LUIS MIGUEL TELLEZ NEIRA

+44 7858 935825 | luistellez_79@hotmail.com

EDUCATION
University of Warwick – Warwick Business School Coventry, United Kingdom
MSc in Management September 2021 – September 2022
 Dissertation title: “Adoption of the Near Communications (NFC) technology for mobile payments in Colombia: differences between
immigrants and non-immigrants”
 Relevant modules: “Design thinking in Business”, “Governance and Corporate Responsibility”, and “Business Immersion and Critical
Thinking”
 Honors: “Merit” distinction; received scholarship for tuition fees (£15,475.00)

University of Los Andes Bogota, Colombia

Master’s in Interdisciplinary Development Studies August 2013 – March 2016
 Academic and Honors: GPA 4.13/5; received a merit-based scholarship (£3,500)
 Leadership: Teaching Assistant Student for the “Information Technology (IT) in organizations” module
 Relevant modules: “Managing and Comanaging of Corporate Social Responsibility”, and “Negotiation Systems”

University of Los Andes Bogota, Colombia

Bachelor of Political Science January 2008 – March 2013
 Academic: GPA 4.15/5
 Relevant modules: “Businessmen and Politics”, and “Institutions and Development”
 Leadership: Teaching Assistant Student for the “Colombian Politics Workshop” module
 Volunteer in Congreso Visible, a Faculty of Social Sciences’ legislative observatory focused on the Colombian Parliament

EXPERIENCE
National Cancer Institute (NCI) Bogota, Colombia
Specialized Professional – Team Leader June 2017 – August 2021
 Led strategies to support the successful approval of 3 bills in the Colombian parliament related to cancer prevention
 Orchestrated the implementation of PublINC, an online library available in a mobile app; it has 1000+ registered users across the country
 Authored and published 2 academic articles: “Recent studies on sugar sweetened beverages in Colombia: a non-systematic review”; and
“Implementation in Colombia of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to Prevent Cancer: Achievements and Challenges”

E-training Company Bogota, Colombia

Quality Analyst February 2017 – May 2017
 Managed end to end communications with Colombian regional authorities to conduct Information and Communications Technologies
(ICT) projects
 Supported ICT Ministry of Colombia in technical supervision of national level impact projects
 Developed corrective actions for 24 recurring discrepancies

Pidamos Eventos y Promociones Bogota, Colombia

Project Leader June 2016 – December 2016
 Planned, coordinated, and executed actions of advertising for the ICT Colombian Ministry’s E-government Direction
 Set and met 96% of goals, allocated budget and worked across marketing, operations, and executive teams to ensure smooth flow of
resources and processes

Arysta Bogota, Colombia

Project Coordinador February 2016 – April 2016
 Designed 21 awareness strategies for the ICT Colombian Ministry which were instrumented by the senior executive team
 Co-ordinated the researching and planning of project management requirements and reviews and utilized design thinking techniques
to encourage creativity in colleagues for generating disruptive awareness actions

EXTRA - CURRICULARS
Conexion Colombia Bogota, Colombia
Volunteer December 2012 – February 2013
 Instructed 30+ underprivileged women heads of households in financial concepts

INTERESTS AND SKILLS

 IT  Fintech  Critical thinking  Networking  Project execution  Researching  Interdisciplinarity  Multitasking
 Business and corporate strategy  Consulting