Jorge's Resume

Jorge

Business Development Manager

Male

29 y/o

Head of branch/representative office

Live in Mexico

Nationality Mexico

Summary

I am an energy engineer with working experience in the solar photovoltaic sector. I work for democratizing access to electricity through distributed clean power sources and for democratizing the financing options to set up small scale power plants through my own crowdfunding startup based in Mexico. Right now, I work in a Chinese company in the solar energy industry. I have published several articles (in English, French and Spanish) and one book about energy and sustainable development; I represented Mexico at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Work experience

Business Development Manager
POWERCHINA JEPCC MEXICO
2025.07-Current
(a year)
Responsible of a new business unit of renewable energy development. In charge of the commercial and industrial division for Powerchina Americas. Among the largest energy EPC companies in China, at this State Owned Company I spearheaded the opening of the service for the private sector with a variety of Self Consumption renewable energy generation and battery systems with over 80 MW in the pipeline. Work using Mandarin Chinese.
Project Manager
Shandong Innovation Group
2023.06-2025.07
(2 years)
Responsible for the soft landing for an investment project of $300 M USD in Saltillo, Coahuila for a manufacturing plant of aluminum-based auto parts and solar panel racks. The holding company in China is the biggest producer of downstream aluminum products by volume in the world. I represented the Mexican CEO in China and monitored fiscal, compliance, legal, trade and sales issues. Work using Mandarin Chinese.
Soft Landing Officer
JA Solar
2023.03-2023.07
(5 months)
Department of Strategic Research. Solar photovoltaic cells and module manufacturing. Led the early research on expansion of production to overseas markets.
Interconecction Analyst
Bright Inc
2021.10-2023.02
(a year)
I manage interconnection procedures with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) for distributed generation photovoltaic systems.
Assistant To The Director
联合国全球契约组织 | United Nations Global Compact
2021.01-2021.06
(6 months)
Co-founder
Blue Spots International SAPI de CV
2017.12-2021.01
(3 years)
• Designed and launched a crowdfunding platform for solar distributed generation in Mexico. • Assessed and responded to various regulatory policies of the Fintech Law in Mexico, such as AML, GDPR and KYC. • Self-started the platform while simultaneously managing a marketing team and overseeing budgets to kick-off.
Intern
Chongqing Voltmao Technology Co., Ltd.
2020.10-2020.12
(3 months)
I co-lead a market research on energy management systems (EMS) for one of the biggest Chinese startups on the field. They currently have one of China’s most innovative systems for optimization of energy services in cement processing plants. www.voltmao.com
Project assistant
Mexico's Climate Initiative
2019.06-2019.12
(7 months)
Synthetized and evaluated incidents in transmission lines of the Mexican National Grid of an entire year. Engineered a database that proved to be so useful to my supervisors that they channeled funds to deepen research on the project.
Project assistant
A3E Consulting Firm on Energy Efficiency
2019.01-2019.06
(6 months)
Given the task of analyzing energy consumption in an entire-university campus, I proved my engineering abilities with real field work at substations and fabricated an accurate deliverable to the consulting firm.
Project assistant
Binational Laboratory of Energy
2018.01-2018.06
(6 months)
Project assistant on a joint initiative between Monterrey Tech and Berkeley Universities. My collaboration consisted in the development of a database for a software tool meant to provide decision makers with technical insight for energy projects, mostly generation from different kinds of energy sources

Educational experience

Peking University
Masters in Chinese Studies and Economics with a full scholarship at Yenching Academy
2021.06-2023.06
(2 years)
Masters in Chinese Studies and Economics with a full scholarship at Yenching Academy of Peking University.
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, SCHWARZMAN COLLEGE
Master of Global Affairs, International Relations and Affairs
Master of Global Affairs. Fully funded, highly competitive program to strengthen the links between China and the world. Thesis on the impact of Chinese SOE energy transmission infrastructure on local energy markets in the developing world.
NSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE MONTERREY (MONTERREY TECH)
Bachelor of Engineering, Sustainable Development
Coauthor- of the book Narrations on Sustainability ISBN: 978-84-17203-85-6. UNDP Press