Alfredo Guariguata
About Alfredo Guariguata
Alfredo Guariguata is the Production and Facilities Category Team Lead for Chevron's Mid-Continent Business Unit, with over 15 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry.
Title and Current Role
Alfredo Guariguata serves as the Production and Facilities Category Team Lead for Chevron's Mid-Continent Business Unit. In this role, he oversees the management and optimization of production and facility categories to support business operations within the region.
Previous Roles at Chevron
Before assuming his current position, Alfredo Guariguata had multiple key roles at Chevron. These include his tenure as Global Drilling and Completion Category Manager in Houston, Texas from 2018 to 2020 and as Drilling and Completions Category Manager in Luanda, Angola from 2017 to 2018. He also served as Drilling and Completions Category Management Team Lead in the Permian Basin from 2016 to 2017, and earlier as Category Specialist from 2013 to 2016 and as Business Analyst from 2012 to 2013, both in Houston, Texas.
Earlier Career Experience
Alfredo Guariguata has accumulated substantial experience in the oil and gas industry before his current roles at Chevron. He worked at Oxy as a Supply Chain Advisor specializing in strategic sourcing and market intelligence from 2010 to 2012. Prior to that, he was a Control Systems Engineer at Kellog Brown and Root in 2009 and 2010. He also served as an Engineer at Procter & Gamble from 2004 to 2007.
Education and Expertise
Alfredo Guariguata holds an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, where he specialized in Oil & Gas, Flow Assurance and Gas Hydrates. He earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Simón Bolívar. Furthermore, he has a Professional Certificate in Supply Chain Management from Arizona State University, completed in 2014. His expertise spans the supply chain of drilling and completion services, strategic sourcing, category management, and market analysis.
International Experience
With over 15 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry, Alfredo Guariguata has worked in diverse locations including Angola and the Permian Basin. His roles required strategic planning and forecasting, and a deep understanding of both technical and commercial aspects of the oil and gas sector.