Curriculum Vitae David J.

Carrasquillo-Medrano

Personal Information
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David Josu Carrasquillo Medrano ============================= E-mail: Phone: Address: djcarrasquillo@gmail.com 787-410-5418 141 Quintas las Amricas Caguas, PR 00725

References
======================== Luis Enrique Ramos, PP, Arq. Architect / Professional Planner (787) 509-5942 luisenriqueramos@me.com Dr. Gerardo Navas, Ph.D. University of Puerto Rico Professional Planner / Professor (787) 410-4721 ganavas@gmail.com Gerald Bauer International Institute of Tropical Forestry Director of International Cooperation Department (787) 299-4096 jbauerfs@me.com Lic. Julio Fontanet, J.D. Interamerican University Lawyer / Law Professor / Public Figure (787) 381-9192 fontanet63@hotmail.com Ariel Lugo, Ph. D. International Institute of Tropical Forestry US Forest Service - US Department of Agriculture Scientist / Director (787) 399-5218 alugo@fs.fed.us

Curriculum Vitae David J. Carrasquillo-Medrano Dra. Criseida Navarro-Daz, Ph. D. University of Puerto Rico Professional Planner / Professor (787) 646-0479 criseida.navarro@gmail.com More references available upon request.

Curriculum Vitae David J. Carrasquillo-Medrano

Work Experience
======================== Planificacin, Cartografa & GIS Inc. (Jan 2013 - Present) - Owner / Professional Planner Created consulting company dedicated to work in the areas of planning, cartography, economy, environment, urban studies, development, transportation, social-community planning, among others. Company is compromised with the better development and life quality in general for all Puerto Rico inhabitants and visitors throughout the inclusion of technical and strategically tools to the decision-making process. ======== Sociedad Sinergia Corp. (Oct 2012 - Present) - Co-Coordinator Co-coordinate from scratch the celebration of the 3th International Seminar: New Challenges for the Development of Latin America and the Caribbean. In the seminar the topics that will be the center of discussion are the viability of the actual concept of sustainable development and the presentation and extensive discussion of alternative views of sustainable development from a humanistic, historic, inclusive and diverse approach. One of the most important goals of the organization is to introduce to the debate new practices and alternative organizational designs for the inter and multi-dimensional dialogue for the development of systems that will attend the issues that affect the quality of life of all puertorricans and beyond. ======== Institute for Caribbean Studies: UPR (Sep 2012 - Dec 2012) - Surveyor Dispensed survey about drug business related violence, security and collective action on each census block of the municipality of San Juan as one of a eight person team under the guidance of Dr. Lillian Bobea. ========

Curriculum Vitae David J. Carrasquillo-Medrano State Elections Commission (Ago 2012 - Dec 2012) - Electoral Planning Analyst Served as analyst and consultant in-office for a political party in order to develop electoral strategies on the 2012 General Elections. Part of the responsibilities included the following: * Assist in the design and writing of proposals. * Generation of maps and geographical data to help groups organize. * Crunch statistical data to identify trends, patterns and highlight future steps for the party. * Make recommendations to the Board of Directors of the party on all issues. * Fact check party speeches, proposals and sound bites. * Coordinate different level activities within the party. * Create database with documents, contacts, files and all party and commission related affairs. * Collaborate and assist with the diverse offices of the State Elections Commission on electoral related affairs. ========

Rooftop Solar Panel Challenge Project (Ago 2012 - Ago 2013) - Researcher * Participated on the Planning & Zoning Stage of the project in coordination with the Mayaguez Campus of the University of Puerto Rico, which leaded the investigation. The lead investigators are Dr. Agustn Irizarry and Dr. Efran O'neill. * Worked on the Benchmarking Investigation for the Solar Rights Act adaptation for Puerto Rico. * Work on GIS Models which let a better appreciation to locate the zones, terrains or communities that will have more exposure to sunlight and in general are the more adequate for the implementation of the project. ========

General Workers Union (April 2012 - Jun 2012) - Collective Negotiation Consultant Was worked as a professional service contract: * Assisted as an economic and statistical expert consultant on the collective bargaining negotiation of the employees of the Emergency Response Department with their 2013-2016 budget. * All employee demands where achieved. ========

Curriculum Vitae David J. Carrasquillo-Medrano International Institute of Tropical Forestry (Dec 2011 - Dec 2012) - GIS Analyst &; Planner Worked as a 1 year internship on the International Cooperation Department. Some of my duties included the following: * Find and manage data to create formal inventory for the Department. * Work alliances and networks to set and celebrate activities in collaborations with different organization, agencies or individuals. * Assist with GIS support on different of the Institute projects and the Department of Agriculture in general. * Execute all GIS and mapping-related activities on the office. * Worked on various campaigns design to promote and brew green tourism economies on Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Puerto Rico. ========

GNA Consulting Group Inc. (Jan 2011 - May 2012) - Planner, Cartographer & GIS Analyst The office worked on the revision of Land Use Plan for the Municipality of Vieques. My responsibilities included the following: * Construct maps and blueprints which helped on the spatial analysis and understanding in general for all other analysis being made. * 3D modeling of urban areas as well as the bio-luminescent bay. * Several spatial analyses such as "viewsheds", "points of view" and numerous raster and vector creations. * Serve as a consultant in all geographical-related information in general. ========

University of Puerto Rico (Ago 2011 - Ago 2012) - Research & Teaching Assistant Served as assistant for the Dr. Criseida Navarro-Daz, Professor of the Graduate School of Planning. Some of my responsibilities were the following: * Assist in all research, proposals, presentations, classes, projects and papers. * Coordinate a 7-months Practicum Course in collaboration with the MIT Co-Lab (Allison Bryson) , the MIT Planning School International Development Program (Dr. Diane Davis) and the Graduate School of Planning of the University of Puerto Rico (Dr. Criseida Navarro-Daz). * Worked on direct relation with clients such as the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust in several studies. * Worked on direct relation with community leaders to develop strategies and mitigation plans for the conservation efforts for the Ro Piedras River Basin. ========

Curriculum Vitae David J. Carrasquillo-Medrano Student's Counsel of the University of Puerto Rico (Ago 2011 - Ago 2012) - Vice President * Reviewed and ensured the performance of all student committees and organizations under the Student Counsels umbrella. * Maintained updated the operational spectrum of the organization. * Served as spokesman on issues regarding student issues besides the president. * Worked hand-and-hand with the Deans of Students and other administrative instances on a regular basis. * Watch for the better development of the organization throughout all its decisions, expressions and actions. * Help closely the initiative of the recently re-activated Security Committee which was on call because of a criminal wave that suddenly hit the campus. This committee submitted a full report on observations and recommendations to the Academic Senate and the Administration in general. This report was highly praised by the community. ========

University Reform Committee (Ago 2011 - May 2012) - Co-Coordinator / Founding Member

As a result of the 2 strikes, a door indicating the possibility of a near-future University Law Reform appeared. This provoked the creation of this committee in order to define from the ground up the project of what kind of university the students and the people in general want or need or aspires. Part of my contributions to this initiative was the following: * Rescued documents and resources from similar discussions dated decades before and brought them to the debate through documents and live storytelling from key players from similar contexts in the past. * Participated in the discussion, design and preparation at all levels of the proposals to be discussed originally on forums and then all the revisions until we came up with a final version which was converted to a Bill of Law. * Served as resource for forums, talk, chats, debates, speeches, essays, presentations, interviews, and defender in general of the information gathering process of participative democracy for the construction of this whole proposal in general. ========

Curriculum Vitae David J. Carrasquillo-Medrano Student's Counsel of the University of Puerto Rico (Ago 2009 - Ago 2011) - Press Secretary On both these 2 Academic Years the students went on strike. The first one was from April 2010 to June 2010. The second one was a strike which didn't really never closed operations of the University, but it did manifested itself on a daily basis trying to interrupt on going classes and university affairs from December 2010 to February 2011. As Press Secretary of the Student's Counsel and as a student in general under this context my responsibilities included the following: * Participated on the Student's Negotiation Committee that sat with the Board of Trustees of the University of Puerto Rico through the process. * Redacted and debated with the alumni and other committee members the the student's demands and proposals in reunions, meetings and public forums such as the press, general assemblies and the internet. * Coordinated press conferences with tv, radio, newspapers and all other medium. * Redacted Press Releases on a constant basis with the expressions on part of the Student's Counsel, the Negotiation Committee, or the alumni in general. * Participated in conflict resolution treaties and agreements between students, faculty, employees and University Administration. * Co-coordinated several pacific demonstrations and marches in collaborations with union workers, students, organizations, non-affiliate people, and the police, among others. * Participated in many sub-committees throughout the process. ======== Fiscal Efficiency Committee - UPR (Jun 2010 - May 2012) - Researcher / Coordinator / Founder As a direct result of the first student's strike with the help of another student (Luis Feliciano; Accounting) we founded this committee with the purpose of making a in-depth approach to the university's fiscal crisis in order to be able to produce more realistic and data backed proposals to address the misinformation wave that characterized the process. As part of the work of this committee was the following: * Select specific tangible projects such as Green Campus and New Revenue Suggestions to develop full blown proposals with data which led to the projection of implementation costs and timetables. Parts of these developed reports were included on the university's future plans at the Ro Piedras Campus to our knowledge. * Published a Final Report with the findings on different topics such as budget, efficiency of the use of public funds, recommendations of changes at all bureaucracy levels of procedures and policies. * Presentation of Final Report in General Student Assembly, Faculty, University Administration, Community Members and even many legislators and statesmen. * Worked alliances between disgruntled groups to commit on alternative solutions to common problems. * Converted the ad-hoc committee to a permanent committee of the Student's Counsel with annual review of its members and directives with a solid and robust

Curriculum Vitae David J. Carrasquillo-Medrano bylaws, constitution and work tools, supported with a team of professor and professionals. ========

Transcore: AutoExpreso Project (Dec 2008 - Dec 2010) - Metrics Department Supervisor The AutoExpreso project is the electronic toll system implemented throughout the island of Puerto Rico since 2006. Prior to serve as a Metrics Department Supervisor I occupied several positions in the company which were the following: * Toll Booth Operator * Customer Service Representative (phone and walk-in) * Customer Service Team Leader * Metrics & QA Clerk * Staff Trainer * Violation Processing Department Supervisor As the Metrics Department Supervisor some of my responsibilities included the following: * Comply and ensure implementation of metrics developed and given by the state and federal departments of transportation. * Wrote manual procedures to metric compliance for all company positions. * Awarded as Employee of the Month several times. * Completed policy and procedure proposals to the State Department of Transportation. * Several proposals were partially adopted. * Supervise and lead the work of team with over 50 members on daily operations. ========

Comptroller's Office of Puerto Rico (Oct 2008 - Dec 2008) - General Services Clerk This was a temporary agency job. The job consisted in: * Maintained control of the internal mail and deliveries. * Assisted on distribution and transportation of equipment and auditors throughout the island. * Coordinated training seminars to the statesmen elected on the 2008 General Elections as in compliance of Law 222 with the State Elections Commission. ========

Curriculum Vitae David J. Carrasquillo-Medrano Triple S (Ago 2008 - Oct 2008) - Control Technician This was a temporary agency job. The job consisted in: * Comply and ensure implementation of all company procedures in accordance to the HIPPA Law. * Administrated server information, daily reports, cards, letters and other thing to be printed. * in charge of a 12 hour night shift with high performance printers, servers and machinery. ========

JC Penney (Dec 2005 - Dec 2007) - Sales Associate Prior to serve as a Sales Associate I worked through several positions, which are the following: * Started as a Sales Support Associate assisting in the Receiving Cargo Area. * Later moved to work as attendant of the Shoes Department Warehouse. *Got promotion as Inventory Management Officer. * Starting 2007 asked and got approved a transfer to Sales Associate of the Family Shoes Department. * All evaluations and level of productivity measures where outstanding. As a Sales Associate: * Was top selling associate of the Department for 2007 Shoe Sales. * Finished 3th nationally in sales on all Shoe Departments. * Awarded as All Star Associate. * Assisted as a shoe expert on doctoral student dissertation investigation. ========

University of Puerto Rico (Ago 2004 - Ago 2005) - Academic Senator Represented the students of the Faculty of Social Sciences for 1 year at the Academic Senate. Some of the work I got involved with during this time was the following: * Was involved on many sub committees that each are worked between students, faculty and administrator such as the Student's Affairs Committee, the Academic Review Committee and the Search and Consultant for the Appointment for a new Rector Committee. * This academic year was also partially interrupted by a 1-month student strike at the end of the year. ========

Curriculum Vitae David J. Carrasquillo-Medrano Magic Productions Inc. (Jun 2002 - Dec 2006) - Production Assistant * Worked as cameraman, sound guy, lights person, production assistant, editor, writer, and talent for a children TV show called "Tienda Mgica" transmitted on Channel 13, TeleOro. * Performed as clown, magician, plush character, disk jockey, host and entertainment in general. * Visited the whole island performing and assisting children and educational shows. * Employed in a constant fashion equipment such as inflatables, popcorn kettles, cotton candy machines, bendable air balloons, magic illusions, card tricks, toys, live animals, etc. * On the summers of 2004 & 2005 served as the Magic Summer Camp one for children in general, and the other for the sons and daughters of the legislators at El Cuartel de Ballaj and the other one at the children's theme park, Puerto Mgico. ========

Puerto Mgico: Theme Park (Jun 2002 - Dec 2006) - Operations Manager I worked at this company for over 4 years. During this time I perform a big number of positions and jobs. Amongst them this are some of them: * Cleaned bathrooms and floors. * Attended kids inside inflatables. * Acted as server for birthday parties. * Worked as chef and cafeteria attendant making snacks, appetizers and pizzas. * Was magic store attendant and clerk. * Gave private magic classes and shows to kids and adults. * Worked as attendant at the Information Center. * Got a promotion as Floor Supervisor. * Got another promotion to Operations Manager. As Operations Manager I did things like: budget, schedules, pay sheets, timesheets, contracts, inventory, etc.

Curriculum Vitae David J. Carrasquillo-Medrano Education ======================== Masters in Planning (Ago 2009 - May 2012) - Graduate School of Planning; University of Puerto Rico, Ro Piedras Campus

Thesis: * "Plan for the Redevelopment and Physical Rehabilitation of the Ro Piedras Centre." * Graded as "Approved: Outstanding." * Thesis recognized and partially adopted on future plans of several organizations and institutions such as the Municipality of San Juan and the University of Puerto Rico. * GPA: 3.80 Specialties: * Urban Studies * Environmental Management * Economic Affairs * Transportation Design * Social-Community Planning * Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Internships: * Practical Internship: Necessity Study for the Muoz Grillo Community in Caguas (2 years) * Professional Internship: Working with the US Forest Service at the International Institute of Tropical Forestry and the Botanical Gardens in Ro Piedras at the International Cooperation Department. (1 year) Highlights: * Graduate School of Planning is accredited by the American Planning Association Board (APA). * Serve as representative of the school in the General Student Counsel of the University. * Participated and assisted in the coordination of two (2) symposiums (2010 & 2011) celebrating the Planning Week respectively. * Joined and became active member of several organizations such as the following: (1) Sierra Club (Environmental Group) (2) Puertorrican Planners Society (Professional Organization) (3) GAIA (Environmental Group) (4) Northeast Ecological Corridor Coalition (Environmental Group) (5) Sovereign Union Movement (Political Organization) ========

Curriculum Vitae David J. Carrasquillo-Medrano Bachelors in Arts: Political Sciences (Ago 2002 - May 2006) - University of Puerto Rico: Ro Piedras Campus

Graduated with Honors: Magna Cum Laude GPA: 3.75 Specialties: * World War I * European History * Cold War * International Affairs * Political Economy * Political Theory Honor Program Studies: Thesis topic: "The effect of the Cold War on Active Policy on Puerto Rico."

======== High School Diploma (Ago 1998 - May 2002) - Colegio Adianez

Participated on the following organizations, clubs and activities: Student's Counsel: (President 2001-2002, Vice President 2000-2001, Public Relations Secretary 1998-2000, Representative several years, active member throughout all Middle School and High School) * Got approved a school cafeteria with a more healthy menu on school grounds. * Integrated new activities on the Yearly Agenda of the School such as the International Day and several new activities on Valentine's Day. * In cooperation with others Student's Counsels from others schools funded the National Congress of Student's Councils, which counted with the participation of over 50 private schools from the Metropolitan Area. * In coordination with all other schools clubs and organizations got approved and 10 minute reservation for a daily informational briefing through the page system to every classroom. * Wrote new constitution for the Charter. * Worked on an aggressive school spirit oriented campaign to mobilized students to participate of the schools sports and academic team's games and different competitions throughout the year. ========

Curriculum Vitae David J. Carrasquillo-Medrano United Nations Model: (Official School Delegate to the United Nations Puertorrican Congress (CPNU) 2001-2002, Public Relations Secretary of the United Nations Puertorrican Congress 2001-2002, Alternate School Delegate to the United Nations Puertorrican Congress 2000-2001, Active Member from my Freshman Year through my Senior Year) * My Freshman Year won the Rookie Delegate of the Year Award at CPNU. * My Senior Year finished as the 3rd Best Delegate of the Year at CPNU. * Acted as a Parliamentary Member of Committees 3 times. * Acted as Committee President / Chairman 2 times. * Acted as Secretary General of a Seasonal National Competition 1 time, at Colegio San Jos. * Won several Best Delegate Award on over 5committees. * Won award on PASMUN Competition on Puebla, Mexico (2000) * Went to Yearly National Conventions of 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002) ========

National Honor Society: (Active member my Sophomore, Junior & Senior Years) * Participated and won several competitions on the subjects of Math and History. * Went to Yearly National Conventions of 2001 & 2002. * Organized with the Charted an initiative to give free remedial classes to students with low grades after school hours. ========

Math Club: (President 2000-2002, Team Captain 2001-2002, Team Member 1998-2001) * Started program that gave advanced math classes to Elementary School Students that excelled on the subject. *Celebrated the First Math Competition for all grades in the School itself for both its students and another against other schools on the same week. (2002) * Gave free remedial math classes to students that needed them. * Participated on several Math Competitions at Regional, National and International Level. * Won several award throughout different competition at both individual and team competitions. ======== Forensics Club (Spanish): (Active Team Member from my Freshman Year through my Senior Year.) * On 4 active years I got 3 awards. All 3 were for taking 3th Place on the category of Speech. ========

Curriculum Vitae David J. Carrasquillo-Medrano Forensics Club (English): (Active Team Member my Junior and Senior Year) * On the 2 years I got 2 awards. 1 for 2nd Place and 1 for 4th Place on the category of Original. ========

Class Directive: (Class treasurer my Freshman, Sophomore & Junior Years)

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Sports: * Volleyball Team: (Team Captain throughout all Middle School and High School) * Basketball Team: (Team Member throughout all Middle School and High School) * Ping-Pong Team: (Team Captain my junior and Senior Years) * Athletics Team: (Team Member throughout all Middle School and High School) Summer Camps: * Worked as Grouped Leader at Wonderland Camp the summers of 1999, 2000 & 2001.

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Educational Experiences:
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* (April 2012): Participated and presented preliminary findings on my thesis research with poster and presencial activity titled: Preliminary Findings on Physical Interventions to Propel the Rehabilitation and Redevelopment of the Urban Center of Rio Piedras. * (March 2012) Presented poster on Symposium on GIS and Remote Sensing of the Graduate School of Planning titled: The use of the Viewshed tool as a guide to land use designation on coastal tourism scenarios. * (March 2012): Round Table Discussion with the Social Politics Institute of the Graduate School of Social Work Beatriz Lasalle of the University of Puerto Rico on the talk titled: The pertinence of the public university on the context of the UPR mission and vision. * (January 2012): Participated as a invited speaker on Community Inclusive Encounter - De Aqu pa Ti An enterprise from the Department of Psychology in coordination with CAUSE, for its Spanish acronyms and various community leaders to talk about the role of the University in society as a whole. * (November 2011): Presented poster in Investigation Symposium at the Graduate School of Planning on Techniques for geo-referenced data recompilation using GPS technology: The case of the Rio Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico and its urban center. * (July 2011): Assisted to ESRI International User Conference in San Diego, California. * (March 2011): Partook on the 6th Environmental Day (Jornada Ambiental) Agriculture, Ecology, Food Sovereignty or Security, and Public Policy for a Sustainable Puerto Rico. * (January 2011): Assisted and collaborated with group of professors in proposal writing and titled: Sumando Ganamos Todos in an attempt to reach to a multi-sectorial solution for the students strike and disgruntled university employees. * (Summer 2005): Worked with the Legislative Service Office through the Crdova and Ferns Internship preparing investigations for Senators public hearings. * (October 2002): Was selected in a group of 50 students nationally to forth go the Leaders Congress of Puerto Rico. It is a seminar in which talks and workshops are given by socially recognized leaders such as businessman, politicians, lawyers, journalists and writers to a group of students for a whole week. * (December 2001): Participated of a United Nations Model Competition in Puebla, Mexico PASMUN * (February 2001): Participated in the Presidential Classroom of February 2001 on International Affairs. * (December 2000): Went to Florida for a visit to the Kennedy Space Center to the NASA Facility, Epcot Center and Magic Kingdom in a back stage tour focus on learning how science is used on the application of investigation and entertainment.