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- 1. 1 Jorge G. GUZMAN. Mag., MPhil & PhD Cantab Tavernastrasse 5 1712 Tafers Switzerland Emails: jgg29@cam.ac.uk & jorge.guzman-‐gutierrez@cantab.net Phones: Switzerland: +41 26 494 0825 Chile: +56 9 9082 9215 PROFILE I am a successful and experienced international project manager, scientific coordinator, political analyst, consultant for government and industries, university lecturer and researcher. I have experience as academic author and editor. I am a former professional diplomat, and an experienced negotiator and a former Public Relations Officer. I am recognized as scholar in International Geo-‐Historical and Geo-‐Economic Affairs; I have sounded experience in the fields of International Law in relation to the history of sciences for the development of legal thesis to be submitted to international tribunals. I have a sounded and diversified academic background which includes a PhD and three different master degrees (diplomacy, international affairs and economic history). I am Alumni of the University of Cambridge (Darwin College). I am fully trilingual: English, Spanish and French. I have good command of German, Italian, Portuguese and Classical Latin. I have basic understanding of Russian language. Since 1993 I am in legal Partenariat with Frau Corinne Lutz (Swiss citizen, Geneva 1967). We have two Swiss-‐German speaking children. EXPERIENCE Consultant at Latin American Crisis Management (CLM), a dependency of the School of Public Policies, Chicago University. Coordinator of two parallel projects intended to produce the input for geo-‐scientific services and technological applications to be employed in decision-‐ making processes to predict, prevent impacts and to respond in real time to natural disasters (earthquakes and tsunamis, heat-‐waves and wild-‐fires, floods, etc.).
- 2. 2 Current Position: Academic Coordinator for the project International Centre of Applied Antarctic and Subantarctic Sciences at the Magellan University (CAI), Punta Arenas, Chile. Called by the Chilean Board of Science and Technology (Conicyt) and the Government of Chile to coordinate this project for which circa CHF.44 millions have been initially allocated. In charge of identifying priority areas and scientific initiatives in which this centre should be focused, as well as of organizing working groups, and helping the Magellan University to negotiate an international network scientific and technological. Director, GeoScientific Solutions GmbH, St. Antoni, (www.geoss.ch). Co-‐founder, Project Manager, Coordinator of Cooperation Programs, Field Researcher, Lecturer and Consultant. Expert in data rescue for geo-‐scientific services and environmental re-‐analysis later used in the articulation and implementation of public policies (environment, defence, foreign affairs, education) and decision-‐making process in the private sector (protection of human health, agriculture, infrastructure, communications, mining, fisheries, banking and investments, insurances and reinsurances, etc.). Fundraising manager for materializing academic cooperation and scientific and technological exchanges between entities of the Americas, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Project Coordinator for South America and the Southeast Pacific Region of the International Scientific Alliance ACRE Initiative (NOAA, UK-‐MetOffice, MeteoFrance, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, NIWA of New Zealand, etc.). (www.met-‐acre.org). Coordinator of academic and scientific cooperation activities, as well as negotiator with the owners of geo-‐archives for the digitalisation of their historical records, and their use in climate re-‐analysis. This, for de development of scientific assessment and technological applications intended to support public economic and social policies, as well as decision-‐making processes within the private sectors (investment and banking, agriculture, transport, energy production and energy efficiency, etc.). Project Manager for Chile and South America of the European Union FP7 ERA CLIM1. 2010-‐ 2013. Coordinator and field researcher of this international scientific project addressed to produce a high-‐resolution global climate re-‐analysis for assessing impacts of environmental change over societies, ecosystems, natural resources and economic activities. External Advisor to the Chilean Government during the preparation of a submission to the International Court of Justice on maritime delimitation with Peru, and the implementation of the Agreements of Santiago of 1952. 2008-‐2010. Consultant for the European Copper Industry (now Copper Alliance) and the Chilean Copper Commission (COCHILCO) during the European Union process of legislation on uses of copper in contact with elements for human consumption (i.e. EU Directive on Drinking Water). 1993-‐1998. Professional Diplomat of the Chilean Foreign Service. 1986-‐2008. • Reached the rank of Deputy Head of Mission, General Consul, and Head of Section. Posted in
- 3. 3 Russia, Belgium (E.U. bodies twice), Argentina, Croatia and Norway. • National Delegate to a number of international bilateral and multilateral political and scientific meetings and conferences. • Member of the National Commission for the Development of Biotechnology; Member of the National Commission of Bioethics. • Member of the UNESCO Group for a Representative List of the Patrimony of Humanity in Science and Technology. • Head of the Department for Relations with the European Union; Head of the Department for International Cooperation in Science and Technology. • Coordinator for the Human Security Network. • Coordinator of the public sector during the negotiations with the European Union for the signature of an Association Agreement which includes a free trade zone. EDUCATION • Doctor of Philosophy in Polar Studies (History and Philosophy of Sciences, International Law, Geopolitics). University of Cambridge (SPRI, Darwin College). First Class Honours. • Master of Philosophy in International Studies (International Affairs, International Law, Geopolitics). University of Cambridge (CLAS, Darwin College). First Class Honours. • Magister in History of Economic America (Early Modern Economic History). University of Chile. Distinción Máxima. • Graduated in Diplomacy (Master of Arts: Diplomacy, International Cooperation, International Law, International Economic Relations, Geopolitics, Negotiations). Diplomatic Academy of Chile. Distinción Máxima. • Licentiate in History (World History, History of America), Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso. Distinción Máxima. • Bachelor in World History (World History and Philosophy of History). Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso. • Bachelor in Human and Physical Geography (Physical and Human Geography), Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso. • Diploma in Demography (statistics), University of Chile. • Diploma in Marketing and Negotiations, University of Chile. • Diploma in Relations between the European Union and Latin America, University of Heidelberg. RECENT AWARDS AND ASSOCIATIONS • National Scholarship Presidente de la República, 2003. • Member of the Royal Society for Protection of Birds (RSPB), 2003. • National Scholarship CONICYT, 2007. • Medal Diplomatic Merit of Chile 2007. • Fellow of the American Geographical Society Library (AGSL), University of Wisconsin, 2008. • Elected Member of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2008.
- 4. 4 • Medal Diplomatic Knight of the Kingdom of Norway, 2009. • Member of the Royal Geographical Society of London, 2014. • Associate Professor to the International Centre for Applied Climate Studies of Australia, 2015. • Visiting Professor and Scientific Coordinator, University of Magellan, Chile. 2015. REFERENCES • Prof. Dr. Julian Dowdeswell, Chair of Physical Geography & Director of the Polar Institute of the University of Cambridge (SPRI). Email: jd16@cam.ac.uk • Prof. Dr. Sir Peter Clarkson, ex Executive Secretary del Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research, SCAR. Email: pdc3@cam.ac.uk • Prof. Dr. David Drewry, ex Director del British Antarctic Survey (BAS) & ViceChancellor of the Association of European Universities. Email: david@drewry98.freeserve.co.uk • Prof. Dr. Charles Jones. Director of the Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge. Email: caj26@cam.ac.uk • Prof. Dr. Roger Stone, Director del Australian Centre for Applied Climate Studies. Email: roger.stone@usq.edu.au • Herr Urs Hauser, Principal Advisor, Foundation FriUp, Switzerland. Email: urs.hauser@friup.ch • Prof. Robert K. Headland, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Email: rkh10@cam.c.uk • Prof. Dr. Rob Allan, General Coordinator, International ACRE Initiative, Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction-‐UK MetOffice. Email rob.allan@uk-‐metoffice.gov.uk. • Prof. Dr. Luis Winter Igualt, formerly President of the Board of the Private Universities Association, Chile. Email: luchowinter&gmail.com • Mr. José Miguel Cruz, Ambassador of Chile to Norway. Email: josemiguelcruz@gmail.com • Prof. Dr. María Teresa Infante, Co-‐Agent to the International Court of Justice and Ambassador to The Netherlands. Email: minfante@minrel.gov.cl • Mr. Andrés Pérez, Cónsul of Chile in Bern. Email: andres.perez@embachile.ch HOBBIES. • Classical music and jazz; bonsai and yamidori; fly-‐fishing, bird watching and photography of birds.