Edgar Botero

EDGAR FELIPE BOTERO Bogota, COL |-| +1 - EDUCATION BS, Industrial Engineering with Minor in Social Psychology Universidad de los Andes November 2016 CERTIFICATIONS Agile Scrum Certified, ScrumKB (2020) Professional Life Coach Certified, Transformation Academy (2022) Design Thinking Certified, Banco de Occidente (2018) EXPERIENCE MISS WORLD COLOMBIA Executive Assistant (Sep. 2020 – Present) • Worked directly with the President to work cross-functionally throughout the organization and to assist with executive level activities • Helped organize and participated in executive meetings, and was in charge of following up on meeting tasks and work timelines • Digitalized and systematized company procedures and documents such as applicant onboarding, contract signing, and participation guidelines. • In charge of all communications with sponsors, contestants, logistics partners, embassies, TV crews, government institutions, and others. • Prepared communications, presentation materials, and etiquette guidelines for international business meetings in places like London, Miami, Quebec, Dubai, Jakarta, and New York City. • Managed event and activity timelines, and coordinated over 60 events involving sponsors, contestants, brand promotion, donations, and the marketing of products & services, among others • Worked with every company area to implement Continuous Improvement & Design Thinking Methodologies, resulting in the highest Pageant Final Rating (2022) & Sales in the history of the pageant since 1991 • Directed the company’s social media, achieving a social media growth of over 5000% in 3 years • Helped redesign Brand, Value Proposition, & International Participation Strategy – achieving increased sales, beauty queen participation, and a better public image in both social media and traditional media RENTEK Innovation Analyst/Executive Assistant (Jan. 2018 – Sep. 2020) • Hired to work directly with the CEO to drive innovation in the company and to assist with executive level activities • Helped organize and participated in executive meetings, and was in charge of following up on meeting tasks and work timelines • Periodically covered for key members of executive team, temporarily performing their duties while absent • Organized and digitalized 3000+ company documents & contracts, and created the company’s Document Management Procedure Guideline • Travelled with CEO to international meetings, and was in charge of redacting executive summaries and following up on participant tasks • Managed project timelines, budgets, pricing, and others, as well as documenting the entire project and building periodical progress reports • Project Manager of the company's Intranet, PowerBI, its Social Networks, and Website. • Acted as the Project Manager of the Renteki Marketplace – The first Multivendor B2B Asset Leasing Marketplace in Latin America. (Results: Participation of 60+ vendors in its launch and received 12,000+ leasing quotes in its first 3 months.) • Implemented the Design Thinking methodology to drive innovative thinking in every company area (Results: 3 new products, 12-15 new internal & operational procedures, and use of new technological tools in every company area) • Applied Ray Dalio’s Continuous Improvement Log Methodology to systematically identify and solve company problems, as well as to identify new improvement opportunities (Result: Over 500 problems & opportunities identified of which 75% were fixed over the next 6 months). CORE COMPETENCIES • • • Scheduling Stakeholder Management Business Know-How • • • Time Management Strategic Thinking Growth Mindset • • • Project Planning Tech Know-How Negotiation • • • Agile Methodologies • Interpersonal Skills • Organization • Design Thinking Prioritization Goal Oriented ADDITIONAL INFORMATION • • • Social Work: Consulted for Green Local Entrepreneurship Startups with Engineers Without Borders, built houses with TECHO Organization Activities: 70+ Awards, Practitioner of Martial Arts & Theatrical Arts, Guitar & Ukelele player, Avid Reader, 15+ Countries Visited Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Native), French (Intermediate), Russian (Beginner), Japanese (Beginner).