Guillermo Alzuru
	160 Cedar Springs Place, Athens, Georgia 30605 (706) 208-0252 (h) / (706) 542-4476 (W) galzuru@uga.edu

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STATEMENT (Work Objective)

EDUCATION

• M.Ed. Computer-Based Education (Instructional Technology), College of Education, University of Georgia, 1996. Phi Kappa Phi honored; graduated with Highest Distinction. GPA: 4.0
• M.Sc. Operations Research, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1982. Dean's list. GPA: 3.50
• Computer Engineer, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela, 1977. Recipient of Foninves Scholarship.

Web-based Distance Education.

• Participated in the design and development of several online instructional courses, having acquired specifically an important experience in the area of publishing online mathematics instructional material. Follow this link for a complete list of courses.
  

Instructional Technology.

• Development of the Microlab Toolkit, an instructional multimedia software (CD-ROM) for basic laboratory skills, to be used by undergraduate students of Sciences across the country. Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia. In this project I was involved in all phases including the instructional design, graphics design, interface design, and development (programming, video and sound production, and CD production)
  
  
• Development of Instructional and User's Manuals for Banking Processes, English and Spanish, to be used for Citibank employees. Childs Consulting Associates, Inc.

World Wide Web. From 1996 to present I have been involved in the following projects; my participation in them has varied from some to 100%:

• Office of Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Provost web site, University of Georgia (http://www.uga.edu/vpaa)
  
  
• University of Georgia bulletin web site (http://bulletin.uga.edu) � University of Georgia Office of Academic Special Programs web site (http://www.uga.edu/oasp).
  
  
• MIB351 web site, department of Microbiology, University of Georgia (http://www.mib.uga.edu/mib351/351.html)
  
  
• Bioinformatics web site, department of Microbiology, University of Georgia (http://www.mib.uga.edu/tlshome/bioinf/bioinf.html)
  
  
• My personal Home Page, including two Internet courses.

Instructional Technology Consultant. Childs Consulting Associates, Inc.

• Development of Instructional and User's Manuals for Banking Processes, to be used for Citibank employees around the world. English and Spanish. April 1996 to March 1997.

Besides some of the sites mentioned above that were developed for the OSVPAAP, I also developed for the Office of Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Georgia:

• System for assignment of classrooms to final exams, using Access, a database software application.

As a Graduate Assistant for the College of Education of the University of Georgia, while working on my Master's degree, from November 1994 to March 1996, I was involved in the following projects:

• Development of the UGA College of Education Web Site. Center for Educational Technology (http://www.coe.uga.edu/)
  
  
• Development of an Interactive Multimedia Program for Environmental Literacy. Department of Instructional Technology. The first prototype of this program was used by 45 undergraduate students in the Ecology Computer Lab.
  
  
• Production and post production of visuals (movies and images) for multimedia projects. Department. of Instructional Technology, for Interactive Design and Development, Blacksburg, Virginia.

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Management consultant. Keisai Asociados. (Management Consulting firm engaged on high level assistance for both public and private companies). March 1992 - November 1993.

• Economic evaluation of more than 20 potential venture capital projects.
• Acting purchase manager and sales manager, and management consultant for the board of directors of Adorven, a 200 MMBs. company. June 1992 - December 1992. Reduced labor force by 20% maintaining same level of production and sales.

• Planned and executed sales efforts at a regional level for the plastic industry.
• Built a broad base of loyal clients; increased the number by more than 100% to about 500, serving a territory where more than 40% of the plastic industry is located in Venezuela.
• Doubled the amount of sales in the first year, selling machinery for about 1 MM$.
• Trained in factories both in Europe and North America.

• Annual production planning and demand forecast for more than 250 oil-related products.
• 5-year master plan for all the necessary resources, including budget estimates, maintenance and human resources (more than 1,000 employers and workers); also for the gasoline and fuel national distribution system, and the 500 gas stations network.

• Applications of optimization techniques, development of simulation models and information systems. Saved millions of Bolivares by obtaining optimal solutions.

• Diagnosis and enhancement of the information system of INAVI (Venezuelan National Institute of Housing, with more than 500,000 homes and owners), and its database.

Programmer and Head of Computer Applications. Contec. (Computer applications office). September 1977 - August 1980.

• Developed simulation and mathematical models for the analysis, design and study of several hydraulic systems.
• Developed financial and accounting information systems for a holding of 8 companies. Built a system for the analysis of commercial airlines statistics.
• Built a mathematical model to study the Water Hammer Effect in the water distribution for the city of Caracas, an 8-foot diameter pipeline, that supplies more than 30% of its demand.
• Built a simulation model to find the optimal design of the main water pipeline to Caracas, with savings of several millions of Bolivares.

• Bilingual (spanish)
• Ability to oganize; methodical.
• Analytical and problem solving capability.
• Ability to work on teams.
• Willingness to learn and to accept challenges.

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COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE

Technology moves so fast, the tools change so rapidly, that knowledge gets obsolete too quickly; therefore in my opinion, this item is not very important in a person's resume; what is really important today is the ability and willingness to learn new tools, and to acquire new skills. I will list, for those who may be looking for a resume-like information, the areas in general where I do have or have had some expertise on.

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HONORS, etc.

• Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. 1996.
• Graduated from my M.Ed. with Highest Distinction and a GPA of 4.0
• Graduated with a 3.5 GPA from my M.S.O.R. Dean's list.
• Recipient of Scholarship from FONINVES

PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES

• A Mathematical Model to Study the Water Hammer Effect in the Water Distribution for the city of Caracas. Conference at the Venezuelan Society of Engineers. 1979.
• Using Dynamic Programming to Find the Optimal Design of the Main Water Pipeline to Caracas. Conference at the Venezuelan Society of Hydraulic Engineers. 1978.

PERSONAL

• Family oriented
• Like community involvement (neighborhood and school associations and organizations, student organizations)
• Involved in sports with children and adults (coach, director)
• Play, read, and write about many sports. Some letters published in magazines and newspapers in the U.S. and Venezuela.
• Enjoy teaching and tutoring, especially mathematics.
• Love animals, especially wild life, and world geography.

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