Luiza’s executive readiness did not begin only in Arizona or Florida. It was built on earlier international technical and leadership work that shaped her discipline, resilience, and operating judgment.
The foundation was already international, technical, and leadership oriented.
03/1993 – 02/2006
Operational Manager
ESSROC Italcementi Group, Devnya, Bulgaria
Held progressively responsible plant leadership roles in a large unionized industrial operation, supervising up to 100 employees across production, quality, laboratory, and environmental functions.
Key Achievements
Managed chemical and water-quality laboratories, hazardous-waste and alternative-fuel responsibilities.
Championed process-improvement initiatives supporting ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification.
Improved slurry-water control, reducing grinding-equipment maintenance by 25% and fuel use by 20%.
Strengthened high-accountability operating discipline that later translated into municipal utility leadership.
Large-Team Leadership
Water/Lab Oversight
Environmental Systems
Union Environment
Water/Lab Oversight
ISO Discipline
