Andrea is not a water engineer and that’s exactly what makes her perspective valuable. With a university degree in industrial design and a background in business creation and product development, she approached the US water vending market as a designer and entrepreneur, not a technician. She asked different questions, made different decisions, and built a different kind of company.

Born and raised in Colombia, Andrea came to Los Angeles with a clear mission: take the engineering heritage of a 40-year family business and build something the US market had never seen  a premium, design-forward, certified water vending brand that operators and consumers could both be proud of.

Over more than a decade leading Aguacol USA, Andrea personally navigated the California licensing process, negotiated placements with major retailers, designed the operational frameworks, and built the team and supply chain that now supports hundreds of machines across three continents. She is actively involved in every client consulting engagement and brings hands-on operational knowledge that no generalist consultant can replicate.

Outside the business, Andrea is the same person she is in it  passionate about water in every form. The ocean, swimming, conservation. The belief that water is life, and that treating it well is both a business obligation and a personal one.

An automatic machine won’t answer your calls. We love our customers, we know their stories and why they need to be hydrated. We are water and we love to flow like it, but more importantly, we make it flow for you.

 

— Andrea Ardila, CEO & Founder