Richard W Castillo M

Richard W Castillo M is an experienced engineering and operations management professional with a comprehensive background in maintenance, project management, and electrical engineering. Currently serving as Operations Maintenance Manager at KNAPP since August 2018, Richard coordinates preventive and corrective maintenance, manages spare parts procurement, and ensures continuous improvement in equipment performance. Previous roles include Shift Leader and Maintenance Technician at KNAPP, where responsibilities encompassed maintenance planning and equipment availability in automated distribution centers. Earlier experience includes electrical project engineering at Idecc Electric, supervision of critical infrastructure construction at POWERTEC by UPSELEC, and project engineering at PDVSA Petroleos de Venezuela, which involved designing electrical distribution systems for gas development projects. Richard also held supervisory roles in production at Graham Packaging and plant engineering at IMOSA TUBOACERO FABRICACION, C.A. Richard earned a degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Power from Universidad de Carabobo.