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Hello dear Latpro networkers from SouthFlorida... My name is Diego Gomez-Diaz. I currently reside in Cali, Colombia, South-America. Born from a Canadian father and a Colombian mother, spent most of my childhood in Cali, Colombia. I wast put to study…
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- about me
- I am a personable engineer with great work ethic and strong willingness to grow, who embraces change and looks forward to opportunities that will make me stronger in terms of sales expertise, technical expertise and project management.
I love designing, selling projects, coordinating small teams and competing to achieve goals.
I have been exposed to several world cultures and understand what it takes to make business with them (Japanese, Latin-American, The USA and Canadian). And this also allows me to work in sync. with people of different backgrounds and personalities.
I am willing to relocate (if the right opportunity comes up) and to work hard to earn the respect of my managers and coworkers.
I am also fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and have conversational skills in Japanese language. Due to these skills, I have worked as a contractor roughly 60% of the time in office settings and 40% in outdoor settings.
I have worked as Project Engineer, Mechanical Designer and Applications Engineer.
- what languages do you speak?
- Spanish, English, Portuguese, Japanese
- what is your current, past or ideal job title?
- Project Mechanical Engineer (Power Generation)
- your connection with Latin America?
- My mother is Colombian, therefore I have lots of relatives living in Cali. And my father was Qebecois (Canada) so this means that I have plenty of relatives in Quebec.
- your favorite Latin American city? vacation spot? food?
- My Favorite Latin American city is Cali, Colombia. People is happy, friendly and talkative. They enjoy danicing Salsa and many other caribbean rythms. I love visiting because my cousins and family invite me out to the night clubs or to Pance River where we spent a lovely day enjoying our companionship, cooking traditional food and swimming in the crystal clear waters of the river. I use to go to Cali for the Cali city Carnivals where you can also be present at one of the Bullfights in the Cañaveralejo "Plaza de Toros"
- what countries have you lived in? worked in?
- I lived in Colombia, there I spent my childhood and teenage years. Then I got a scholarship to study Mechatronics in Japan and I lived there for about 1 year. Also decided to live in my father´s country (Canada) there I lived for 6 years and I have travelled several times to the USA and worked in two opportunities, one in Orlando and one in Panama City, FL.
- schools attended? degrees?
- Universidad Autonoma de Occidente BSME, Higashi-Yodogawa Advanced Training School Mechatronics Certificate, Centennial College Mechanical Engineering Tech Design
- what companies have you worked for?
- Siemens Power Generation, Oceaneering International, ATS-Automation
- interests and/or hobbies?
- Japanese Gardens
Painting landscapes and children
Bonsai
Japanese Culture
World Culture
History and Geography
- relationship status?
- single
- looking for?
- networking, employment, friendship, relationship
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- At 1:23am on July 16, 2009,
Club de Lideres Miguel Lopez said…
- How are you doing? welcome, I'm sure you will visit my website, your can read some of the articles I have there, very soon you might hear about my new book that I want you to have... I look forward to hear the new achievements, sometimes we stop acquiring more rewards and success because we think we have done our goal (success it is still an opportunity) or we have done so much.... but one of my thoughts word class is
that "The most beautiful thing a human can do is to explore, to the limits, she or hi's purpose of life." in all my seminars, I said: it is my wish for every person to find satisfaction in all the successes, for them to die for what they love to do, not to die for what they have to do. Don’t allow motivation to bring you fantasy, instead allow your true virtues to bring you reality. Diego, I'm not a motivational speaker. I research the real virtues and potentialities that we have as a human.
- At 9:42pm on March 2, 2009,
LatPro said…
- Diego,
Welcome to the LatPro Network, we are so glad you have joined! A great way to get involved is by joining your local Orlando group and introducing yourself here: http://network.latpro.com/group/orlando/forum/topics/please-introduce-yourself-here-17
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