- To contribute to the welfare of the US society in terms of better transportation possibilities using my education, knowledge and experience.
- To be a vehicle of positive transformation for people around my professional activities.
- To become an exemplar engineer inside of my professional environment.
- To achieve professional and personal stability by means of responsibility, commitment, dedication and effort in all aspects of my life.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
- Master in Management, Hodges University. Fort Myers, Florida, 2007 - Complementary Studies in Transportation Planning, University of Stuttgart, Germany, 1996. Equivalent to a Master Degree - Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineer, National University of Colombia, 1989
Transportation Planning Analyst. June 2010 - November 2011 Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency. Transportation Planning Organization. Tennessee (chcrpa.org) - Transportation modeling and analysis, travel demand forecasting - Transportation-related database development, maintenance and analysis as well as recommendations for transportation system improvement based on the modeling. - Analyzing data (household and transit on-board surveys) for statistical travel demand model estimation (SPSS). - Reviewing development proposals to assess traffic impact and provide recommendations - Preparation of multimodal transportation networks using computerized mapping techniques - Assisting in maintaining the congestion management process including multimodal data collection, preparation, analysis and recommendations based on transportation simulation processes.
Director, Infrastructure Sector 2000 - 2002 Public Sector Accountability/Comptrollership Office of Colombia - Led a team of 100 staff responsible to conduct audit analysis of nationwide public expenditure on infrastructure mega-projects. - Comptroller responsible for formulating the strategy of the General Auditing Plan for Infrastructure, Transportation, Telecommunications, Foreign Trade and Regional Development.
Associate Lecturer, 2000-2001 Transportation Engineering Department, National University of Colombia (2000) and \Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2001). Bogotá. - Transport Engineering - Transport Economics - Urban Transport.
Senior Transportation Consultant 1998 – 2000 United Nations Development Program / National Planning Department of Colombia - National manager of P3 (BOT) urban transportation projects such as: Metro of Bogotá, a 40-km toll highway in Bogotá, as well as Master Transportation Plans and BRT and LRT planning studies for the cities of Ibague, Bucaramanga and Cali utilizing financial models, cost/benefit, economic evaluation, programming, and planning of road investments procedures.
Project Engineer 1996 – 1998 Bender & Stahl, Ludwigsburg, Germany - Conducted travel demand modeling studies (data preparation and 4-step modeling), as well as urban and regional planning studies with emphasis on commercial centers. - Used transportation planning software (VISUM, KNOSIMO) and provided findings as input for the design of traffic light control systems.
Research Assistant 1994 - 1996 University of Stuttgart. Germany (Aufbaustudium in Verkehr) - Designed projects for parking facilities, subway stations, bus and taxi centers. - Worked with several transportation modeling software.
Transportation and Traffic Engineer 1992 – 1993 Transport Division, National Planning Department of Colombia - Worked on planning and feasibility studies for national, regional and urban transportation projects utilizing the Highway Development and Management and vehicle operating costs tools. - Provided advice to the Division Head on the preparation of the national multiyear capital expenditure program for the transportation sector national institutions.
Assistant Engineer 1989 – 1992 United Nations Development Program - Participated in design and construction of projects such as “Integral Development of Urban Popular Settlements, Main Street Bus Way -Troncal Caracasâ€, in Bogota Colombia, and special assignments of traffic light control system design.
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