Education
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, New York
- Ph.D. (Candidate) in Economics, ARME
Admitted in the program in August of 1996
- Master of Professional Studies in International Development
Overall GPA: 3.83
OHIO UNIVERSITY, Athens, Ohio (09/92-08/94)
- Master of Arts in Economics
- Master of Arts in International Affairs
Overall GPA: 3.74
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (Program of year 2000)
- Graduate Program in Macroeconomic Policy and Management
Jhon F. Kennedy School of Government-HIID-CID
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF ECUADOR, Quito, Ecuador (09/83-01/89)
- Bachelor of Arts in Economics
COLEGIO ALBERTO EINSTEIN, Quito, Ecuador (09/74-07/83)
- High School Diploma
Experience
HEAD OF UNIDO OPERATIONS IN ECUADOR
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, United Nations - UNDP Office in Quito, Ecuador.
COUNTRY ECONOMIST (10/1997-04/2004)
Corporación Andina de Fomento, Quito, Ecuador.
TEACHING ASSISTANT (09/1994-05/1995)
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
- Teacher of Intermediate Macroeconomics for college students
OPERATIONS MANAGER (07/88-08/92)
Leasing Invesplan SA (Financial Institution), Quito, Ecuador
- Responsible for the allocation of funds at regional level
- Managed the Loan & Operations division of the company
- Designed credit and marketing policies
- Made credit analysis of development projects and corporate projects
- Provided advise to developers on financial and economic issues
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (01/88-06/88)
Institute of Economic Research - Catholic University, Quito, Ecuador
Assisted a team in several research projects including:
- Evaluation of the Agrarian Reform in Ecuador
- Structure of the Ecuadorian Financial Sector
LENDING OFFICER (12/84-12/87)
Banco Caja de Crédito Agrícola, Quito, Ecuador
- Project appraisal of agriculture microenterprises
- Acquired knowledge of all branch office banking operations
Honors
- Organization of American States PRA Fellowship
- Fulbright Fellowship
- Ohio University Center for International Studies Fellowship
- First Prize on the Ecuadorian National Physics Contest
- Sixth Prize on the Ecuadorian National Math Contest
Special skills
LANGUAGES:
- Spanish: Native language
- English: Proficient at all levels, written, oral, comprehension (8 years of study)
- French: Some knowledge at oral level (1 year of study)
MANAGEMENT & COMPUTER: Interpersonal skills and leadership for management positions. Ability to understand and interpret economic data as well as capabilities to comprehend mathematical and graphical relations. Substantial experience in the use of computer resources including: STATA, Minitab, Excel, Lotus 123, WordPerfect, MS Word, Powerpoint, MS Project, Netscape, E-mail, and various communications and statistical packages Windows, UNIX and DOS based (IBM platform). Experience in hypertext (html) pages design for publishing in the World Wide Web. Proficient in Mac operating system and applications.
Extra curricular activities
- Active member of the International Association of Camel Breeders: a Cornell University organization that discusses and analyze International Development issues.
- Committee member of the Latin American Students Association (OLA) at Ohio University
- Representative to the University Council at Catholic University
Seminars in Economic Development & International Affairs
- Attended a Seminar on International Affairs organized by the Institute of International Education in Chicago, February of 1993.
- Field trip to Washington DC with programmed visits to International Organizations, including the World Bank, USAID, AED, and the Center for Communication Programs of the Johns Hopkins University. Attended seminars on International Development issues on each of these institutions in April of 1994.
- Attended a series of seminars and workshops on Development and International Affairs issues organized by the Center for International Studies and the Communications & Development Program at Ohio University, June-July of 1994.
Other relevant seminars
- Debt Management, INCAE, Quito, Ecuador
- Management Techniques, Price Waterhouse, Quito, Ecuador
- Dale Carnegie Human Relations Course, CEDE, Quito, Ecuador
- Seminar on Neoliberalism, Conrad Adenahuer foundation, Quito, Ecuador
Publications & major research papers
- "A Decomposition of Consumption Inequality for Ecuador": Thesis topic for Master degree at Cornell University. Performed a decomposition of consumption inequality by economic sector and by consumption determinants in order to determine which factors contribute the most to inequality in Ecuador. I utilized data from a 1994 Living Standards Measurement Survey and applied a new decomposition methodology developed by Prof. Gary Fields at Cornell.
- "An Economic Evaluation of a Chilean Privatization": Dissertation paper for the MA in Economics. Made an evaluation of the privatization of a Chilean company using economic modeling. A revised version of the paper was presented at the Western Regional Science Association 34th meeting in San Diego in February of 1995.
- "Neoliberalism": Analysis of the principles, strengths, problems and repercussion of neoliberal policies applied on Latin America. Focus in four countries: Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia and Chile. Presented as a position paper in a seminar of development in July of 1994.
- "The US-Panama Crisis of 1989": Political-historical analysis of the causes that led to the US decision of intervening in Panama. Was one of two papers distributed to the International Affairs Committee as prerequisite for graduation.
- "Financial Leasing in Ecuador": Dissertation for the BA in Economics. Analysis of the financial/accounting implications of using leasing for financing private firms and corporations needs of funds. The study includes fiscal, financial and accounting aspects of the operation. Excerpts published in CIFRA, a major Ecuadorian economic journal.