Guillermo Descalzo

Current

• QA Project Leader & PM at Red Link S.A.

Past

• MicroInformatic Support manager at Red Link S.A.
• New projects development & associate director at Tesys S.A.
• InfoCenter Supervisor at Aerolineas Argentinas - Austral

• Telecommunication Supervisor at Austral Líneas Aéreas
• Telecom Technician at Austral Lineas Aéreas

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Guillermo Descalzo’s Summary

Spanish:
Guillermo acredita una exitosa experiencia laboral, obtenida mediante una variedad de roles en IT dentro de compañías de todo rango.
Actualmente, Guillermo se desempeña como Project Leader en áreas de Quality Assurance, colaborando en el soporte de ingeniería de procesos y en la mejora de procesos en asuntos diversos (ISO9001:2008). Guillermo brinda coaching ocasional sobre metodología dentro de la compañía.

Habilidades / personalidad de Guillermo:
* Amplios conocimientos en tecnologías diversas.
* Habilidad multitarea, con fuerte reconocimiento de prioridades.
* Entusiasta & auto-motivado.
* Personalidad creativa y con gran imaginación.
* Excelente capacidad de comunicación (verbal y escrita, en castellano y en inglés).
* Profundo respaldo cultural en diversas materias no relacionadas con sus tareas habituales (literatura, musica, historia, etc.)

English:
Guillermo has many years of experience and a strong history of success obtained from a variety of IT roles in small, mid-size & large companies.
At present time, Guillermo is working as a project leader in Quality Assurance areas, helping in process engineering support, and helping also in process improvement on diverse issues (ISO9001:2000). Guillermo gives occasional coaching on methodology within the company.

Guillermo's abilities / personality:
* Wide technological background in diverse technologies.
* Ability to multi-task, with strong prioritizing skills.
* Enthusiastic & self-motivated.
* Creative and imaginative personality
* Excellent communication skills (written and verbal, both in spanish and english).
* Deep cultural background in diverse matters non related to his job (literature, music, history, etc.)

Guillermo Descalzo’s Specialties:

Spanish:
Conocimiento gerencial en ambientes diversos y en diferentes sistemas operativos. Experiencia en administración de recursos humanos, de hardware, software y en asuntos relativos a telecomunicaciones.

English:
Knowledge -as a manager- on diverse environments & operating systems.- Expertise in hardware, software & human resources administration, and in telecommunication matters.

Guillermo Descalzo’s Experience

• QA Project Leader & PM

  Red Link S.A.

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Banking industry)

  June 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)

  QA Project Leadr & Process Engineering manager - Quality Assurance. Processes improvement for applications and systems; knowledge on ISO 9001:2000, CMMi/ITIL and PMI, COBIT and Sarbanes-Oxley recommendations, among others. Ocassional Quality Process coaching on commercial issues.

• MicroInformatic Support manager

  Red Link S.A.

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)

  February 1997 — July 2004 (7 years 6 months)

  Project managing in technologic infrastructure; second level support to a team of 30+ analysts / developers.

• New projects development & associate director

  Tesys S.A.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 1990 — December 1997 (7 years 9 months)

  • Consultancy and support on networking matters.
  • Equipment import from overseas manufacturers (Asia). Coordination between manufacturers and local PTT data services companies for homologation of products.
  • Private E-mail service implementation with national coverage, mounted over public X.25 network, using earlier but proven Client/Server technology.
  • Tech consultancy service to news agencies (France Presse and Reuters).

• InfoCenter Supervisor

  Aerolineas Argentinas - Austral

  (Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)

  June 1991 — January 1997 (5 years 8 months)

  LAN Network Senior Analyst; support for application software in graphic environments.

• Telecommunication Supervisor

  Austral Líneas Aéreas

  (Airlines/Aviation industry)

  September 1985 — June 1991 (5 years 10 months)

  Installation & administration of one of the first teleprocessing networks within Argentina, with some 500+ terminals in several provinces, interconnected to international networks.

• Telecom Technician

  Austral Lineas Aéreas

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)

  September 1981 — September 1985 (4 years 1 month)

  Installation of terminals and controllers (IBM 3270 technology).

Additional Information

Guillermo Descalzo’s Websites:

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• My Website
• My club / association

Guillermo Descalzo’s Interests:

high power amateur rocketry, electric bass, smooth-jazz, strategic planning, technical & historic studies and article writing.

Guillermo Descalzo’s Groups:

Socio fundador y actual directivo de ACEMA;
Socio #543 de AMSAT (AMateur SATellite) Argentina.
Coordinador del Programa CanSat de Argentina, una iniciativa para la enseñanza de las ciencias duras a través de la cohetería en entidades educativas secundarias.

•    ITIL V2&V3 (4000+)
•    SOX Professionals
•    QA Engineer Community
•    System Administrator (Windows, Linux, Unix)
•    COBIT - Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
•    Software Testing & Quality Assurance
•    Quality Assurance Professional
•    Defense & Aerospace
•    Bass Playing Professionals
•    Quality & Regulatory Network
•    Jeep
•    Sarbanes Oxley (SOX)
•    IUPFA
•    Microsoft Windows Administrator
•    BCRA "A"- 4609
•    ACEMA - Asoc. Coheteria Experimental y Modelista de Argentina

Guillermo Descalzo’s Honors:

Spanish:
Ciudadano destacado del partido de San Vicente, en mérito a actividades y contribuciones en el campo de la difusión de las ciencias, con actividades declaradas de interés educativo y cultural por el H. Concejo Deliberante de San Vicente, PBA, Argentina (Marzo de 2007, según resolución 488/2006).

Autor de varios artículos científicos e históricos (ya publicados) centrados principalmente en la exploración del Espacio. Autor del primer libro en español sobre modelismo espacial (cohetes-modelo).

English:
Outstanding citizen of San Vicente, in merit to activities and contributions on scientific publications for the average reader, with declared activities of educative and cultural interest by the San Vicente's H. Deliberative Council, Argentina (March of 2007, according to resolution 488/2006)

Author of many scientific and historic articles (already published), focused mainly in space exploration. Author of the first spanish-speaking book about model rocketry.

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