LEOPOLDO COTTIN HERRERA VENEZOLANO

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1975 to the present MODULO CINCO Charter member and Director Design and development of a budget and cost control computer system in civil work construction. Planning and progress control using CPM techniques. Feasibility studies for real estate investments. Estimation and update of financial projections for civil work construction. Quality control and specifications. Real estate appraisals.

1973 - 1975
Tecnica de Ingenieria Eiffel-Servateca

Head of the Planning and Control Department Design and implantation of a labor cost and efficiency control system. Start-up of a cost accounting system. Economic studies Bids.

PROJECTS
• Residencias Monterrey, La California, Caracas. 150 apartments.
• Residencias Samanta. Sta. Rosa de Lima, Caracas. 40 apartments.
• Residencias la Vega, Montalban, Caracas 100 apartments.
• Torre BND, Esq. Carmelitas, Caracas 20.000 sqm of construction
• Sede del Colegio de Medicos del D.F, Sta. Fe, Caracas 25.000 sqm of construction.

1972 - 1973
Creole Petroleum Corporation (Lagoven)
Data Processing programmer.

Designed and programmed a control system for well gas production including a reporting system required by the Ministry of Mines.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Undergraduate:

• Universidad Catolica Andres Bello Caracas 1970
Degree: Industrial Engineer

• Graduate Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1972
Degree: Master of Science Operations Research

Other courses, s
• Seminars PERT - CPM Techniques, Frank Kelemen, July 1975
• Methods and Organization, CIV - Caracas, Sept. 1973
• Financial Administration, IESA, Caracas, Sept. 1974
• Management by Objectives, Jose Urdaneta, May 1975

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Professor of the course "Planning and Programming Techniques" offered by Universidad Metropolitana as part of the graduate program in Real Estate Management, since May 1992.

• Professor in the Dept. of Economics and Administrative Science. - Univ. Simon Bolivar. Course: Financial Analysis. 1974 - 1976 Colegio de Ingenieros, Nov 1985 -May 1986.

Course:
Introduction to Real Estate. Projects Management

ASSOCIATIONS

• Colegio de Ingenieros de Venezuela (School of Engineers - # 11.101)
• Sociedad de Tasadores de Venezuela (Appraisals society - # 185)
• "Cámara Inmobiliaria de Venezuela" (Real Estate Chamber), Director 1990-1992, 1997-today
• Member of the Costs and Prices Analysis Comission
• Project Management Institute
• Cornell Society of Engineers.