Curriculum Vitae : Gustavo Morejón J.

Name : Gustavo Francisco Morejón Jaramillo Legal Status: Single ID Number: 010206363-3 Birth Date: December 7th , 1964 Birth Place: Cuenca - Profession: Biologist / Web Designer / Illustrator Languages: English / Spanish Address: Agustín Cueva 3-34 y Aurelio Aguilar Telephone: (593 9) 779404 E-MAIL: [email protected]

University Studies

· Catholic University of Ecuador, Faculty of Natural Scie nces and Exact Sciences, Departament of Biology. (Up to the 3th year) 1985 – 1988.

· Azuay University, Science and Technology Faculty, Departament of Biological Sciences. (4th year – studies finished – working on thesis subject “The use of web languages to support biodiversity research” ). 1989 – 1993.

Seminars and Courses

· International Seminar and Workshop on Zoo Parks and Maintenance of Animals in captivity, National Museum of Natural Sciences (Quito, Ecuador). June 1986.

· First National Congress of Sciences, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales (Quito, Ecuador). August 1986.

· X to XVII National Congress on Biological Sciences, (Different cities around Ecuador). 1985 - 1996

· Second National Congress of Entomology, dissertation on the genus Micrathena (Aranea: Gastheracantinae), Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales (Quito, Ecuador). 1987.

· Seminar on the New Perspectives on Forest Management, National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, South East Forest, Ouachita, Little Rock (Arkans as - USA). September 1991

· Training on Entomology, Insect Systematic and Museum Management, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville - http://www.uark.edu/ (Arkansas, USA). September 1991 – November 1991

· First Congress on Research for the Biodiversity Conservation, Ecociencia - Wildlife Conservation International (Quito, Ecuador). 1991

· Small Industries Chamber, Wood Sector, Conference on the Sustainable use of wood forests, (Cuenca, Ecuador). 1992

· XVI Seminar of Biological Sciences, Speaker about the pr otection status of the Rio Mazán Forest Reserve (Cuenca, Ecuador). 1993

· Course of Aquatic Ecology and Limnology, Organized by the University of Quebec in Montreal and Universidad del Azuay, "El Cajas" National Park (Azuay, Ecuador). 1993

· Course on Plant Ecology, Organized by the University of Quebec in Montreal and Universidad del Azuay, Parque Nacional Cajas, Bosque de Mihuir and Parque Nacional Sangay (Azuay, Morona Santiago, Ecuador). 1993

· First national Congress of Botany, Funbotánica and Universidad Católica de Quito (Quito, Ecuador). February 1993

· “NGO Management Training” at the Executive Program for NGO´s of Latin America and the Caribbean Zone, INCAE, http://www.incae.ac.cr/ (Alajuela, Costa Rica). Augus t 1993

· Seminar : Development and Processes in Environmental Protection, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Universidad del Azuay ( http://www.uazuay.edu.ec/ ), The University of Quebec in Montreal (Guayaquil, Ecuador). 1994

· Seminar: "Linking Mechanisms for Biodiversity Information" – Linking Biodiversity Research by using the Internet, sponsored by UNDP and MMM (Ministerio de Meio Ambiente e da Amazonia Legal), Campiñas, Brazil. (URL : http://life.csu.edu.au/bin21/bin21.html ) February 1994.

· Course of Analysis and Evaluation of Environmental Impact, Universidad del Azuay (http://www.uazuay.edu.ec/ ) & The University of Quebec in Montreal (Cuenca - Ecuador) 1994.

· Many Seminars about Geographic Information Systems, Including use of Microstation, Arc Info and Image Analysis Tools. (1993 – 1998).

Publications :

Papers :

· Internet Related

· Cyberespacio – Diario El Mercurio, “Columnista principal en temas sobre Internet y Comercio Electrónico”, 1996 – 1998.

· Environmental Matters Related

· Junior Magazine, “The Associations of Science and Technology”, 1984 - 1985.

· Natura, "Spiders with Horns, a revision of the sub-family Gastheracantinae", December 1986.

· Ecuatorial, "The world of Insects", 1982.

· El Mercurio, "The Cuyabeno National Park, A treasure endangered. A Story of oil exploitation in the Amazon Basin", April 27, 1990.

· Azuay University Bulletin, "Why do commit suicide?”, October 1990.

· El Mercurio, "Status of the in Ecuador", July 1992.

· Many papers for “El Agropecuario” and Diario El Mercurio. 1989 – 2002 .

Books :

· Morejón G., et. al., BIOLOGIA, Ediciones de la Universidad del Azuay - Cooperación técnica Italiana, 1990.

· Morejón G., et. al., ECOLOGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE, CONCEPTOS FUNDAMENTALES DE ECOLOGIA MEDIO AMBIENTAL APLICADOS AL ECUADOR, Fundación Ecológica Mazán -U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1993.

Positions:

Scholarships :

· Scholarship at the Herbarium QCA, Ecuadorian Catholic University, Departament of Biological Sciences, 1987. · Entomological Biodiversity Research, Universidad del Azuay, Invertebrate Zoology Laboratory, 1990 – 1992. · Research Scholarship awarded by the United States Information Agency (USIA), The Fulbright Commision and The University of Arkansas to make a joint research on “Soil Biodiversity Studies bases on Insects”, April – December 1991. (The research still continues and various developments has been accomplished).

Research Assistantship :

· Sexual selection of the spiders of the genus Anelossimus, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales -Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. 1986 – 1987

· Management of the Buffer Zone, Fundación . 1987

· Ranges of dispersion of Buteo magnirostris and Buteo polysoma in Antizana, Universidad Católica del Ecuador. 1988

· Management of Fragile lands in the southern coastal regions of Ecuador, Fundación Ciencia -Instituto de Estrategia s Agropecuarias. 1989

Professional positions on Environmental Sciences:

· Assistant professor of Invertebrate Zoology, Universidad del Azuay. 1986 – 1990.

· Curator at the Museum of Invertebrate Zoology, Universidad del Azuay. 1989 - 1993

· Environmental Educator, Fundación Ecológica Mazán. 1994 - 1995

· Scientific Consultant, Production of the Film "Beetlemania" , for Green Umbrella Productions and The National Geographic Society. 1997

· Scientific Consultant, Tierra Films – The Discovery Channel, Series about “The Andean Condor” and “The Insect world (Animal Planet)”. 2000.

· •Biodiversity Projects Director, Fundación Selva – Vida Sin Fronteras, Quito – Ecuador. 1999 - 2000

Internet Positions:

· General Coordinator, The BioBanco Project Facility for Ecuadorian Biodiversity Researchers (http://www.bdt.fat.org.br/bin21/proceed94/part.html#ecuado) – The first web site of Ecuador, inaugurated in Feb. 1992 and alive up until 1994.

· Operations Chief, Telconet S.A., Internet Service Providers, Cuenca – Ecuador., 1996 - 1997

· Webmaster, IoNet S.A., Cuenca – Ecuador. 1997

· •General Manager, ExploreNet – Web Hosting and Design Company, Cuenca – Ecuador. 1998

· •General Coordinator, Aracno Net – Mercolat, First Latin-American Seminar on Electronic Marketing. 2000 - 2002

Actual Position:

· General Manager – Owner, Punto de Comercio (http://www.puntodecomercio.net) E-Commerce Solutions provider. · Researcher, Darwinvest – Taxasphere Foundation.

Honorary Positions:

· Columnist for Diario El Mercurio (Ecuadorian Newspaper) on Internet Marketing and Environmental Facts.

· Member of the Internet Technical Bureau of BIN-21 (Biodiversity Information Network).

Memberships:

· Founder Member, Fundación Maquipucuna.

· Founder Member, Fundación Ecológica Mazán.

· Member, Coleopterists Society of America.

· International Webmasters Association .

Computer experience:

Use of basic computer programs for Macintosh, Windows and Linux, Including Office packages and Operating System management.

HTML and Gopher programmer since 1992. Other internet related languages includes Perl, CGI application and implementation, Javascript implementation, Java applets and servlets application, basic management of PHP, My SQL and other techniques, including WAP.

Internet server management with experience with Apache servers under Linux.

Extensive experience with Adobe PhotoShop (from 2 up to 7), Illustrator, True Space, Macromedia Flash and Fireworks, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Unix Internet Server Administration.

Experience working with PC, Mac and Unix environments.

Main Interest : Web languages applied to Biological research (Specially Biodiversity and Systematics).

Sample works (More of them available from Aracno.net) : The following works have been made by me while I worked as Technical manager at my company, Aracno Net. More of them have been made with a team that I trained for almost 2 years in the use of web techniques. http://www.ecuaventura.com/ Official tourism portal of Ecuador. http://www.climtour.com/ Tourism agency http://www.clubsangay.com/ Climbing and hiking club http://www.ixatours.com/ Tourism agency http://www.land-tours.com/ Tourism agency http://www.art-ecuador.com/ Handicrafts exporter http://www.expojor.com/ Panama hats exporter http://www.paiceonline.org/prosom/ Panama hats exporter http://www.serranohat.com/ Panama hats exporter http://www.velaform.com/ Candles factory http://www.carbogas.codana.com/ Gas company http://www.codana.com/ Alcohol producer http://www.colineal.com/ Furniture factory http://www.disergen.com/ Shrimp farm supplier http://www.ecogasecu.com/ Gas stoves http://www.fcocastro.com/ Exporter http://www.paiceonline.org/unicol Grease producer http://www.joseverdezoto.com/ Pharmaceutical distributor http://www.paiceonline.org/novapesca Fisheries http://www.ortizyjacome.com/ General Commerce http://www.trebolroses.com/ Roses exporter http://www.soderal.codana.com/ Alcohol producer http://www.hosteriaduran.com/ Hotel http://www.hotel-crespo.com/ Hotel http://www.hotelpatrimonio.com/ Hotel http://www.paiceonline.org/hpresidente/ Hotel http://www.solcacuenca.org/ Cancer research organization http://www.hospitalalcivar.com/ Hospital http://www.camaradepesqueria.com/ The chamber of Fisheries http://www.felvenza.com/ Export certifications provider http://www.induremo.com/ Fisheries http://www.zofragua.org/ Free trade zone http://www.blce.net/ Latinamerican e-commerce exchange http://www.elmercurio.com.ec/ Ecuadorian newspaper http://www.entodas.com/ Parties portal http://www.etvtelerama.com/ Television station in Ecuador http://www.holapareja.com/ Univision television portal http://www.librarte.com/ (Made with collaboration of thesis student Mateo Salazar) http://www.paiceonline.org/ Program to support the promotion of the ecuadorian companies through the internet. http://www.teveoenlinea.com/ Portal http://www.ecuaventura.com/elobservador Ecuadorian magazine http://www.inmosolucionsa.com/ http://www.paiceonline.org/intermacromedia/ Computer distributor http://www.paiceonline.org/lgjoyas/ Jewelry distributor http://www.mariachiscuenca.com/ Singers http://www.plastiazuay.com/ Plastic products http://www.plasticosrival.com/ Plastic products

Personal References:

Internet / Web Design:

· •Ing. Gustavo Vega, Projects Manager, Satnet - Ecuador, telf. 593 2246 2294 or 593 9948 7834, [email protected] . · •Dis. Carl Morgan, Webmaster Tierra Films, telf. 593 2245 2781 ([email protected] ). · •Ing. Elizabeth Guerrero, Technical Manager, ETAPA On Line, Cuenca, 593- 786 6003 – 593 786 6001 ([email protected] ).

Electronic Marketing:

· Mr. Lonnie Arledge, President – The Arledge Investment Group, Miami, [email protected] · Econ. Carlos Mario Crespo, General Manager, City Bank – Cuenca, [email protected] . · Dr. Nicanor Merchán, Director, Diario El Mercurio, Cuenca, [email protected] . · Dis. Fabiola Alvarez, Graphic designer, Tradiconvi, telf 593 781 4701 [email protected].

Environmental Sciences:

· •Ms. Mariana Almeida, Executive President, Fundación Selva – Vida Sin Fronteras, telf. 593 2223 2542, , [email protected] . · •Ing. Miguel Moreno Espinosa, Director, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, telf. 593-22449824. · •Ana Maria Velasco, Director, Vivarium at Quito, [email protected] , telf. 593 2223 0998 . · •Dr. Rebeca Justicia, Director Fundación Maquipucuna, [email protected] . · •Dr. Leticia Aviles, Evolutionary Biology Professor, University of Arizona at Tuczon, [email protected] . · Jean Thomas Bujard, Director, Darwinvest – Taxasphere, [email protected] · Verónica Toral, Marine Research and Conservation departament, Charles Darwin Foundation, Telf. 593 5526 146, [email protected] · Christopher Carlton, Director of the Museum of Arthropods, Louisiana State University, [email protected].