Our Team
Leadership with Experience and Strategic Vision
Luis Chincoya
Founder & Quality & Strategy Consultant
Luis Chincoya has more than 18 years of experience in the automotive and manufacturing industry, specializing in supplier quality, process audits, and launch management under international standards.
Global Tier Consulting is led directly by professionals with proven experience in the automotive sector, specializing in quality, process auditing, and supplier development, with a strategic vision focused on sustainable results.
He is a Certified Auditor in IATF 16949 and VDA 6.3, with broad expertise in APQP, PPAP, and Core Tools (AIAG). Luis has led continuous improvement projects, PPM reduction initiatives, and operational performance strengthening.
His approach combines technical rigor, risk analysis, and hands-on field support to ensure standards are operated on the plant floor, not just documented.
Specialties
Process audits and compliance
Supplier quality and development
APQP/PPAP and launch preparation
Practical implementation of Core Tools
Certifications
IATF 16949 (Certified Auditor)
VDA 6.3 (Certified Auditor)
Fernando Hidalgo
Project Management
Fernando has over 25 years of experience in manufacturing, specializing in process modernization, continuous improvement, operational efficiency, and cost control in complex industrial environments.
He has led technical and organizational transformations in mid- to large-scale companies, focused on the real adoption of new practices, cost reduction, and sustained operational performance improvements.
Fernando has experience in modernization initiatives in collaboration with CONACYT, applying methodologies such as Kaizen, Six Sigma (DMAIC), Value Stream Mapping, and TPM to eliminate waste, prevent failures, and reduce operational uncertainty.
His approach blends technical rigor, prevention, and hands-on plant support to ensure processes deliver on quality promises before reaching the finished product.
Specialties
Manufacturing transformation and efficiency
Continuous improvement implementation
Cost optimization and maintenance management
Change management for operational teams
Javier Sánchez
Supplier Development & NPI Consultant
He is a Certified Lead Auditor with extensive experience in rigorous implementation of AIAG standards to ensure quality from design through mass production.
He has led New Product Introduction (NPI) projects focused on reducing stoppages, rework, and risks during start-ups through preventive process audits and Run-at-Rate monitoring.
Javier’s expertise combines technical mastery, risk management, and cost optimization to ensure every component meets its quality promise before assembly line integration.
Javier has more than 15 years of experience in the automotive industry, specializing in supplier development and launch management under international standards.
Specialties
Automotive supplier development and evaluation
APQP / PPAP and launch management
Process audits under IATF 16949
Risk analysis (FMEA), MSA, and SPC
Commodity-based supplier management, including:
Gray Iron Precision Casting
Plastic Resins
Injection of Technical Plastics
Miguel Ángel Vázquez
Metrology Supervisor | Fixture Validation & GD&T
Miguel Ángel serves as Metrology Supervisor with a technical focus on dimensional control, GD&T application, and ensuring measurement reliability in industrial environments.
He is oriented toward guaranteeing correct interpretation of geometric specifications, precise execution of measurements, and dependable dimensional results used for quality, engineering, and production decision-making.
Miguel Ángel has experience programming and operating CMM equipment, supervising measurement routines, validating results, and providing technical support during production processes, audits, and dimensional releases.
At Global Tier Consulting, he brings specialized technical insight in applied metrology, ensuring repeatable, traceable measurements aligned with client requirements and quality standards.
Specialties
Dimensional metrology supervision
Practical application of GD&T
CMM programming and operation
Interpretation of engineering drawings and geometric specifications
Dimensional support for quality, engineering, and production
Coordination with inspection fixture design teams
María Félix Jaime
Supplier Quality Engineer | Electronics Commodity
María Félix works as a Supplier Quality Engineer specializing in electronics, with a focus on process evaluation and quality assurance for automotive suppliers.
Her approach is centered on preventing failures from the process stage, ensuring correct implementation of electronic manufacturing practices and product reliability by technically evaluating processes such as SMT, selective soldering, press-fit, electrical testing, and coatings.
She has experience applying standards and technical assessments such as CQI-17, IPC-A-610, IPC 7711/7721, and FEMR, as well as validating electronic processes during launches, audits, and mass production.
At Global Tier Consulting, María Félix contributes technical expertise focused on ensuring supplier processes meet customer and quality standards before impacting the assembly line.
Specialties
Supplier Quality – Electronics
SMT process and electronic assembly evaluation
IPC and CQI-17 standards application
Quality assurance during launches and mass production
Automotive electronics requirements management
Roberto Reyes
Supplier Quality Consultant | Global Operations
Roberto Reyes is a Supplier Quality Consultant with over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry, specializing in process audits, supplier development and launch management under international standards.
Languages
Spanish, English, German and Portuguese
Based in the United States, he serves as Global Tier Consulting’s Lead Representative in the USA, coordinating international initiatives and strengthening the firm’s strategic presence in North America. He has worked in multicultural environments leading global teams and executing quality programs across Asia, the Americas and Europe.
He has extensive experience applying automotive standards such as VDA 6.3 and IATF 16949, as well as implementing APQP, PPAP and structured problem-solving methodologies. His hands-on field approach has enabled significant reductions in PPM, risk mitigation, cost optimization and safe production launches.
At Global Tier Consulting, Roberto brings an integrated perspective that combines quality, cost and customer compliance requirements, strengthening technical and strategic supplier management at an international level.
Core Expertise
Process audits and supplier assessments (VDA 6.3 / IATF 16949)
Supplier development, qualification and performance management
APQP, PPAP and safe launch execution
Structured problem solving (8D, A3, Root Cause Analysis, Six Sigma, DOE)
PPM, cost and supply chain risk reduction
Cost engineering and technical supplier negotiation
Certifications
IATF 16949 Certified Lead Auditor
VDA 6.3 Certified Process Auditor
Six Sigma Green Belt
Lean Manufacturing
AIAG–VDA Core Tools (APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, SPC)
CQI 11, 15 and 23