Paola Camargo

Paola Camargo

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Project and Engagement Manager at International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Mexico City, Mexico

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  • CIMMYT
    Global Transformation & Engagement Sr. Manager
    CIMMYT
    Jan 2025 - Current (1 year 7 months)
    Lead the implementation of the global digital transformation program ERP 2.0 across more than 15 countries, integrating Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, CRM for NGOs, CLM, HRMS and analytics. Unify digital governance and processes across Finance, HR, Procurement, Donor Relations, Fundraising, Supply Chain, Contracts, Legal and Scientific areas to achieve seamless end‑to‑end integration. Build and mentor multicultural teams while managing multimillion‑dollar technology portfolios and strategic partnerships with vendors. Design and implement change‑management and training programs to ensure adoption of new technologies in multiple countries. Align all digital transformation initiatives with CIMMYT’s 2030 Strategy to drive data‑driven de
  • International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center CIMMYT
    Project and Engagement Manager
    International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center CIMMYT
    Feb 2021 - Dec 2024 (3 years 11 months)
    Mi responsabilidad es liderar y gestionar equipos multidisciplinarios que incluyen bibliotecólogos, profesionales en audio y medios digitales, y desarrolladores de software. Tengo a mi cargo las unidades de transferencia y participación de conocimiento, la gestión del área Digital Media Services (audiovisual + streaming) y el museo digital de CIMMYT. Además, lidero todo lo relacionado con publicaciones, suscripciones y cienciometría dentro del Centro de Conocimiento, así como la gestión y desarrollo de sistemas corporativos a nivel mundial. Mi principal objetivo es liderar, inspirar y motivar a los miembros de mi equipo para alcanzar los objetivos de nuestra área. El éxito de todos los proyectos que lidero se refleja en la buena adopción de
  • CIMMYT
    Knowledge Systems Enagagement Officer
    CIMMYT
    Sep 2017 - Feb 2021 (3 years 6 months)
    Serve as a liaison between research programs and operations departments for knowledge management initiatives, improving system performance and aligning them with organizational strategy. Gather and analyze requirements, prepare technical proposals, and promote the adoption of open-access policies and FAIR data principles at a global level. Build and maintain strong relationships with partners and collaborators, providing knowledge-system training to staff worldwide. Represent CIMMYT in international networks and alliances, including meetings in Europe, Africa and Asia. Key achievements: - Consolidated the integration of knowledge management systems, facilitating teams’ transition to better open-data practices and FAIR standards. - Creat
  • CIAT
    IT Infrastructure & Data Manager
    CIAT
    May 2013 - Aug 2017 (4 years 4 months)
    In this role I managed the IT infrastructure and critical systems for the DAPA and CCAFS programs, ensuring optimal and reliable performance. I led data‑management activities for the Knowledge Data Sharing (KDS) platform and DAPA, promoting data sharing, accessibility and the standardization of processes. I advised global teams on data‑management best practices and defined mechanisms to monitor research outcomes and ensure compliance with CGIAR’s open‑access policies and the FAIR principles. I also collaborated with the MARLO team (Managing Agricultural Research for Learning and Outcomes) to develop methods for tracking research results and represented CIAT and CCAFS at international meetings in various European and Asian countries.
  • CIAT
    Data Manager
    CIAT
    May 2013 - Aug 2017 (4 years 4 months)
    Como miembro del Consorcio CGIAR, el CIAT juega un papel crucial en el avance de la investigación sobre cambio climático, agricultura y seguridad alimentaria. Durante mi tiempo en el CIAT, formé parte de la unidad más grande de investigación, DAPA (Decision and Policy Analysis), y del programa de investigación de CGIAR sobre Cambio Climático, Agricultura y Seguridad Alimentaria, CCAFS, que es un programa de investigación transversal para todos los centros de CGIAR alrededor del mundo. Como gerente de infraestructura y plataforma de TI para DAPA y CCAFS, supervisé la gestión de sistemas críticos y aseguré que su funcionamiento y rendimiento fuera óptimo. Además, dirigí las actividades de gestión de datos para la unidad de conocimiento e inte
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    Lead of Engineering Projects
    Sipcom Telecom
    Jul 2008 - Apr 2013 (4 years 10 months)
    Comencé mi carrera profesional en una empresa de tecnología como ingeniera de soporte, donde administré y di soporte a plataformas de soluciones de VoIP. A raíz de una alianza estratégica, fui ascendida a liderar un equipo de ingenieros y técnicos en tecnología. Nuestros principales objetivos eran lograr solidez y calidad de servicio a través de una excelente atención al cliente. Gracias al excelente trabajo del equipo y la infraestructura que implementamos, la demanda de la plataforma creció en promedio un 120% anual. También expandí la cartera de negocios de la empresa mediante la creación de una nueva unidad de negocios enfocada en proyectos de seguridad de redes. Posiciones previas dentro de la misma compañía: Ingeniera de Proyectos, In
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  • Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
    Design and Network Administration - Cisco CCNA, System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager
    Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
    Oct 2009 - Dec 2010 (1 year 3 months)
  • Universidad Icesi
    ICT Engineering (Telematics, Information Technology
    Universidad Icesi
    Jul 2001 - Aug 2009 (8 years 2 months)
    Thesis: Analysis of Coexistence of Wireless Networks in the 2.4 GHz band
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    Dataverse Community Meeting, 2024
    Feb 2024
    The Dataverse Community Meeting 2024 aims at reuniting as many of its members as possible, as well as stimulating newcomers to get interested in this repository and to start collaborating towards a stronger Community. Whether a focus on the Latin American region, and especially within the life sciences area, is expected, given the location of the venue and the activity of the hosting organization, all kinds of contributions and interactions will be welcome, as usual. As a result of this event, stronger relationships and commitments within the Community should be developed, with an emphasis on Latin American institutions, enhancing their participation in this Community, to avoid this region lagging behind.
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    Crop Planning
    Sep 2016 - Feb 2017 (6 months)
    The Crop Planning project was a result of the hackathon held in November 2014 in Perú by CCAFS. http://hackathon.ccafs.cgiar.org/ It is a Mobile application that provides information related to rice crops according to the geographical location and the consultation zone, characterizing the climatic peculiarities of the region and the type of crop, showing information of the cultivated area and the yield.
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    Revamp Development of an Agronomy Ontology and design of an Agronomy - AgTrials
    Sep 2016 - Mar 2017 (7 months)
    After 3 years, a new initiative become a priority with the performance and the future platform: Improving agricultural knowledge management. So, in 2016 we started a project “Revamp Development of an Agronomy Ontology and design of an Agronomy - AgTrials” with 5 main objectives: • Developing and improving usability, the interface and search issues within the platform • Ensuring that AgTrials is responsive to user needs • Consult with AgTrials stakeholders to develop a vision and plan for the future • Compatibility with the CGIAR Core Metadata schema and forms • Scoping the potential and possibilities for developing data analytics
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    MARLO (Managing Agricultural Research for Learning and Outcomes)
    Jan 2014 - Aug 2017 (3 years 8 months)
    An online platform assisting Research Programs, Platforms and Centers in their strategic results-based program planning and reporting of research projects within the CGIAR. I worked closely with the MARLO team defining mechanisms and processes for monitoring of research deliverables ensuring compliance with the CGIAR Open Access policy including FAIR principles.
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    Improving agricultural knowledge management: The AgTrials experience
    FResearch
    Mar 2017