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Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Representstive of Gauss Subsidiary in Canada.
• Project management, execution, and propositions concerning the provision of technical, research, analytical, policy development, and capacity building support to the public sector in field of sustainable development.

Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

• Technical Review of National GHG Emissions Inventories for Annex-I Parties under the UNFCCC. -Technical Review of Party Submissiona under the Paris Agreement.
• Waste Sectoral Expert Nominated by Guyana.

Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

• Co-supervision of two Master´s Degree Thesis under the Architectural Projects, Environmental Design, and New Technologies programme. Thesis Supervised:
• "Analysis of the technical and environmental feasibility for the deconstruction and reuse of materials in obsolete buildings. Case study: Campus of the University of the Andes, Bogotá campus"
• "Building deconstruction possibilities for comprehensive recycling: a comparative approach"

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Representation under the Canadian Philanthropy Commitment on Climate Change.
• Development, oversight, and execution of the Foundation’s GHG Management Strategy.
• Climate Change program implementation spanning nature-based solutions, low-carbon buildings and infrastructure, low-emission and renewable technologies, and community resilience.
• Project definition, stakeholder convening, strategic partnership development, and impact monitoring.

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain

• Sustainability project manager in over 15 countries worldwide under the UNFCCC, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO, and ICAT.
• Coordination and oversight of a multidisciplinary group of engineers, scientists, financial managers, and data scientists.
• Technical execution, including data collection, analysis, literature review, applied research, and report preparation.
• Preparation of bids, project proposals, and international, national, and sub-national client negotiation.
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• Stakeholder consultation, engagement, validation, training, capacity building, and knowledge-transfer, including technical audiences, clients, ministry representatives, as well as members from the private sector.

Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

• Evaluation and proposal of energy efficiency methods to implement in the renovation and expansion of the Faculty of Science at the University of Málaga, Campus Teatinos towards net-zero energy consumption and GHG.
• Modeling of bioclimatic conditions to analyze optimal architectural form, planimetry distribution, envelope performance, façade shading elements, HVAC system dimensioning, user patterns, and internal energy efficiency.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

- Award: NSERC USRA Award presented by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for University Student Research (2018)- Supervisor: Dr. Patrick Hettiaratchi- Responsibilities: Evaluation of the methane emissions potential of municipal solid waste decomposing at Calgary´s solid waste disposal sites, depending on waste composition and.

Master'S Degree, Architectural Projects, Environmental Design And New Technologies, 9.55/10

- Recognized Honor’s Student, awarded “Matrícula de Honor” - Delegated Student Representative of the Master’s Academic Commission.

Bachelor'S Degree With Distinction, Civil Engineering, 3.85/4

- Graduation with Distinction - Status: “Schulich Academic Scholar” (2015-2019) - Member of the Schulich School of Engineering’s Dean’s.

High School, 97.3/100

Activities and Societies: WASU: Weber Academy Student Union - Status: “Webber Scholar” Honour Roll with Distinction (2012-2015) - Status.