Curriculum Vitae of Italo Olivo
I'm an economist, with additional Specialization in Entrepreneurial Engineering (Marketing) from the Simón Bolívar University (Venezuela), also
co-owner of a pasta manufacture. I was working with the Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CEED), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, as
Consultant and Latin American Liaison.
I took marketing courses in Venezuela and USA, the United Nation's EMPRETEC workshop, the PAIPYME-TECNOPARQUE (Venezuela) course "Standardization of
the levels of previously trained consultants", and the Junior Chamber International's coaching courses PRIME and EXCEL. I helped elaborate the Small
and Medium Enterprise Competitiveness Development Plan of Lara State (Venezuela).
I was also a facilitator for workshops, in Junior Chamber Area C Conferences on Entrepreneurial Creativity and Business Plans (Colombia, Panama and
USA); in Business Plan, Motivation and Entrepreneurial Profile; in "How to be a successful Entrepreneur", in "The Successful Entrepreneur's Conditions
within the Global Market and the Required Business Plan", in "The five Powers required for Success"; in "Analysis of the Participants' Entrepreneurial
Skills, and Business Ideas"; and, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on "Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies, Entrepreneurship Characteristics and
How to Generate Ideas".
I participated in two FUDECO workshops for building a shared vision for development of the Lara and Yaracuy States, Venezuela.
I'm an Empretec Program Leader Facilitator, being Director for Venezuela of the World Program; I gave Empretec courses in several Venezuelan cities. I
am also a Leader Facilitator with: ORT Venezuela, where he facilitated the workshops "Personal Entrepreneurial Characteristics" and "Small
Entrepreneurs Training Workshop"; the Red Cross for training, business plans elaboration and development of entrepreneurial characteristics;
Fundapyme for "Initiation to Entrepreneurship" and "Elaboration of Business Plans"; Banesco, Unibanca, Nena Drugstore, Sarriá Pharmacy, VIVAX
Laboratories, for Intrepreneurship Seminars; for Seminar "Developing your Interpersonal Intelligence" in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic; Pastas
Capri and Pepsi Cola for Seminar "Skills for the new sales model"; Frio Box company for design, development and realization of a sales management
system; the Venezuela Junior Chamber for workshop "You can be an entrepreneur" . I also had been since 1977 Consultant and Facilitator at the
TECNOPARQUE (Venezuela) in support to small and medium businesses.
I was Facilitator in the Fundayaracuy entrepreneurial development projects (Venezuela). I'm a Junior Chamber International Certified National
Instructor (CNT) and I was Marketing Professor.
I represented Venezuela at International Meetings of Empretec Program Directors (UN) in Switzerland and Morocco. I attended the UNCTAD-SEBRAE
"Training of Trainers" Empretec Seminar, Brazil; the Seminar "Jump Right In: Basic Training in an Entrepreneurial Approach" at the Centre for
Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CEED) in Halifax, Canada; the Seminar "Export Managers" sponsored by Italian foreign trade institutes
(Turin, Italy); international conferences, some organized by the Rotary Club, others by the Junior Chamber International, in USA, Panama, Guatemala,
Aruba, Colombia and Puerto Rico where I chaired a work table on North-South Cooperation; and conferences of the American Society for Training &
Development (ASTD) in Atlanta, Dallas, Orlando and New Orleans.
I'm member of the Venezuelan Economists Association; I was member of the Board of Directors of the Lara State Industrial Chamber (Venezuela), a founder
and President of Fundei - Lara (Venezuela), Director of a Campaign against child paralysis, and Secretary of the Barquisimeto Rotary Club.
I was President of the Barquisimeto Junior Chamber, National Vice-president of the Venezuelan Junior Chamber, National Director for that Chamber's
discussion theme "Energy, our worry", Director of that Chamber's Senate, and Mayor of Palavecino (Venezuela).
I'm a JCI Senator and received the Junior Chamber of Venezuela's Junior-of-the-Year Award, Young-Person-of-the-Year Award (Public Official category),
Senator-of-the-Year Award; and the only class of the Merit Badge "City of Barquisimeto".
