Name: Alejandro Masís Arce
ID Number: 3-297-400
Date of Birth: February 25, 1964
Age: 61
Address: 100 meters south of Bodega No. 4, Liga de la Caña,
San Francisco, Cartago, Costa Rica
Phone: (506) 2550-2132 / (506) 8333-0969
Marital Status: Married
Driver’s License: Category B1

General Education

• Escuela Jesús Jiménez, Costa Rica – Primary Education Completed

• Colegio de San Luis Gonzaga, Costa Rica – Third Cycle of Diversified Education Completed

• Colegio Vocacional de Artes y Oficios de Cartago (COVAO), Costa Rica – Diversified Education Completed

Technical Education

• Colegio Vocacional de Artes y Oficios de Cartago (COVAO), Costa Rica – Intermediate Technician in Accounting

• Colegio Vocacional de Artes y Oficios de Cartago (COVAO), Costa Rica – Secondary Education Completed

Higher Education and Professional Certifications

• 1993 – Costa Rica Institute of Technology, School of Business Administration – Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Financial Management

• 1996 – Costa Rica Institute of Technology, School of Business Administration – Licentiate in Business Administration with an emphasis in Public Accounting (equivalent to a postgraduate degree)

• 1996 – College of Public Accountants of Costa Rica – Certified Public Accountant

• 1998 – Costa Rica Institute of Technology, School of Business Administration – Master’s Degree in Business Administration

• 2001 – Center for Research and Development in Customer Service – Customer Service Engineering

• 2012 – Universidad Latina, Graduate Studies Center – Doctorate in Economic and Business Sciences

• Coordinator of Service Courses and Specialty Internships – School of Business Administration, Costa Rica Institute of Technology (current position).

• Vice Rector of Administration – Costa Rica Institute of Technology. Managed key administrative departments including San Carlos Campus Administration, Procurement, School of Business Administration, and the Directorate of Projects (VIE).

• Full Member, Research and Outreach Council – Costa Rica Institute of Technology. Served for over five years across three different terms, contributing to institutional research and outreach policies.

• University Professor – Over 29 years of teaching experience in undergraduate and graduate programs at multiple universities, nationally and internationally.

• International Guest Lecturer – Universidad de la Costa (CUC), Barranquilla, Colombia. Delivered lectures for the Public Accounting program.

• International Conference Speaker – Participated in the III National Week of Science, Technology, and Innovation and the I International Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation, invited by the Government of Meta, Villavicencio, Colombia.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

• Assessing Productivity Through Value Added Measurement: A Costa Rican Business Case Study in a Cooperative. The Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, Vol. 22, No. 2, December 2014.

• Measuring Value-Added Productivity: An Empirical Application in a Costa Rican Agri-food Cooperative. Tec Empresarial, April 2014.

• Attracting Financial Resources. Gaceta No. 291, Costa Rica Institute of Technology, 2009.

Mass media contributions

• “How to Successfully Close the Year in Your Company” – Visión Empresarial TV Program, Channel 7, Costa Rica.

• “CSR and Supplier Engagement” – Visión Empresarial TV Program, Channel 7, Costa Rica.

• “Achieving Comprehensive Development of the Osa Peninsula” – Impacto TEC Magazine, Costa Rica Institute of Technology.

Research Projects

• Specialization in Management of Economic Initiatives and Solidary & Collaborative Social Economy (INICIA) – Funded by the ERASMUS+ Program, Higher Education – International Capacity Building.

• Tourism Observatory in Cartago.

• Strengthening Tourism Management in Osa and Golfo Dulce.

• Economic Impact of Rural Tourism in Coopesilencio, CODECE, and Heliconias.

• Accounting I (2009–2011) – Technical Program in Business Administration, Costa Rica Institute of Technology.

• Accounting II (2005–2010) – Technical Program in Business Administration, Costa Rica Institute of Technology.

• Finance I (2007–2010) – Technical Program in Business Administration, Costa Rica Institute of Technology.

• Financial Analysis (2009) – Technical Program in Business Administration, Costa Rica Institute of Technology.

• Trainer Training Course in Social, Solidary, and Collaborative Economy – Participated in a 40-hour course held in Madrid as part of the Erasmus+ project “Specialization in the Management of Collaborative Economic Initiatives and Social Economy in Central America (INICIA)”. (January 2020)

• XXXI Latin American Strategy Congress SLADE 2018 – Participated in a congress focused on sustainability strategies and economic, social, environmental, and personal development. (May–June 2018)

• Workshop on “Usefulness of Learning Outcomes” – Attended an 8-hour workshop organized by the National Council of Rectors (CONARE) within the Erasmus+ project framework. (December 2017)

• Panel on “Mainstreaming Gender Approach” – Participated in an event organized by the National Technical University (UTN) focused on integrating a gender perspective into curricula and university activities. (June 2017)