Summary
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Affiliations
Additional Information
Publications
Thesis Co-Direction
Job References
Timeline
RENÉ  ULLOA ESPÍNDOLA

RENÉ ULLOA ESPÍNDOLA

Geographical And Environmental Engineer, MBA, Doctorate Candidate PhD(c) In City Territory And Sustainable Planning And A Doctorate Candidate PhD(c) In Planning Of Rural Development And Sustainable Management Projects
Quito,Pichincha
You only have to do a few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.
Warren Buffett

Summary

Geographical and Environmental Engineer, a master's degree in Business Management, MBA, Doctorate Candidate PhD(c) in City Territory and Sustainable Planning and a Doctorate Candidate PhD(c) in Planning of Rural Development and Sustainable Management Projects. Specialized in geographic intelligence, urban planning, environment, sustainable planning and management, analytics and geographic big data.

I belong to SILVANET, Research Group Technologies and Methods for Sustainable Environmental Management, of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM).

I work in Research, Development and Innovation (IDI) at the Metropolitan Public Company of Drinking Water and Sanitation of Quito-Ecuador.

I collaborate with the Space Research Center of the Army Polytechnic School ESPE in research projects.

Postgraduate teacher at the National Polytechnic School at Ecuador.

Certified Creativity Toolkit and Innovation Consultant.

Lead Assessor ISO 14k.

Advisor to the National Polytechnic School for

United Nations in Habitat III.

Work History

Researcher

Space Research Center University of the Armed Forces ESPE
QUITO, PICHINCHA
01.2017 - Current
  • Development of scientific publications, Research projects.

WorldGeo´s CEO

WorldGeo GeoSpatial Studies
QUITO, PICHINCHA
01.2015 - Current
  • WorldGeo Ecuador-Spain Brand North Exclusive Dealer Surveying Equipment, Distributor of precision measurement equipment and Geospatial Services.
  • Administration of commercial relations areas.
  • Planning and implementation of the Quality Management System Based on ISO 9001: 2008 Standard and Environmental Management System (ISO 14k).
  • Participation in the business development plans of the company in Spain.
  • Representative of Division and Specialties.
  • Price negotiation, business portfolio increase, client portfolio increase.
  • Preparation of a folder of technical proposals.
  • Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties.
  • Developed team communications and information for meetings.
  • Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
  • Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule.

Research and Innovation Coordinator

Metropolitan Public Company of Drinking Water and Sanitation of Quito -EPMAPS
QUITO, PICHINCHA
01.2012 - Current

Research and Innovation Coordinator, in the Planning and Development Management - IDI Department.

Consultant

EPMAPS Quito
QUITO, PICHINCHA
01.2011 - 07.2021
  • Combined sewer system design.
  • 2010 Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias.
  • Characterization of agricultural production systems in the Ecuadorian Amazon Region.

Teacher at National Polytechnic School

National Polytechnic School
QUITO, PICHINCHA
01.2018 - 12.2019
  • Postgraduate teacher in the master's degree in Business Administration, mention in strategic sectors - Design of distribution and transport networks.

Geographical Engineer

Corporación Nacional de Electricidad
SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS TSACHILAS, SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS TSACHILAS
01.2011 - 01.2012
  • Geographical Engineer, in charge of the Department of Geographic Information Systems.

Education

High School Diploma -

ECUADORIAN AIR FORCE SCHOOL , QUITO
09.1991 - 07.2005

Bachelor of Science - GEOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER

ARMY POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL ESPE, SANGOLQUI - ECUADOR
09.2005 - 11.2010

Lead Assessor ISO 14k. -

BUREAU VERITAS, QUITO
03.2011 - 04.2021

MBA -

National Polytechnic School , QUITO
10.2013 - 11.2015

Ph.D. - City, Territory And Sustainable Planning

Rovira I Virgili University , Cataluña Spain
05.2017 - Current

Ph.D. - Planning of Rural Development And Sustainable Mana

Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid - Spain
02.2018 - Current

Skills

    Teacher collaboration

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Accomplishments

  • 2020 Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain.
  • Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain (AEI / FEDER, EU) within the frame of the project "Landscape as a collective value. Analysis of its meaning, uses and social perception" (CHORA-CSO2017-82411-P).

  • 2020 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – EPMAPS.
  • Detailed analysis of vulnerability to climate change of the drinking water supply system: application of the robust design method for planning investments in Quito’s Master Plan” 2020 Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) -BID-EPMAPS.

  • 2019 Inter-American Development Bank – EPMAPS - Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo – EPMAPS.
  • Resilience of drinking water infrastructure against of climate change”. IDB EPMAPS 2018 – 2019.

  • 2019 WAZE – EPMAPS.
  • Use of geographic platforms to report EPMAPS works interventions, insertion of EPMAPS in the “Waze Connected Citizen Program” community of smart cities that report their operations through WAZE as official information. 2019-2020.

  • 2019 EPMAPS
  • Implementation of the evaluation of a photovoltaic system in a pumping system that does not have electricity with a real-time monitoring system. 2018-2020.

  • 2018 BID – EPMAPS.
  • Compras Públicas de Innovación - No Leakage, satellite detection of non-visible water leaks on the potable water networks of Quito.

  • 2018 EPMAPS.
  • Proposal of sectors and socioeconomic index for the MDQ to access to social subsidies, composed of value areas, life quality index and unsatisfied basic needs.

  • 2018 EPMAPS.
  • Geographic projections of residential settlements in Quito – Calderón, expansion areas, future demand for the potable water and sanitation service, Master Plan 2025.

  • 2017 EPMAPS.
  • Application of spatial econometrics to determine the relationship of climatological factors with water consumption in Quito - Calderón.

  • 2017 ESRI Inc. - EPMAPS.
  • 3D flood simulation in the "Y" sector Quito Ecuador with geospatial planning tools - LIDAR.

Certification

How to develop sustainable rural water and sanitation systems?, Banco de Desarrollo AL, CAF

Affiliations

I belong to SILVANET, Research Group Technologies and Methods for Sustainable Management, belonging to the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM).

Additional Information

  • 2020 Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain.

Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain (AEI / FEDER, EU) within the frame of the project "Landscape as a collective value. Analysis of its meaning, uses and social perception" (CHORA-CSO2017-82411-P).

  • 2020 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – EPMAPS.

“Detailed analysis of vulnerability to climate change of the drinking water supply system: application of the robust design method for planning investments in Quito’s Master Plan” 2020 Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) -BID-EPMAPS.

  • 2019 Inter-American Development Bank – EPMAPS - Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo – EPMAPS.

"Resilience of drinking water infrastructure against of climate change”. IDB EPMAPS 2018 – 2019.

  • 2019 WAZE – EPMAPS.

Use of geographic platforms to report EPMAPS works interventions, insertion of EPMAPS in the “Waze Connected Citizen Program” community of smart cities that report their operations through WAZE as official information. 2019-2020.

  • 2019 EPMAPS

Implementation of the evaluation of a photovoltaic system in a pumping system that does not have electricity with a real-time monitoring system. 2018-2020.

  • 2018 BID – EPMAPS.

Compras Públicas de Innovación - No Leakage, satellite detection of non-visible water leaks on the potable water networks of Quito.

  • 2018 EPMAPS.

Proposal of sectors and socioeconomic index for the MDQ to access to social subsidies, composed of value areas, life quality index and unsatisfied basic needs.

  • 2018 EPMAPS.

Geographic projections of residential settlements in Quito – Calderón, expansion areas, future demand for the potable water and sanitation service, Master Plan 2025.

  • 2017 EPMAPS.

Application of spatial econometrics to determine the relationship of climatological factors with water consumption in Quito - Calderón.

  • 2017 ESRI Inc. – EPMAPS.

3D flood simulation in the "Y" sector Quito Ecuador with geospatial planning tools - LIDAR.

3D flood simulation in the "Y" sector Quito Ecuador with geospatial planning tools - LIDAR.

Publications

  • 2021 Sustainability (MDPI) - Sustainable Land Use Policy, PRE-APPROVED

Sustainable land use criteria and indicators – Machachi Ecuador

  • 2020 Latin American Journal of Regional Urban Studies (EURE), PRE-APPROVED

Validation of an urban growth prediction model in Quito (Ecuador) built using evidence weights and cellular automata.

  • 2018 Geospatial Magazine ISSN: 1390-3993.

Geo-forecasts of rural urban growth for the study of drinking water demand - * LECTURE AT THE CONGRESS OF URBAN STUDIES FLACSO ECUADOR - NOV. 2017.

  • 2016 Spanish Academic Editorial ISBN-13: 978-3-659-70118-4 ISBN-10: 3659701181 EAN: 9783659701184.

Human Mobility Study Based on Geo-marketing techniques - * PRESENTATION AT HABITAT III NNUU

QUITO 2016.

  • 2016 Geospatial Magazine ISSN: 1390-3993.

Evaluation of the precision obtained from the RINEX data of a GPS Navigator.

  • 2010 Geospatial Magazine ISSN: 1390-3993 Fundación Desde el Surco – Fundación Coca-Cola.

The application of the Self-Sufficient Comprehensive Farm approach, GIA, as an incentive for the conservation of water sources in the high Andean communities of Ecuador.

** I implemented the First Walkability Index developed for the Metropolitan District of Quito and the first one in Ecuador (Geomarketing & Business and Market Intelligence).

Doctoral Research:

· Geo-forecasts of peri-urbanization and sustainability in urban systems as strategic spatial monitoring and design tool based on cellular automata adapted to the Latin American regional reality, Quito-Ecuador case study.

· Spatial-temporal evaluation of the effect of urban conurbation in rural areas based on artificial intelligence and optimization of land use. Quito, Machachi and Aloag Ecuador.

· Spatial-temporal evaluation of the effect of urban conurbation in rural areas based on artificial intelligence and optimization of land use. Quito, Machachi and Aloag Ecuador.

Thesis Co-Direction

  • 2020 Aplicación de econometría espacial para determinar factores climatológicos que inciden en el consumo de agua potable en la parroquia de Calderón.
  • 2021 Estudio de la probabilidad de fallos en las redes de agua pota-ble en el sistema de distribuciòn de la Empresa Pùblica Metro-Politana De Agua Potable Y Saneamiento De Quito.
  • 2022 Calculation of potential and forest use by Analytic Hierarchy Process.

Job References

  • Dr. Alfonso Tierra – Centro de Investigaciones Espaciales ESPE – atierra@espe.edu.ec, Sangolquí - Ecuador
  • Ph.D. Carlos Nieto Cabrera – Profesor Investigador Universidad Central del Ecuador - Tlf. 0998348093-022596689, e-mail: desdeelsurco@gmail.com, www.desdeelsurco.com
  • Edgar Ayabaca, Ph.D, Jefe ID+i EPMAPS, Profesor Investigador Universidad Central - jeayabacac@outlook.com Tl+593 996800991
  • Dr. Edwin Alberto Lalama Vayas -Tlf. 0998558867, e-mail: dr-elalamavayas@hotmail.com edalava03@yahoo.com

Timeline

How to develop sustainable rural water and sanitation systems?, Banco de Desarrollo AL, CAF

12-2019

Integration RES e ISO 26000, CERES

08-2019

Decision support system, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

07-2019

Socio-economic assessment of sustainability, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

07-2019

XVII Meeting Of Geographers Of Latin America (EGAL2019) Pontificia, Universidad Católica del Ecuador

04-2019

Scientific journal workshop, Universitat Rovira i Virgili

04-2019

Bibliographic database and search engines, Universitat Rovira i Virgili

04-2019

Innovation workshop for the development of PAIDI, Universidad Central del Ecuador

10-2018

Geostatistical programs in R software, Universidad Central del Ecuador

09-2018

Collaborative tutorials doctoral program, Universitat Rovira i Virgili

07-2018

Geographic planning tools with 3D modeling, ESRI

05-2018

Techniques and methodologies in doctoral research, Universitat Rovira i Virgili

05-2018
Polytechnic University of Madrid - Ph.D., Planning of Rural Development And Sustainable Mana
02.2018 - Current
Teacher at National Polytechnic School - National Polytechnic School
01.2018 - 12.2019

Strategic information management applied in R, Econolab

12-2017

Development of organizational skills, CONQUITO

11-2017

1St Congress of urban studies of Ecuador, FLACSO

11-2017

Lean strategy, CONQUITO

11-2017

Creativity toolkit, Creativity certification program

08-2017

ESRI San Diego EEUU, ESRI

07-2017
Rovira I Virgili University - Ph.D., City, Territory And Sustainable Planning
05.2017 - Current

Introduction to Enterprise Architecture, Fortia

04-2017
Researcher - Space Research Center University of the Armed Forces ESPE
01.2017 - Current

Geographic Information Systems, College of Geographical Engineers of Pichincha

04-2016

Change Management, Grupo Macro

01-2016

Virtual workshop to disseminate the strategy 2015, EPMAPS

12-2015

Leadership by influence and interactive supervision, EPMAPS

05-2015
WorldGeo´s CEO - WorldGeo GeoSpatial Studies
01.2015 - Current

Basic Querys, EPMAPS

05-2014
National Polytechnic School - MBA,
10.2013 - 11.2015

2Nd meeting of entrepreneurship and business development, EPN

10-2013

Leadership and communication management, Instituto De Altos Estudios Para La Integración Y Desarrollo Legislativo De La Comunidad Andina

10-2013

Advanced ArcGIS, EPMAPS

05-2013

High motivation and empowerment for excellence and work, EPMAPS

04-2013
Research and Innovation Coordinator - Metropolitan Public Company of Drinking Water and Sanitation of Quito -EPMAPS
01.2012 - Current
BUREAU VERITAS - Lead Assessor ISO 14k.,
03.2011 - 04.2021
Consultant - EPMAPS Quito
01.2011 - 07.2021
Geographical Engineer - Corporación Nacional de Electricidad
01.2011 - 01.2012
ARMY POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL ESPE - Bachelor of Science, GEOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER
09.2005 - 11.2010
ECUADORIAN AIR FORCE SCHOOL - High School Diploma,
09.1991 - 07.2005
RENÉ ULLOA ESPÍNDOLAGeographical And Environmental Engineer, MBA, Doctorate Candidate PhD(c) In City Territory And Sustainable Planning And A Doctorate Candidate PhD(c) In Planning Of Rural Development And Sustainable Management Projects