JOSÉ IGNACIO FERNÁNDEZ P.

Home address: Calle 12 No. 65 B 14, Cali, Colombia S.A.

E-mail:

Home phone: (572) - 3391330

Office phone: (572) - 4221958

Mobile: (57315)-5657251 ; (57313)-6171965

EDUCATION

University of Florida - Gainesville, Florida, USA

P. Eng. – Systems Engineering in Health and Hospitals Management March1981

University of Florida - Gainesville, Florida, USA

M. Eng. – Industrial Engineering, Operations Research

August 1978

State University of New York - Stony Brook L.I. New York, USA

M.Sc. Applied Mathematics and Statistics

May 1974

Valle University - Cali, Colombia

Chemical Engineer

June 1969

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

TRANSLATIONS

Position: Freelance translator

Period: Nowadays

Activities: English-Spanish/Spanish-English. Translation, proofreading, editing. Project managment in areas such as: engineering, economical, financial, business, taxation, law, international organizations, healthcare, hospital, pharmaceutical, quality control, quality assurance, marketing, business administration , warehousing, distribution, promotional materials and Web Sites.

FUNDACION PAZ Y BIEN – FUNDACION PLANET FINANCE- FUNDACION ALVARALICE – VALLE UNIVERSITY, CALI, COLOMBIA

Position: Production and Marketing manager

Period: July 2008 – nowadays

Activities: To design, implement and assess a project for 1,500 single mothers living in Aguablanca District (Cali) called the“Strengthening Project”. To establish a capacity building program in order to develop entrepreneurial abilitiesfor the overall community.

EDUCATION SECRETARIAT – MAYOR´S OFFICE FOR THE CITY OF CALI, CALI, COLOMBIA

Position: Advisor

Period:September – December 2007

Activities: To advice the allocation of public resources for education in private educational institutions. To assess the public schools´ capacity and infrastructure.

AMERICAN ENVIROMENTAL SYSTEMS INC, CALI, COLOMBIA

Position: General Manager for Andean Region.

Period: January 1998 – August 2007

Activities: To market and sale water purification systems at the domestic, office and rural homes.

ELI LILLY INTERAMERICA INC. , CALI, COLOMBIA

Position: Materials, Distribution and Quality Control Manager

Period: January 1995 - December 1997

Activities: Inventory control of raw materials and final products, management of countrywide dispatches and lead the team that was responsible for the quality standards of the entire operation (Pharmaceutical products for humans and animals drugs).

Position: Production and Quality Control Manager

Period: January 1989 - December 1994

Activities: Schedule and produce inventory needs maintaining globalwide inventory policies. Lead the team responsible for quality standards of human and animal drugs marketed in Colombia

Position:Planning and Production Manager

Period: November 1987 - December 1988

Activities: Scheduling and producing inventory levels to optimize availability of products to satisfy demand levels on a yearly basis.

CARVAJAL S.A., CALI, COLOMBIA

Position: Production Manager,office and school products

Period: January1985 - October 1987

Activities: Execute the production programs for multiple references, lead the team for development of new products and control maintenance programs for all machines.

Position: Planning Director, office and school products

Period: May 1984 - December 1984

Activities: Scheduling production programs to keep inventories maximized according to corporate policies.

PONTIFICIA JAVERIANA UNIVERSITY, CALI, COLOMBIA

Position: Associate professor – School of Industrial Engineering – Operations Research

Period: January 1984 – June 1991

Activities: Part-time lecturer in optimization courses. Advisor for engineering students projects as partial requeriment for degree awarding.

VALLE UNIVERSITY

Position: Director, Industrial & Systems Engineering Graduate Program

Period: April 1983 - May 1984

Activities: Coordinate teaching, research and advising activities at graduate level, both for students and program professors.

Position: Associate Professor - Information and Systems Department, School of Industrial Engineering and School of Economy

Period: March1981- April1983

Activities: Full time lecturer in operatios research quantitative models. Advisor on project developments for undergraduate students in both schools.

Position: Associate Professor - Engineering and Sciences School

Period: June1974 - July 1977

Activities: Full time professor in numerical, statistical and operations research areas at the undergraduate level.

Position: Assistant professor, Mathematics and Statistics Departments.

Period: August 1969 - January 1972

Activities: Full time instructor in basic mathematics courses for undergraduate students in engineering , economics, sciences and other associated fields.

SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER STUDIES

World class processes – Planning and Control , (Buker International of Mexico)

July 1995

MRP II and JIT , (Andes University ,Bogotá, Colombia), August 1993

Good manufacturing practices,Validations , (G.M.P. Associates Bogotá, Colombia),

February 1991

Workshops in Strategic Planning (Eli Lilly & Co, Cali, Colombia), January 1989

Marketing strategies,(Javeriana University, Cali, Colombia), January 1987

Total Quality Control Management (Incolda, Cali , Colombia), May 1985

Quality circles methodology, (Carvajal S.A., Cali, Colombia), January 1985

LANGUAGE FLUENCY

Spanish (advanced, native)

English (advanced)

French (basic)

SOFTWARE

Microsoft Office, M.S.Project

Acrobat Pro 9

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Colombian Chemical Engineers Society, Associate member, 1982

AIIE, American Institute of Industrial Engineers,Associate member, December 1980

ALPHA PI MU, Industrial Engineers Honor Society, Florida Chapter,October 1978

FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED

W.K. Kellogg - Battle Creck, Michigan, USA1979 - 1980

OEA - Washington D.C, USA - 1977 - 1978

LASPAU - Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - 1972 - 1974

ICETEX –Ministry of Mines and Energy, Bogotá, Colombia 1968-1969

REFERENCES

Victor Alonso Pedroza C.

General Manager, Baxter S.A. , Mexican branch

Mexico City, Mexico

Phone : (847) - 9483442

Rafael Chaparro

International Technical Services, Advisor

Eli Lilly & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana , USA

Phones : (317) - 2765564 ; (765) – 3422667

Moises Sandoval Baena Ph.D.

Director, Empowerment projects

Non governmental organization Paz and Bien, Cali, Colombia

Phones: (572) – 4221958 ; (57315) – 5577841

Oscar Lanner del Villar

Ex-Director Elanco products (Veterinarian division)

Eli Lilly and company, Cali, Colombia

Phones: (572) – 8931416 ; (57310) – 40000081

Joaquin Maria Narvaez Narvaez

Regional services manager, Americas and Asia pacific

Exxon Mobil Corporation, Bogotá, Colombia

Phones: (571) – 6261512 ; (57312) – 8826529

Pablo Mendoza M. , Ph.D.

General manager, La Pradera seeds company

Bogota, Colombia

Phones: (571) – 6131145 ; (57317) - 5251336

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