Team
Process engineering and industrial operations, turned into a platform: the people behind GaugeH2.
Delia Santana
Founder
From plant engineering to financial evidence
- Chemical engineer
- MSc in Process Engineering (UCM)
- Six Sigma Black Belt (UPC)
- More than 9 years in industry
GaugeH2 was born from a professional experience in which a number is only worth something if it can be explained, verified and defended.
Its founder is a chemical engineer with a Master’s in Process Engineering from the Complutense University of Madrid and a Six Sigma Black Belt certification from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. She has more than nine years of experience in process engineering, operations, energy efficiency and reliability in complex, multinational industrial environments, with responsibility for analysing and optimising facilities across Southern Europe.
Her career combines industrial practice with a research background, including the co-authorship of two international publications on advanced wastewater treatment. She has turned operating data into decisions with measurable impact, leading environmental initiatives that cut the discharge rate by 26% and productivity initiatives that raised daily output by up to 14% with no capital investment. Her experience also includes energy-efficiency, automation and operational-reliability projects.
That experience gives GaugeH2 a view that goes beyond calculating: understanding which assumptions are technically plausible, identifying the variables that really drive the result, and translating them into LCOH and TEA models that are traceable, reproducible and ready for review.
David Fernández
Co-founder
From industrial operations to the digital product
- More than 18 years in chemical and petrochemical operations
- Chemical logistics
- Head of platform development
Co-founder and head of development at GaugeH2. He has more than 18 years of experience in chemical, petrochemical and logistics operations, in industrial environments where safety, traceability and operational continuity are essential.
He has worked in the supervision of continuous processes, the control of critical variables, deviation management, field operations and the logistics of chemical products.
At GaugeH2 he has led the development of the platform, turning a complex LCOH and TEA analysis methodology into an accessible, structured tool built around traceability. His experience brings an essential operational perspective: a digital solution must work with real data, reflect how facilities actually operate and support clear decisions under technical, safety and compliance requirements.