Rafael Fuentes
About Rafael Fuentes
Rafael Fuentes is a Facilities Portfolio Manager at Sandia National Laboratories and an Engineering Manager at East Kentucky Power Cooperative.
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Rafael Fuentes is currently the Facilities Portfolio Manager at Sandia National Laboratories and serves as the Engineering Manager at East Kentucky Power Cooperative.
Current Roles
Rafael Fuentes has held the position of Facilities Portfolio Manager at Sandia National Laboratories since 2018. In this role, he collaborates with Strategic Site Planners to support mission and stewardship needs. He works closely with external Architectural Engineering partners to define project scope and development, and he develops and maintains Operations Agreements for Line-owned equipment with Mission Partners and Centralized Maintenance. Fuentes also reviews Maximo reports and process metrics to resolve facilities management issues and acts as the focal point of contact for Mission Partners and Facilities Area Managers.
Previous Roles
Rafael Fuentes has a long-standing career in the engineering field. From 2013 to 2018, he worked as Engineering Manager at East Kentucky Power Cooperative. Prior to that, he spent four years, from 2009 to 2013, as a Plant Electrical Engineer at East Kentucky Power Cooperative in Maysville, Kentucky. Fuentes also had a significant tenure at Sacramento Municipal Utility District, where he served as a Senior Electrical Engineer and Facilities Project Manager from 1984 to 2009.
Educational Background
Rafael Fuentes attended the University of the Pacific, where he studied Electrical Power with a general focus and earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE). He completed his studies from 1978 to 1983, spending a total of five years at the university.
Professional Activities
In his capacity at Sandia National Laboratories, Rafael Fuentes leads studies with external Architectural Engineering partners and is responsible for developing Operations Agreements. He also manages the review of Maximo reports and process metrics to address facilities management issues, and serves as the principal point of contact for Mission Partners and Facilities Area Managers.