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GP Strategies and Ecopetrol Celebrate 10 Years in PartnershipCOLUMBIA, Md., July 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Global performance improvement solutions provider GP Strategies Corporation and Fortune Global 500 petroleum company Ecopetrol recently celebrated 10 years of partnership at GP Strategies' Center of Excellence in Bogotá, Colombia. During the celebration, Eric Rodgers, GP Strategies' Senior Vice President for Engineering and Technical Services; Doug Robey, Vice President of GP Strategies; and Jorge Trespalacios, GP Strategies' Colombia Account Manager, presented an engraved silver platter to Ezequiel Acosta, Ecopetrol University Director, to recognize the strong and long-tenured relationship. "It was a great day celebrating our relationship, and it was a gift to show our appreciation and gratitude to Ecopetrol on a great 10 years," Rodgers said. "At Ecopetrol, we consider GP Strategies a great ally, helping us achieve our goal of securing knowledge in our organization," Acosta added. Over the last decade, GP has supported Ecopetrol in a variety of cpacities, including operational excellence (OE), competency mapping, operational readiness, documentation support, technical training, maintenance excellence, operator training, organizational change, and certification programs. Ecopetrol credits the implementation of an OE program that has made a positive change in the operators. "OE developed certain analytic skills in operations personnel as well as a greater focus on process costs and product quality, with favorable economic results for the company," Acosta said. "Today we can say that there are fewer process deviations and a better related response time. "Additionally, OE has had an impact on the Key Performance Indicators. This has made it possible for Ecopetrol to achieve the return on investment for the program in a short period of time." About GP Strategies About GP Strategies Colombia About Ecopetrol © 2018 GP Strategies Corporation. All rights reserved. GP Strategies and the GP Strategies logo design are trademarks of GP Strategies Corporation. View original content with multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gp-strategies-and-ecopetrol-celebrate-10-years-in-partnership-300677970.html SOURCE GP Strategies Corporation |