Eliud Villafana

Eliud Villafana's work experience includes a current role as Vice President of Quality and Operational Excellence at Quality Quartz Engineering. Prior to their current position, they worked as Corporate Quality Manager at Rea Magnet Wire and Continuous Improvement Manager at BORBET GRUPPE. Eliud has also held roles such as Technical Director at Gartland Foundry, Quality and OpEx Manager at Iochpe Maxion S/A and Hayes Lemmerz International, Senior Quality and OpEx Engineer at Hayes Lemmerz International, Quality Manager at Hayes Lemmerz International, and Foundry Engineering Manager at Industrias Fronterizas CMI.

Eliud Villafana's education history includes a Bachelor's degree in Chemical and Industrial Engineering from Instituto Tecnologico Regional de Matamoros, which they obtained from 1982 to 1987. Eliud then pursued further education and achieved a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in General Management from Tiffin University between 2009 and 2012. In addition, they attained mastery in Lean Manufacturing from The University of Akron in 2009. Later, in 2012, Villafana pursued Black Belt Certification in Six Sigma / Lean Manufacturing from Purdue University, which they completed in 2013.