{"id":118539,"date":"2026-07-13T21:44:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/members\/paula-brenes-ramirez\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T18:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:03:10","slug":"paula-brenes-ramirez","status":"publish","type":"cea_person","link":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/members\/paula-brenes-ramirez\/","title":{"rendered":"Paula Brenes Ram\u00edrez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Education<\/strong>
\n02\/2020 Certificate in Digital Transformation (MIT Professional Education)
\n07\/2018- Present Postgraduate Program in Digital Marketing (Internacional de Marketing)
\n08\/2010-08\/2012 Master’s in Information Technology Engineering with a concentration in Project Management (ULACIT)
\n05\/2004-05\/2005 Licentiate in Computer Engineering with an emphasis in Software Development (ULACIT)
\n01\/1999-05\/2004 Computer Engineering (ULACIT)<\/p>\n

Professional Experience<\/strong>
\n08\/2018 \u2013 Present Board Member, Colegio de Profesionales en Inform\u00e1tica y Computaci\u00f3n, Costa Rica https:\/\/www.cpic.or.cr\/JuntaDirectiva
\n\u2022 Member of the Board of Directors
\n\u2022 I have developed projects related to the empowerment of women in technology with the CPIC Mujeres committee and the Telecommunications committee.
\n\u2022 I took part in projects enabling the business sector to work together with the government sector, and in the implementation of training projects in rural areas.
\n08\/2015 \u2013 Present Volunteer, Cooperativa SulaBats\u00fa, San Jos\u00e9 Costa Rica http:\/\/www.sulabatsu.com\/
\nVolunteer at Cooperativa Sula Bats\u00fa supporting projects to integrate women into technology.
\n02\/2014 \u2013 Present Director of Admissions and Marketing, UNIVERSIDAD CENFOTEC, Costa Rica https:\/\/www.ucenfotec.ac.cr\/
\n\u2022 Development of community and business outreach projects.
\n\u2022 Coordination of the development of partnerships and commercial agreements.
\n\u2022 Coordination of marketing activities.
\n\u2022 Coordination of student admission, follow-up and retention.
\n\u2022 Coordination of the “Student Wellbeing” area.
\n\u2022 Coordination of the Scholarships Department<\/p>\n

Achievements:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Scholarships for more than 10% of students.
\n\u2022 60% increase in course sales
\n\u2022 90% increase in agreements with companies.
\n\u2022 90% increase in event development.
\n\u2022 Agreements established with: Oracle, EC Council, SAP, ISC2, Scrum ORG, iOS Development, Minecraft for education, VMware, IICA, RedHat, Pearson Vue<\/p>\n

07\/2010 – Present Board of Directors, Oracle Users Group CR, Costa Rica
\n\u2022 Support in the development of events and projects of the ORACLE Users Group in Costa Rica
\n06\/2007 – 02\/2014 Professor, ULACIT, San Jos\u00e9
\n\u2022 Courses taught: Graduation Seminar, programming and technology literacy courses
\n12\/2012 – 01\/2014 Director, Centro de Innovaci\u00f3n y Transferencia Tecnol\u00f3gica ULACIT, Escaz\u00fa, Costa Rica http:\/\/www.ulacit.ac.cr\/cit\/
\n\u2022 Support in the development and creation of the new CITT Space – Escaz\u00fa
\n\u2022 Development of projects in technology and training
\n\u2022 Sales and marketing of corporate training and continuing education programs.
\n\u2022 National and international strategic partnerships
\n\u2022 Customized training for companies
\n08\/2009 – 12\/2012 Academic Director of University Extension, School of Engineering, ULACIT, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica http:\/\/www.ulacit.ac.cr\/carreras\/seccion\/index.php?career=7
\n\u2022 Analysis of training and professional development needs.
\n\u2022 Curriculum, course, seminar and event design and development.
\n\u2022 National and international training agreements
\n06\/2011 – 02\/2012 Volunteer Work, Casa Emanuel , Africa, Guinea-Bissau
\nhttp:\/\/ulacitencasaemanuel.blogspot.com\/
\n\u2022 Volunteer service
\n\u2022 Coordination of a team of informatics and computing students to provide support to the Casa Emanuel community.
\n01\/2008 – 12\/2008 Technology Consultant \u2013 ABAP Factory, HP, Costa Rica
\n05\/2006 – 01\/2008 Information Systems Analyst 4b, Ministerio de Hacienda, San Jos\u00e9
\n02\/2006 – 06\/2007 Professor, Universidad Interamericana de Costa Rica, Heredia
\n08\/2005 – 05\/2006 Customs Risk and Intelligence, Information Systems Analyst, Ministerio de Hacienda, San Jos\u00e9
\n11\/2004 – 08\/2005 Analyst and Programmer, Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, San Jos\u00e9
\n2004 – Consultant, Almac\u00e9n El El\u00e9ctrico S.A., San Jos\u00e9
\n2\/2004 Consultant, Importadora GDS Internacional , San Jos\u00e9
\n02\/2002 – 02\/2004 Analyst and Programmer, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, San Jos\u00e9
\n1999 \u2013 2002 Programmer, MEP – ICER, San Jos\u00e9<\/p>\n

Languages<\/strong>
\nEnglish – Basic Professional Competence
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