Experience

Bologna Business School
• Italy
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Recently finished a Master's Degree in Business Innovation Design and seeking opportunities.

  • Nov 2017 - Present


Inter-American Development Bank

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Private Sector Operations Specialist at the Multilateral Investment Fund (FOMIN)

  • Jan 2012 - Oct 2017

  Led (or co-led) the identification, analysis of proposals for funding, negotiation, design, and supervision of projects aimed at promoting and testing market-based, innovative initiatives to address development challenges. My main areas of focus were: social innovation; strengthening of workforce soft, technical, and digital competencies; entrepreneurship; employment; green financing; and access to finance. Focal person in Bolivia for: • Knowledge Economy topic (2016-2017). Main Project: “JackMate: Technology, Digital Competencies and Soft Skills to Beat Mathematics” (US$1.2 million) supporting Fundación Jala test a school-university-work transition program in the software industry, emphasizing secondary education as the basis for developing a workforce with the technical and soft skills required by the sector. I also participated in the design of a project aimed at training youth to enter the digital economy in Guatemala, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic.• Youth Agenda (2013-2016). Main Projects: (i) “Youth Entrepreneurship Program in the Hospitality Sector” (US$2.5 million) supporting ICCO Cooperation in the development and testing of a entrepreneurship program inside Escuelas Manq’a (culinary schools). (ii) “Intercultural Job Placement for Indigenous Urban Youth” (US$1.5 million) supporting Oxfam-Quebec in the development and testing of an intercultural education and job placement model, using art to strengthen soft skills. I also participated in the preparation of case studies and peer-reviewed project documents and evaluations for Bolivia and other countries.• Social Entrepreneurship and the EcoMicro Programs (2012-2017). Participated in the design and supervised projects with key Bolivian microfinance institutions (Diaconía-FRIF, FUBODE, FONDECO) aimed at developing microcredit products to improve access to finance and basic services, and to help small agricultural producers better adapt to climate change. Show less

• Senior Operations Analyst

  • Dec 2008 - Dec 2011

  • Monitoring and supervision of loans and technical assistance operations.• Contact person providing support to Government Executing Agencies in operational matters, such as procurement, financial, and programming activities, in close coordination with the fiduciary team.• As member of Project teams, participation in policy dialogue and design of investment and program-based loans as well as technical assistance operations in public management, fiscal management, subnational development and transparency. Show less



Ministerio de la Presidencia - Unidad de Planificación

• Consultant

  • Oct 2008 - Nov 2008

  • Prepared briefs on results obtained by key government institutions in 2006-2008 for the departments of Beni and Pando. • Provided support in the preparation of the Pando Emergency Development Plan 2008-2009. • Prepared briefs on results obtained by key government institutions in 2006-2008 for the departments of Beni and Pando. • Provided support in the preparation of the Pando Emergency Development Plan 2008-2009.



Estrategias LID

• Spain
• Construction

• Consultant

  • May 2007 - Nov 2007

  As part of an interdisciplinary team, worked actively with small and medium businesses to identify their technological capacity needs and prepare action plans and projects to address them. As part of an interdisciplinary team, worked actively with small and medium businesses to identify their technological capacity needs and prepare action plans and projects to address them.



The World Bank

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Temporary Consultant

  • Jun 2006 - Jul 2006

  • Provided support in the drafting and editing of the Venezuela Interim Strategy Note (ISN), and translated it into Spanish. • Provided support in the drafting and editing of the Venezuela Interim Strategy Note (ISN), and translated it into Spanish.

• Consultant

  • Jul 2004 - Apr 2006

  • Prepared country briefings for the Bank’s regional management team on political and social developments, under the supervision of the Country Manager.• Prepared talking points on the country and the Bank’s portfolio to be used by the regional management team in their meetings with key Government of Bolivia officials, under the supervision of the Country Manager.• Provided support in the drafting of key Bank strategy documents (Country Assistance Strategy).• Assisted in the monitoring of the Bank’s Bolivia portfolio in coordination with the Deputy Ministry of External Financing of the Government of Bolivia.• Provided key support in the creation and implementation of trust funds as grants to the Government of Bolivia and civil society. • Elaborated proposals to access contestable funds within the Bank (Small Grants Program), organized calls for proposals, and participated in the selection and monitoring of small civil society projects. Show less

• Research Assistant

  • Nov 2003 - Jun 2004

  • Participated in a study on the education sector to determine the impact of Intercultural Bilingual Education on school performance through the propensity score matching methodology.



Corte Nacional Electoral de Bolivia (National Electoral Court of Bolivia)

• Consultant

  • May 2002 - Jul 2002

  Assisted in the design and execution of programs and educational campaigns for the Civic Education for Democracy Program. Assisted in the design and execution of programs and educational campaigns for the Civic Education for Democracy Program.



Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Laboral y Agrario (CEDLA)

• Junior Researcher (Consultant)

  • Nov 2000 - Feb 2002

  November 2000-March 2001 and September 2001-February 2002 • Participated in a study on public investment and analyzed available economic literature on the impact of commercial policies on Bolivia’s agricultural sector. • Assisted in the collection (secondary sources), processing and analysis of relevant data. November 2000-March 2001 and September 2001-February 2002 • Participated in a study on public investment and analyzed available economic literature on the impact of commercial policies on Bolivia’s agricultural sector. • Assisted in the collection (secondary sources), processing and analysis of relevant data.