Jorge Gutiérrez
Plaza de Toros 9
Xalapa, Veracruz, 91020 MEXICO
Phone/Fax: 52+ (228) 842-6060 E-mail: Jorge.Gutierrez@innovaed.ac
Career Synopsis
Twenty five years of experience in education sector, integrating and diffusing Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to improve teaching and learning, and to promote knowledge sharing in all levels of education, defining policies and programs for public education systems at school, district, state, national and international-regional levels, with a deep understanding of educational challenges and technological opportunities. An innovative team player committed to creating synergies within an institution as well as with other organizations, specially interested in helping design strategies to effectively reach the poorest, isolated, and excluded groups to deliver education programs that fit community needs and requirements for development, through new learning and knowledge-sharing environments, helping policymakers define national policies which consider knowledge and ICT as valuable tools for development.
Professional Summary
Executive Director, InnovaED , Innovacion Educativa para el Desarrollo, A.C. , Xalapa, VER, Mexico. 2004 – Present.
Co-founder of InnovaED, a non-governmental organization aimed to assist national and international public and private institutions in the design and development of innovative education projects and initiatives that consider technology, among other tools, as a valuable vehicle for development. Education And Technology Specialist, And Regional Coordinator For Latin America And Caribbean, ICT for Education Program, World Bank Institute, The World Bank , Washington, DC, USA. 1999-2004. State Educational Technology Coordinator, Educational Communication Unit, Nuevo Leon Department of Education , Monterrey , Mexico . 1997-1999.
Telecommunications Department Manager, State Computers in Education Program, Nuevo Leon Department of Education , Monterrey , Mexico . 1994-1997
Associate Professor, Graduate Teachers' School, Nuevo Leon Department of Education , Monterrey , Mexico . 1996, 1999.
Teacher, “Miguel F. Martinez” Teachers' School, Nuevo Leon Department of Education , Monterrey , Mexico . 1985-1994.
Teacher, Elementary, Secondary and High School, Nuevo Leon Department of Education , Monterrey , Mexico . 1981-1994.
Education
Post Graduate Title in Educational Technology, University of La Frontera, Temuco Chile , 2003 (Pending Title)
Bachelor's in Control and Computer Engineer, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey Mexico , 1987
Primary Education Teacher, Instituto Regiomontano and University of Monterrey , Monterrey Mexico , 1981.
