Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Junior Professional Program (JPP)

September 2004 to Present

Experience at the Finance and Basic Infrastructure Division 1 (RE1/FI1):
- Prepare and design infrastructure operations in the transportation and energy sectors to be financed by the IADB in conjunction with national and sub-national governments, and with international consulting firms.
- Team member in: AR-L1021 Norte Grande Electricity Transmission Program, AR-L1014 Norte Grande Road Infrastructure Program, BR-L1018 Brasilia Urban Transportation Program, BR-L1031 Florianópolis-Osorio Highway Modernization, BR-L1051 Santa Catarina Highway Project, UR-L1022 Montevideo's Perimetral Road Ring, UR-L1029 Road Sector SWAP, UR-L1025 Montevideo Urban Transportation Program, and in charge of UR-T1015 Support to the Preparation of the Montevideo Urban Transport Program.
Experience at the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE):
- Participate in the Evaluation of the IDB's Projects in the Transportation Sector 1995-2004 (RE-), in the Evaluation of the Bank's Direct Private Sector Lending Program 1995-2003 (RE-303), and in the Evaluation of the Bank's Public Utilities Policy (OP-708) for Electric Power. Assist in ex-post impact evaluations of rural road projects.

University of Maryland
Graduate Research Assistant

August 2003 to September 2004

Experience: Participate in the economic impact analysis of the Intercounty Connector project (ICC), (in association with the Maryland State Highway Administration).
Develop and estimate a discrete choice model of ground transport access mode for airport travel in the Baltimore-Washington region.

University of North Carolina
Graduate Research Assistant

August 2001 to July 2003

Experience: Model travel behavior and access to information technology of San Francisco Bay Area travelers (in association with the California PATH Program; University of California at Berkeley).
Evaluate the impacts of truck driver compensation on individual turnover and safety outcomes.
Analyze the effects of work zone attributes on injury severity of large trucks-related crashes (in association with the Highway Safety Research Center, North Carolina).
Understand the influence of truck driver behaviors and vehicle factors on truck rollovers and occupant injuries.

Triangle Transit Authority (TTA)
Transportation Planning Intern

June 2002 to August 2002

Experience: Participate in the development of the Triangle Regional Transportation Model based on TransCAD. Assist with calibration, validation and transit coding tasks, as well as forecasting demand for the Regional Rail project. Advisory team included Parsons Brinckerhoff.

National Planning Department (DNP)
Urban Transportation Advisor (Office of Private Participation in Infrastructure)

November 1998 to July 2001

Experience: Oversee and administer feasibility and demand modeling studies for multiple cities, as well as advise on institutional arrangements and contract structuring for the tendering process of several major transport projects nationwide.

Main Projects:
- Bogotá's First Subway Line: Member of the national government team administering the technical, legal and financial structuring process of the Subway project (Build-Design-Manage-Operate-Transfer). National government's team leader for the travel demand forecasting study of the Subway system. Develop a macroeconomic impact assessment of the Subway project on the national fiscal accounts (advisory team included Rothschild investment banking and Louis Berger International).
- Cali's Bus Rapid Transit System: National government's team leader and general coordinator of the technical committee overseeing the structuring process and travel demand forecasting study for the Bus Rapid Transit System (advisory team included Schroders-Salomon Smith Barney, Brown & Root Consultants, and Mercer Management Consulting).
- Bogotá's Bus Rapid Transit System (TransMilenio): Develop economic, financial and technical feasibility analyses for participation of the national government in the TransMilenio project -A world-class BRT system.
- Bogotá's Commuter Rail: Member of the national government team in the technical committee of the travel demand study (advisory team included Steer Davies and Gleave).
- Other experience on transportation/infrastructure projects: Advisor for travel demand forecast studies and technical/financial structuring process for the development of mass transit systems in the cities of Bucaramanga and Pereira. Technical assistance for telecommunication, (long distance), highway, and water supply projects.

Center for Innovation and Technological Development (CITEC)
Research Assistant

December 1996 to March 1998

Experience: In charge of the soil dynamics testing laboratory.

Visiting Professor - Economic Appraisal of Urban Transportation Projects (45 hr. summer course). Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. Summer 2003.

Teaching Assistant - Quantitative Methods for Planners (PLAN 130) Fall 2001. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC.

Adjunct Professor - Transportation Engineering (ICIV 340). Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. Spring 2001.

Thesis Advisor - Undergraduate thesis project "Regulatory Analysis for Competitive Frameworks in Urban Public Transportation Systems; TransMilenio Case Study." Aya, C., Olarte, J. Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. Fall 2000.

Teaching Assistant and Lectures - Urban Transportation Planning & Engineering (22340) Spring 1998. Geotechnics (22215) Spring 1997. Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.

Member of Transportation Research Board Committee on Transportation and Land Development.

Friend of Transportation Research Board Committee on Travel Behavior and Values.