Daniel Salazar
Daniel Salazar

Project Manager

Actively looking · Member since 1 Jul 2026
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Location
Ecuador
Desired salary
from 30 USD/hourly
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Full Time
Experience level
Not set

About

Professional summary

I am an experienced Project Manager and Civil Engineer with a strong background in strategic planning, cost control, and risk mitigation. I have managed large project portfolios and led multidisciplinary teams, with a consistent focus on execution visibility, financial discipline, and operational efficiency.

My experience includes planning and controlling real estate, industrial, and residential projects, where I have worked on schedules, baselines, critical paths, progress tracking, and change control. I am comfortable coordinating across technical, financial, legal, commercial, design, engineering, and permitting teams to keep projects aligned with business goals.

I have also built a strong track record in maintenance planning and cost control, including budget optimization, asset reliability, and preventive maintenance transformation. In these roles, I used data-driven methods to reduce costs, improve planning accuracy, and support executive decision-making.

I bring hands-on experience with business intelligence, dashboards, and automation. I have developed Python scripts, Excel tools, and Power BI dashboards to streamline reporting, monitor deviations, and improve productivity across project and maintenance operations.

My academic background includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, an MBA with a specialization in Project Management, and ongoing studies in Data Science and Machine Learning. This combination allows me to connect engineering execution with business strategy and analytical problem-solving.

I am also experienced in teaching and technical support, having served as a teaching assistant in numerical methods. I value continuous learning, structured leadership, and practical solutions that improve performance, reduce risk, and deliver measurable results.

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14 capabilities

Experience

Career history

Project Planning & Control Specialist FUROIANI OBRAS Y PROYECTOS S.A.

Lead planning, monitoring, and integrated control of real estate projects; develop and update master schedules, WBS, baselines, critical paths, and reprogramming; monitor physical and financial progress; coordinate cross-functional follow-up; prepare executive reports and KPIs; manage change control and document traceability.

Maintenance Planner & Cost Controller SONGA C.A.

Managed annual OPEX and optimized budget; aligned downtime plans with production; developed Python scripts to schedule 4,800 monthly maintenance plans; transitioned supervision from reactive to preventive; monitored unit cost of ice production; designed executive dashboards with criticality heat maps for predictive maintenance.

Project Planning & Control Analyst MINUTOCORP S.A.

Managed a portfolio of 18 projects valued at USD 9.53M; prevented billing delays through Earned Value vs. Actual Cost audits; created internal project control methodology; designed interactive dashboards for schedule and cost deviations; managed master planning for up to 7 simultaneous projects.

Resident Engineer / Technical Assistant COPROCIV S.A.

Managed luxury residential projects valued at USD 3.7M; detected critical interferences through blueprint review and site validation; negotiated bulk purchases and improved credit terms; coordinated daily work of 35+ employees and 6 subcontractors; designed Excel templates and managed material quantification.

Teaching Assistant (Numerical Methods) ESPOL

Developed Python scripts and algorithms for HP Prime calculators to automate differential equations and support practical learning for 120+ engineering students.

Education

Learning history

ESPOL

Data Science & Machine Learning

Analytics fundamentals completed in Python, Advanced Excel, and SQL; current focus on BI solutions and predictive models.

UNIR

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Specialization in Project Management. Master's thesis: Business Plan for GDES Circularity.

ESPOL

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

Active Member of the Debate and Oratory Club 'Argumentum' (2020-2021).

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