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Jorge Ochoa

Jorge Ochoa is a PhD Candidate from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University working on the development of management systems for sustainable building projects, interested in patenting ideas, green-tech, automation and robotics in construction

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Full-Time Student
Skills: Architecture, Business, Design, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, French, Languages, Leadership, Management, Public speaking, Spanish, Writing
Groups: Engineers for a Sustainable World at Stanford, Hong Kong Social Enterprise Challenge 2009
Interested in: Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Position: Guest Lecturer - Sustainable Construction Lecture Series
Time period: October 2008 - Present

Employer: Ministry of Public Works - Mexican Government
Position: Professional Advisor
Time period: August 2005 - October 2006

Employer: Michoacana University
Position: Environmental Inspector
Time period: September 2004 - August 2005

Employer: Michoacana University
Position: Teaching Assistant
Time period: September 2002 - June 2003
Description: Assisting in the lectures series of Mathematics and Physics

INFORMATION

Sports: Soccer
Hobbies: Reading
Memberships: Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC)
Beam Society
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Association for Global Project Management Professionals in Japan
Mexican Society of Civil Engineers
The Chartered Institute of Building
The Lean Construction Institute
Awards: Best Presenter Award, First International Conference on Infrastructure and Environment, June 2009
Fulbright Fellowship 2008
Summa Cum Laude, Michoacana University, May 2006
Academic Trajectory Award, Michoacan State, Mexico, June 2005
Academic Trajectory Award, Morelia City Council, Mexico, April 2005
Michoacana University’s candidate for the Youth Merits Medal 2005 and State Prize for Youth Merits Medal 2005, January 2005
1st Prize, National Competition, Planning, Control and Evaluation of Projects. ANEIC, Mexico, May 2004
1st Prize, National Competition, Construction Management. ANEIC, Mexico. May 2004
UNESCO International Cultural Scholarship, Quebec, Canada, August 2001.

Jorge's Startups (1)

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  • YouGreen

    YouGreen is a company in Hong Kong with plans to extent to Mainland China that offers products and consulting services to individual consumers regarding environmentally friendly apartments.

Jorge is Following (6)

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  • Tencent

    Per the company’s claims as of March 2008, Tencent is China’s largest and most utilized internet services portal; generating over $1B revenue.

  • LiquidPlanner

    LiquidPlanner is online project management software designed to help teams of all sizes manage complex projects. LiquidPlanner is built on an innovative scheduling engine that gives users a project sc...

  • PurpleTalk, Inc.

    PurpleTalk Inc. is a unique digital property developer focusing on a wide range of domains such as real-time web, social media and predominantly, the mobile application development space.

  • TED.com

    Inspired talks by the world's leading thinkers and doers

Jorge's Contacts (14)

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  • Alice Lee

    Chinese-American, 21, HumBio major; contributor to Alpha Phi Omega, Tzu Chi, Dance Marathon, Relay for Life; bio/anthro/pharmaceutical research labs; from Columbus, OH; play piano, violin, guitar; love travel, food, social networking, PR, media :)

  • Carlo Soresina

    I am the founder of Skipso, a B2B marketplace focused on cleantech innovation. I am passionate about the disruptive force of the Internet and see a huge potential in leveraging the web to address the challenges posed by Climate Change.

  • Anya Rutsche

    29, holding a BA diploma in Business Management, working in the marketing field, passionate about social media and online-marketing