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Résumé

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Top performing global freelance professional with a solid background in economic analysis, information systems, and knowledge management programs in organizations. A strong relationship builder, communicator, analytical thinker, and facilitator, who is able to work in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2001, 2003 - present · The World Bank Group · Washington, DC and off-site
Web Developer, EXT Corporate Communications (2005 – present)

Communications Coordinator, LCR Knowledge Management (2004-2005)

  • Coordinated communications and outreach efforts for the Latin American and Caribbean knowledge management team

Business Analyst, Information Solutions Group (2003-2004)

  • Assisted in coordination of site development, maintenance and redesign of AiDA, one of the largest online sources for public information on development activities based on an XML schema developed internally
  • Participated in the Local Project Database (LPD) software development, an open source web-based tool for managing records on the projects and activities of development partners
  • Initiated and coordinated talks between dgMarket and COPCA to launch a Catalan version of the site that offers international procurement opportunities
  • Awards: won Spot Award for outstanding performance, 2004

  • Knowledge Internship (Fall 2001): Created activity website statistics reports for the Development Gateway portal

May 2000-June 2003 · IESE Business School · Barcelona
Research Assistant

  • Department of Economics (2002-2003). Participated in background research and production for the sections 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
  • 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), and created a report on KM Software Tools (2000)
  • 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
  • Department of Finance, Executive Education (2000-2001). Revised and updated class materials and case studies for Finance courses, and 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

 

 
EDUCATION Top

1995-2002 · Universitat Pompeu Fabra · Barcelona

1999, 2000 · The London School of Economics · London

  • Summer courses on Development Economics, The Economics of Environment, and The Political Economy of Development
LANGUAGES/SKILLS Top

Catalan, English, Spanish, and basic French

Economic and statistical analysis software (GAMS, E-Views, SPSS...)

MSOffice advanced, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Illustrator CS intermediate user

SQL, Relational Database Design, and intermediate user of Informix

 

OTHERS Top

Member of the board of directors of Fundación Iberoamericana del Conocimiento. The Foundation supports the activities of gestiondelconocimiento.com, the biggest online community for knowledge management in Spain and Latin America. It also organizes major KM events, courses, and seminars (2002-2004, 2010-present)

Analyzed strategic options for credit windows of the Development Bank of Jamaica

Created online community on International Public Procurement at l’Anella, a portal developed by ACC1Ó CIDEM|COPCA from the Generalitat de Catalunya (2008-2009)

Provision of occasional research assistance to Professor Sanjay Peters on topics around emerging markets, with an emphasis on India (2005-2008)

Special Adviser to Secretary's Office for International Cooperation from Generalitat de Catalunya on agreements with International Organizations. Agreements allow staff sharing as well as the establishment of internship opportunities (2005-2006)

Lecturer on knowledge management software tools at the Seminar "Tècniques d’Informació i Comunicació Empresarial", Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Summer 2002

Coaching and career advice to students

Website design and creation: www.lindasouthworth.net , www.americagrau.net, www.karkal.net, www.terralta.cat