Leandro Ariel Burnes

LEANDRO ARIEL BURNES

31 Speridakis Terrace

Cambridge, MA 01239

617-945-2305

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Education

2000-2002 MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENTCambridge, MA

Candidate for MBA - New Product Development – June, 2002

1994-1998 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYCambridge, MA

Management of Technology: IT and Japanese / Bachelor of Science

1990-1994 BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCEBronx, NY

Experience

2000-2002MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - MEDIA LAB Cambridge, MA

Program Manager – E-development Unit

• Managed implementations of wireless internet access systems for e-development projects in the Dominican Republic and India.

1999-2000 LUCENT TECHNOLOGIESWhippany, NJ

Program Manager- Wireless Internet Access Systems

• Managed implementations of wireless internet access systems for customers in Belgium, France, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico and China.

1998-1999 LUCENT TECHNOLOGIESWarren, NJ

Project Manager – Global Service Provider CIO

• Managed the streamlining of the Sales Realization Process through the implementation of SAP for customer teams and factories in Japan, France, Germany, and Spain.
• Received on September 1999 Certification in Professional Project/Program Management.

Summer 1997ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH LABORATORIESNara, Japan

Web Developer

• Created Java/JavaScript on-line speech trainer and participate in the creation of a CD to help Japanese students of English with the recognition/production of the English letters "R" and "L."

Spring, Fall 1997 FUJITSU AMERICACambridge, MA

Marketing Consultant

• Consulted Fujitsu America and MIT on the development of computer/web based translation (Japanese to English, and vice versa) software products (Atlas and Translingo) prior to release.

Summer 1996HARVARD UNIVERSITY: KOOBI FORA FIELD SCHOOLKenya, Africa

Web Developer

• Maintained data for discoveries made while accompanying archaeologists in northern Kenya.
• Catalogued the archives in the National Museums of Kenya.

Summer 1995KUMAMOTO INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SOFTWAREKumamoto, Japan

Web Developer

• Developed web sites for regional companies, and demonstrated emerging technologies.
• Facilitated long distance education programs for physically handicapped students.

Summer 1994, Winter 1995 REUTERS JAPANTokyo, Japan

Marketing Consultant

• Determined the optimal information routing pattern (satellite or terrestrial) to customers.

LanguagesFluency: English, Spanish, Japanese. Conversational: German, French, Portuguese, Chinese.

TravelLived in and visited: Argentina (10 years), Japan (2 years), Germany (1 year), China, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, France, England, Belgium, Scotland, Yugoslavia, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Austria, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, Aruba, Isla Margarita, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, and Trinidad.