Carlos E. Guerra Fentanes

Carlos E. Guerra Fentanes

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    BSc Arch, Environmental Architect, Transportation and Transit Technical Support Engineer

  • Education

    • Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, A.C.

      1987 - 1992
      Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) Sustainable Design Thesis: “A Parking Building: Concepts, Regulations and Norms about Parking Lots

      Activities and Societies: Environmental Architecture Group. First Theses about Parking Lots and Buildings at ITESO.

  • Experience

    • Carlos Fentanes Art + Architecture + Design (Architecture and Design Firm)

      Jan 1988 - now
      Founder

      As an Architect, Graphic Designer and Visual Artist I created this small agency that have been involved in different projects from University Classrooms to Tequila Bottle Designs or Video Art for Festivals in Spain or Australia.Licensed Architect in Mexico• Worked in small and big projects: houses, parking buildings, offices, a new classroom wing and the football field at UVM (University of the Valley or Mexico) Campus Guadalajara…• Coordinate the contractors and subcontractors as well as checking and approving contractor’s blueprints. Graphic Designer• Branding consultant• Proficient in pre-press production, 4 Color Process and Flexography• Experience in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Flash, Dreamweaver Professional Visual Artist• My work had been shown at Sotheby's New York, MAM (Mexico’s Museum of Modern Art), Galería Óscar Román (Mexico City), Galería Vértice de Luis García Jasso (Guadalajara, Mexico) among others galleries in Mexico, South America, United States, Australia and Spain. • Been auctioned in Sotheby’s New York (Sotheby’s: Arcade Paintings, 2003).• Collections with my work: Mexico Presidency, Mexican Embassy in Panama, Mundo E Mall, Rudi Dornbusch, a member of the MIT Economics Department for 27 years, just to name a few.Exhibitions:06/2015 Video Jam at Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Video Art Festival, Fitzroy, Victoria AustraliaAwards06/2000 Alternate Award, The 2000-2001 MexAm Cultural Foundation Mexican Artists Fellowship Program,Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, U.S.A.06/2000 Finalist: Artes Aplicadas 2000 FONCA - ENSAD, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA) & École Nationale Superieure des Arts Dècoratifs (ENSAD), Ministry of Culture of the Communication of France and the Embassy of France in Mexico. Paris, France.12/1997 Special Mention “Por Pasión al Arte” Award, Painting Award organized by Mexican Museum of Modern Art and Johnnie Walker, Mexico City, Mexico Show less

    • Best Quality Labels

      May 1996 - Oct 2003
      Cofounder / Art Director / Sales Manager

      Research and development, Design, Budgeting, Cost analysis.• Responsible for a staff of Designers.• Develop specifications for proof reading, pre-press, negatives, plates and handling colors and inks• During this time I developed the Quote Software for the company based on operational costs.• Coordinated the sales team.

    • Atelier Assta

      Dec 2003 - May 2005
      Cofounder / Art Director

      Branding,Marketing,Multi-Platform DeliveryDesign, Labels, Flexography.

    • ITESO

      Aug 2004 - May 2005
      Business Management Professor

      • Introduction to Business Management for Architects• How to prepare costs and estimates• Cost Analysis

    • Promotora La Loma

      May 2005 - May 2010
      Partner + Project Director

      • Responsible for a staff of architects, Technologists, drafters and cost estimators.• Responsible for the preparation of cost estimates.• Coordinated and checked contractors during the design and construction process.• Worked directly for the client and teams from different disciplines to find the appropriate design solution.

    • Payment In Motion

      Jun 2010 - now
      Post-Sales Technical Support Engineer

      Provide operational technical and software support to client’s automatic fare collection system in Canada (Saskatoon, SK; Regina, SK; Lethbridge, AB; St. John’s, NL; Kingston, ON; and Brantford; ON).• Responsible of Maintenance Department for the entire fare-collection system; including buses, POS, Customer Service, Vault Safe and Workstations. • Implement policies, new products and technologies that ease the use of the system to the final consumer.• Coordinate on a regular basis with counterparts in Mexico to share best practices.• Responsible for the maintenance of the Transit database with more than 8,000 entries a day in each city.• Serve as a liaison between clients and the company to interpreter and communicate the customer requirement to our engineers and manufacturing facilities in Mexico.• Diagnose and troubleshoot problems with electronic mechanics and software systems and use of automatic fare collections system.• Manage all aspects of field office both administrative and technical. Show less

    • Mendel Art

      May 2013 - now
      Volunteer

      The Gallery Group Volunteers organize annual events, including the Spring Plant Sale & Mother’s Day Tea fundraiser, and the Poinsettia Sale fundraiser. Volunteers also assist with special events, geared toward fundraising and promoting public awareness about the Gallery. All funds raised by the volunteers assist in purchasing new acquisitions for the Gallery’s permanent collection.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Developing Android Apps with App Inventor

      Coursera
      Jun 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Environmental Building

      ITESO Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara
      Jun 2005
    • Master Solidworks 2018-3D CAD using real-world examples

      Udemy
      Aug 2021
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Carlos E. Guerra Fentanes
      Video Jam at Gertrude Street Projection Festival 2015 Artbox Jun 2015 Video Art Festival in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
    • Awarded to Carlos E. Guerra Fentanes
      Honorific Mention MAM-Johnnie Walker 1997 MAM (Museum of Modern Art of Mexico) Dec 1997 In December 1997 Johnnie Walker and the Museum of Modern Art organized an Art Exhibition that will be presented in several museums in Latin America, started at the MAM (Museum of Modern Art of Mexico, Mexico City)
    • Awarded to Carlos E. Guerra Fentanes
      Honorific Mention Calpulalpan Monument Contest Estado de Tlaxcala, Mexico Apr 1991 In 1991 the State of Tlaxcala in Mexico organized an international contest of Urban sculpture to commemorate the battle of Calpulalpan by the Prince of Texcoco: Nezahualcóyotl.I took part of the contest with the project: Maguey Flower as an homage to Nezahualcóyotl.
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Fundraiser

      Issued by Mendel Art Gallery on Jun 2013
      Mendel Art GalleryAssociated with Carlos E. Guerra Fentanes