If a company were the human body, the Strategic Planning and New Projects Management would be equivalent to the brain. This body controls the internal functions, the movement, and the different systems; this management establishes revenue projections, follows up on the corporate strategic plans, prepares technical and economic models to achieve new investments, approves and analyzes electrical studies to verify compliance with the company’s objectives. It ensures continuity and maintenance through the Integrated Management System and promotes innovation initiatives within Conecta. Leading this team is José Zambrano.
The brain has two hemispheres: right and left, each with distinct and complex functions that help us interact. This management has different areas with a single purpose: to present results that allow Conecta to grow. How can objectives be achieved in such a complex system? The answer seems obvious to Zambrano, “by leveraging a committed work team”.
Get to know a little more about the Manager who relies on his team to achieve the objectives of the area he leads.
What qualities did you have as a child?
I was a kid who liked to assemble and disassemble things, play with tools, understand, and ask a lot of questions.
What did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be a doctor and an astronaut, but I could never have been a doctor because I can’t stand to see blood.
What was your first job like?
My first work experience was as a plant electrician when I was 18 years old, I saw the electrical maintenance at Cervecería Centroamericana. I had not yet entered college.
My first approach to the electrical sector was when I worked as a Product Quality and Technical Service Analyst at the National Electrical Energy Commission (CNEE) where I learned about the regulations and the Guatemalan market. Among my functions was to analyze the information on the interruptions of the electric energy distribution service, a task that implied foliating, qualifying, and giving criteria on the interruptions of the distribution service. Later I migrated to the transmission service and learned about the calculation of indicators and review of regulatory compliance.
What were your biggest challenges?
Among my challenges (when I was studying) were trying to stand out from the average, finishing my career early was one of my professional goals, working in a team and understanding the work environment.
This is a voracious and competitive market because there is a short supply of labor, but there is also a short supply of labor.
Who have been your mentors?
Great electrical engineers such as Fernando Moscoso, Antonio García, Rafael Argueta, Mauricio Acevedo. They were my bosses and dedicated themselves to teaching me.
What do you like most about your job?
I started working at Conecta since 2014, I started as an electrical studies analyst. What I like most about my job is seeing the completed projects. When I worked at the regulator I knew these initiatives on paper, I saw the approval process of the ideas and now transformed into works such as the APS, La Vega Substation, to name a few.
