RICARDO SANDOVAL-MINERO, AquaRating program manager for Mexico + Consultant at Inter-American Development Bank

RICARDO SANDOVAL-MINERO, AquaRating program manager for Mexico + Consultant at Inter-American Development Bank

Summary

Civil Engineer with a Master Degree in Operations Research within the Water Economics and Finance Program (National University of Mexico UNAM and Mexican Institute for Water Technology IMTA), a Master Degree in Modelling, Organizations, Decision and Optimization at the University of Paris IX Dauphine. Have worked in private firms and public sector organizations at the federal, state and municipal level. Former General Director of Guanajuato State Water Commission and Guanajuato City Water Utility. Consultant for the World Bank, IADB, AFD, KFW, UN and other organizations. Have also worked in research projects at UNAM, IMTA and ITESM Water Center. Presently, Partner Consultant at Sextante SC and DTC with IADB, implementing AquaRating tool in Mexican water utilities.

Contact info

Email: rsandova@hotmail.com

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/tlaloque66/

Location: Ciudad de México, Mexico

Industry Experience

Education: Masters

Seniority: Expert, Engineer, Consultant

Years of experience: 20 years or above

Work Experience

Defined Term Contractual (Consultant)

Inter-American Development Bank

Implementation of AquaRating in Mexico. Supporting other projects such as Financial models for water reuse, green infrastructure, collaborative decision making in water resources management.

Coordinator - Decision Center for Water Management

Water Center for Latin America and the Caribbean

Helped developing and implementing a decision center for collaborative modelling and decision making in water resources management projects for the region of Latin America and the Caribbean, project sponsored by the Tecnologico de Monterrey, IADB and Fundacion FEMSA

Temporary Term Contractual - AquaRating Representative for Mexico

Inter-American Development Bank

Develop and sustain the portfolio of water utilities participating in AquaRating, a voluntary and assisted system for assessing practices and results of a water utility as a means to set a baseline for improvement, for eventually getting access to technical and financial resources.

Industry Expertise

  • Quality Maintenance
  • Water Policy
  • Utilities
  • Economics & Policy
  • Water