JUAN CARLOS ZAPATA

E X P E R I E N C E

TP constructora - Grupo Nuila
Contralor General Encargado de velar por cumplimiento y control de los procedimientos administrativos y presupuestarios de la empresa en las diversas areas de construccion, maquinaria pesada, planificacion de proyectos, comercializacion, alquiler de inmuebles, adminsitracion de servicio privado de agua potable.	San Salvador, El Salvador June 2010 - current

Akira Arquitectos
Project Manager National and international relations to develop projects. Elaborate designs, budgets and construction management. Construction supervision.	San Salvador, El Salvador January 2009 - January 2010
University of South Florida	Tampa, Florida January – December 2008
Financial Officer’ Engineering Student Organization Reported to Directors all financial statements Produced financial reports, budgets for upcoming projects Procurement manager / acquisition of vendors Maintained and organized financial records of different accounts
Ent. Merino. Architect, Project Manager	Montreal, Canada June -July 2007
Elaborated Designs, budgets and construction management. Managed French, English, and Spanish costumers.
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency – HIFAB International Group Internship – Scholarship, Land Administration and Urban planning	Karlskrona, Sweden and Uganda, Africa Oct-Nov 2006 and May 2007
The planning process, Institutional models for planning organizations Legislation, legislative tools and enforcement methods Sustainable development Environmental aspects including SIA and EIA Public participation, gender mainstreaming, Access to land, land management and land use Financing and local economic development Risk, security and robustness Implementation process, monitoring and maintenance, Learning organizations and processes of change Traffic and transportation, Water supply and sanitation, Communication and information, GIS technology
Alcaldía Municipal de Santa Tecla, Land Development and Historical context Department.	El Salvador Feb. 2003 – Dec. 2006
Realized International Relations to obtain international support to develop city improvements Performed city projects budgets, designs and management. Practical experience in program/project management and administration Performed environmental protection, and public participation. Reported with governmental and international offices
Centro Internazionale di Formazione – Andrea Palladio.	Vicenza, Italia May - July 2004
Internship – Scholarship Ur-Bal program Qualified in process for heritage buildings’ renovation Able to development city’s cultural urban context projects.
ARISTA Internacional Logistics and Installations Department	San Salvador, El Salvador April 2002 – Nov. 2002
Managed Budgets. Supervised dry wall installation Supervised office furniture projects. Performed graphic presentation in AutoCAD. 2D-3D
DIMARTI S.A. de C.V.	San Salvador, El Salvador Feb. – October 2001
Projects and Product Manager. Contacted and Imported SOPREMA Systems a French Water-proofing merchandising. Worked at Logistic Department, distributing personal and material through all country.

KNOWLEDGE

LANGUAGES

SPANISH Mother Language

ENGLISH (Advanced written and spoken) Escuela Americana, El Salvador
1993 – 1997 Centro Cultural Salvadoreño, San Salvador

FRENCH (Basic)
2002 – 2003 Alliance Française, San Salvador.

ITALIAN (Basic)
2004 Società Dante Alighieri Comitato di San Salvador, El Salvador.

PORTUGUESE (just start learning)
2006 Brazil Embassy at El Salvador, San Salvador.

OTHER KNOWLEDGE:
MS-Office, AutoCAD (3D), MS Project, Corel Draw, FreeHand, Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Writer, Windows NT, Arc View, FrontPage.

Sketcher y Counselor of architectural plans, Presentations Architectonical, scale model.

I’m used to involve and improve teamwork and work with Public Participation.

SEMINARIES

SEMINARIES

Dic. 2004

AGENCIA ESPAÑOLA DE COOPERACION INTERNACIONAL –AECI
Concejo Nacional para la Cultura y el Arte – CONCULTURA
www.aeci.es

Difusión y Gestión Local de Inventario de Bienes Culturales Inmuebles (IBCI)
(Diffusion and Local Management of Inventory of Cultural Heritage Buildings)

Oct. 2004

CONCEJO NACIONAL PARA LA CULTURA Y EL ARTE – México
(National Council for Cultural and Art) – MEXICO
www.conaculta.gob.mx

Catalogación de Monumentos Históricos y Zonas Históricas Patrimoniales
(Cataloguing Historical Monuments and Historical Zones)

2002

Instituto Salvadoreño de Formacion Profesional – INSAFORP
(Salvadorian Institute for Professional Formation)
www.insaforp.org.sv

Costumer Service.

2001

BITUMAT de Centro America, Costa Rica

www.bitumat.com

Waterproofing Systems.
Asphalt Membranes
Training and technical Support

1999

Instituto Obrero Patronal de la Industria y la Construcción (IOPIC), San Salvador.
(institute for the Industry and the Construction)
Seminary.
Work Schedule.
Projects Supervisor.

KNOWLEDGE

KNOWLEDGE

2007-2008
University of South Florida - USF
Master of Science in Engineer Management - MSEM
www.usf.edu
Technological Management
Entrepreneurial Business


Oct-Nov 2006- Sweden
May 2007 - Uganda, Africa
SIDA / Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency - HIFAB International Group

www.sida.se
www.hifab.se

INTEGRATED URBAN PLANNING: International Course between different countries to Develop solutions thru multidisciplinary process. Economics, Social, Environment, Density,

Oct. 2005
ITCA, Instituto Tecnológico Centroamericano
(Central American Technologic Institute)
http://www.itca.edu.com/

3D VIZ
3D software for modeling

August. 2005
Instituto Salvadoreño de Formacion Profesional – INSAFORP
(Salvadorian Institute for Professional Formation)
http://www.insaforp.org.sv/

Planning Process into a Public Administration
Plan, Organize, apply, develop and evaluate internal process in the local Government.


May-Jul 2004
CENTRO INTERNAZIONALE DI FORMAZIONE - Italia
(International Center of Professional Formation.)
http://www.cisapalladio.org/

(UR-BAL program)
HISTORICAL BUILDINGS CONSERVATION
International Center of Formation for the valuation and conservation of the urban historical context


2004
ITCA, Instituto Tecnológico Centroamericano
(Central American Technologic Institute)
http://www.itca.edu.com/

GRAPHIC DESIGN
Macromedia FREEHAND
Macromedia FLASH
COREL DRAW

1996 - 2001
Universidad Albert Einstein, San Salvador.
http://www.uae.edu.sv/

ARCHITECTURE
Work in the Urban Development Plan to Comasagua City
VMVDU- Viceministerio de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano.
(Ministry of House and Urban Development)
Participation in the Architectural Design of the Recreational Park “Don Rúa”.
Participation in the Design of a Community of Architects,
Sent to the World-wide Congress of Architects in Venezuela 1996.
Honors list by average in Mathematics.

2003
ITCA, Instituto Tecnológico Centroamericano
(Central American Technologic Institute)
http://www.itca.edu.com/

GRAPHIC DESIGN
Macromedia FREEHAND
Macromedia FLASH
COREL DRAW

2000
AMANCO, San Salvador
http://www.amanco.com.sv/

PLYCEM Building System
Technical training y practice.

1997
Instituto Tecnológico Centroamericano (ITCA)
(Central American Technologic Institute)
http://www.itca.edu.com/

AutoCAD 13.
2 Dimension - 3 Dimension


1989 – 1995
Colegio Champagnat, Santa Tecla.
(Champagnat High School)

Bachiller Físico Matemático.
(Physics and Mathematical High School Degree)