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Hugo Higuera

Founder and Director

30 years of experience as an executive for large Latin American Oil and Gas companies give our founder and director the high level view to advise our team and clients.
After founding IKM in 2002 Hugo has increased shareholder value for our large client base in the Americas. During his tenure Hugo has expanded the reach of IKM across multiple countries and has fostered innovation for government institutions and private companies .

His academic background includes professional degrees Information and Technology Management as well as a comprehensive Executive Business Education.

Gustavo Espil

Gustavo brings over two decades of experience overseeing projects and leading operations and sales teams in major Latin American Oil & Gas companies.
His expertise drives digital transformation for national and publicly traded operators. Gustavo notably excels in orchestrating large-scale data management projects for key countries’ petroleum banks or corporate databases: Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, and Chile.

His academic background includes post-graduate programs in Project Management, Systems Engineering, and Programming Analysis.

Christian Vargas

Chief Technology Officer

Christian is one of the leading tech minds in Latin America on how to best apply the latest technology tools for the Oil and Gas industry. Christian has lead dozens of teach teams to create hundreds of key software developments to improve our client’s core operations.

For 15 years he has served as a liaison and has pushed the boundaries of innovation with suppliers like Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Computing, and others. His academic background includes a BA in Computer Science as well as numerous certificates for Implementations in Oil and Gas on Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.

David Florez

Chief Operations Officer

David manages the IKM upstream and midstrea client base in the Americas.

He is also the bridge between IKM’s technology team and our in-house Oil and Gas business and industry experts.

15 years of direct field experience give David the executive view and hands on background to understand the key needs of our clients’ core business areas. David’s academic background includes a BA in Petroleum Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration.

Daniel Higuera

Dir. International Operations

Daniel is based in the IKM North America office and brings 10+ years of international business experience to the team. He has managed projects with complex scopes across North America and serves as the executive contact for our clients in Calgary, the NE of the US and Texas. Daniel is an adjunct professor teaching BIM methodology for the construction industry.

His Academic background includes a BA from Universidad de los Andes as well as postgraduate studies at the University of Oklahoma, Yale University, Columbia University in New York. Daniel also holds a Master’s in Management from Duke University.

All the teams

Julian Beltran

BUSINESS ANALYST

Cristian Chavarro

ACCOUNT MANAGER - ACCOUNT MANAGER

Diego Duran

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Sandra Diaz

CONTENT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

Transformation, Innovation and New Business

Anamaria Fonseca

Maria Espejo

Andres Galindo

BUSINESS ANALYST

Cristian Diaz

CONTENT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

Transformation, Innovation and New Business

Katherine Gonzalez

Celia Infante

Arleidy Guiza

ACCOUNT MANAGER - ACCOUNT MANAGER

CONTENT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

COST CONTROLLER

Susana Jimenez

ACCOUNT MANAGER - ACCOUNT MANAGER

Transformation, Innovation and New Business

Katerin Rojas

ACCOUNT MANAGER - ACCOUNT MANAGER

Miguel Sanabria

Karent Tarquino

BUSINESS ANALYST

Lina Wilches

CONTENT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

Transformation, Innovation and New Business

Kelly Pineda

CONTENT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

Jennyfer Olarte

BUSINESS ANALYST

Cristian Mendez

BUSINESS ANALYST

Slendy Mantilla

CONTENT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

Transformation, Innovation and New Business