscope (familiar).
• Technical Drawing: CAD-based schematics, electrical layouts, and racking systems.
• Project Management: Support client communication, keep track of activities and expenses, support technicians in installations. quality control and initial PV system run tests.
• City: Bogotá Country: Colombia

• Responsible for overseeing installations & infrastructure set ups required to obtain the permit needed to grow these strains on a commercial scale. such as irrigation systems, grid connection, lightning and cooling systems for the greenhouses and office buildings.
• Responsible for co-designed the fertility and plant protection plans of the trials, as well as building, designing and operating all systems within the trial, irrigation, light support, automation etc.
• I was responsible for all plant cares and daily management.
• My daily activities included, planting cuttings, cropping plants, monitoring and identifying pest and diseases, mixing and adjusting the fertility blend, and applying all foliar products such as microorganisms (PGPB) and fertilizers.
• Wrote the final report for the government, and do the statistical analysis of the data obtained during the trial.
• Enhanced the efficiency of irrigation systems for better water conservation and crop growth.

• I was assigned to write and submit a technical papers that the company required to submit to the local government, and to modify and design the company's development plans. I was responsible for developing in their farm up to this day I work with them designing a resource mobilization plan, as well as permits to start their operation for their 3-hectare farm near Bogotá.
• City: Sibaté, Cundinamarca Country: Colombia

• My main task in the company was to budget and execute tree planting brigades.
• We establish a native tree nursery, in which the focus was to collecting seeds, planting and propagating native species of trees and plants to be planted in selected areas that had undergone ecological degradation.
• By the time I quit working with them we had plant around 2,000 native trees in the areas surrounding the Chingaza National Park near Bogota and a establish a nursery with protocols to germinate and grow at least 45 species of native trees and shrubs.

• I own a small plot of land 1 hour away from Bogotá, with two partners we manage to establish a small greenhouse (2000 square meters) where we have 700 raspberry shrubs.
• design and installed the drip irrigation system on my own, first with a gas fueled pomp now completely solar.
• Managed day-to-day business operations.
• Managed financial aspects of the business, including budgeting, financial reporting, and tax preparation.
• City: Ubate, Cundinamarca Country: Colombia

• I was engaged by the company first as a freelance consultant and co-designer of their production line, also I was charged with writing and submitting the company’s new permits to allow them to operate and become more successful. The company has as main objectives to operate in a social company, selling and producing non-psychoactive cannabis seeds and selling cannabis seeds and products. From February 2020 to this day I am still engaged in supporting the Chingaza National Park and we are currently planting the first plot of land, with non-psychoactive cannabis.
• City: Pacho, Cundinamarca Country: Colombia

• I worked as a junior researcher in hydroponic systems setups and possibly selling products, fertility blends, and irrigation methods, my focus was to study and design methods for growing cannabis hydroponically.
• The enterprise also offered courses and workshops in hydroponics, small-scale agriculture, and cannabis growing in which I was the main speaker.
• I worked in PAQUA as a mandatory requirement internship in order to obtain my professional Degree.