4 minutes with… Fernando Perez Guerrero, President, Alder Alimentos y Derivados SA de CV

February 19, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy.

AT PRESENT WE ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP PROGRAMMS RELATED TO NEW TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE ELECTRICAL POWER AND BIOFUELS, USING CELLULOSE FEEDSTOCK TO REDUCE PRODUCTION COST

Tell us about your role and what you are focused on in the next 12 months.

WE HAVE BEEN ADVISORS TO GOVERNMENT DIRECTORS TO CHANGE BUSSES TO BIOETHANOL, TO PETROLEUM COMPANIES TO CHANGE TO CLEAN GASOLINE,TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON LAWS OF SUSTENTABILITY. TO FARMERS WE CALL THEIR ATTENTION ON BIOCROPS, LIKE MISCANTHUS, TO OPEN NEW FIELDS AND HOW FARMERS CAN FINANCE CROPS WITH INTERNATIOAL CONDITIONS-

What do you feel are the most important milestones the industry must achieve in the next 5 years?  

BIOFUELS FROM CELLULOSE MAYBE THE FUTURE.

If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about the Advanced Bioeconomy, what would you change? 

SIZE OF BIOREFINERIES ARE CONSIDER FOR BIG CAPACITIES TO BE BEST, BUT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE BIOFUELS FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES, IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS,THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE SMALL INSTALLATIONS.

Of all the reasons that influenced you to join the Advanced Bioeconomy industry, what single reason stands out for you as still being compelling and important to you?  

TRANSFER OF NEW TECHNOLOGY TO BE USEFULL NOW, TO IMPROVE WORLD ENVIROMENT,

Where are you from? 

BORN IN MEXICO

What was your undergraduate major in college, and where did you attend? Why did you choose that school and that pathway?

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO WITH HIGH EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.

Who do you consider your mentors – could be personal, business, or just people you have read about and admire. What have you learned from them?

SEVERAL PROFESORS THAT WERE CLOSE TO THE IDEAL AS PROFFESIONALS OR AS INDIVIDUALS

What’s the biggest lesson you ever learned during a period of adversity?  

KEEP FIGHTING, SOMETHING WILL CHANGE FOR BETTER IF YOU KEEP FIGHTING

What hobbies do you pursue, away from your work in the industry?  

PLAYING GOLF, PLAYING GUITAR

What are 3 books you’d want to have with you, if you were stranded on a desert island

EL QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA, POESIAS DE AMADO NERVO, HISTORY OF MEXICO

What books or articles are on your reading list right now, or you just completed and really enjoyed?  

KILLIG LINCON(O’REILLY)

What’s your favorite city or place to visit, for a holiday?  

SAN FRANCICO, CA

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