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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,