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Top performing global freelance professional with
a solid background in economic analysis, familiarity with the application
of information systems for knowledge and data sharing in the context
of international institutions, as well as design and analysis of
knowledge management programs in organizations. A strong relationship
builder, communicator, analytical thinker, facilitator and able
to work in multi-disciplinary, and multi-cultural teams
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
September 2001
- present · The
World Bank Group · Washington, DC
Consultant, Corporate Communications and
LCR External Affairs Units (2005 – present)
· Participated in edition and development
tasks for The World Bank Group Spanish site, bancomundial.org,
and regional sites for Latin American and Caribbean countries
Communications Coordinator, LCR Knowledge
Management - Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office (2004-2005)
· Coordinated communications for the
knowledge management team
Tasks included:
-Coordinating the creation of a new image for the unit
-Selecting promotional items, and designing promotional campaigns
-Creating and publishing articles disseminating the unit activities
·Participated in edition and development
tasks for The World Bank Group Spanish site, bancomundial.org
Tasks included:
-Developing static HTML pages and templates for The World Bank
Group site
-Updating subsites for the Latin America and Caribbean Regional
Office using a Lotus Notes Database
-Migrating corporate and regional sites to e-Publish, a content
management platform customized for The World Bank Group, based
on the Vignette platform
Business Analyst,
Information Solutions Group (2003-2004)
· Assisted with site development and maintenance of AiDA,
one of the largest online sources for public information on development
activities
Tasks included:
-Supporting the AiDA management team (World Bank, OECD-DAC, Bellanet
and Development Gateway) in the creation of yearly business plan
and strategy documents
-Supervising XML harvests to feed the database
-Mantaining codes
-Conducting usability tests
-Planning and coordinating the website redesign
with the multi-agency management team and the technical team based
in Washington, DC, and Bangalore
-Creating use cases, quality assurance tests, and processes
· Participated in the Local
Project Database (LPD) software development process, an open
source web-based tool for managing records on the projects and activities
of development partners
Tasks included:
-Tracking and recording of bugs in JIRA
for digijava, working with business and technical teams in
Romania and Washington, DC
-Ensuring that the LPD XML schema was compatible with the AiDA
XML schema. Also, that a process was established to harvest data
from the LPD into AiDA
-Creating technical and user guide documentation for the application
-Supporting the design and implementation processes of LPD for
the UNDP office in Morocco to create the Development
Cooperation Report (DCR)
The LPD platform later became Open Source and
can be found at Source
Forge
· Initiated and coordinated talks between
dgMarket,
an online platform on international procurement opportunities, and
COPCA
to launch a Catalan version of the site, http://licitacions.copca.com
· Awards: won Spot Award
for outstanding performance, 2004
Knowledge Intern
– Information Solutions Group (Fall 2001)
· Created activity site statistics
reports for the Development Gateway portal
· Assisted in the re-launch of the Knowledge Economy page
May 2000-June 2003 · IESE
Business School · Barcelona
Research Assistant, Department of Economics
(2002-2003)
· Participated in writing
the chapters on the Economic Impact of EU Enlargement for a White
Book on the
EU Enlargement: Impact on Catalonia, commissioned by the Catalan
government, supervised by Prof. Jordi Gual
Tasks included:
-Conducting background research on structural funds and the European
Common Agricultural Policy
-Interviewing relevant institutions and businesses in Catalonia
dealing with internationalization issues
-Preparing draft discussion reports to distribute among stakeholders
in the Catalan society
-Preparing final report document with inputs from background research,
interviews and discussion sessions
Research Assistant,
Department of Information Systems (2000-2003)
· Participated in the identification
and preparation of case studies on Knowledge Management in organizations:
Union
Fenosa, and Siemens
Spain – PRISM
Project (2002-2003)
Tasks included:
-Identifying, via participation in major practitioner conferences
on knowledge management, of relevant companies conducting knowledge
management initiatives
-Preparing interviews with the top management teams of Union Fenosa
and Siemens Spain to discuss and document their knowledge management
strategies
-Creating draft documents providing a theoretical framework to
the strategies followed by the companies and focus for a case
of discussion
-Creating draft case studies supervised by Professors Andreu and
Sieber
-Creating background documentation for the cases: Technical Annexes,
and Teaching Notes
· Awards: The case
on "Knowledge Management at Siemens, Spain" won
the category "Knowledge, Information & Communication Systems
Management" in the 2005 ECCH/Business Week European Case Awards
· Created a report on KM
Software Tools (2000)
Tasks included:
-Identifying relevant knowledge management vendors
-Identifying major trends affecting the industry under a conceptual
knowledge management framework
-Preparing final report describing relevant knowledge management
products by functionality
Research Assistant, Department of
Finance, Executive Education (2000-2001)
· Revised class materials and case
studies for Finance courses
· Created a report describing the
trends on the liberalization of the electrical markets in Europe
Summer 1999, 2000
· New
York University · New York
Assistant to the Director -
Summer
· Budget and comparative analysis for the
Center for Publishing
· Developed MSAccess database for registrations
·Edited and typed a manual on
Using Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Behalf
of Clients in TANF Programs. Published at the Georgetown Journal
on Poverty Law & Policy, Volume VIII, Number 1, Winter 2001
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