Juan Nicolás Guarín
Design & Engineering Consultant in Bogotá, Colombia
me@juanguarin.com - +57 302 3613 268 - about.juanguarin.com
I guide public & private organizations through healthy digital transformation initiatives that empower costumer & employee experience.
Interests
Process Review & Design - I seek to optimize internal & costumer facing processes with design thinking.
UI/UX Design & Consultancy - Working from the basis of human-centered design, I aspire to make technology intuitive & easily accessible.
Streamlining Data Flow - Engineering & prototyping of data pipeline structures that streamline day-to-day operations & decision-making.
Investment & Family Finance - Savings & investment structure. Family tax filling.
Work Experience
Rockford Partners - Colombia
Design & Engineering Consultant | Aug 2024 - Present
Consultant: Department structuring & process design. Digital product development & refinement. Design & deployment guidance on Storytelling based Digital Marketing strategies.
Cofounder: Costumer relationship maintenance. Commercial strategy. Financial & Investment planning. Legal & tax compliance.
Universidad de los Andes - Department of Design
Undergraduate Research Assistant Systemic Design FAPA Research | Aug 2023 - Present
Identify synergies between Systems Dynamics, Industrial Engineering & Design Thinking. Design of practical tools & methods. Deployed prototypes within select Engineering & Design School undergraduate courses.
Project Manager Creative Computing Research Hotbed | Feb 2023 - June 2024
UX / UI design of interactive web platforms. IA / ML deployment. Coordinated & directed tasks between software engineers & designers.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Design Lab for Justice | Aug 2023 - Dic 2023
Coached +30 students in strategy, user experience & project viability. Provided in-class feedback on individual projects.
Proposed new class activities & methodologies to teachers. Provided class logistics support & LMS management.
Producer & Designer Photography Research Hotbed | Feb 2023 - June 2024
Head of technology innovation & product design. Prototyped multiple photography hardware solutions for use in our school's studio.
Photoshoot logistics & budgeting. Managed +20 shoots. Found & developed leads with clients. Coordinated teams of up to 10 people.
Universidad de los Andes - Department of Architecture
Technology Consultant | June 2024 - July 2024
Developed photogrammetry processing workflow. Deployed user-friendly web tools for drone mapping & elevation profile rendering.
Freelance
Photographer & Media Strategist | 2018 - Dec 2023
Guided +25 clients to commercial photography strategies. Managed shoot logistics, budgeting, equipment investment & fare structure.
Notable Projects
Rockford Partners - Bogotá, Colombia
Leading IT Company & Partner in LATAM B2B Marketing Department Structuring. Process design & strategy consultant.
Universidad de los Andes - Bogotá, Colombia
Constitutional Court of Colombia Custom document inbox with CRM Integration. Process design consultant & UI/UX designer.
Colombia’s National Planning Department (DNP) Public innovation interactive experience. UI/UX design, codding & web app deployment.
KAP Consultants Interactive research toolkit.UI/UX designer. Strategy & human centered design - digital transformation - consultant.
Constitutional Court of Colombia AI powered human error reduction workflow. Process design consultant & UI/UX designer.
Uniandes Volarán Design Exhibition Gamified interactive exhibition guide & tracker. UI/UX design, codding & deployment.
Andando Design Exhibition AI Photo Booth with +50 daily users. UI/UX design, codding & onsite deployment.
Fertilidad Profamilia . Customer service & scheduling department. Process design & digital transformation consultant.
Buckingham School - Bogotá, Colombia
Physics I.B extended essay on aerodynamics. Prototype wing & wind tunnel design & construction.
MYP personal project on DIY quadcopter drone design, assembly & programming.
Education
Universidad de los Andes - Bogotá, Colombia
B.Eng Industrial Engineering | 2021 - Expected Late 2024
Business consulting & data analytics. Advanced probability, modeling & simulation. Digital twin development.
Organizational management & strategy. Portfolio structuring, investment analysis & financial planning. Manufacturing & supply chain logistics.
BA. Design | 2020 - June 2024
UI / UX design, prototyping & technical development. Design thinking & human-centric design. Service and Process design & deployment.
Founding member photography focused research hotbed (2021).
B.Eng Mechanical Engineering | 2018 - Unfinished. Transferred in 2021 to Industrial Engineering
Understanding & design of basic mechanisms & structures. Computational modeling & simulation. Basics in material science & thermodynamics.
Endeavour Flight Training - Opa Locka FL, USA
FAA Private Pilot | 2017
Flight & ground training in an approved Part 141 Cessna Pilot Center School. Extensive knowledge of aviation law, regulations & procedures.
Basic knowledge in aerodynamics, aircraft/flight mechanics & aerospace science. Aviation meteorology & weather-based decision-making.
Buckingham School - Bogotá, Colombia
International Baccalaureate Diploma | 2004 - 2018
International Baccalaureate, top 3 student of my graduating class.
Math’s and Physics Olympiad winner (multiple at school level). Robotics competition winner (multiple at national level).
Technical Skills
Python. R. Matlab. C++. HTML. CSS. JavaScrip. Google TensorFlow AI. Google Cloud. Google Firebase. Google MediaPipe. Arduino. Processing.
Figma & Miro. Adobe Creative Cloud. DxO PhotoLab. Final Cut Pro. Autodesk Fusion. Shapr3D. Simio. Vensim.
Certificates
FAA Remote Pilot (2021). International Baccalaureate Diploma (2018). FAA Private Pilot Airplane (2017). British Council FCE (2014).
Languages Spoken
Spanish (native). English (bilingual proficiency).