Numana Consulting

Strategy and operations for businesses that build and make things.

Two decades integrating engineering, quality and operations to execute complex projects in demanding environments — translating real-world constraints into strategies that actually run.

20+ yrs
engineering, quality & operations leadership
Teams to 40
led integrated engineering & quality departments
Ph.D.
Materials Engineering, University of British Columbia
3 countries
Argentina · Canada · Bahamas

How we help

Practical, in-the-weeds work that connects strategy to the shop floor and the books — not slide decks.

Strategy & planning

Strategic planning and business-capability modeling that turn goals and constraints into executable roadmaps.

Operations & process

Throughput, quality and cost gains through Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen, grounded in how the work really flows.

Quality & compliance

QA/QC, ASME and ISO programs — shifting from reactive inspection to process control that prevents defects.

Organizational design

Structures, roles and controls a growing team can follow, aligning functions around how projects are actually executed.

Technical training

Workforce development and hands-on technical training for industrial and manufacturing operations.

Project execution

End-to-end delivery of complex industrial projects — from proposal and engineering to fabrication and quality.

Sectors

Industrial & heavy manufacturing Oil & Gas Energy Mining Shipbuilding Retail Higher education Non-profit

Selected results

Who you work with

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Nicolas Romualdi

Founder, Numana · Ph.D., Materials Engineering

An engineer and operations leader with two decades across Oil & Gas, heavy manufacturing, shipbuilding and higher education. Nicolas has led integrated engineering and quality departments of up to 40 people, run ASME and ISO quality programs, and delivered operational turnarounds — work spanning organizations like Tenaris, Royal Caribbean, YPF, Aluar and the University of British Columbia, across Argentina, Canada and the Bahamas.

Advice that becomes software

When the same gap shows up across business after business, the most useful thing isn't another engagement — it's the system itself. That's why Numana also builds software. If your problem is one many businesses share, we may already have — or be building — the tool for it. See Numana Software.

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