Carlos A. Dengo is the president of the environmental consulting firm CDG Environmental Advisors.  The firm works in the areas of corporate social and environmental responsibility, environmental and social certification, land use planning, and environmental compliance and remediation.

Mr. Dengo currently is serving as senior environmental coordinator and advisor for the ECOS group, for Grupo Pelón, and Grupo ACI, the firm CDG, is in charge of the environmental impact prevention and planning for many important housing and tourism projects throughout Costa Rica.

He was also a member of the Committee for Forest Classification Certification, an interdisciplinary group in charge of defining criteria and strategies for forest classification and certification in Costa Rica. 

Previously he worked as an independent Environmental Consultant, where he participated in the coordination of environmental impacts statements, environmental management system design and implementation, and environmental risk analysis and evaluation; for projects such as hydroelectric power plants, medical supplies manufacturing, textile industries, and agro-industrial activities.

Mr. Dengo was Environmental Coordinator for VICESA, a glass foundry and silicate extraction mine during the period of 1997-1999.  Environmental impact statements, compliance auditing, and permitting were among the main duties for which he was responsible.  During this period Mr. Dengo also became a certified lead auditor in ISO 14000 guidelines, both with the Caribbean Council of Accreditation; and the Spanish  Association for Standardization.

During the year of 1996 Mr. Dengo was member of a student-faculty research project in charge of developing a model contract for Joint Implementation agreements according to Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) and Agenda 21 of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit.  The project took into consideration environmental, social, and legal aspects for the parties involved.

Mr. Dengo served, in 1995, as Assistant to World Weather Watch Program Director.  He participated in developing guidelines for environmentally sensitive management of refugee camps in Africa.  He also participated in creating procedures and environmental criteria needed to improve response time in United Nations emergency assistance.  The criteria and information evaluated was mainly climatological and meteorological data, as well as relevant information for flood hazard predictions, landslide and mudflow risk assessment, and drought conditions.

Carlos A. Dengo, hold’s a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resources Management, with minors in Watershed Management and Environmental Economics, from Colorado State University, he also holds a Master’s of Science degree in Forest Resources Conservation and Natural Resources Management and Economics from the University of Florida.
 
Mr. Dengo is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.  He was born in 1973, and has lived in 7 countries.  He is married and currently resides in San José, Costa Rica.

José R. Dengo is the Vice-President and Project Manager of CDG Environmental Advisors. Mr. Dengo is in charge of coordinating the development of new projects, from the initial stages of the permit process and preparation of all required impact evaluation documents, to the final phases of environmental performance monitoring once construction is underway.

He actively supervises the environmental performance of 7 commercial, residential and tourism projects, and an additional 6 new projects are set to begin construction in the coming months. Mr. Dengo was also charged with coordinating the preparation of the D1 Preliminary Evaluation Document for the AMEGA-MTA Project, one of the largest infrastructure endeavors ever to be undertaken in Costa Rica.

Mr. Dengo has over three years of experience working with CDG Environmental Advisors. His main responsibilities include coordinating Preliminary Evaluation Documents (D1 and D2), preparation of environmental studies (Management Plans and EIAs), on-site monitoring of active constructions, environmental due diligence evaluations, and project stakeholder relations.

Mr. Dengo holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in Natural Resources Management, and is a candidate for a Master’s degree in Environmental Legislation from the University for International Cooperation. Mr. Dengo has completed a Licensing course in Corporate Arbitration from the Latin American Corporate Arbitration Center and is a graduate of the 2007 Sustainability Management Program from INCAE Business School. He is registered in the Professional College of Agronomical Engineers as well as the environmental consultant’s registry in SETENA.

Mr. Dengo has lived in five countries and is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese. He was born in 1982 and currently resides in San José, Costa Rica.