Professional Experience:
DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS FOUNDATION. Non-Profit Organization
Co-founder and Executive Director, 2016 – Present
• Developing strategies to achieve the mission, goals and objectives of the NGO. Establishing fundraising plans and campaigns.
• Designing projects for education, sustainable development, poverty reduction and inequality in developing countries.
• Developing and effectively managing and leveraging strategic relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
DISTANCE TEACHING AND MOBILE LEARNING (Non-Profit). Seattle, WA.
Member Board of Directors 2017-2018.
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION. New York, USA
Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Deputy at the United Nations, 2009-2010
Plenipotentiary Minister of Colombia at the UN, 2007-2008
• Headed involvement in negotiations on critical issues i.e. public policies on education, health, social and economic development, Rule of Law, Women and Children protection, and Human Rights.
• Successfully promoted more than 30 Public International Policies to endorse education, human development, poverty reduction, gender and conflict resolution.
• Led active participation in negotiations related to the Revision of the Rome Statute of the ICC among other international negotiations and agreements.
• Managed effective media and social campaigns as well as networking, PR, fundraising and events e.g. Organized Ambassador’s Dinner, participation of 500+ Diplomats.
TELEVISION CHANNEL “TELEANTIOQUIA”.
Chief Executive Officer -CEO, 2015 – 2016
• Reported to the board of one of the 5 nationwide public broadcast TV stations.
• Headed successful marketing strategies and fundraising campaigns to finance educative television programs. Led integrated marketing/advertising campaigns
• Coordinated the production of 10 + educative public programs for young and adult development. One was awarded with the National Simón Bolívar Prize.
• Led the Marketing and Sales teams achieving income growth by 22% (over established budget of US$10 million). Responsible to steer a team of 400 employees
US$700.000 profit vs. previous´ periods losses.
STATE GOVERNMENT OF ANTIOQUIA, Colombia.
Executive Director of Antioquia´s House. 2012 - 2015
• Promoted the production and execution of Public Policies to support people development through education, health and international cooperation and inequality reduction.
• Developed commercial and diplomatic relationship with national and foreign governments (China, Thailand, Chile, etc.) including investors and businessmen.
• Designed and managed the effective performance of marketing and media campaigns, PR, events, social media and strategic relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
CONSULATE OF COLOMBIA / MINISTERY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Boston, MA, USA
Consul (e) and Vice-consul, 2003-2006
• Promoted Public policies through social projects regarding human rights, immigrants and against social/economic inequality addressed to vulnerable groups and promote