Ricardo brings 15+ years of experience helping automotive and industrial companies make critical decisions when performance is under pressure and the margin for error is low. His work focuses on situations where strategy must withstand cost, capacity, capital, and timing constraints, and where trade-offs are unavoidable.
His expertise spans value creation, cost and productivity improvement, growth diagnostics, and business and operating model design. He regularly works on complex transformations involving underperforming operations, challenged economics, or ambitious plans that require rigorous feasibility testing before execution.
Ricardo advises executive teams across North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East on decisions with direct financial and operational consequences. He is known for a fact-based, direct approach that prioritizes what can realistically be delivered over what is theoretically attractive.
Prior experience includes senior roles in top-tier management consulting, supporting automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and industrial manufacturers on transformation and value creation initiatives. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.