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Manuela Uribe

Miembro de Junta at BICTIA

Bogota, D.C., Capital District

Overview

Work Experience

  • Miembro de Junta

    2021 - Current

  • Co-founder and Partner

    2010

    In 2010, I co-founded an early stage entrepreneurship investment vehicle. Our interest is to support entrepreneurship in Colombia and Latin America as an agent for development. Thus, we generate and support networks and Startups' teams with projects that impact the country.

  • Asesora Secretaría Distrital de Planeación

    2023 - 2023

    Support the consolidation of the Bogota City Laboratory, an office within the Planning Department that aims to integrate innovative methodologies and strategic partnerships to the territorial, environmental, social and economic planning processes. Coordinate the Regional Integration Office team in the development of the basis for the Strategic and Spatial Arrangement Plan of Bogota Cundinamarca Metropolitan Region, a technical document which will serve as a foundation to further develop the Metropolitan Region vision, objectives and roadmap.

  • Directora Ciudades Inteligentes y Sostenibles - ProBogotá Región

    2021 - 2023

    Promovemos soluciones basadas en sostenibilidad, innovación territorial y tecnología que buscan responder a los fenómenos convergentes que afectan hoy a nuestras ciudades como: el cambio climático, la globalización, la urbanización acelerada, las pandemias y la cuarta revolución industrial.

  • Project coordinator at ProBogotá Región

    2019 - 2021

    Propuesta de una visión conjunta de desarrollo urbano para la región capital de Colombia que proyecte de una manera más productiva y equitativa la infraestructura de transporte y movilidad, el modelo de vivienda, la estructura ecológica y el desarrollo económico.

  • Architectural Designer

    2018 - 2019

    Conceptualize, design and manage the construction of work and commercial spaces, including the marketing center for the development of an office building in Manhattan and the New York Mortgage Trust, Inc headquarters. Coordinate the construction process with all parties involved, including the real estate partners, the client, the general contractor and the engineering consultants.

  • Climate change and community resilience

    2018 - 2018

    Assist the energy and environment team on the development of urban strategies to enhance climate change adaptation in Queens, NY. Assist on data gathering and visualization. Produce maps and other graphic documents to facilitate the strategies communication.

  • Research Assistant

    2016 - 2018

    Researched case studies to compile a catalogue of social housing projects in Latin America. This research was part of the LCAU’s biennial study theme focused on housing, which concluded with an exhibition in May 2018, at the MIT Media Lab.

  • Architect and Urban Designer

    2015 - 2016

  • Architectural designer and technical coordinator

    2013 - 2015

    Conceptualized, designed and developed projects across scales, including housing, sports venues, science and innovation centers, recreation and water parks. Coordinated the projects’ consultants to achieve maximum efficiency and correlation between the architecture and technical components of the building. Followed and revised the budget ensuring that the project was on budget.

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