Ivan Gamboa Guevara
Pasaje Ingavi,
#21, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Home: + (591) 3 521144
Work: (591) 3 360000
E Mail: ivan@cyberservices.com


EDUCATION

UNIVERSIDAD GABRIEL RENE MORENO
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Masters of Science, Information Systems. Expected date of graduation, May 1999.

INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TELECOMUNICACOES DE SANTA RITA DO SAPUCAI
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering. Date of graduation: July 1998,


AWARDS AND HONORS

Awarded for outstanding accomplishments as a worker in the dept. of Network Enginnering Dept. in 1996.


TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages:	Pascal.
Operating Systems:	Linux, MS-DOS, MS-Windows 98/NT NEC's NEAX - 61BR Switching operation
Communication Technologies:	Strong understanding of the following protocols: TCP/IP, Ethernet and broadband technologies: Hybrid Fiber Coax, and xDSL

Fall 1996 - Present
Developed Technical and General conditions for a BroadBand HFC - Turn - Key bid.
M.S Thesis: Developing a packet voice application under the Linux OS to allow real-time point-to-point voice communication over the Internet.


ADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SEMINARS

1987
- Participated in several courses and seminars related to Optical Communication Systems, and Computer applications at Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicacoes - Minas Gerais , Brazil.

1989
- Completed a course of Digital Systems at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Santa Catarina, Brazil.

1991
- Gave a talk about "Digital Local Loop Carriers" at Universidad Evangélica Boliviana, and taught basic telephony.

1992
- Assisted to " Public Telephony ", "Productivity Value understanding", "Basic Programming" courses at COTAS.

1993 - 1996
- Initiated a Part Time Master Degree in "Information Systems" at Universidad Gabriel Rene Moreno - UAGRM.

1994
- Participated to " Economical Engineering in Telephony Infrastructure Planning" at Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo - SP - Brazil.

1997
- Participated in several courses with the following topics - " ISDN System Description - NEAX61BR", " ISDN Maintenance and Operation - NEAX61BR", "Centrex - NEAX61BR", "Common Channel Signaling No. 7 - ISUP - NEAX61BR", all courses held by NEC from Brazil.


WORK EXPERIENCE

DEPT. OF INSIDE PLANT, COTAS LTDA.
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
CATV - HFC Plant Planning Manager (Fall 1997 - Present) Provide technical specifications for a new platform based on Hybrid Fiber Coax. Planning, construction and supervision of this project. The budget arises 7,500,000.00 us$. This project may serve 24000 pay -tv subscribers. Introduction to several ISDN devices such as: Terminal adapters, digital modems, videoconferencing kits, routers, etc.

DEPT. OF NETWORK PLANNING, COTAS LTDA.
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Outside plant planning and construction (March 1990 - June 1997) Planning and installation of last generation digital local loop carrier systems, using fiber and twisted copper pairs as transportation media. Characterization and testing of copper lines for voice and data transmission. Planning and installation of fiber optics for transport media such as SDH - STM4, and DLCs.

CIAER Telecomunicacoes
Blumenau, SC, Brazil
Quality control (1989) Translated Technical Documents from English to Portuguese. Performed technical and mechanical acceptance of Radio Broadcasting equipment prior to their commercialization.

ELETROVALE Industria e Comercio
Santa Rita do Sapucaí, MG, Brazil
COOP Student (January 1988 - August 1988)
Performed electronics design for burglar alarms.


ACTIVITIES
Member of Sociedad Ingenieros de Bolivia. Fluent in Spanish, English and Portuguese. Enjoys Cycling, and Swimming