About castellanos consulting

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Castellanos Consulting was founded in 2019 based on a conviction to improve the strategy execution for Construction Organizations. Despite its crucial importance, many organizations lack a sound strategy implementation plan. Even well-formulated and planned strategies are useless when they are not successfully executed. For decades survey after survey reveals that most strategies fail not because of a wrong formulation but because their wrong implementation.

Castellanos Consulting was founded to help construction organizations fully execute their strategies and create sustainable value for customers, employees, and society.

Wherever your strategy is, higher revenues, lower costs, higher employee and customer satisfaction, or better financial performance, I can help you accomplish it. I do this from both a scientific and a people-oriented perspective. The best strategies are based on facts and analyses, while successful execution requires people-management. I believe that strategy execution is more a science than an art.

For that reason, we created STEP, the STrategy Execution Process. A breakdown, step by step process that transforms a strategy definition in a real live example of excellent execution.

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JORGE CASTELLANOS, PENG., PH.D.

Jorge Castellanos is a Professional Civil Engineer and Ph.D. with 30 years' experience managing operations and implementing strategies for some of the biggest engineering and construction companies in North America. Jorge's passion is to help organizations better execute their strategies. He combines his practical experience in operation management with his scientific knowledge in strategy execution.

For more details about mu personal experience managing construction operations, visit my profile in https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorgecastell/

Strategy Execution
Change Management
Engineering Management
Construction Management

Vice President Manufacturing and Product Development

AMHERST HOLDINGS (2021 - 2023)

· Held full management accountability for the Engineering and Building Permit Departments with full P&L responsibility of $5.7M.

· Part of the executive team that developed and implemented Amherst's Modular Manufacturing Strategy, exceeding $500M investment.

· Led the state certification of Amherst's Texas Modular Manufacturing plant, achieving certification within five months.

· Spearheaded the implementation of a production system that integrated 3D design technologies with Lean Manufacturing Processes.

· Established Amherst's Consulting, Outsourcing, and Subcontracting strategies for the Modular business, enhancing operational efficiency and effectiveness.

Vice President Manufacturing and Product Development

HORIZON NORTH LOGISTICS (2017 - 2019)

At Horizon North Logistics, Jorge was responsible for leading the Manufacturing, Project Execution, Engineering, and Procurement groups.

• Accountable for the overall project delivery, including the land development, design, and construction of more than $150 million/year of Commercial, Industrial and Residential buildings.

• Direct supervision of three modular manufacturing plants and over 350 employees.

• Led the Manufacturing turnaround and growth from $47 million in 2017 to $150 million in 2018. In the same period, EBIDATS when from a $14 million loss in 2017 to $15 million profit in 2018.

• Implemented a Continues Improvement Program that saved over $1 million in operating costs per year.

Senior Director of Engineering

CIVEO CORP. (2011 - 2016)

As part of the Senior Management Team, Jorge managed the R&D, Engineering, Estimating, and Quality groups in Canada and the USA (more than 90 professional staff)

• Led a cross-functional and multi-disciplinary engineering team that supported the manufacturing and construction of over $350 million/year of modular commercial buildings.

• Integrated a new estimating strategy that reduced the estimating time by 40% and increased its accuracy by 5%.

• Developed a Lean Portfolio Management Process resulting in a 95% improvement in the number of designs finished on time. The number of projects executed with the same resources increased by 45% during that same period.

• Supported the implementation of a certification program allowing the company manufacturing plants to produce modular buildings in compliance with the standard and regulations of five states in the US (Colorado, North and South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming).

• Implemented a procedure to outsource engineering services. This procedure reduced the engineers in-house by 30% and generated more than $1.3 million in savings over three years.

Director of Facilities

Aramark (2009 - 2011)

Jorge was responsible for managing the Aramark Facility Division's daily business operations, including engineering, construction, project management, procurement, and facilities maintenance.

• Providing project and financial management with full P&L responsibilities on individual projects over $50M and multiple projects over $200M.

• Developed a process to standardize the procurement and commissioning of newly manufactured buildings from more than six vendors.

• Implemented project controls processes that reduced the project's non-chargeable expenses by 13%, generating in one year $1.5 million to the bottom-line.

• Collaborated as member of the Safety & Loss Prevention Committee to decrease Lost Time Injury Frequency by 268%, Injury Frequency by 229%, WCB Claims by 317%, and average WCB claims cost by 137%. Reduced the WCB rates from 57.79% higher than the industry average to 51.12% lower than the industry average in 2011. Achieved Top Tier status in the WCB Partnership in Injury Reduction from 2007-2011, resulting in a rebate of 20% each year on the total WCB rates paid.