
Alex Guanolisa
Axel is a leader and resilient with outstanding skills in roles of relevance, work and team leadership. Proactive researcher with the ability to propose innovative and high-impact development activities. Passionate about Economics, sustainable development, finance, data science and applied innovation at the service of the community.
Axel is the representative of the Provincial Governments of Ecuador at the presentation of the SDG report (GSDR), Brasilia.
Selected among 23 by the participants of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to participate in the program of higher studies in Latin American economies. He spearheaded the initiative to position Manabí as the first intermediate government to adopt and lead the Local4Action initiative globally.
He participated in the 2023 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) and the SDG Summit at the United Nations, NY.
He is the co-author of the first Regional Input-Output Matrix.
Axel led and is the co-author of the Mixed Methodology for Measuring the SDGs by Local Governments.
Work Experience:
Director of Continuous Improvement, Innovation and Technology (06/2023- To date) at the Provincial Government of Manabí – Ecuador
ISO:9001 quality certification Innovation and competitiveness management.
Internal and external management of information technologies. Coordinate the institution’s quality management system. Chairing the institutional competitiveness and innovation committee.
Continuous improvement through process automation. Leader of the implementation process of the 2030 agenda in Manabí-Ecuador.
PUBLIC HOUSING COMPANY OF THE CANTON RUMIÑAHUI. Consultant in market study on the construction of houses in the city of Rumiñahui. (12/2023- 01/2024)
JB TECH ANALYTICS S.A.S Consultant in ex ante estimation of the effect on the regional economy of an artistic and cultural event (11/2023- 12/2023).
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF MANABÍ. Director of Institutional Planning. (12/2021- 06/2023)
During this performance, Axel directed and coordinated the Institutional Strategic Plans, Annual Operating Plan, Institutional Management Plan, Annual and Multi Annual Investment Plan. Coordinated the follow-up to the plans of the Provincial Government of Manabí. Directed the management and methodologies of Projects of the Provincial Government of Manabí and the management of information and statistics of the Provincial Government of Manabí.
He was also the Deputy Director of Planning for Development and Territorial Planning (07/20211- 12/2021)
He created the Cities Prosperity Index, conformed the University Advisory Council. Socio- economic research of the province of Manabí-Ecuador,
He is the co-author of the Provincial Development and Land Use Plan, Axel facilitated the training of the network of internal managers of the Provincial Government of Manabí.
Axel was also the Deputy Director of Strategic Projects. (03/2021- 06/2021). He managed Strategic Projects and provided guidelines and methodologies for Strategic Projects. Evaluated the results of strategic projects. Created indicators for projects and processes
Alex holds an M.A. in Economics with a major in Public Policy. (2021-2022) from the – UCE-UGA GPA : 9/10; He is an Economist with a major in Financial Economics (2017-2020) GPA 9/10, both from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador. Alex also holds a Baccalauréat en économie et gestion (Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Management) (2017- 2021) from Grenoble Alpes University (UGA) GPA : 9/10
Undergraduate Academic Program (2018) Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA) , CDMX GPA : 8.2/10, Academic Mobility Grant (08/2018-12/2018) Researcher at the Observatory of Salaries and Equity
Publications
- Methodology for calculating the contribution of voluntary governments to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Presented at the United Nations. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF MANABÍ. Budget optimization analysis, cash flow, profitability, financial statements, sensitivity analysis, project development and valuation.
- Analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the risk of labor informality and poverty in Ecuador (2022). INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO)
- Elaboration of Regional Input Output Matrix Publication approved by the Journal of Local Public Economics PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF MANABÍ- UNIVERSITY SAN LUIS POTOSI
- Shadow Report to the CEDAW Committee (Part 2), 2021 UN WOMEN
- Criterios financieros de selección vs Finanzas del comportamiento en la etapa de prefactibilidad de un proyecto. REVISTA CIENTÍFICA FEUCE 2020 (7/08/2020).
- Paraguay: Un sendero distinto, Reforma Agraria y Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia. RED INTERDISCIPLINARIA DE HISTORIA ECONÓMICA (10/05/2018)
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