Luis Carlos Rodriguez

About

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Education

• M.S. in Digital Imaging and Design, NYU, New York City, USA.
• Specialization in Machine Learning with Stanford University and Deeplearning.AI.
  Taught by Andrew Ng (currently)
• Specialization in Design Thinking with University of Virginia (currently) 
• Graphic Design, Platt College. San Diego, California, USA 
• B.S. in Systems Engineering, Universidad del Norte , Barranquilla, Colombia 

Experience

USA

• Web Master, Web Designer, Web Developer, UX Designer and UX Developer for Fortune 500 companies including:  SONY Electronics, and Pitney Bowes.
• Render Wrangler during the production of Bluesky Studios' EPIC, creators of the Ice Age and RIO 3D animated series.
• Co-founder and CXO for Startup teamJOE, a community focused sports platform. Oversaw management of the entire Product Life Cycle including: Definition, Research, Analysis, Design and Validation, Management of Developers, Algorithm Direction, Launching, Quality Assurance, and Marketing for Social Media.

I have worked collaboratively with Designers, Developers, Human Factors and Software Engineers, Project Managers, Marketers, and Executive teams. As CXO I managed the seamless flow of information, communication and direction between stakeholders from technical, creative and management areas.

Colombia

• Adjunct Faculty : Intro to Artificial Intelligence, IT Project Management, Design Thinking, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Universidad Libre. Barranquilla.  Since Aug2023. 
• Artificial Intelligence Bootcamp Instructor. TalentoTech Ministerio TIC. Caribe. Since October 2024.
• Director of Innovation Lab.  Faculty of Engineering. Universidad Libre. Since May 2024. 
• Support Engineer for Audio Messsaging Systems, Telefónica de Barranquilla.
• Director of the Computer Center, Corporación Educativa del Litoral, Barranquilla.

Teaching Experience

USA

• Video Editing, 2D animation, Office, and  Adobe Tools at Santiago Canyon College's Orange Education Center in Orange, California, USA.

Colombia

• Intro to Artificial Intelligence, IT Project Management, Design Thinking, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Engineering Design, Algorithms. Adjunct Faculty, Universidad Libre. Barranquilla.  Aug 2023 - present. 
• Artificial Intelligence Bootcamp Instructor. TalentoTech Ministerio TIC. Caribe. Since October 2024. 
• Design Thinking Workshops. Universidad Libre. 2024  
• Informatics for Engineering Students at Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia.
• Computadores I (Programming) for Basic Sciences at Universidad del Atlantico, Barranquilla, Colombia.
• Computadores for Programs of Advertising and Advertising Design, International Business, Computer Analysis, and Systems Administration and Auditing at Corporación Educativa del Litoral., Barranquilla, Colombia.

Interests

• Artificial Intelligence, Design Thinking, VR and AR.
• Photography.
• Fine art.
• Training Momo.
• Feeding street dogs and cats when I am in Barranquilla.
• Traveling - I have visited about 100 cities in 18 countries.

Languages

English and Spanish. Eligible to work in the USA and Colombia.

My Skills

UX Product Design Cycle

Other Skills

• Management of Developers.
• Experience at Fortune 500's.
• Strong Communication Skills at different stakeholder levels.
• Video, Motion Graphics, Animation.
• Training and Mentoring.
• Social Media Design and Strategy.
• Database Design and Analysis.
• Programming.
• Photography.
• Bilingual. English/Spanish.
• Interest for New Technologies.
• Entrepreneurial, Innovative.

Tools

• Photoshop
• Sketch
• Trello
• Balsamiq Mockups
• Zeplin
• InDesign
• After Effects
• Premiere
• Spark Post
• Spark Video
• Rush
• Media Encoder
• Buffer
• Illustrator
• Camtasia
• Lightroom

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