LEADER AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEER
Detailed, analytical, strategic, tenacious, highly motivated telecommunication engineer and leader, with a proven ability to work under pressure and coordinate team work. Experience in design, develop and implement engineering and telecommunication projects. Worked on engineering applied to space projects, international collaboration and partnerships between U.S. and Mexico, outreach and leader in new international programs for Mexico. Passion for developing and implementing innovative technologies for the telecommunication sector to impact the society at large. Strong ability to collaborate and build relationships throughout different sectors, including Europe, North America and Latin America.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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2010 |
NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER |
Moffett Field, USA |
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Engineer / Researcher Internship (May 2010 – December 2010) PhoneSat project: Design from the beginning, build and test a prototype space vehicle using Commercial-Off-the-Shelf components. Collaboration with Google’s Android team for software development using Python and C language. Preparation of a science payload in one week, only successful payload of two suborbital launches. Participation in the payload integration and systems integration. Responsible of data analysis. Designed and performed the Testing and Qualification Plan of the spacecraft. Research and design part of the communication link. Working towards the reduction of a normal satellite project cost: aimed 5k$ total cost for hardware and development. Suborbital Launch 28k ft altitude. Launch published in many websites, countries and magazines, like Wired and Make. Presentation of a technical talk at Google, Mountain View, California.
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2008 – 2009 |
SASKEN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (Texas Instruments Contractor) |
Monterrey, Mexico |
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Software and Testing Engineer (April 2008 – August 2009) Performed testing procedures to ensure the compliance of Texas Instruments’ chipsets with the 3GPP standards. Tested the 2.5G Modem for NEPTUNE program: power consumption, performance, multimedia and Bluetooth. Evaluate and test the programs for Symbian Series 23, and the use of OMAP3430. Experience with Texas Instruments’ software development. |
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2007 – 2008 |
ALESTRA aT&T |
Monterrey, Mexico |
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Alestra’s CORE Network Engineer – Regional Services (October 2007- April 2008) Troubleshooting for network’s failures on Regional Services and National Level. Responsible for the configuration and upgrade for redundancy of the network equipment at national level, impacting services of an entire city or country regions.
Operation and Maintenance’s Network Engineer – Enterprise Clients (January 2007 – October 2007) Troubleshooting for network’s failures on Internet, Frame relay, VPN, L2L, and L2VPN services for enterprise clients at national level. Coordination with different carriers and partners. Develop official procedures for VPN Troubleshooting. Management Experience: Provisional Boss of a group of 15 people.
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2006 |
VERTICE, Asesoría Empresarial en Comunicaciones |
Monterrey, Mexico |
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Network Engineer (August 2006 – December 2006) Developed engineering projects related to Communication Infrastructure. Close interaction with suppliers, and responsible for the acquisition of the hardware. |
PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS |
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2011 - present |
WHITE LABELSPACE |
International Group |
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Volunteer in WLS no-lucrative group. Telecommunication engineer lead for ‘White Label Space’, a team involved on the Google Lunar X-prize. The team is formed by companies in Australia, Spain, Italy, UK, Germany, Japan and The Netherlands. Dedicate part of my personal time to focus on antenna communication and hardware testing for the Lunar Lander and Moon Rover.
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2011 – present |
SPACE GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL |
Mexico |
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Volunteer as the National Point of Contact in Mexico for Space Generation Advisory Council in support of the United Nations Programme for Space Applications. Leader and responsible for the organization and coordination of space related events in Mexico. Close collaboration with the representatives of Space Generation in Canada, USA, Jamaica, Costa Rica and Guatemala.
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2010 – present |
NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER |
Moffett Field, USA |
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NASA Science, Technology and Exploration Program Collaborator – Leader for Mexican Team (Nov 2010 – present) Volunteer to collaborate with the Astrobiology Department at Ames to organize the ‘NASA Science, Technology and Exploration Program’. Promoting the summer program in Mexican high schools. Responsible to find the budget, select and send a group of four Mexican high school students, a responsible teacher and two scientists to participate in the two-weeks exploration program. Leader for a Mexican STEP program to implement in 2012, in order to impact future career paths in young people. |
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2011 (April) |
RIO TINTO MARS ANALOG (Austrian Space Forum and European Space Agency) |
Austria / Spain |
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Lead for White Label Space Team for hardware testing In charge of the Lunar Lander Mockup Tests of ‘White Label Space’ team as a telecommunication and testing engineer. Helping in the logistics for the new ‘Aouda.X’ spacesuit, rovers from the Austrian Space Forum and the ESA’s Mars Rover Eurobot. |
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2009 – 2010 |
INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY |
Strasbourg, France |
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Project Manager and Team Lead of an international and multidisciplinary project (October 2009 – May 2010)
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FORMER EDUCATION |
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2009–2010 |
INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY |
Strasbourg, France |
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Master in Space Studies – Technologies including telecommunications. |
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2002–2006 |
ITESM Campus Monterrey |
Monterrey, Mexico |
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Bachelor of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering |
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2006 |
ITESM Programs for: Management, Finance, Private Law, Human Resources, Leadership, and Wireless Technologies |
Monterrey, Mexico |
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2002 |
International Business Program |
Culiacan, Mexico |
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2002 |
International Negotiation in the Business Community– Program |
Culiacan, Mexico |
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CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES |
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2010 |
Radio Amateur Technician License– Call Sign Published |
California, USA |
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2009 |
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Developer Certification |
Monterrey, Mexico |
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2008 |
Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) andWiMAX Course |
Monterrey, Mexico |
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2008 |
GSM/GPRS/EDGE and the Evolution to 3G Tech Course |
Monterrey, Mexico |
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2007 |
CCNA Certification CSCO11331755 |
Monterrey, Mexico |
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PAPERS AND INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION |
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2010 – Feb |
Published Literature Review about Space Analog Studies. ISU’s masters group. Awarded by NASA with 50k$ grant. |
Strasbourg, France |
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2010 –Sept |
Co-author of a Proposal for a NASA Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract related to Nano-Technology onboard the ISS. |
California, USA |
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2010 – Oct |
Collaborating for Editing on the international Newsletter: IAASS – International Association For the Advancement of Space Safety. Current project. |
HQ: The Netherlands Italy – International |
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2010 – Nov |
Participation at the VI Space Conference of the Americas. Committee 4: ‘Technological Development, Industry and Scientific Research’, and as speaker in the ‘Young Forum’. |
Pachuca, Mexico |
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2010 – Dec |
Participation in the 3rd Consultation Forum of the Mexican Space Agency: Science and Technology. Oral Presentation: ‘PhoneSat Project and Opportunities for Mexico’. |
Ensenada, Mexico |
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2011 – Jan |
Author of the paper: ‘The Martian Feeling: An analog study to simulate a round-trip to Mars using the International Space Station’. Currently in revision for publishing in the Journal for the British Interplanetary Society (JBIS). |
California, USA |
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2011 – Jan |
Participation at 4th Consultation Forum of the Mexican Space Agency: Human Resources. Presentation of the poster: STEP program for Mexico. |
Vallarta, Mexico |
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2011 – Feb |
Motivation Conference Speaker for Young People: ‘Dreaming and making dreams come true’. Interviewed by newspapers, radio and TV about my professional career. |
Culiacan, Mexico |
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2011 – Feb |
Oral presentation of ‘The Martian Feeling Study: An analog study to simulate a round-trip to Mars using the ISS’ at the ISU’s 15th International Symposium: ‘The ISS: Maximizing the return from extended operations’ in Strasbourg, France. |
Strasbourg, France |
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SKILLS AND INTERESTS |
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Leader, Proactive and Organized |
Software / Programming Languages: |
Member of Astronomy groups, IEEE, |
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Can manage pressure well |
STK, Autocad 2D, Visual Basic, Office, |
Space Generation, SOMECYTA, |
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Team Work / Negotiations Bilingual: Spanish and English |
Electronic Software, Cisco equipment configuration, C, C++, Java, Matlab, |
International conferences: Word Space Congress, COSPAR, IAF, ISU. |
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Basic French and Italian |
Html, Perl, PHP. |
Leader of student groups. |
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