Rafael Piantini, guest speaker of the sixty-second INTEC graduation

SANTO DOMINGO. - Rafael Piantini, human resources manager of the Itabo Industrial Park, known as PIISA Industrial Park, is the guest speaker of the sixty-second graduation ordinary of Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC).  

The executive of the main employer company in the San Cristóbal province, with a workforce that exceeds 17 thousand collaborators and where 25% of exports from the country's free zones are produced, has a degree in Business Administration with a Postgraduate Degree in Marketing Management , both from APEC University.

From the talent management in the ITABO Industrial Park, it has contributed to the efficiency of the recruitment processes; It signed cooperation agreements with various training institutions for the development of specialized programs for the companies of the Park; organized the first Technology Fair of an Industrial Park, with the Polytechnic of Haina, for students to present their projects directly to companies and began a program of visits to schools and colleges, to show them the operation of a free zone park.

Piantini has an experience of more than 30 years in the management of human talent and remains linked to the pursuit of the quality of personnel in the productive sectors as president of the Haina Polytechnic Board, a position he has held since 2010; Vice President of the Haina Industries Board (PADESHA), since 2019 and member of the Advisory Committee of the Industrial Engineering career of the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), from where it has a direct impact on the permanent updating of this training program.

Additionally, he is an advisor to the board of the Dominican Republic Employers' Confederation (COPARDOM) and is a member of the Advisory Council of the Young Alert Program, a project financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and directed by the Entrena SRL company, which benefits some 85,000 young people from 11 to 24 years old, who live in vulnerable situations.

For three years, Piantini has also been the Education Coordinator of the Cluster of Medical Devices and Pharmaceutical Products of the Dominican Republic, which groups together the companies that have made the country the third largest Latin American supplier in this sector, with exports totaling US $ 1,810 million. only in 2020, and in the main export sector of the country. Additionally, he is past president and founding member of the Cooperativa de los Trabajadores de Zonas Francas (COOPNAZONAF), which has assets of over RD $ 1,500 million and more than 32 thousand members, and is a leader in its sector.