Marcela CONTRERAS CRUZ

*PhD candidate in the laboratory Montpellier Research in Management – MRM, University of Montpellier (FRANCE)* *2017 – Now* **PhD in management sciences / Entrepreneurship** **Thesis title:** "Collective pursuit of international entrepreneurial opportunities of green SMEs” EDUCATION *2014 – 2015* **Master Management, Innovation and Technology. Specialty :** Industrial Engineering Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INP). Mention **Bien** *2007-2012* **Industrial Engineering (BAC + 5).** Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) Mention **CUM LAUDE** (GPA 4.48/5.0) *2006* **High school diploma**. Colegio Integrado Jorge Isaac. **Specialty:** Accounting management **ICFES Best Score of the promotion** (National standardized test) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE *July – August 2016* **Research Professional.** Universidad Industrial de Santander – UIS üPerform style revisions of English-written texts and translations of scientific documents to document research activities conducted by the Creative Intelligence Laboratory- Semiosis Lab. *January – May 2016* **Project Professional.** Universidad Industrial de Santander – UIS **Project Development of Intelligent Territories:** «Diamante Caribe y Santander » üMember of the interdisciplinary team in charge of developing and executing the evaluation methodology for the project. üCarry out in-depth studies (technical, economic and social). üCreate detailed reports and visual presentations for funding institutions (including FINDETER). *February – June 2015* **Research Intern (M2).** Laboratory G-SCOP In partnership with the UIMM of Ain **Project:** "Innovation approach for diversification in industrial SMEs" üWriting the state of the art on the diversification strategy of SMEs from the revision of scientific journals. üConduct a series of interviews with business leaders confronted with this issue in the Ain region. üPrepare a proposal for a diversification approach based on the theory and the field study, including key elements, risks and best practices to explore the potential of businesses. *September 2012 – July 2014* **Engineering assistant.** Espumas Santander S.A. S. (~200 employees) Within a manufacturing company of polyurethane foam and mattresses, my main responsibilities included: üStudy methods and working time and standardization of production processes. üEstablishing production costs for new products üThe analysis and improvement of production processes through the application of Lean techniques (5s, TPM, Ishikawa and Pareto diagram) üIn addition, I participated in internal audits under the ISO 9001 standard. TEACHING EXPERIENCE *January – May 2020* ***Chargée de TD* (tutorial assistant).** IUT Paul Sabatier. Université Toulouse II DUT GEA: Cost calculation and analysis (64 hours). *2017 – 2019* ***Chargée de TD* (tutorial assistant).** Montpellier Management Institute – MOMA. University of Montpellier. Management and Theory of organizations (60 hours). Management Practices (34 hours) *2016 – 2017* **Teacher of languages.** Superprof France Weekly private classes of English, Spanish and French as a Foreign Language for young people and adults. *March – November 2016* **Virtual Tutor.** Latinhire Online Tutors Service of online homework help and on-demand tutoring, using ICT (applications with whiteboards). **Topics:** Statistics, French as a foreign language and MS Excel. *October 2015 – February 2016* **Freelance Tutor.** Fast Class Private lessons in different fields to high school and bachelor students. **Topics:** English as a foreign language, financial mathematics, physics, production management and geometry. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Languages **Spanish** Mother tongue **English** Current oral and written **French** Current oral and written Associative life Member of the association **ParenThèse Occitanie** (Phd student association that organizes thesis writing days and retreats as well as workshops). Computer skills ü **Office Pack** (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Project). ü Bibliographic management software (**Mendeley**). ü Good knowledge of quantitative (**SPSS**) and qualitative (**NVIVO12**) analysis software Volunteering **Translator for Coursera.org** *(Sept. 2016 – 2017)* Translation of high level courses from English to Spanish. Hobbies Cinema, travelling (One year stay in the US, and road trip of 10 European countries in one month), board games (Ticket to ride, Catan, Jungle Speed).