JORGE ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ HERRERA Tel: +57 316 447 1625 - +57 2 653 5158 Web Site: http://www.jorgearodriguez.com E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Employment Objective

Employment as Chemical Engineer, leading to a management position in corporate operations, where I may expand and apply my knowledge and expertise to the growth and success of the company.

Education

M. B. A., INSTITUTO DE EMPRESA, Madrid (Spain) (May 1996).
B. S. Chemical Engineering, TULSA UNIVERSITY, Tulsa Oklahoma USA (May 1992). Elective Minor in Computer Science.
Seminar “ISO 9000 Quality Management”, UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Cali, Colombia (July 2004)
Diploma “Pedagogical Practice Improvement in Virtual Environments”, UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Cali, Colombia (June 2004 to December 2005)
Seminar “Virtual Education using the Claroline - Dokeos LMS”, UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI. Cali - Colombia (October to December 2003)
Seminar “Apache, PHP, MySQL Course”, UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Cali, Colombia (August to December 2003)
Seminar “Advanced Software Tools for Teachers: HTML, Web site construction, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, PHP Nuke”. UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Cali, Colombia (May 2003)
Seminar “Statistical Tools for Research”, UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI. Cali - Colombia (January 2003)
Seminar “The Evaluation in the University Educational Process”, UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI. Cali - Colombia (January 2003)
Seminar “Software Tools Fundamentals for Teachers”, UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Cali, Colombia (January 2003)
Pedagogical Studies Special Program, UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN BUENAVENTURA, Cali, Colombia (August 2001).
Financial Project Evaluation and Control. UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE Cali, Colombia (January 1998).
Effective Negotiating Seminar, KARRASS, Bogotá Colombia (November 1994).
Sales Techniques Seminar, Rohm and Haas Co., Bogotá Colombia (July 1994).
Congreso Internacional de Tratamiento y Servicios de Agua. ANFESAAC International Water Treatment and Services Congress. Mexico City, Mexico (March 1994).
International Water Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. USA (1994).
Ion Exchange Resins Training, Polymeric and Carbonaceous Adsorbents, Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, PA. USA (December 1993).
Biocides Training, Rohm and Haas Co. Philadelphia, PA. USA (November 1993).
Polymers Training, Rohm and Haas Co. Philadelphia, PA. USA (November 1993).
Steam Turbine Operation and Maintenance Seminar. Dresser-Rand Corp., Wellsville NY. USA (June 1993)
Continuous Improvement Methods and Tools Instructor. Smurfit Cartón de Colombia, Cali Colombia (May 1993).
I/A Control System Configuration and Maintenance Fundamentals. FOXBORO, Bogotá Colombia (February 1993).
Statistical Tools Applied to Continuous Quality Improvement Processes Course ICONTEC, Cali Colombia (January 1993).
Control Graphs in Continuous Quality Improvement Processes Course. ICONTEC, Cali Colombia (January 1993)
C Programming and Spreadsheet Applications in the I/A Control System. Foxboro, Bogotá Colombia (July 1992)
Industrial Boiler Control Systems Seminar. Foxboro (September 1992).
Professional Communication Seminar, Fernando Villa Uribe. Bogotá Colombia (December 1981)
Intensive Main English Course. ANGLO CONTINENTAL SCHOOL OF ENGLISH. Bournemouth England (August 1978 to March 1979)

Academic Production

Paper Coauthor “From Didactic Tactics to Research Practice: A Bioinformatics Experience”. Northern Catholic University Virtual Magazine (Revista Virtual Universidad Católica del Norte) [online] 23th Ed. 2008. ISSN-0124-5821
Textbook Coauthor “Reading Comprehension Workshops for Engineering 4”, Universidad Santiago de Cali, Febrero 2007. ISBN 978-958-98176-8-1
Textbook Coauthor “Reading Comprehension Workshops for Engineering 3”, Universidad Santiago de Cali, Junio 2006. ISBN 978-958-8119-98-7
Book Coauthor “SENA-USC Agreement: An Introduction to Informatics" (Convenio SENA – USC: Introducción a la Informática), Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2005.
Speaker at the XXIV Informatics Day. Universidad ICESI: “Virtual Education at the USC”, Santiago de Cali, October 2005
Conference “How to Study for Success” presented during the USC Language Institute Conference Cycle for English Language Students, Santiago de Cali, March 2005.
Conference “How to Make a Good Audiovisual Presentation” presented during the USC Language Institute Conference Cycle for English Language Students, Santiago de Cali, October 2005
Conference “Continuous Improvement Tools Applied to the Language Institute Self evaluation Process” given to professors and staff of the USC Language Institute. March 2004.
Conference “Management Indicators Applied to the Language Institute Self evaluation Process” given to professors and staff of the USC Language Institute. April 2004.

Employment Experience

Assistant to the Director of the Research Center for Corporate Social Responsibility CEINERSE. CORPORACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA CENTRO SUPERIOR, Cali (January 2009 to date)
Teacher, Project Management, Technical English 1 and 2 for Business Administration 7th and 8th semester students. CORPORACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA CENTRO SUPERIOR, Cali (July 2008 to date)
Teacher, Technical English 2 for Accounting 8th semester students. CORPORACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA CENTRO SUPERIOR, Cali (July 2008 to date)

Teacher, Industrial Processes I (Stoicheometry, Mass & Energy Balances), Chemistry Department, Basic Sciences Faculty, UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI (Jannuary 2008 to Date)
Teacher, Industrial Processes II (Heat and Momentum Transfer), Chemistry Department, Basic Sciences Faculty, UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI (July 2007 to Date)

Teacher, UNIVERSIDAD ICESI, Foreign Language Department. English as a Second Language Levels 3, 5 y 6. (2008).

Teacher, UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Language Institute. English as a Second Language Beginner to Advanced Levels, Reading Comprehension, and English for Special Purposes. (January 2002 - December 2008)
Designer and teacher of the first Reading Comprehension in English Course for Researchers. UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Language Institute.
Self evaluation Committee Member, UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Language Institute.
Founder, Editor and Webmaster of the Language Institute's Web Site. UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Language Institute.
Member, Special Purpose Reading Comprehension Multimedia Material Generation Committee. UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Language Institute.
Translator, English - Spanish, Spanish - English Technical, Business, Medical, and Legal texts. UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Language Institute.
Researcher, Reading Comprehension Materials in English Research Group (GICOMTEX). UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Language Institute.
Teacher, English Module for the Global Marketing Specialization. UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Continued Education Department.
Teacher, researcher in the Virtual Education Research Group GIEV, Virtual Learning Object Production and Assessment Area. UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Virtual Education Department (January 2006 to January 2008).
Tutor, Teacher of the Diploma for the Improvement of Pedagogic Practices in Virtual Environments. UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Virtual Education Department.
Virtual Education Liaison Coordinator for the Language Institute, UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI, Virtual Education Department.

General Manager, DROIMEX E.U. Import – Export Company. (July 1998 to January 1999).
Startup Company. In charge of financial affairs management, Logistics, Information Systems, Accounting and Personnel Areas.

Financial Manager, PROIMEX LTDA., International Trade Company. (July 1998 to January 1999).
In charge of financial affairs management, Information Systems, Accounting and Personnel Areas.

Strategic Accounts Manager for the Andean Pact and Central American Countries Industrial Division - Rohm and Haas Company Bogotá Colombia. (November 1993 – August 1995).
Responsible to the Latin-American Region Vice-presidency for the Ion Exchange – Adsorbent Resins, Biocides and Monomers business units, working as a team with Customer service, Logistics and Technical support staff in a Total Quality environment to meet the market’s needs and the unit’s business plan.

Power Plant Process Engineer. Smurfit Carton de Colombia, Cali (June 1992 - September 1993).
Responsible to the Power Plant Manager for the day to day operations of the PWP: Steam Generation (Coal, Gas and Fuel Oil fired High Pressure Boilers), Fuel Management, Water Treatment Operations (Raw River, Cooling, Demineralized, Boiler Feed water and Condensate), Compressed Air (Instrumentation and process control),Electric Power Generation (Steam and Gas turbine driven), in-house Fuel (Coal and Fuel Oil) Quality Control Laboratory, Water Testing Laboratory and Automatic Process Control Equipment. Proactive process equipment and procedures testing within a Continuous Quality Improvement (Kaisen) framework. Responsible to the Corporate Quality Assurance Committee for the personnel training and implementation of the Continuous Quality Improvement Tools throughout PWP.

Special Skills and Competences

Technical Skills
Advanced proficiency in microcomputer systems and applications, Operating systems (32 and 64 bit), Vista, XP, etc.
Advanced knowledge of standard office software tools, Open source and commercial. Microsoft Office 93, 2003, 2007 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), MS-Project, Open Office.
Familiarity with engineering simulation software such as PROII, Hysim, and ASPEN.
Familiarity with graphic systems like Corel Draw, PhotoPaint, Photoshop, etc.
Advanced level of proficiency with Internet related systems, hardware and software tools like Adobe CS3 Suite (Dreamweaver, Fireworks, etc.).
Familiarity with web server software like Apache, MySQL, PHP.
Advanced proficiency with Multimedia Content Management Systems and Learning Management Systems like Mambo, Joomla, PHP-Nuke, Dokeos, WebCT, and Moodle.
Ion Exchange Applications expert.
Advanced proficiency and knowledge of industrial plant unit operations and transport phenomena.
Thorough knowledge and experience in Steam Power Generation process operation and equipment.
Advanced English as a Second Language teaching proficiency and experience.
Recreational Scuba Divecon Instructor. SSI (USA) - 1992
Private Pilot candidate 1987

Business Skills
Bottom line and people oriented management style
Complete familiarity with the strategic, financial, marketing, logistics, cost, accounting, and human resource management aspects of a business.
Continuous Improvement, Total Quality Management and similar Quality Management approaches expertise and experience.

People Skills
Good and experienced team worker.
Trained Negotiator and facilitator.
Significant leadership qualities and proactive attitude.
Excellent personal, business, and technical, both oral and written, communication skills in English and Spanish.
Good multicultural interpersonal relations and experience.

Distinctions

Member Smurfit Worldwide Recovery Boiler Auditing Committee – 1993
The Oxford Examination in English as a Foreign Language (England) – PASS WITH CREDIT
OXFORD-ARELS Advanced Certificate in Spoken English and Comprehension (England) – PASS WITH CREDIT
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language (USA) – 620 points
MELICET English Language Proficiency Test. 96%.
Recreational Diving Divecon Instructor. SSI (USA) - 1992
Private Pilot candidate (lack flight time toward certification) 1987

Hobbies

Scuba Diving, Travel, Photography, Cinema, Computers and the Internet.