Stratos Renewables’ development and agricultural planning manager, Alfonso Altet, has more than a decade of experience in the research and development filed. He served as the manager of the Institute of Research and Development for Highlands of Universidad Nacional Agraria (Agricultural State University) in Mantaro Valley where he was responsible for researching and producing various highland crops. He also worked as Agricultural Development Manager of the National Program of Basin Management (PRONAMACH) in Cusco.
The company’s distillery advisor, Augusto De La Piedra, has four decades of experience in the sugar cane industry. He grew up on a 48,000 hectare plantation owned by his grandfather where they grew 15,000 hectares of sugar cane. De La Piedra is an industrial engineer, as well as a chemist, and is recognized as Peru’s leading expert on distilleries and refineries. He is part of the Board of Directors of many different companies, including Pomalca, where he was involved with the installment of Latin America´s most modern distillery.
Stratos Renewables’ mill advisor, Luis Rivas, graduated from Tulane University and holds a masters degree from Harvard University. Mr. Rivas has more than three decades of experience working in the sugar cane industry for companies such as Arkel Sugar, Nicaragua Sugar Estates, Azucarera Central de Honduras, Honiron, and Iberia Sugar Coop. He also works as an International Consultant and provides his experience in the direction and maintenance of refineries, energy efficiency and own fuel sourcing, sugar factory expansion and ethanol producing systems.
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