Education
- 2012 - 2013
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2003 - 2005
University of Florida
Msc, Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering
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1996 - 2001
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Bsc, Civil Engineering
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2015 - 2016
Escuela Internacional de Coaching (EIC)
Certified Master Coach Program
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2001 - 2001
Universidad Católica de Córdoba
Study Abroad Program, Civil Engineering
Experience
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2020 - Present
Fudanción Ceficor
Managing Director
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2014 - Present
Independent Professional
Advisor
Advisor and strategist SMEs in the Health & Agribusiness sectors.
Co-led and devised a strategy to internationalize the agribusiness operations, introducing newer concepts and methods, and setting goals for the next three to five years.Senior Civil/Coastal Engineer
CB&I Brazil, Florianopolis
October 2013 – December 2013
Fast track support on greenfield port facilities. - 2018 - 2020
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2017 - 2018
WCCM
Client-Side Project Manager for Bonnevaux/ National Coordinator/Resident Oblate
– Client-Side Project Manager for Bonnevaux Meditation and Retreat Centre/ National Coordinator/Resident.
– Contributed to the establishment of management and quality control concepts to execute the first stage of a renovation project for a charity with a budget of 8m Euros.
– Proposed, developed and launched internal guidelines and procedures to ensure project was understood at internal level, communication lines were kept simple and timely information was provided to the Project Owner/Project Board.
– Provided risk analysis on major milestones and alerted when risk levels (financial, technical or people-side risks) were to be exceeded.
– Worked closely with the architectural technical leads, onsite project managers, financial team and internal stakeholders.
– Managed budget expenditure against a project programme.
– Increased productivity and efficiency by developing a simple way of maintaining accurate records checking and reporting approvals for payment to contractors and consultants.
– Prepared monthly progress updates to raise awareness of the project to the global community.Other involvement:
– Development of the online outreach in Latin America and other countries
– Development of guidelines for online group leaders
– Communication with International communities and coordinators
– Client Project Management and Communication for the Bonnevaux development -
2011 - 2013
Ausenco
Coastal Engineer
Dredging Assessment / Navigation studies / Breakwater design
Harbour Planning
Pre-feasibility, conceptual, and preliminary design of iron ore export facilities in Brazil. -
2010 - 2010
Sogreah Gulf
Coastal Engineer
Marine/coastal engineering
Offshore artificial islands
Support to D&B contractors -
2008 - 2009
Royal Haskoning
Coastal Engineer
Project management
Outline design of breakwaters / revetments for LNG / Container terminals
Numerical modelling -
2008 - 2008
PND Engineers, Inc.
Staff Engineer
Marine facilities upgrade in arctic/offshore islands.
Coastal restoration projects -
2007 - 2008
Tetra Tech
Associate Civil/Coastal Engineer
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2005 - 2006
Coast & Harbor Engineering, Inc.
Junior Coastal Engineer
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2002 - 2003
Water & Air Research
Engineer in Training