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General Information.

José R. Solórzano
University of Denver
Denver, Colorado USA
e-mail: jsolorza@du.edu
Graduate education: Master of Science in Finance (University of Denver).
Graduate education: Master of Science in Computer Science (University of Denver).
Undergraduate degree: Industrial Engineering (Central American University)

IFs project.

Currently I'm a Senior Consultant in the International Futures Project (IFs). IFs is a a computer simulation of global systems to be used as a thinking tool for our global future. IFs was originally developed by Professor Barry Hughes, who started building the team around it. I have been working on this project since March 2001, mainly in the development and enhancement of the user interface. When I started working with IFs, it was fully developed in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, but since 2004 we started working in parallel on a Web version developed in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET. The web version is intended as an alternative interface for a more global audience, but it is still based on the data generated by the VB60 version. Our project has been lately sponsored by Fred Pardee, and the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) among others.

Professional Experience.

DIDEA Group, San Salvador, El Salvador :

Technology Manager, during implementation of PeopleSoft’s ERP software, (February 2000- March 2001).
Responsibilities: Supervise and Organize development of the features required, but not supported by PeopleSoft. Coordinate Network Support, Security and DBA Activities. Management of the technical support team. Development and Support of the old applications still working in several of our companies.
Systems Development Head, (July 99 - January 2000).
Responsibilities: Supervise the Development Team, Design and Support of Solutions for the requirement of several companies in the group.
Visual Basic Developer, (February 97 - June 99).
Responsibilities: Design, Development and Support for an the Inventory Management System of the Company, including the following modules: Billing, Order Management, Inventory and Distribution.

"José Simeón Cañas" Central American University (UCA), San Salvador, El Salvador:

Chair’s Assistant, in charge of the Information Systems, Administrative Office of the MBA at UCA, (Jan 96 - Jan 97)
Responsibilities: Support for the Information Systems, Development of Small Reports, General Support for the Professors in the department.
Teaching Assistant: Mathematics I, Mathematics II (Engineering, 1994-1995), Operations Research I (1995), Numeric Analysis and Digital Computing (1996), UCA.
Responsibilities: Teach classes and labs for these courses.