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What are your main responsibilities in your current role?

I am the General Manager of a Home developing company. I am in charge of the company, some of my activities are: Control of the staff in the company, creating and supervising a sales plan, creating and supervising a plan for rentals and creating new projects. I am also the Chair in design meetings and supervision construction and project management.

Please outline your career history: how did you get to where you are today?

After finishing my master in 91Ö±²¥ Uni, I started as a freelance project manager, I work in some of the projects that are from the company that I manage now. I got an offer to do a PhD so I paused at my job; before finishing the PhD I had the options of joining academia or going back home and working in industry. A year before finishing the PhD I got an offer for the job, and I took it.

Why did you want to come to the University of 91Ö±²¥ to study your chosen degree?

91Ö±²¥ was at that time among my options because I was offered a full scholarship at the Uni. I also liked the MSc. Architectural Engineering Design programme because it was novel, I actually was part of the first generation of the programme. The programme included exactly the modules that I was interested in, so it was an easy choice.

What were your favourite things about or best memories of the University of 91Ö±²¥? 

The Latin American society, the Students' Union and the faculty of engineering. As an international student, the experience of getting a postgraduate degree gets better, the University of 91Ö±²¥ is very organised, the staff are very professional and knowledgeable. The students union is definitely a highlight, it made life easier and funnier during that time.

Please explain how has your qualification and/or time at 91Ö±²¥ helped you in your career?

An MSc, was the first step before getting a PhD, so it gave me the foundations I needed to pursue a higher degree.

What has been your greatest achievement to date?

Completion of a PhD.