Esteban Pico Quiroga

• Developed and implemented a streamlined telecom procurement strategy to enhance supply chain optimization, ensuring timely acquisition of network infrastructure components, such as radio base stations and fiber optic materials, across the American continent, achieving a 20% reduction in procurement lead times within 12 months.
• Established a robust cross-border logistics framework to support network expansion projects, integrating vendor management and international trade compliance to deliver critical telecommunications equipment to sites in North, Central, and South America, improving delivery efficiency by 15% within the first year.
• Enhanced regulatory compliance for international trade processes by standardizing import/export protocols for telecommunications hardware, ensuring seamless customs clearance and adherence to regional telecom regulations, reducing compliance-related delays by 25% within 12 months.
• Streamlined telecom permitting and site acquisition across multiple counties, managing bonds and regulatory requirements to accelerate network infrastructure deployment.
• Optimized supply chain logistics for radio base station installations, reducing material delivery times and enhancing project lifecycle efficiency for RF engineering initiatives.
• Improved corporate credit ratings, securing new financing options to support scalable network expansion and operational cash flow in telecommunications operations.
• Updated payroll systems by aligning accounting records with the Texas Workforce Commission, enabling efficient payroll management for telecom workforce operations.

• Founded startup which focuses on the development of special origin crafted coffee.
• Developed the business strategy and identified organization´s direction, initiatives for short and long-range strategies, as well as tactical implementation.
• Streamlined cash flow and financial statements for Fundraising
• Managed the company´s new business opportunities in Colombia and worldwide, including but not limited to market places, hypermarkets and discount department stores.

• Streamline Supply Chain Coordination, collaborating with warehouses, suppliers, and clients to reduce delays and improve cargo handling processes, targeting a 20% reduction in loading/unloading times.
• Enhanced Safety Compliance, maintain 100% compliance with Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations and safety standards. Reduce accident rates by implementing driver training programs and regular vehicle inspections.
• Implemented technology tracking solutions, leveraging logistics software TMS & GPS tracking to improve visibility and decision-making, aiming for a 15% increase in operational efficiency within the first half year of adoption.
• Implemented a freight audit system to verify carrier invoices against contract rates and delivery data, target a 90% reduction in overpayment errors and complete audits within five business days.

• Implemented a new last-mile logistics model, improving delivery promise by 35%, 15% orders without setup error, 5% inventory deviation, and 98% product availability.
• Streamlined the logistics processes of dispatch from Hong Kong, customs and exchange in Colombia allowing the product to be available in 3 weeks, reducing 1 week of transit and complying with all legal requirements.
• Implemented an automated system for taking orders on site, dispatch and inventory control and product billing in Google Sheets and Forms.
• Developed the company’s brochure in one of the main Market Places in Latin America, allowing to have a digital presence in a sales channel with 10 million users.

• Reduced by 35% the cost of insurance premiums in all required lines of coverage (compliance, quality, salaries, legal provisions, errors & omissions, transportation and storage)
• Managed the renovation project for the physical structure of the new facilities, optimizing budget execution by 15% and delivery 2 months before the deadline.
• Reduced by 17% operation costs in commissioning, drive test, technical site survey, operation & maintenance projects, collaborating with Logistics and Supply team at regional level LATAM & USA.
• Implemented the company’s operation in Dallas-Texas, hiring the rental of administrative and operational offices, warehouse, negotiating with banks, requesting and obtaining credits with key suppliers and subcontractors.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design alternative procurement models, optimizing manufacture and logistics costs, prioritizing markets such as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United States for sectors such as Oil & Gas, Auto Spare Parts.
• Executed the incorporation of 5 key account clients from the Oil & Gas sector, developing for them optimal supply lines for flexible bits, injection pumps, valves and welding materials, among others.
• Streamlined procurement processes in assigned accounts, generating a reduction in their operating costs.

• Negotiated commercial relationships with critical suppliers of Auto Parts in markets such as Germany, Czech Republic, Mexico, China and the United States among others, which allowed to optimize supply costs by 40%.
• Developed a distribution network that allowed to the company supply auto parts, reducing costs by 15% and optimizing transit times.
• Conducted supplier evaluations, improving vendor performance metrics by 20% through data-driven insights.