Morejón International Webmaster Association Los Angeles, CA, USA

Languages English (fluent, written and spoken) Spanish (native) French (basic)

GUSTAVO FRANCISCO Education International Certification: Webmaster 2001 Morejón International webmaster association Los Angeles, CA, USA. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGIST, BIODIVERSITY Diploma : Management of Non- 1993 DATABASE PROGRAMMER, Governmental, Non for profit Organizations INTERNET PROGRAMMER, INCAE, Costa Rica PHOTOGRAPHER, SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATOR. BSc Biology : with mention in Environmental 1988 - 1993 Biology and Management (Validation 2016) Universidad del Azuay Prof le Pure Biology (six semesters) 1985 - 1988 I am a biologist with a long Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito. experience on biodiversity database programming and database management, entomology, soil ecology and biodiversity monitoring Current I´ve been an Internet programmer since 1994 and I also work as a employment scientific illustrator and photographer. Datazone Biodiversity Database and 2016 - date Systems Coordinator Charles Darwin Research Station

The Charles Darwin Foundation´s Datazone is the department in charge of the management of all the biodiversity databases, meteorological data, geological data, the Geographic Portal and Corporate website of the Charles Darwin Foundation. I have two programmers, one geographer and three people working in the Conta digitization project. My responsibilities include: ct Av. Charles Darwin s/n, Charles  Construction of the new database management system (The dataBoard) Darwin Research Station, Galapagos  Curatorial work in the databases Ecuador.  Construction of information systems, including statistical presentations, (593 9) 94570498 geographic presentations and scientific search engines. [email protected]  Administration of the Helmsley Found for the Datazone strengthening [email protected] strategy.  Coordination with the Researchers and Scientific personnel in order to build new software solutions.  Advise to the General Assembly and Board of Directors about technological issues.  Write and present projects to potential donors. Informat  Coordinate hardware and software implementations for the CDF Datacentre and negotiate connectivity solutions with the providers. ics  Provide assistance to the Natural History Collection´s individual databases. MySQL - MariaDB – Advanced PHP – Advanced JavaScript – Advanced Online mapping - Advanced Perl – Intermediate Seminars and HTML5 – Advanced courses XML – Advanced  International Seminar and Workshop June 1986 on zoos and animals in captivity, Ecuadorian Museum of Natural Sciences (Quito, Ecuador). Informat ics  First national science conference, August 1986 Ecuadorian Museum of Natural Darwin Core – Advanced Sciences (Quito, Ecuador). PHP Storm – Advanced Other: AJAX, JQuery, Bootstrap,  X to XVII National Congress of 1985 – 1996 SQL Operations, Database Biological Sciences, (Various Cities in migration, DB design. Ecuador).

 Second National Congress of 1987 Entomology, Taxonomy of Micrathena (Aranea: Gastheracantinae), Ecuadorian Museum of Natural Sciences (Quito, Ecuador) Biology specializati  Seminar on “New perspectives in forest September 1991 on management”, National Park, Fish and Wildlife Service, South East Forest, Soil ecology Ouachita, Little Rock (Arkansas – Biodiversity monitoring systems USA). Entomology Taxonomy Biogeography  Training in environmental entomology September 1991 and environmental monitoring based - November on invertebrates, University of 1991 Arkansas at Fayetteville – http://www.uark.edu/ (Arkansas, USA)

Othe  First Congress of investigation for the 1991 r conservation of biodiversity, skill Ecociencia - Wildlife Conservation s International (Quito, Ecuador).

Scientific Illustration  Small Industries Chamber, Wood 1992 Wildlife photography industry, conference on the sustainable use of timber areas (Lecturer) (Cuenca, Ecuador).

 XVI Seminar on Biological Sciences, 1993 Conference about the conservation Travel status of the protected forest at the experien Mazán River (Lecturer), Cuenca, ce Ecuador. United States Costa Rica  Course on Aquatic ecology and 1993 Colombia limnology, Organized by the Perú University of Quebec in Montreal and Brazil the University of Azuay, Cajas National Denmark Park (Azuay, Ecuador). Norway Sweden  Germany Plant Ecology Course, organized by 1993 France the University of Quebec in Montreal Spain and the University of Azuay, Cajas Italy National Park, Forest Miguir and England Sangay National Park (Azuay, Morona Greece Santiago, Ecuador). Turkey China  First National Congress of Botany, February 1993 Funbotánica – Catholic University of Quito (Quito, Ecuador).

 Seminar: Development and processes 1994 of environmental protection, Escuela Politécnica del Litoral, University of Azuay (http://www.uazuay.edu.ec/), University of Quebec in Montreal (Guayaquil, Ecuador).

 Seminar "Mechanisms to link February 1994 biodiversity information and online tools," sponsored by UNDP and MMM (Ministry of Environment and the Legal Amazon), Campinas, Brazil. Official presentation of the BioBanco Project, the first online biodiversity database of the World.

 Course of Environmental impact 1994 assessment and Analysis, University of Azuay (http://www.uazuay.edu.ec/) - The University of Quebec in Montreal (Cuenca – Ecuador)

 Several workshops on geographic 1993 - 1998 information systems, including the use of Microstation, ArcGIS and Geographic data tools.

 Seminar on bio informatics and April 2001 information technology applied to environmental sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai – China.

 Application of RFID technology in April 2006 environmental sciences, Guanzhou – China.

 Formulation of Projects for September 27 – implementing traceability systems 29, 2006 in beef, dairy, fruit and vegetables (Quito – Ecuador)

 World Congress of RFID April 30 – May 2, technology, RFID University – RFID 2007 Journal Live, Orlando – FL, United States.

 Photography and Culture Seminar, June 23 – 25, University of Azuay – The Conceptas 2008 Museum, Cuenca - Ecuador.

 Formulation of projects under February 2009 SENPLADES format, PROFORESTAL – SENPLADES, Cuenca – Ecuador.

 Seminar on Ecuador's October 2010 environmental policies to address climate change, Adaptation to Climate Change Program, Ministry of Environment - UNCD, Quito – Ecuador.

 Intensive Workshop: Ecuadorian November 15 – Environmental Legislation; Ministry 25, 2010 of the Environment, Tena, Ecuador.

 Workshop on REDD + mechanisms January 2011 to increase the resilience of populations to adapt to climate change, United Nations - Quito, Ecuador.

 Environmental management of April 2011 mining operations seminar, Kinross Aurelian, Brasilia – Brazil.

 Intensive course on Wildlife June 2013 Photography, Zoological Foundation of Ecuador, Guayllabamba Zoo

 Online Database Management February 2013 Introductory Course, Stanford University.

 Workshop and Seminar: Electronic July 28 – August management of foreign commerce 1, 2014 with Ecuapass and update course on foreign commerce, Cuenca Chamber of Commerce.

 Forum of Sustainable Mining, February 10 – 12, Public policies, community 2015 inclusion and environmental practices; Canada Embassy, Ministry of Strategic Sectors, Azuay University; Cuenca – Ecuador. Participation with a conference about “Soil biodiversity monitoring systems”.

 Seminar and Workshop, Galápagos October 2017 Verde 2050, Charles Darwin Research Station. Conference: “Soil biodiversity monitoring at Plaza Sur Island, Galapagos - Ecuador”.

 Seminar and Workshop, Symbiota: November 2017 Biodiversity Collections Database System, Organized by the University of Arizona and the Ecuadorian Institute of Biodiversity.

 Seminar: Research Priorities for the March 2018 next 25 years in the Galapagos Islands, Galapagos National Park, Charles Darwin Foundation.

 Lecturer on board at the National March – May Geographic – Lindblad Expeditions 2018 cruises in the Galápagos Islands.  Water Management in Galápagos May – 2018 (Santa Cruz). San Francisco de Quito University, Galapagos – Ecuador.

Books • Morejón G., et. al, BIOLOGY, University of Azuay Editions -. Italian Technical Cooperation, 1990.

• Morejón G., et. al., ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT, FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY APPLIED TO ECUADOR, Mazán Ecological Foundation –U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1993.

• Gustavo Morejón, "El Pase del Niño Viajero, a Photographic History of a Cuenca Tradition (Spanish Edition)", Amazon Digital Services, 2012. Professional Experience

Scholarships

• Herbarium QCA, Catholic University of Ecuador, Department of Biological Sciences, 1987. • Insect Biodiversity Research, University of Azuay, Laboratory of invertebrate zoology, 1990-1992.

• Research Grant awarded by The United States Information Agency (USIA), The Fulbright Commission and The University of Arkansas for the investigation and development of methods of environmental monitoring using soil invertebrates, April to December 1991 (This research continues to develop and have made significant progress in the development of accurate environmental monitoring technologies with edaphic mesofauna).

• Scholarship for developing a basic tool for measuring the parameters of the biodiversity of soil macroinvertebrate (soil mesofauna), for monitoring of mining activities in Ecuador, Faro Group, July-October 2012.

Work as a research assistant

• Sexual selection of spiders of the genus Anelossimus, Ecuadorian Museum of Natural Sciences - Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. 1986 – 1987.

• Management plan for the buffer zone of the Podocarpus National Park, Foundation Maquipucuna, 1987.

• Ranges of dispersion of Buteo magnirostris and Buteo polyosoma in the Antizana Reserve, Catholic University of Ecuador. 1988.

• Management of fragile lands in southern Ecuador, Fundación Ciencia - Institute of Agricultural Strategies. 1989.

• Management of environmental monitoring systems, University of Arkansas, US National Parks Service, 1991. • Analysis of biodiversity in agricultural and shrimp production areas, TaxaSphere, 1998-2007.

Environment related professional positions

• Assistant Professor in Invertebrate 1986 -1990 Zoology, University of Azuay.

• Museum Curator of Invertebrates, University of Azuay. 1989 – 1993

• Environmental Educator, Mazán Ecological Foundation. 1994 – 1996

• Scientific Consultant in the production of the documentary "Beetlemania" for the 1997 English Studio Green Umbrella Productions and BBC.

• Biodiversity Project Manager, Fundación Selva, Vida sin fronteras, 1998 – 2000 Quito - Ecuador.

• Director of the Mazán Ecological 2004 – 2006 Foundation, 2001-2012.

• President, Mazán Ecological 2007 Foundation. 2007 – 2009 • "Wildlife Focus" Project Coordinator in Ecuador, for The World Land Trust and the Jocotoco Foundation. 2010 – 2011 • Board Member of the Environmental Management Committee of the Municipality of Cuenca. 2010 – 2011 • Representative of the Ministry of Environment before the Committee on Emerging Works of Azuay. 2010 – 2011 • Representative of the Ministry of Environment before the Committee - management of La Josefina, 2010-2011. 2010 – 2011 • Representative of the Ministry of Environment before the National Strategic Projects Group. 2010 – 2011 • Regional Director of Environment, Region 6 (Azuay, Cañar and Morona Santiago), Ministry of Environment, Cuenca - Ecuador. • Consulting "Construction of an information of knowledge subsystem and November 2011 - June traditional uses related to the native 2012 wildlife; related to the cultural property system of the national institute of cultural heritage". Heritage Coordinator Ministry.

• Consulting "Building a Biodiversity Database linked to the intellectual February - July 2012 property for Ecuador" IEPI.

• Primary Investigator, Soil biodiversity monitoring in Sumaco National Park, Faro Group. April - September • Consultant, Commission on 2013 Biodiversity, National Assembly of Ecuador (special consultant for the Yasuní ITT and oil development issue in October - December the Ecuadorian Amazon). 2013

• Biotic Monitoring Coordinator, Analysis of pollution levels in the basins of the rivers Balao, Tenguel, Seven and others affected by informal mining in Ponce December 2013 - Enriquez, Kuusa Consultant - January 2014 Environmental and Social Remediation Program (ESRP) - Ministry of environment.

• BioBanco Project (Ecuadorian Biodiversity Database Project for Ecuador), Database programmer and coordinator. 2014 – 2016

Positions related to information technology and the Internet

• General Coordinator, BioBanco project 1992 – date for the systematization of the biodiversity information in Ecuador using online databases (http://www.biobanco.ec ) - the first website of Ecuador, launched in February 1992.

• Head of Operations, Telconet SA, Internet Access Provider, Cuenca -. 1996 – 1997 Ecuador, 1996 – 1997.

• Webmaster, IoNet SA, Cuenca - Ecuador. 1997 • General Manager, ExploreNet - Web Hosting and website design, Cuenca - 1998 – 1999 Ecuador. • Technical Manager, Aracno Net, design and hosting of websites. 2000-2002. 2000 – 2002

• President, ElectroAgro Cia Ltda, 2006 – 2009 • General Manager, RFID Ecuador, 2009- 2013. 2009 – 2013

Latest research positions

• Biotic Monitoring Coordinator, Analysis of the pollution levels in the basins of the rivers Balao, Tenguel, Seven and others affected by informal mining in Ponce December 2013 - Enriquez, Kuusa Consultant - January 2014 Environmental and Social Remediation Program (ESRP) - Ministry of environment.

• Soil biodiversity-monitoring program, Galapagos Verde 2050, Charles Darwin Research Station, Galápagos – Ecuador, 2016 – 2018. 2016 - 2018

Memberships

• Founding partner, Maquipucuna Foundatonn

• Founding partner, Mazán Ecological Foundatonn

• Founding partner, Ecuadorian Society of Entomologyn

• Partner, Coleopterists Society of American

• Partner, Arachnologycal Society of American

• Webmaster, Internatonal Webmasters Associatonn

• Ecuadorian partner, Global Soil Biodiversity Initatven Experience with informatics

 Experience with Macintosh, Windows, Android and Linux operatng systemsn

 HTML programmer since 1992n Current Internet languages: Perl, CGI, Javascript, Java, advanced use of PHP, HTML5, XML, Ajax based systems, Bootstrap, Jquery, CSS, SQLn Experience with database management under MySQL – MariaDB, PostgreSQL and NO-SQL databasesn Experience with Apache based servers under Linux and Windows environmentsn

 Advanced use of Internet and network tools such as FTP, SSH, Network Analysis sofware and network security systemsn

 Advanced use of mapping techniques using Leafets, Mapbox, Google maps, OpenStreet Maps, etcn, interactng with databasesn Use of advanced techniques on internet based mapping applicatonsn

 Advanced level of Adobe PhotoShop, Premiere, Illustrator and the package of Adobe Creatve Suite, Jetbrain´s PHP Storm, high-resoluton photography processing techniques for internet use (Zoomify and MapTiler)n

 Experience confguring and managing online video systems, for streaming video using Axxis equipmentn

 Experience in handling control systems and traceability with RFID / NFC equipment (13n56 Khz, 125 Khz, GEN II and equipment for animal traceability), implementaton of RFID and NFC microchip based labeling systems for Herbarium and Natural History Collectons, including entomological and marine collectonsn

 Programming and advanced use of Content management systems (CMS) such as Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress, DornCMS and Symphonyn

 Datacenter management: Experience with security systems under Sophos, Network trafc administraton using Microtk, Diferent brands of blade systems and general datacenter management routnesn

Personal references

• Claire Hobbs, Fundraising Coordinator, Charles Darwin Foundaton, Galapagos, Ecuadorn clairehobbsy@yahoonconuk, UK Phone 07790 353137n • Frank Bungartz, Symbiota Biodiversity Database System, Collectons Manager of Lichens and Digital Data, Natural History Collectons, Arizona State University, franknbungartz@gmailncomn Telfn 00 1 480-465-0968n

• Diego Inclán, Executve Director, Ecuador Natonal Insttute of Biodiversity, diegoninclan@biodiversidadngobnec, Telfn +593 96 909 5456n

• Dr. Letcia Aviles, Evolutonary Biology Professor, The University of Britsh Columbia (UBC), letnavls@googlemailncom / laviles@zoologynubcnca , Telfn 604-822-3795n

• Dr. Rebeca Justcia, Executve Director Fundación Maquipucuna – Quito, info@maquipucunanorgn Telfn +593 98 272 1222n

• Dr. Verónica Toral Granda, Darwin University, Research Insttute for Environment and Livelihoods, veronicantoral-granda@cdunedunau, Telfn (08) 89466378 / 0456 772 853

• Economista Carlos Mario Crespo, Gerente Banco del Pichincha, Loja, telfn 084770939, e-mail: cmcampudia@yahooncomn

• Dr. Deyanira Camacho, Biodiversity Property Rights specialist, IEPI, deyanirancamacho@gmailncomn