1. Dr. Ing. Carlos Lemos
Email: carloslemos@live.com Paul Rivet 471 Dep. 6-A
Mobile: +593-9811-1172 Quito, Ecuador
Profile
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Carlos studied in Germany where he lived and worked for 10 years. After
returning to Latin America, he got gradually involved in business administration during more than 20
years. Since then he has specialized in management and entrepreneurship. In short:
• 18 years’ experience in managerial and directive level positions
• 8 years’ experience in creativity and innovation processes towards entrepreneurship
Expertise
Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Finances, Creativity and Innovation, Development of Business
and Business Ideas and Plans, Marketing for Business Start-Ups, Risk Analysis, Business Ideas
Creation and Start-Ups Evaluation, Strategic Plans for High-Growth Ventures Creation
Business Innovation Consulting Management (direction, coordination and supervision of Business
Management Analysts / Consultants who analyze the business needs, identify business
problems and propose solutions based on new technologies and innovation)
Project, Program Senior Project Management (direction, coordination and supervision of project
and Portfolio managers); Program Management (set of related projects that share a same
Management general objective); Portfolio Management; Project Management Office (PMO)
Sales Management Direction, coordination and supervision of sales executives
Computer skills Windows, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Project, TeamUp, Databases
Languages English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, French (Basic)
Education (the most relevant)
1977 – 1981 Doctorate in Information and Communication Technologies
Kaiserslautern University, Germany
recognition of the degree Diplom-Ingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.) in October 1977
earned the title Doktor-Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing.) in April 1981
1975 – 1977 Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
earned the degree Master of Science (M.Sc.) in May 1977
1970 – 1975 Engineering in Electronics
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
earned the degree Engineer in December 1975
Professional training (relevant to expertise)
2005 – 2006 ITIL Foundations, Training courses about the best practices on IT services
according to the ITIL (the IT Infrastructure Library), 32 hours attended,
Corporate Formation of Telefónica S.A., Quito, Ecuador
2005 – 2006 Project Management Professional, Trainings program according to the
guidelines of the Project Management Institute (PMI), 136 hours attended,
Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito, Bogotá, Colombia
1999 – 2000 Project Management Specialist, Post-graduate program in Large Scale
Project Formulation, Evaluation and Management based on the Logical
Framework, according to the guidelines of the Inter-American Development
Bank (IADB), 448 hours attended in the EPN (Escuela Politécnica Nacional)
National Polytechnic School, Quito, Ecuador

2. Entrepreneurship experience
Consultant, Speaker and Lecturer on Entrepreneurship: from 10/2007 to date; I have been
teaching classes on entrepreneurship and performing consulting on creativity, innovation and strategic
planning. Below is a list of ongoing and completed work:
• Have been hired as a consultant by the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL) to:
Validate the UTPL Entrepreneurship Model that is designed to implement the Innovation Park
of Loja, and other issues related with an entrepreneurship program for high growth
businesses and its connection with activities of Research & Development plus Innovation.
Making the Strategic Plan for Entrepreneurship and the "Loja Technology Valley" (the UTPL
incubator of technology-based companies), established the basis for the idea and business
plans competition "Entrepreneurship III" and formulated the role of the Agency Business
Development (ADE) and the Chair of Entrepreneurship in this process.
• Have been hired as a speaker for entrepreneurs at the EmprendeEcuador contest of the Ecuadorian
Government and as professor at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) for
graduate students on developing ideas and business plans, including such topics as:
Entrepreneurial Finances for Entrepreneurs and Non Financial Executives
Creativity and Processes for the Knowledge-Based Innovation
Business Models and the Market-Disruptive Innovation
Value Proposition and How To Use it For the Business Idea Development
Fundamentals of Marketing for Small Business Start-Ups
How to Perform Surveys and Market Research using Informal Sources and Web Tools
Everything You Should Know About Technical and Economic Parameters
Differences between the Business Start-Ups Viability, Feasibility and Evaluation
Financial Assessment Automation using Software Tools
Entrepreneur: I created plans and businesses; the most of them are ongoing but sold or entrusted:
• Actually developing a venture in Loja for cultivation and commerce of coffee seedlings of high
productivity and high quality cup through the use of hybrid and improved varieties in laboratory. An
agreement is being currently negotiated with multinational company in this branch of business.
• Formulated business plans for funding from the National Financial Corporation (CFN) and
participated in various worldwide business plan competitions sponsored by the BiD Network (BiD
Challenge) and Nestlé (Nestlé Creating Shared Value).
• Won 3rd prize in the Business Plan Competition of the BiD Challenge 2008, an event hosted and
sponsored by the BiD Network and the Conquito Foundation.
• Author of the service brand “Búscame Ya”; conducted focus group surveys and friendly trials to test
the potential of several Premium SMS services in Ecuador (value-added services using the text
messaging feature of the cell phone technology).
Creator of the software PCE Workflow (Process Control Engine): 1998-2004; PCE Workflow is a
workflow system for administrative processes. Copyright and intellectual property were registered in
2000 and subsequently sold. Software licenses were purchased by Omnibus BB and General Motors for
process optimization. The system controls the workflow for the approval and execution of administrative
processes and measuring performance indicators (workload, approval and delivery times).
Creator of the company CANON CENTER SA, Quito, Ecuador: 11/1993; Dealer for the sale of
office supplies and equipment Canon, Japan; includes Canon cameras and home delivery of copier and
printer supplies. He has copyrighted the trademark "Canon Center” and the service mark "Canon
Express" for the selling, home and office delivery of Canon supplies. Both trademarks were sold.
Creator of the company DATAPRO CIA LTDA, Quito, Ecuador: 10/1990; Authorized
Representation to sell products and services for the repair and maintenance of office equipment Canon,
Japan; includes copiers, printers and cameras Canon.
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3. Professional experience
Consultant and Lecturer in Entrepreneurship; since 10/2007. Consultant on Entrepreneurship and
Business Incubators for the Technical Particular University of Loja (UTPL); Professor at the FLACSO for
masters degree students on Creativity & Innovation, and the Development of Business Ideas & Plans.
Delivery Manager; Sep 2003 – Oct 2007 (in Feb 2007 promoted as Consulting Manager);
Subordinates were Consultants / Business Analysts, Project Managers, Information Architects and
Software Development Engineers; TELEFONICA MOVILES (before was BELLSOUTH), Quito, Ecuador
Director, Information Systems & Services; Feb 2000 – Sep 2002 (after being IT Manager);
Member of the Executive Committee responsible for the Information Systems and Services area;
GENERAL MOTORS OF ECUADOR and OMNIBUS BB (Vehicle Manufacturing), Quito, Ecuador
Information Director; Nov 1994 – Jan 2000;
Management of an academic project network, part of the R&D Program financed by the IADB;
FUNDACYT (private foundation that executed a program financed by the IADB), Quito, Ecuador
Executive President; Nov 1993 – Oct 1995;
Responsible for a sales distributor of Canon personal electronics, office equipment and supplies; CANON
CENTER S.A., Quito, Ecuador
General Manager; Oct 1990 – Oct 1993;
Responsible for the sales and repair services operation of Canon office equipment in Ecuador; DATAPRO
CIA LTDA, Quito, Ecuador
Sales Manager; Jan 1987 – Sep 1990;
In charge of the sales of Siemens phone and switching equipment for the private sector in Ecuador;
SIEMENS S.A. (subsidiary of SIEMENS AG, Germany), Quito, Ecuador
------------------------------- Moved from Germany to Ecuador by June 1986 -------------------------------
Systems Development Engineer; Oct 1982 – Jun 1986;
Software development for the manufacturing automation on the plant floor in Germany and the USA;
SIEMENS AG, Karlsruhe, Germany (German headquarters for plant automation)
Researcher (Scientific Assistant); May 1981 – Oct 1982;
Research project financed by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinshaft)
DFG - KAISERSLAUTERN UNIVERSITY, Germany
------------------------------- Moved from Brazil to Germany by April 1977 --------------------------------
Received distinctions and grants
Grant awarded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) as support for post-graduate studies on
Large-Scale Project Management, Ecuador, 1999 – 2000 (1 year 2 months)
Grant awarded by the German Research Foundation (DFG, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinshaft), as
support for a research project in the Kaiserslautern University, Germany, 1981 – 1982 (1½ years)
Scholarship awarded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, Deutscher Akademischer
Austauschdienst) as support for Doctorate studies in Germany, 1977 – 1981 (4 years)
Scholarship awarded by the National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPQ) as
support for post-graduate studies (M.Sc.), Brazil, 1975 – 1977 (2 years)
Publications (the most relevant)
Caprihan, A.; Lemos, C.: Spline Stochastic Processes, 1977 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics,
Speech and Signal Processing, May 9-11, 1977, Connecticut, USA
Lemos, C.: Realizierung und theoretische Untersuchung eines hybriden adaptiven
Datenleitungsentzerrers bei Verwendung verschiedener Fehelerkriterien, Dissertation D-386, 1981,
Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
Endres, P.; Lemos, C.; Münch, Chr.: Automatische Unterdruckung von Echos bei binären Datensignalen
mittels eines hybrid aufgebauten adaptiven Entzerrungssytems, ntz-Archiv, Bd.3, H.6, S.147-150, 1981,
Germany
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4. Engagement on disaster recovering strategy
By December 2002 I have proposed a Post-Doctoral Research to the Earth Institute of Columbia
University, New York, USA, in the field of Environmental Disaster Mitigation & Management. The title of
the proposal is “Environmental Continuity Program; Study Case for New York City, Including Disaster
Recovering and Economic Resumption Planning for Sustainable Living”.
The proposed research establishes a study case of environmental disaster mitigation applied to a region
to be determined for its relevance, in this case, to New York City. This study case will be used
afterwards as a model for other similar programs that should follow this one, since less developed
countries are even more vulnerable to natural disasters.
To achieve this goal, research should include process design documents as a tool to define standard
mitigation processes. The project deliverables will outline standard policies, processes and methods that
are recommended to develop and sustain effective disaster mitigation capabilities at a global level by
coordinating the efforts of international cooperation under a common framework.
After 8 years, the issue is still alive and solutions are currently more needed than ever. Proposal is
available upon request.
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