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Alvaro Meza

Alvaro Meza

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Research Director @ ThinkData | Applied Statistics Business Administration | Operations | Strategic Projects | Teams | Insights | Data Science
Mexico

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  • I
    Operations & strategy director
    Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science
    Oct 2017 - Current (7 years 4 months)
    - Create and execute strategies to drive net new business across ThinkData client portfolio, increased revenue by 15% - Design and execute an average of 10 high quality research studies monthly - Transform client’s data into competitive advantages, insights, and help them in the process of strategic decision-making - Establish ThinkData as the gold standard in quantitative and qualitative research and data science - Develop and execute the strategy to drive net new business across ThinkData portfolio - Execute the transformation of data into insights to help clients in their process of decision-making - Design and implement processes to be executed by a cross-functional team of research professionals - Implement Project Management to qu
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    Chief operations officer
    HR Ratings
    Nov 2014 - Sep 2017 (2 years 11 months)
    - Start-up and deployment of HR Media TAM Service in 18 months, well ahead of schedule. Market value of 18B USD - Define and manage an initial investment of 23.5MM USD. Revenue of 27MM USD per year - Hired, trained, developed and managed a high-performance team of 100 persons in charge of the day-to-day tasks o ​Launched HR Media Audience Measurement System in Mexico within 18 months, well ahead of schedule, driving performance and results across its operations o Directed a high-performance team of over 100 people in charge of the day-to-day operations o ​Planned and oversaw the organization operations of the team including cross-functional communication ​o Design the strategy to drive quality improvement through methodological best practic
  • GFK
    Operations director
    GFK
    May 2013 - Oct 2014 (1 year 6 months)
    - Lead a team of 50 persons providing guidance on the day-to-day management of the research projects - Managing over 15 partners and outsourcing operations to ensure field requirements were met - Weekly communication with clients to assure that project specifications were followed and to keep them updated o Guided a team of over 50 people inspiring them to deliver great results across research projects o Coordinated and operated all internal research activities involved in the set-up and implementation of quantitative and qualitative projects from the scripting of questionnaires to the delivery of insights o Partnered and developed over 15 suppliers to ensure field requirements and SLAs were met o Directed a global strategy across LATAM to
  • Nielsen
    Country manager and quality control auditor | On-site audits in over 30 countries
    Nielsen
    Jun 2008 - Apr 2013 (4 years 11 months)
    - Improved the Audience Measurement Operations of the group by executing regular auditing of data quality across KPIs, standard operating procedures, guidelines, and statistical data analysis globally - Executed in-depth on-site auditing of operations across the world in terms of organization, processes, and data quality standards followed by recommendations, training, and ensured the implementation - Documented detailed audit reports including findings and a summary of recommendations o Expanded the group services in six markets by launching new operations as part of a team o Fostered cross-functional collaboration with over 30 Countries around the world o Headed the development of a panel member website to be implemented in 30 operating
  • Nielsen
    Operations governance manager
    Nielsen
    Jun 2008 - Apr 2013 (4 years 11 months)
    - Support TAM Operations in Europe,Africa and Middle East by executing regular auditing of data quality and standard operating procedures including risk management, as well as statistical data analysis - Coordinate the launch of 6 new operations on-site, globally, preparing tenders for new and renewed contracts - Responsible as a Project Manager for the development of 4 tools for the operating companies i.e. Panel Member Website, Time Management Site, TAM Information Website, ERP. (Jira) o Create methodological documentation for best practices used to train the operational countries and align them with the corporate KPI’s
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    Quality assurance | Quality control manager | Internal Audit | EY | MRC | Standards | ISO 9001
    IBOPE AGB México
    Jan 1996 - Dec 2003 (8 years)
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    Carbon Markets
    Jan 2022
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    ISO 14064, 14065, 17029
    Jan 2021
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    Forestry Carbon Projects
    Jan 2011
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    Post-graduate Diploma in Applied Statistics
    ITAM
    Feb 1999 - Dec 1999 (11 months)
  • UNITEC
    Post-graduate Diploma in Total Quality & Productivity Systems -
    UNITEC
    Jul 1995 - Jun 1996 (1 year)
  • UNITEC
    Bachelor of Business
    UNITEC
    Jul 1991 - Jun 1995 (4 years)