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j. ricardo mejía s. resumé (cv extended version)
Strategic Product Designer (MSc.) / Projects Management Specialist / Industrial Engineer / Industrial Designer
jrmejias@yahoo.es
CR / Mejía J.R.
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Curriculum Vitae JRMS_2009 (extended version) FORMAL EDUCATION / University (undergraduate and graduate)
J. Ricardo Mejía Sarmiento • (MSc. Cum Laude) Master of Science in Strategic Product Design
Graduated with honours (Cum Laude)
PERSONAL INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Automotive (Strategic Design) Specialisation
Delft University of Technology. 2007 – 2009.
Passport: C.C. 79.694.007 Bogotá D.C. Address: Poptahof Noord 22 C Full scholarship supported by the Program Alßan
Date of Birth: February 4th / 1975. 2624 PW Delft. The Netherlands. Delft, the Netherlands.
Nationality: Colombian. Cell phone: 0650730980
Gender: Male. E-mail: jrmejias@yahoo.es • (postgraduate MSc.) Master of Science in Project Management
Marital status: Single www.pktweb.com Universidad Distrital FJC. 2001 – 2002.
Part scholarship.
I am an autonomous Industrial and Strategic visual-design thinker with ten years Bogotá, Colombia.
of experience using various types of strategic, creative, product-design, expe-
rience-design, and user-research techniques. I appreciate my own aptitude to • (BSc. 5 years) Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering
manage complex problems in research & vision, strategy & concept, design & Universidad Distrital FJC. 1992 – 2000.
development and planning & management of objects, spaces and images. I am Bogotá, Colombia.
interested in creating innovative projects, products and services advising cor-
porations in different levels. As an entrepreneur my professional projection is • (BA 5 years) Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design
framed for the environmental and social responsibility at work. I firmly believe in Universidad Nacional de Colombia. 1994 – 1999.
the need of permanent updating, creative thinking techniques, team work and Part scholarship.
constant experimentation. Bogotá, Colombia.
I was partner and co-founder of different companies of design. I worked as Direc- WORK EXPERIENCE
tor of R&D department at Kassani design S.A. and as consultant and engineer
for different enterprises. My teaching activity has an important influence in my •Industrial Designer (Intern) / MOTIO Development. / Awarded design studio
professional work; I was a teacher in the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Uni- that works in the field of transportation and product design. Its portfolio consists
versidad de los Andes and I taught in Universidad Nacional de Colombia. I was a of interior and exterior parts and both products with size varies from complete car
researcher in technology, innovation and stage design. design to a restyled components / www.motio.nl / Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
2009.
I won various design contests at different levels: concept, product and furniture.
My work has been shown in several places, Buenos Aires Argentina, Barcelona •Innovation Consultant (Intern) / IDOM / IDOM Innova is the Innovation and Tech-
Spain, Schwering Germany, La Habana Cuba, Delft the Netherlands amongst nological Development department that regulates all the know-how, technical and
others. management skills of IDOM in the area of innovation and R&D / www.idom.com /
Barcelona, Spain / 2008.
My professional projection is framed for the environmental and social responsi-
bility at work. I have an important interest about innovation, creativity and entre- •Associate / Urbanimal made by humans Ltda / Agency devoted to develop fur-
preneurship. I firmly believe in the need of permanent updating, team work and niture and interior projects to export to the USA. We work in a close relation with
constant experimentation. interior designers in USA. / Position: Designer and developer. / www.urbanimal.
biz / Bogotá, Colombia / 2005 until 2007.
KEY SKILLS (balance between left and right brain functions): Lateral-thinker,
team-worker, leader, visual-thinker, innovator, creative, social entrepreneur. •Instructor, teacher and researcher _ professor / Pontificia Universidad Jave-
riana / Architecture and Design Faculty / Department of Industrial Design / www.
PERSONAL AND PROFESIONAL INTERESTS: Theatre, design, photography, javeriana.edu.co / Bogotá Colombia / 2004 until 2007. (Research: Application of
arts, future-scenarios, swimming, trips & trekking. the Ergoecologic Method of Analysis.)
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•Founding member / Prospekt Design / Agency devoted to create, design, de- PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES (Consulting, inspecting and
velop and manufacture digital products and interactive sceneries. Located in auditing services)
Bogotá, Colombia, funded in 1999 by the designers Ricardo Cedeño M. and J.
Ricardo Mejía S. / Position: Director of the Interactive Scenarios Department / • Consultancy for the “strategic plan” of IBS Diseños Especiales / Brochure and
www.pktweb.com / Bogotá, Colombia / 1999 until 2007. catalogue development and Strategic Plan 2006 until 2016 / IBS Diseños Espe-
ciales Ltda. / Bogotá Colombia. / 2005.
•Professor part time / Universidad de los Andes / Architecture and Design Fac-
ulty / Department of Design / www.uniandes.edu.co / Bogotá Colombia / 2005 • Consultancy for the “strategic plan” of Dtrez Diseño Ltda. / Brochure and cata-
until 2007. logue development and Merchandising Plan / Dtrez Diseño Ltda. / Bogotá Co-
lombia. / 2006.
•Director R&D / Kassani Design S.A. / Industry devoted to design, develop,
manufacture and install furniture for public and private spaces / www.kassani. • Consultancy for the design and production of RTA furniture for exportation to the
com / Bogotá, Colombia / 2004 until 2005. Veta S.A. organization / Design, development, production, industrialization and
assembly / Product development / Veta S.A. / Bogotá Colombia. / 2005.
•Associate teacher and researcher _ Full time / Pontificia Universidad Javeri-
ana / Architecture and Design Faculty / Department of Industrial Design / www. • Consultancy for the exhibition of hand made products for exportation to ACU-
javeriana.edu.co / Bogotá Colombia / 2002 until 2004. NAR. / Teach, design and development. / Universidad Nacional de Colombia /
Bogotá Colombia. / 2002.
•Teacher, researcher, instructor _ Part time / Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
/ Architecture and Design Faculty / Department of Industrial Design / Manager of • Consultancy for the design and production of school furniture for the Inmema
Services area to Industrial Design Department / Coordination to the Interuniver- Ltd. organization (Public tender with the Local Department of Education) / Design,
sity sample of movables design RAD 2002 – 2003 / Coordination to “technology development, production, industrialization and assembly / Product development /
innovation emphasis” in the industrial design career / Academic coordinator and Inmema Ltd. / Bogotá Colombia. / 2001.
manager to International workshop (industrial design aspects) / www.javeriana.
edu.co / Bogotá Colombia / 2001 until 2004. - Occasional teacher _ Associate • Audits for the design and production of the school furniture for the Local Depart-
Instructor –lectures by the hour / Pontificia Universidad Javeriana / Architecture ment of Education (Bogotá D.C.) Public tender LPN 007/99 (Design, Develop-
and Design Faculty / Department of Industrial Design / Bogotá Colombia / 2001 ment, production, industrialization and assembly / Product development) / AEI
until 2002. Design Management Ltda. / Bogotá Colombia. / 1999.
•Part time / Universidad Nacional de Colombia / Faculty of Arts / Department of • Inspecting for the design and production of school movables for the Local De-
Industrial Design / www.unal.edu.co / Bogotá Colombia / 2001 until 2002. partment of Education (Bogotá D.C.) (Control over the design, development, pro-
duction, industrialization, assembly, quality and performance / Product develop-
•Auxiliary teacher –lectures by the hour and half time / Universidad Distrital ment) / AEI Design Management Ltda. / Bogotá Colombia. / 1999.
Francisco José de Caldas / Engineering Faculty / Industrial Engineering Depart-
ment / www.udistrital.edu.co / Bogotá Colombia / 2000 until 2001. – Coordinator ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / Awards
to academic accrediting team Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas /
Engineering Faculty / Industrial Engineering Department / www.udistrital.edu.co • Finalist “Hybrid Tuk Tuk battle” team Maqina. ENVIU Innovation in sustain-
/ Bogotá Colombia / 2001. ability www.enviu.nl. Delft, The Netherlands and New Delhi, India 2009.
• Creative facilitator. 11 Mostra Internazionale di Architettura. La Biennale di
•Free Lance Designer / DIES Industrial Design / Bogotá Colombia / 1999 until Venezia. Venice, Italy. 2008.
2000. • Scholarship for MSc. TU Delft (The Netherlands) / Supported by the Program
Alßan. The European Union Program of High Level Scholarships for Latin Amer-
•Auxiliary auditor for the National Public Tender LPN 007/99 for the Local Depart- ica.
ment of Education / aei Design Administration / Bogotá Colombia / 1999 until • Jury in 3rd academic award of design PAD 2006 / (Product Development cat-
2000. egory) / Pontificia Universidad Javeriana / 2006.
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• Finalist the 15th Photographer Exhibition (Tolima) national competition / Museo • RADISON: An irreverent proposal of a fresh design for the industry / De los
de Arte Moderno Tolima / 2005. Reyes D.P. and Mejía J.R. / Magazine “El Mueble y la Madera” 40: 81-87. /
• Finalist “VIII Lapiz de Acero 2005” competition in the furniture category (food Bogotá, Colombia / 2003.
court) / Magazine of “Proyecto Diseño” / 2005.
• Second prize in “VII Lapiz de Acero 2004” competition in the concept category • Responsibility of the design into the new territory / Mejía J.R. / Compiler: Este-
(sonorama) / Magazine of “Proyecto Diseno” / 2004. vez A. / Memories of the workshop Artificial Landscapes 20: 11-17. / Barce-
• First prize in the 3rd international competition of ideas +A “ways of seeing in lona, España / 2003.
cement” in the design category / Magazine of Architecture and Design +A and
Cemex of Colombia-Mexico / 2003. • Methodology for product development and processes design in the context of
• First prize of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd competition “Week of the Industrial Engineer- the MIPYMES (micro business, small and medium business) in Colombia. / Mejía
ing” in the category of advertising poster. / Universidad Distrital Francisco José J.R. / Memories of the event: International Congress of Design of ALADI in
de Caldas / 1997, 1998 and 1999. Argentina 3: 49-56. / Buenos Aires Argentina / 2002.
Collective_Individual Exhibitions: • Design of artificial scenery for a cinematography film of science-fiction / Cedeño
R. and Mejía J.R. / Thesis to obtain the Industrial Designer degree / Universi-
• Exhibition Formstudy 4 “Zen” / Delft University of Technology / The Nether- dad Nacional de Colombia / Bogotá Colombia / 1998.
lands / 2008.
• Built Emotion workshop “Experience design” / Faculty of Architecture / Delft RESEARCH PROJECTS (Exploration of Documents and works about de-
University of Technology / The Netherlands / 2008. sign):
• 15th Photographer Exhibition (Tolima) national competition / Museo de Arte
Moderno Tolima / 2005. • Application of the Ergoecologic Method of Analysis. / Research document / Bar-
• Interuniversity sample of furniture design RAD 2002 - 2003 / Museo de Arte rero G., Daza C., Mejía J.R., Rincón O. and Saravia M.H. / Pontificia Universi-
Moderno de Bogotá / rad//2d/ (Design, Development, Production, Industriali- dad Javeriana and Colciencias / Architecture and Design Faculty / Industrial
zation and assembly / Product development) / Mejía J.R. / Bogotá Colombia. / Design Department / Bogotá, Colombia / 2005 – 2006.
2003.
• 7th National Room of Industrial Design in the National University of Colombia / • Validation of the Ergoecologic Method of Analysis from its application in the
Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional de Colombia / Several projects design design and performance evaluation of a craft. / Research document / Barrero
office Prospekt Design / Bogotá Colombia / 2003. G., Daza C., Mejía J.R., Rincón O. and Saravia M.H. / Pontificia Universidad
• Interuniversity sample of movables design RAD 2002 - 2003 / Museo de Arte Javeriana and Colciencias / Architecture and Design Faculty / Industrial Design
Moderno de Bogotá / RADISON: Product Concept and Design: Angarita L., Leal Department / Bogotá, Colombia / 2003 until 2005.
J., Mejía J.R., Perea J.M., Zapata F., De los Reyes D.P. and Zubieta K. (Design,
Development, Production, Industrialization and assembly / Product development) • “Design of an artificial scenery for a cinematography film of science-fiction” /
/ Bogotá Colombia. / 2003. Thesis to obtain the Industrial Designer degree / Cedeño R. and Mejía J.R. / Uni-
versidad Nacional de Colombia / Bogotá Colombia / 1998.
Publications and Reviews
• “Prefactibility study of an artificial scenery for a cinematography project of sci-
• From Ergoecologic Method of Analysis to MiDiPP. / Saravia M.H., Barrero G.E., ence-fiction, planning activities, assignment of resources and costs accounting
Mejía J.R., Rincón O., and Daza C. / Memories of the VIII Congress “The re- and financing” / Lecture “Art direction for films and television”/ Mtro. Ricardo Du-
search in the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana” ISBN: 958-683-803-X Page que. / Cedeño R. and Mejía J.R. / Universidad Nacional de Colombia / Bogotá
46 / Bogotá, Colombia / 2005. Colombia / 1998.
• Access Of The Industrial Design In The Chains Of Production / Practicing design • “Theatrical Scenery” / Research document / Mejía J.R. / Manuel Ancizar Lec-
for developing small business at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Industrial ture. / “Aesthetic and Modernity” / Universidad Nacional de Colombia. / Bogotá
Design Career / Mejía J.R. / Memories of the XII Event Betriebswirtschaftli- Colombia / 1998.
che tagu zu Schwering, Germany 12: 56-70. / 2003.
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PRESENTATIONS, PANELS, SYMPOSIUMS AND CONFERENCES: • “Methodology for products development and processes design” in the context of
the MIPYMES (micro business, small and medium business) in Colombia./ Pres-
• “Help Manuel” / Workshop with Base of the Pyramid (BoP) communities in entation / International Congress of Design of ALADI in Argentina / Buenos
Medellin (organizer) / Delft University of Technology & EAFIT University / Aires, Argentina / 2002.
Delft The Netherlands and Medellin Colombia / 2009.
• “25 years of Industrial Design in the Javeriana University” / Moderator / 25 years
• “3rd AlBan Conference - Oporto 2009” / Mobility as a complex context for design to Industrial Design in the Javeriana University / Bogotá Colombia / 2002.
and innovation / Universidade do Porto (FADEUP) / Oporto Portugal / 2009.
Languages
• Round table: “¿Industrial? Design” / Round table / Pontificia Universidad
Javeriana / Bogotá Colombia / 2006. • English & Spanish (mother tongue)
• “New technologies in the Show Rooms” / Lecturer / Workshop “Tendencies in Computers Skills
the Show Rooms” / Pontificia Universidad Javeriana / Bogotá Colombia / 2005
and 2006. • Illustration and drawing: Adobe CS4 (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) and Corel
Draw.
• “From Ergoecologic Method of Analysis to MiDiPP” / Lecturer / VIII Congress • CAD and animation: Solid Works / Inventor / Auto Cad.
“The research in the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana” / Pontificia Universidad • Management: Project, Office XP (Word / Excel / Power Point) / Internet Explorer
Javeriana / Bogotá, Colombia / 2005. / Netscape Communicator / Windows XP / OS 8.
• “Stages for the design in Colombia” / Lecturer / Universidad Nacional de Co- PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
lombia; Universidad del Valle, Universidad Autónoma, Cámara de Comer-
cio Cali and Universidad Icesi / Cali Colombia / 2004. • ALADI. Latin-American Association of Industrial Design / Latin America.
• Research group of Technology and Innovation / Pontificia Universidad Jave-
• “Access of the Industrial Design in the Chains of Production” / Practicing design riana / Colciencias (Instituto Colombiano para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia y la
for developing small business at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Industrial Tecnología “Francisco José de Caldas”) / Bogotá Colombia.
Design Career / XII Betriebswirtschaftliche tagu zu Schwering, Germany / • Innovation Net / CCB Cámara de Comercio Bogotá / 5 universities / Bogotá
2003. Colombia.
• “Design, how do we want it?” / Presentation / Pontificia Universidad Javeri-
ana / Bogotá Colombia / 2003. REFERENCES
• Guest workshop teacher: “International Workshop, Project of International Stud- • Delft University of Technology / Industrial Design Engineering Faculty / Ir. Marc
ies” / Universidad de Buenos Aires and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Tassoul / M.Tassoul@tudelft.nl / Phone +31 (0)15 27 82939
Bogotá, Colombia / Workshop Artificial Landscapes / Other workshop teachers:
Architect Carlos Hernández, Architect Jorge Moscato / Paris, France; and Barce- • Delft University of Technology / Centre for Entrepreneurship / Esther Blom /
lona, Spain / 2003. E.M.Blom@tudelft.nl / Phone +31 (0)15 27 89317
• Guest workshop teacher in the: “International Workshop, Project of Interna- • National University of Colombia / Industrial Design School / AEI Design Manage-
tional Studies” / Universidad Internacional de Cataluña Barcelona Spain, Es- ment / Architect Jaime Franky Rodríguez / AEI Administration General Manag-
cuela de Diseño LAI Barcelona Spain, Taller Beth Galí Barcelona, Spain; er and Dean of Faculty of Arts in the National University / Phone: (571) 3165000
and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia / Workshop New - 6005267 / (571) 3456937
Territories, from the object to the artefact / Other workshop teachers: Architect
Carlos Hernández, Architect Beth Galí, Architect Santiago Cirugeda and Archi- • Pontificia Universidad Javeriana / Industrial Design Career / M.A./I.D. Roberto
tect Alberto Esteves / Paris, France and Barcelona, Spain / 2003. Cuervo / Industrial Design Career Director / Phone (571) 3208320 Ext. 2390.
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