Linear Composites LTD (LCL) welcomes the recruitment of our first American employee, Robert Lozano. Robert, a geotechnical engineer, originally from Bogotá, Colombia is currently based in South Carolina.
Robert is a graduate civil engineer from La Salle University in Bogotá, Colombia. His career in geosynthetics started in 1997 when was recruited by a Colombian distributor of Synthetic Industries (SI) as manager of engineering services. In this company Robert had the chance to participate in several projects using geosynthetics.
These ranged from installation of geomembranes in municipal solid waste landfills to the first applications of geosynthetic Turf Reinforcement Mats for erosion control in Colombia.
In 1999 Robert was recruited by SI and relocated to Chattanooga TN, USA. Robert served as marketing and technical support for the international division. In this challenging environment he had the opportunity to work on different high profile engineering projects advising on the use of geosynthetics. Additionally, to this Robert worked to develop specifications and plans for different governments.
Because of internal changes in SI, Robert transferred to work as the regional engineer for the West coast and Rocky mountains.
He had the responsibility to support customers of SI, particularly in relation to soil reinforcement and value engineering proposals for the Departments of transportation in these regions.
In early 2003 he joined Xtex, Inc. a manufacturer of high strength geosynthetics, as manager of engineering services with the responsibility for developing and implementing the plan of engineering support for the US market. Robert has written several papers and participates as a lecturer promoting the use of geosynthetics in general. Additionally he has assisted in the development of a number of patents for soil reinforcement products.
The first challenge for Robert at LCL is to market PARAGRID and PARALINK in the United States. He will champion these products through the complex approvals process of each US state authority, in order to gain acceptance in as many states as possible. Without these approvals, products cannot be used in government projects.
Robert is married to Patricia, a Veterinarian specialized in Exotic and Wild fauna.

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