Andres Rodriguez was born in Cali, Colombia. After high school, he moved to New jersey where he graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from The Stevens Institute of Technology.

Andres started his professional career in 2009 working in the oil refining industry coordinating the execution of field maintenance projects. In 2011 he joined the DuPont Performance Solutions – Kalrez® business where he has worked as a Plant Area Supervisor overseeing the production of high performance elastomer parts and as a Manufacturing Engineer leading continuous improvement programs at the plant site. Andres is currently a Technical Service & Development Engineer that provides support and expertise to the Americas customers and manages the technical and customer facing aspects of new development programs in concert with sales and manufacturing technology to commercialize new business opportunities.

Andres is an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and is passionate about STEM programs in the community; he supported engineering and science learning through participation in Las Americas Aspira Academy Science Olympiad program, where he mentored students with their science projects for several years. He lives in Middletown with his wife Catalina and two kids, Evan and Sophie.