Juan Pablo Alonzo González
Updated April 2012
Partner Technology Specialist, IT Consultant and Writer

Objective: A CIO man organization with a unique skillset where business and technology link and develop the technological potential in the business side and in every member of my team. Over 9 years of experience in different fields of IT and in creating, implementing and managing IT departments in public and private sectors. I consider myself an innovator and a natural leader with strong personal and professional values and with a gift on solving complex problems in a fast-paced environment and simplifying procedures and finding creative solutions. I am willing to relocate if necessary.

Timeline

Technology Writer

  • How-To Geek, LLC
  • Feb 1, 2011 - Current
  • Staff writer and blogger for The How To Geek posting How-To articles and tutorials about technology trends, operating systems and applications. www.howtogeek.com/author/jpalonzo

Partner Technology Specialist

  • Microsoft
  • Aug 1, 2011 - Current
  • Contribute to Partner Insight and Planning Build Trusted Technical Relationships Orchestrate and coach Solutions Practice Development Engage in Co-Selling Opportunities Evangelize Microsoft Platform Value and Cloud Opportunity Support Recruitment of Competitive Practices Expand Partner Capacity within the channel

Trainer

  • New Horizons CLC
  • Oct 1, 2006 - Jul 1, 2010
  • Microsoft technologies oriented courses on demand in New Horizons Guatemala and demos, tests or other support materials for the professional online courses creation.

Customer Field Engineer

  • Microsoft
  • Oct 1, 2006 - Aug 1, 2011
  • Customer Field Engineer at Microsoft Guatemala, in charge of all IT project implementations, internal applications and operations for Guatemala offices locally and the Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Bolivia offices remotely. Tier 2 Engineer for my colleagues all through Latin America troubleshooting and escalation complex issues and training.

IT Manager

  • Secretaría de Comunicación Social de la Presidencia de la República de Guatemala
  • Oct 1, 2004 - Jun 1, 2006
  • Founded the IT Department for the Presidential Secretariat of Public Relations, created the SLA's and other administrative IT policies, network and security protocols, project management for all technology related deployments and websites, mail servers and the IT operations team management.

Network and systems administrator

  • Caja Lúdica
  • Feb 1, 2001 - Sep 1, 2004
  • Assessments on technology and support in the making of reports and some results presentations
Job Duties

Skill Advancement
Skill Proficiency
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Pastimes
Interests Over Time
Education
'09
Universidad Galileo
Informatics, Systems and Computing Sciences
Diploma'03
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Diction and TV Presenter
Diploma'01
Colegio Viena
Bachelor´s Degree
Diploma'99
Instituto Austriaco Guatemalteco
Kindergarten to Junior High School
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