Ana Maria Giraldo

Organizational problem-solver with advanced supervisory, team building and customer service skills. Experience stepping into roles and quickly making positive changes to drive company success. Focused on using training, monitoring and morale-building techniques to maximize employee engagement and performance. 

Skilled Curriculum Designer adept at setting course objectives, selecting materials and overseeing program deployment. Well-organized and detail-oriented with an adaptable approach. Bringing 9 years of progressive experience as an educator. Background includes optimizing courses and improving classroom instruction with a proactive and positive mentality. Well-versed in different approaches, instructional techniques and curriculum choices. 

Philosopher with demonstrated command of Logic and Philosophy of Language. Multilingual and fluent in English, French and Spanish, offering solid comprehension of cultural diversity.

Career-related experience

 Instructional Designer                                                                                            2023

 Internship

 ClearEstate

 Montreal, Quebec

• Conducted Needs Assessment with data gathered from stakeholders.
• Designed and developed training courses in Lessonly, ClearEstate’s LMS, following ADDIE model.
• Developed instructional material.
• Conducted research about ClearEstate’s best practices.
• Delivered knowledge management solutions. 

 Innovator in Residence                                                                                            2022

 Part-time

 Concordia University

 Montreal, Quebec

• Conducted Needs Assessment with data gathered from stakeholders.
• Developed an innovative prototype for the Classroom Technology Challenge of the Innovation Lab (cohort fall 2022).

 Assistant Professor                                                                                         2012-2021

 Full-time

 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

 Cali, Colombia

• Settled course objectives, selected materials and developed curriculum for central courses of Bachelor of Philosophy:  Philosophy of Language, Logic, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Pop Philosophy, Humanities, and Ontology. 
• Optimized courses and improved classroom instruction through gamification and other strategies and resources of Zoom and Balckboard.
• Published academic research results: one book, four book chapters, and seven academic journal articles. 

Other work experience

 Administrateur de documents                                                                           2022

 Part-time

 Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques

 Longueuil, Quebec

• Archived files with high-level attention to detail. 

Education

 Master of Arts, Educational Technology                                                       2021-2023

 Concordia University

 Montreal, Quebec

 Cumulative Grade Point Average: 3.85

 Ph. D, Philosophy                                                                                            2014-2019

 Degree with honors summa cum laude

 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

 Bogota, Colombia

 Master of Arts, Philosophy                                                                             2010-2012

 Degree with honors magna cum laude 

 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

 Bogota, Colombia

 Bachelor, Philosophy                                                                                      2006-2009

 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

 Bogota, Colombia