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Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Ciudad De Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ciudad De Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bogotá

Maastricht Area, Netherlands

• Researcher and guest lecturer for the SmartEIZ project (European Union) to strengthen scientific and research capacity of the Institute of Economics, Zagreb (EIZ). (Project No. 692191 – Horizon 2020).
• Coorganizer of MEIDE conference 2016 (Moscu, Russia) and 2017 (Montevideo, Uruguay).
• Manager and researcher of project Mining Value Chains and Innovation in Latin America (for the IADB).
• Guest lecturer in the GPAC2 Ph.D. program, and the Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development

• Design of the InnovaChile framework for the design of innovation support programs.
• Guidelines for the redesign of monitoring and evaluation process.
• A systematic review of the available evaluation studies of the programs of InnovaChile.
• Expert support to the supervision of studies contracted by InnovaChile.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed a research project aimed to improve understanding of productivity and innovation in the service industry in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
• Leads the implementation of the first Innovation Survey in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Paraguay, and provides technical assistance to other Latin American countries requesting support for innovation and R&D measuring.
• Team member of a project of the IDB aimed to assist Government of Guatemala to design and implement public policies aimed to increase competitiveness in the country (GU0163).
• Led the process of standardizing and merging of innovation surveys databases from different Latin American countries.
• Contribute to the analysis, design, and evaluation of innovation policies, and on innovation systems analysis to feed IDB’s country strategies preparation

Área Metropolitana De Washington D.C., Estados Unidos

Team member of the evaluation of programs portfolio and strategy of IDB in Brazil, for 2007-2010 period.Works on the design of an evaluation methodology for Clusters Programs implemented by the IDB.

Santiago, Chile

Microeconomics I, Business Engineering.

Chile

Leaded a national study aimed at designing economic, technological and regulatory policies in the Logistics and Transportation industry.Responsible of providing public policy advice in science, technology and innovation for the development of the local value chain of the copper mining sector.Adviser, representing the CNIC, of Regional Innovation Agencies.

Chile

Team member in the design of the methodology of Consumer Price Index (CPI) of 2008. In charge of operational and methodology assessment of CPI in office until December 2008 and monthly analysis of markets with the greatest impact on the CPI. Analysis of methodology and data-collection process of the Index of Wholesale Prices (WPI) in exercise and.

Chile

Responsible for the development of control systems, development and monitoring of reports regarding the collection and auditing of taxes and tax credits related to international operations. Management of the registry system, for tax credit purposes, of foreign investments. Local Administrator of ITS’s Data Warehouse System.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Economics Of Innovation

Master, Applied Economics

Industrial Engineering, Magister En Economia Aplicada

Activities and Societies: Soccer Team (1999 - 2001)