Juan Felipe Espinosa Cristia

Current

Doctoral Student at University of Leicester

Past

Teacher at Universidad Santo Tomas
Researcher at Universidad Andres Bello
Purchaing Manager at BASF Chile SA

Part Time Instructor at Universidad Santo Tomás
Senior Chemical Purchaser at BASF
Purchaser at BASF
Senior Consultant at Consult Chile Ltda.
Owner and CFO at Macromind Ltda.
Conference Producer at INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH (IIR Ltd.)
Consultant/Training Coordinator at NICE (Neg. Internacionales y Comercio Exterior) Workshop at the Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

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Education

University of Leicester
Universidad de Chile
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

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Juan Felipe Espinosa Cristia’s Summary

Research and teaching orientation.

My long term objective is to do high quality management research and consultancy with a global perspective.

Juan Felipe Espinosa Cristia’s Specialties:

Organizational Theory
Social Shape of Technology
Social Science Research Methods

Juan Felipe Espinosa Cristia’s Experience

Doctoral Student

University of Leicester

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

September 2009 — Present (5 months)

Research on Organization and Technology
Asistant Teaching on Organization Theory
Teacher

Universidad Santo Tomas

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

January 2006 — September 2009 (3 years 9 months)

Researcher and Teacher
Program Coordinator
Researcher

Universidad Andres Bello

(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

January 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 6 months)

The name of the research project is: “Motivación de las niñas escolares por las áreas tecnológicas e ingeniería”.

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Purchaing Manager

BASF Chile SA

(Higher Education industry)

March 2005 — March 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Part Time Instructor

Universidad Santo Tomás

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

March 2005 — December 2005 (10 months)

International business: cultural aspects.
Knowledge management and intellectual capital.
Senior Chemical Purchaser

BASF

(Public Company; BAS.DE; Chemicals industry)

March 2004 — March 2005 (1 year 1 month)

*Management of 7 million USD vendor accounts.
*Saving goals fullfilment for 2004.
*Purchasing, SCM and Vendor Management experience.
*Contracts for services and raw material purchasing.
*International Trade Custom Procedures and norms.
*Responsible Care program Leader for purchasing department
*Freight forwarder negotiations.
*World Class ERP expert user (SAP).
Purchaser

BASF

(Public Company; BAS.DE; Chemicals industry)

December 1999 — February 2004 (4 years 3 months)

*Management of 1 to 2 million USD vendor accounts.
*Saving goals fullfilment until 2000 to 2003.
Senior Consultant

Consult Chile Ltda.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

September 1998 — September 1999 (1 year 1 month)

*Operation Management Consultancy (SCM).
*System optimization and processes innovation
*International business regulations Expert
*Business Process Innovation
Owner and CFO

Macromind Ltda.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 1997 — September 1998 (1 year )

Interactive Multimedia Start Up.
*Primary focus on Corporative Image and Internal Marketing.
*Creation of content for computer media based learning.
*Clients: Good Year Chile
Soprole (Biggest dairy national producer)
Conference Producer

INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH (IIR Ltd.)

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)

September 1996 — December 1997 (1 year 4 months)

Organization of conferences on topics of commercial interest. Principle areas developed included: telecommunications, branding, retailer sector and development of new topics. Responsibility for the production of the entire project.
Functions included:
Investigated and identified market tendencies. Determined the commercial impact.
Consultant/Training Coordinator

NICE (Neg. Internacionales y Comercio Exterior) Workshop at the Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

March 1994 — February 1996 (2 years )

International Trade and Business Training for chilean and latinoamerican companies.
Travel extensive to Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia and Dominican Republic to research and assist the Director Workshop
Markeintg Research for the Mercosur Import/Export services and products.

Juan Felipe Espinosa Cristia’s Education

University of Leicester

PhD , Management , 2009 — 2012 (expected)
Universidad de Chile

Diploma , Qualitative Research on Social Psicology , 2008 — 2008

Activities and Societies:

Research focus on a biotechnology start-up. Focus on the organization of the innovation at the laboratory level.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

MBA , Business Administration , 2000 — 2002

Focus on organization and management
Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration , Management and Organization Studies , 1989 — 1993

Activities and Societies:

VP of the Business School Student Board (1991-1992)