Valeria Nuñez Alfaro-Sustainability Professional | LCA, Scope 3, Climate Impact
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Experience
Sustainability Project Lead
Corning Optical Communications
- Contribute to LCA automation of 1,000+ products, by partnering with engineering and data teams on model design, architecture, and data readiness
- Lead end-to-end LCA projects, and partnered with product and engineering teams to quantify carbon savings, developed avoided emissions narratives for RFQs and product launches.
- Represent Corning at the FTTH Council, deepening involvement in EU-facing industry committees.
- Hired and trained a full-time analyst who delivered a key PowerBI LCA dashboard in under 2 months, accelerating internal tool delivery timelines by 67%.
- Contributed to DE&I initiatives, including Women in STEM roundtables and cultural conversations.
- Recognized in 2024 performance review for expanding sustainability reach.
Environmental Sustainability Analyst
Corning Optical Communications
- Delivered 10+ tailored trainings (5–200+ participants), increasing sustainability engagement.
- Built a carbon footprint calculator adopted by all design teams, enabling concept-stage trade-off decisions and contributing to program impact that exceeded adoption targets by 168%.
- Co-developed a Design for Sustainability framework, embedding sustainability into innovation.
- Cut LCA modeling time by 85% through standardization, improving quality and delivery speed.
- Delivered LCAs for 10+ product lines, supporting RFQs, design improvements, and regulatory compliance under ISO 14040/44, EN 15804, and PEP Ecopassport standards.
- Supported architecture and methodology for Corning Inc's Scope 3 program, aligning with ESG compliance frameworks, GHG Protocol standards and enabling scalable corporate reporting.
Industry experience
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Experienced in Manufacturing and Telecommunication.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Product Development, Research and Development, Sustainability Management, and Project Management.
Skills
- Lca For Experts
- Carbon Modeling
- Tool Development
- Python
- Sql
- Databricks
- Power Bi
- Leadership
- Public Speaking
- Project Management
- Process Improvement
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
Languages
Education
HEC Paris
MSc · Sustainability and Social Innovation · Paris, France · 3.86/4
Jacobs University
BSc · Industrial Engineering and Management · Bremen, Germany · 1.41
Certifications & licenses
Digital Transformations certificate
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
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Valeria is based in Berlin, Germany.
Valeria speaks the following languages: English (Native), Spanish (Native), German (Intermediate), French (Intermediate).
Valeria has at least 4 years of experience. During this time, Valeria has worked in at least 2 different roles and for 1 company. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 1 month. Note that Valeria may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Valeria would be well-suited for roles such as: Sustainability Project Lead, Environmental Sustainability Analyst.
Valeria's most recent position is Sustainability Project Lead at Corning Optical Communications.
In recent years, Valeria has worked for Corning Optical Communications.
Valeria is most experienced in industries like Manufacturing and Telecommunication.
Valeria is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Research and Development, and Sustainability Management. Valeria also has some experience in Project Management.
Valeria holds a Master in Sustainability and Social Innovation from HEC Paris and a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering and Management from Jacobs University.
Valeria has 1 certificate: Digital Transformations certificate.
The availability of Valeria needs to be confirmed.
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