Meet our Team

Gabriela Rojas

Chief Accountant and HR Coordinator

Gaby is leading the accounting team and forecasting weekly payments. She is always pressing so nobody goes over budget. She also leads HR in the company and executes programs to support gender equity and diversity.

Domenica Benitez

Accounting Assistant

Dome is our youngest accounting team member. She came to us as part of the UCHU Intern Program and due to her excellent participation and numerical ability, she became a part of our full-time team. She recently finished her university studies.

Valeria Freire

Commercial and Logistic Coordinator

Vale is our logistics and shipping genius; she gives support to our clients with her positive vibes and fast response. She is constantly in the battle of getting a chilli container from one location to another.

Andrea Zambrano

Quality Assurance Coordinator

Andrea is responsible for all quality control processes in our operation. While wearing her almost astronaut-looking outfit, she measures the physicochemical qualities of our chilis. We admire her creativity and dedication to produce high quality products and appreciate her kindness and friendliness with all workers.

Javier Zambrano

Chief Supervisor #1

Javi started working with us 13 years ago when he was single and inexperienced. Today, he is a family man and with 13 years of experience in the chilli-processing business, he is our plant's chief supervisor and the backbone of our operations team. 

Jerry Bermeo

Logistic and Dispatch Assistant

Jerry is one of our Generation Z hires. He is one of our youngest team members. When you need some help in the factory, you must call him. He is very collaborative and polite. One of his biggest strengths is being able to multitask. He supervises our warehouse and dispatches containers from our Ecuador plant. 

Sebastian Fernandez

Maintenance and Operations Coordinator

Sebas manages machinery and structural projects, as well as general maintenance at our Ecuador processing plant. He is very knowledgeable on anything to do with industrial processing and enjoys troubleshooting pieces of equipment. His job is to make sure everything is up and running. 

Alicia Suarez

Plant Coordinator

Alicia has been with us for 16 years and runs our Peru processing plant. She oversees all production and quality control processes. She is very responsible and is very in touch with her team, constantly receiving feedback, both from Peru and Ecuador. She enjoys collaborative working. 

Pablo Berón

Head of Technical Sales

Pablo oversees our R&D department. His experience comes from his immense love for food (he is a chef by training). He must always visualize several scenarios to make the best decision. You can find him in the factory developing formulations to satisfy our client’s requirements.

Judith Luna

Agricultural Field Coordinator

Judith leads field investigations in the R&D center. In addition, Judith is responsible for caring for our peppers´ genotype, seed propagation, and producing great quality seedlings. She is the guardian of The Seed Lab. She inspires healthy competitiveness in the team due to the high efficiency of her projects and is always willing to share her knowledge.

Nora Naranjo

Agriculture Coordinator

Nora promotes the planting and harvesting of our myriad of chili species. She works directly with smallholder farmers and promotes sustainable agricultural practices. Thanks to her patience and ability to communicate with people from all walks of life, she ensures our farmers´ success in their agricultural pursuits.

Leonardo Enriquez

Field Extension Assistant

Leo visits chili fields in Ecuador daily to provide his knowledge and techniques to our smallholder farmers to help their chili crops grow sustainably. He always puts farmers first.

Leo´s personality fills you with cheer. You will always find him full of positive energy, and a spirit of solidarity.

Juan Andrés Sunción

Agricultural Coordinator

Juan leads the Agriculture Team in Perú, attends to our farmers´ needs, and suggests good agricultural practices in their chili crops.
He is always focused on complying with harvest projections, but his most significant objective is bringing quality raw material for production in the factory.
Juan is always contagious with his good humor at the office. 

Neil Montalvo

Field Extension Assistant

Neil takes care of our chili producers in Peru, constantly trains them, collaborates with the logistics of their harvests, and monitors the applications of permitted chemicals.
He has active participation in different research projects in Peruvian crops. One of his great strengths is handling the digital world and technology.