Professors’ Curriculum
Area of Economics:
MFi Abelardo Medina – Universidad del Valle de
Guatemala
Master Graduate in
Finance from Universidad Rafael Landívar in 1999.
Bachelor in Economics and graduate studies in Economics from the Central
Bank of the Center of Latin-American Monetary Studies and Banco
de Guatemala, 1990.
His
expertise includes basic, intermediate and advance macroeconomics, economic
policy, public and fiscal finance, international economics and finance. He has also taught master level courses at
the universities San Carlos de Guatemala and Rafael Landívar. Among his graduate courses he has taught
Basic and Advanced Macroeconomics at Banco de
Guatemala –
Professionally
his expertise includes bank administration, Directors of the Economics School
of Universidad Rafael Landívar, academic coordinator
for graduate programs, and he currently is the Chief of Department of Tax
Statistics, Analysis and Programming. In
1999 he was
Area of Management:
MSc Eduardo Alvarez Massis – Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Did his
undergraduate studies at the Universidad
del Valle de Guatemala and obtained the degree of Licentiate in
Physics. In 1993 acquired the M.Sc. in
Applied Physics at Georgia Institute of Technology with specialization in
optics. In addition he has a specialization
in Statistics, Mathematics and Research Operations. Has worked in related projects of Climatic
Changes, Solar Energy, Characterization of Materials, Environmental
Problems in the Science of Materials, Optic Applications and models of the
same. Has experience in the areas of
Management of Educational Quality and has been in related Central American
commissions accredited by the same.
Currently
holds the positions of Dean of School of Sciences and Humanities at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and Director of the Physics Department. Has taught in the UVG
Departments of Physics and Chemistry.
He has also given classes in the Masters Programs in the faculties of
Social Sciences, Education and Engineering.
Has also taught in other universities teaching mathematics, statistics,
environmental engineering among others at the undergraduate and postgraduate
levels at Francisco Marroquín and Rafael Landívar universities. Was invited to the
Department of Physics at the Universidad
San Carlos de Guatemala. Also taught at the Banco de Guatemala (Programa de Estudios Superiores) in the
Program of Higher Education; training and consultant for the Implementation
of Quality Assurance to the exporting
companies of AGEXPRONT; Chamber of Commerce, Tax Administration Superintendence
(Superintendencia
de Administration Tributaria) and other firms. He has been a consultant in research projects
for the World Bank and World Health Organization. Was director of the Masters Program of
Applied Economics and Business Administration of the UVG/TAMU Masters .
Among the
scholarships and honors acquired is the Fulbright for graduate studies, the Out
of State Tuition Waiver from Georgia Tech, and the Third World Academy of
Sciences in Physics Award granted by ITCP and UNESCO.
He is the
founder of Fundación Ayúdame a Vivir (AYUVI)
Help Me Live Foundation – Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer in
Children. He is a member of the
following associations: American Association of Physics Teachers, Georgia Tech
Alumni, Optical Society of America, and the International Society of Optical
Engineering. Also, member of the National Commission of
Joint Implementation, and expertise in the subjects of Carbon Fixation and
Mechanisms of Clean Development. Member of the Team of Experts in Transference of Technology of the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
MAEB
Carlos R. Paredes – Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Obtained his MAEB masters degree in Applied Economics and Business Administration at
UVG in 2005, an MS in Petroleum Engineering at
Ing. Paredes incorporated Universidad del
Valle de
He has
written several articles that have been published in the Guatemalan newspapers
which were presented in national events.
MA Alvaro Reynoso –
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
MA with a specialization in Total Productivity from ESEADE,
Universidad Francisco Marroquín/University of Miami,
MBA from Virtual University of EAE, Barcelona, Spain; Certificate Examiner from
Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award.
Professor at the Graduate School of
Economics and Business Administration from Universidad Francisco Marroquín and Coordinator of Productivity and Total Quality
Area in the Master’s program of the same institution.
In charge of the
design and implementation of training and education programs in the areas of
Quality, Administration of Total Productivity, Technology and Re-Engineering. He is the current director of StrategylinkÓ for
Member of the International Society
of Productivity and Quality Research (ISPQR), American Society for Quality
(ASQ), Balanced Scorecard Collaborative (Bscol),
Tablero-decomando.com and the International Association for Knowledge. He participated in the 8th World
Productivity Congress in Sweden, 1995; world congresses of International
Society for Productivity and Quality Research: 6th International
Conferences of ISPQR, Miami, USA, June 1997; 7th International
conferences of ISPQR, Houston, USA, June 1998; 8th International
Conferences of ISPQR, Vaasa, Finland, June 1999; and 9th
International Conferences of ISPQR, Jerusalem, Israel, June 2000. Also participated as speaker in the seminar
“Human resources systems based on competency: the new integrating focus,” INCAE,
Costa Rica, March 1998, III National Congress on “In Search of
Competitiveness,” San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 1998, 53rd World
Quality Congress, American Society for Quality, Anaheim, California, May 1999,
II Regional Congress IV National Congress of Quality and Competitiveness, San
Jones, Costa Rica, August 2000, I Latin American Congress for Competencies
Management, Lima, Peru, August 2001; and 9th World Human Resources
Congress, Mexico DF, May 2002.
Area of Quantitative Analysis:
Previously
mentioned:
MSc. Eduardo Alvarez
Massis – Universidad del Valle de Guatemala