PATRICIO FONSECA

EXPERTISE
Business:
Technology:

Business Management Consulting, Strategy, Marketing, Business &

Start-Up Development
Enterprise Management Systems, Project Management, Internet,
Mobile, New Media Marketing

EXPERIENCE
Projects Engineer
9/2012 to 8/2014
San Sebastian University. Santiago, Chile.
Process reengineering: Reengineered and improved critical business processes
Coordinated five programmers and several functional areas.
Project management: Planned and coordinated the schedule of ERP implementation
project (Ellucian Banner).
Directed the development and startup of new software.
Software Quality Assurance: Managed the tests with functional areas.
Change management: Prepared manuals and trained functional areas in the use of new
systems.
Managed databases and elaborated reports.
Delivered internal customer support.
The covered processes in the implementation project were: undergraduate and graduate
admission system (including benefits and scholarships assignment system), treasury, accounts
receivable, accounts payable, accounting, procurement, asset management and management
control.
Business Consultant
11/2010 to 6/2012
Strategia Australis S.P.A. Santiago, Chile
Elaborated market researches and business plans for diverse companies and industries
for raise capital from private and governmental funds for the development of new
products and management improvements for small and medium sized companies
within Chile and Latin America.
Analyst of New Business Projects
Sixbell Nekotec Solutions. Santiago, Chile
New products research (qualitative and quantitative)
Preparation of business plans
Financial analysis of business projects.
Preparation of documents and budgets for Sixbell Brazil

12/2009 to 10/2010

Entrepreneurial Trainer and Projects Executive

6/2008 to 10/2009
Adolfo Ibaez University. Santiago, Chile
Preparation of business plans and market researches for raising capital from
governmental and private funds for technology based startups.
Management consulting for ventures in early stages among different industries such as
tourism, architecture, and technology.
Mentoring and coaching entrepreneurs with angel investors from Silicon Valley and
Miami, USA; technology specialists from USA universities and with potential suppliers
or partners around the world.
Coaching to entrepreneurs in soft and hard skills.

EDUCATION
Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation Management Certificate
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States

May 2015

Bachelor of Sciences in Industrial Engineering

University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Dec 2006

SKILLS AND PERSONAL QUALITIES

Languages:

Spanish Native Speaker

English Written Level: Upper Intermediate, Spoken Level:
Upper Intermediate
IELTS Test: Overall band score 7 over 9 (March 2012)
Portuguese Written Level: Beginner, Spoken Level: Beginner

ICT:

MS Office, level: Advanced

MS Project, level: Advanced
SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft, MS Dynamics, level: Basic
Banner ERP, level: Advanced
SQL, level: Intermediate
JAVA, level: Intermediate

Courses, Seminars and

Workshops:

English Language
Chilean North American Institute of Culture. Santiago.
2014 Advanced Conversation
2013 Upper Intermediate Level English
1996-1997 Beginner Level English
Portuguese Language
Cultura Brasil Languages Institute. Santiago.
2009-2010 Beginner Level Portuguese

Revinate Certification
eCornell
2014
Managing Your Online Reputation With Tripadvisor Course
eCornell
2014
Hobbies:

Playing sports (as CrossFit, running, trekking, soccer), learning

languages, reading, social sciences books (anthropology, social
psychology), listening to music, watching movies and attending
to social gatherings.

March 12, 2015