Jose Manuel Restrepo

Jose Manuel Restrepo

Dr., Rector of CESA School of Business, Bogota, Colombia.

Education:

  • 1982-1987 - High School "Gimnasio Campestre";
  • 1988-1992 - University "Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario", Bsc in Economics, Economist, Merit Dissertation "Market Prices Valuation on Portfolios";
  • 1993-1994 - University "Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario" Specialisation in Private Finances, Specialist, Diploma Merit Student;
  • INALDE "Instituto de Alta Dirección de Empresa", Top Executive Programme PDD, 1.999;
  • 1997-1998 - Msc in Economics, Msc. Dissertation "Central Bank Independence and Inflation. The Case of Colombia 1.924-1.997", London School of Economics;
  • 2005 until now - University of Bath, Doctor in Business Administration in Higher Education Management;
  • since December 2007 - Doctoral Thesis "Managerial consequences of the introduction of credit frameworks: the case of Colombian Universities".

Professional experience:

  • 1992-1993 - Economics Advisor, National Congress of Colombia;
  • 1993-1994 - Counsellor, Public Elections, Local Chamber of Bogota Colombia "Junta Administradora Local the Chapinero";
  • 1994 - Manager of the Advising Unity for Enterprises, University "Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario" Colombia, Supervisor: Mario Suárez Melo;
  • 1994-1996 - Financial Vice-President, University "Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario", Colombia, Supervisor: Mario Suárez Melo - Rector;
  • 1997 - Director of Postgraduate Specialisation in Project Evaluation, University "Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario", Colombia, Supervisor: Ernesto J. Caballero Morales - Dean of Economics;
  • January 1997- October 1997 - Director of Financial Planning, FONADE - Colombia "National Bank for Pre Investment Projects", Supervisor: María del Rosario Guerra de Mesa (President of FONADE) and Carlos Alfonso Garzón Saboya (Director of Administration and Finance- FONADE);
  • August 1998 -March 2000 - Vice- Head of Academic Planning and development, University "Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario" Colombia, Supervisor: Hernando Bernal Alarcón- Director of Planning and Academic Development;
  • March 2000 until now - Director of Planning and Academic Development, University "Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario" Colombia.. Supervisor: María del Rosario Guerra- Vice-Rector;
  • March 2004 until now - Member at the Institutional Committee of the National Council for Quality Assurance (Consejo Nacional de Aseguramiento de la Calidad de la Educación Superior CONACES) Minister of Education;
  • June 2003-August 2009 - University "Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario" Colombia. ViceRector. Supervisor: Hans Peter Knudsen Quevedo - Rector;
  • August 2009 until now - Rector, Higher Education Institution "CESA Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración" CESA School of Business, Colombia.

Publications:

  • Merit Dissertatin: "Market Prices valuation on Portfolios - the Case of Universidad del Rosario";
  • Dissertation: "Central Bank Independence and Inflation. The Case of Colombia 1.924-1.998 Revista Universidad del Rosario- Faculty of Economics;
  • Article: "Central Bank Independence and Inflation. The Case of Colombia 1.924-1.998 Revista de Economía de la Universidad del Rosario";
  • "The Interdisciplinarity in Higher Education Institutions", Mimeo, 1999;
  • Comments to the documents: "The incidence to the Patent normative in the Colombian Economy", Mimeo, Faculty of Economics, AFIDRO, Mimeo, 2000;
  • "The importance of pharmaceutical firms to the Colombian economy" Mimeo, Faculty of Economics, August 2000;
  • "Contribution of the pharmaceutical industry to research, social and economic development in Colombia", Mimeo, Faculty of Economics, August, 2000;
  • Article; "La apertura y flexibilidad curricular como respuesta al problema de la equidad". Revista de Educación Superior - ANUIES (Asociación Nacional de Instituciones de Educación Superior (México))- Number 123 - Volume 31. July- September 2002;
  • Article: "Hacia un nuevo Sistema Nacional de Educación Superior". Published by ICFES - Quality Series;
  • Chapter on Book: "Calidad en la educación: condición para la equidad". In "Educación Superior, calidad y acreditación" Minister of Education. CNA.- First edition, March, 2003. Tomo III;
  • Working Paper: "Mercado de medicamentos, regulación y políticas públicas". No. 38. Faculty of Economics- Universidad del Rosario. ISSN 0124 - 4396. September de 2003;
  • Research Book: "Hacia un Sistema Nacional de Información de Educación Superior". April, 2005. Editorial Universidad del Rosario. ISBN 958-8225-38-8;
  • Chapter on Books: "El sistema de créditos académicos en la perspectiva colombiana y del MERCOSUR". 2005- CENEVAL México, ISBN 970-9033-05-0;
  • Article: "El sistema de créditos académicos en la perspectiva colombiana y MERCOSUR: Aproximaciones al Modelo Europeo. Revista de la Educación Superior, Vol. 34, No. 135 July-September 2005, ISSN 0185-2760;
  • Working Paper: "Working towards and discovering a new organizacional culture within a very tradicional university". Marzo, 2006. ISSN 0124-4396;
  • Published presentation: "Hacia una definición común de un sistema de créditos académicos en América Latina y el Caribe SICA-ALC" in The First International Seminar of the Project 6x4 "Six professions in four academic axis", October, 2005;
  • Article: "Discovering a new organizational culture within a very traditional University through learning strategies", The Anahuac Journal, Universidad Anahuac- México, Oxford University Press, Vol. 7 No. 2, Second semester, 2007;
  • Chapter on Books: "Sistema de Créditos Académicos (SICA) y complemento al título (CAT) para América Latina", in "Propuestas y Acciones Universitarias para la transformación de la educación superior en América Latina" Final Report from the 6x4 Project - UEALC, ASCUN, México, Colombia, ISBN 978-958-98546-8-6, 2008;
  • Article: "Managerial consequences of the introduction of Academic Credit Systems: A case from Colombia", Revista Cuadernos de Administración", Vol. 21 No. 37, Julio-diciembre de 2008, ISSN 0120-3592, 2008;
  • Chapter on Books: "Innovaciones en la implementación de créditos académicos en América Latina: Aprendizaje del Proyecto 6x4" in "Universidad, Sociedad e Innovación: Una perspectiva Internacional", Universidad Nacional Tres de Febrero, EDUNTREF, Argentina, February 2009, ISBN 978-987-1172-43-6;
  • Other articles related to my work experience.

Community services:

  • Member of the main Committe Board of RTVC (Public TV and Radio companies in Colombia) 2006 onwards;
  • Member of the main Committe Board of "Salcedo Hermanos S.A.", 2007 onwards;
  • Advisor and peer reviewer Minister of education and National Quality Council;
  • Member of "Gente Nueva" a civic and political movement of young people in Bogota;
  • Local Chamber of Bogota, Colombia "Junta Administradora Local the Chapinero", Counsellor. 1993-1994 - Public Elections;
  • Distributing the Local Budget;
  • Control Public Contracts;
  • National Congress of Colombia, Economics Advisor, 1992-1993;
  • Read and analyse projects for the economy of the country;
  • Develop new projects about economical development topics for our country.

Academic experience - Lecturer (Professor):

  • 1995 - Colombian' Economics, University "Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario", Faculty of Law;
  • 1994-1996 - Economic' Theory, University "Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario", Faculty of Law;
  • 1997 - Microeconomics, University "Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario", Faculty of Economics;
  • 1999 until today - Microeconomic Principles, University "Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario", Faculty of International Relations and Faculty of Political Sciences and Government;
  • 1999 until today - Macroeconomics, University "Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario", Posgraduate course in Finance and Project Evaluation;
  • 1999 until today - Macroeconomics, University "Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario", Faculty of Economics;
  • 2000 - Planning and Evaluation, University "Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario", Faculty of Economics;
  • 2002-2003 - Introduction to Economics, University Institution "UNIEMPRESARIAL";
  • 2009 - Introduction to Economics, University "Universidad del Rosario";
  • 2009 onwards - Macroeconomics, CESA School of Business.
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