Carlos E. Guerra Fentanes

Experience

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  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

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  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.

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  Atelier Assta

  Dec 2003 - May 2005

  Cofounder / Art Director

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

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  ITESO

  Aug 2004 - May 2005

  Business Management Professor

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

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  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.

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  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

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  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.