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DAVID PALENCIA

Ingeniero Industrial, Magister en Administración de empresas del Tecnológico de Monterrey-UNAB, con más 13 años de experiencia ha desarrollado competencia en Investigación, gestión Marketing, comercial y proyectos, reingeniería de procesos, y gestión estratégica organizacional. Consultor de empresas en las que ha mejorado los resultados en productividad, competitividad y calidad, ha participado en procesos de consolidación, reestructuración empresarial, y montaje completo de planta llave en mano, en diferentes sectores: Textil-Confección, Marroquinería distribución minorista (retail), Generación de ingresos, Servicios, BPO y empresas comercializadoras de bienes de consumo y de servicios con mercados nacionales e internacionales. Tal trabajo se ha hecho con equipos interdisciplinarios y multiculturales de diferentes países como Perú, Ecuador y en las diferentes regiones de Colombia donde se están ejecutando proyectos la CIMD, manejo del software Governanza Isosystem Project.

Sus áreas de experiencia son: Gestión comercial y marketing, Gestión de proyectos bajo el estándar PMBOK, Reingeniería de procesos usando en la implementación multimetodologías de gestión del cambio AERD y AAMT, estrategia, dirección y organización, productividad, calidad, marketing y ventas. He sido invitado como conferencista experto en distintas ferias empresariales y universidades. Es autor de varios artículos para la industria publicados en la revista empresarial NEGOCIOS . coautor de la serie de libros "Manual para Emprendedores de Negocios " en los volúmenes 1, 2 y de mercadeo impresos en el 2012,publicados como ebook en Amazon en el 2013 los cuales son manuales prácticos para los emprendedores donde se presentan instrumentos para la gestión exitosa por parte de los nuevos empresarios. Coautor del libro LA INGENIERIA DEL LEAN MANUFACTURING

Actualmente es responsable de:

La Dirección Nacional de Competitividad Marketing y Expansión.
Director de la Universidad Corporativa Virtual de CIMD http://consultoriavirtual.mdc.org.co/
Miembro del Equipo de Investigación I3 avalado por Colciencias, mejoramiento de procesos productivos y de servicios.
Director de la revista negocios http://mdc.org.co/web/newsletter/negociosE-zine.html
Miembro del comité de investigación y desarrollo de nuevos productos y servicios,
Miembro comité de publicaciones de la CIMD.
Docente en aéreas de gerencia estratégica, gestión de talento humano, marketing estratégico, entorno económico de los negocios, finanzas corporativas, reingeniería aplicada, productividad y calidad
Conferencista en temas de Marketing y estrategia, Neuroventas, gestión administrativa para el desarrollo del Talento Humano, Capacitación, Sistema Integrado de Gestión, Planeación Estratégica, Gestión por Procesos. Lean Manufacturing entre otros.

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