My Resume

Sofía Alpízar

Architect · Consultant in circular economy and entrepreneurship projects. 

I am passionate about creating products and designing strategic solutions that drive business, improve people's quality of life, and share knowledge as a powerful tool. I firmly believe that empowerment does not happen, but is obtained through learning and the self-confidence that it brings. For me, sharing knowledge is opening doors for others to discover their own potential.

Architect, consultant in projects focused on circular economy and entrepreneurship, product designer and project manager. I am passionate about creating products and designing solutions or strategies that allow us to boost businesses, so I decided to merge the creative and design part of architecture with the administration and business part. I was certified as an Innovation Manager, as well as in social housing and urban development issues. I believe that design is powerful to create not only products but also to solve needs in different areas.

In 2020, Diseñístico was born, a company that I created with the purpose of adding value to society through the design of utilitarian and custom-made furniture that is at affordable prices and with high-end materials, ZERO WASTE, creating a system of production, manufacture and optimization of resources that eliminates 100% of the generation of waste, burnings and mismanagement of resources in this type of commercial activity. In the same way, workshops are given so that people and with emphasis on women, can learn construction techniques and the use of electric tools as empowerment so that they can carry out their own projects and improvements in their homes without dependence on a male figure.

I have participated in countries such as the United States and the Philippines in programs related to social housing and since I was a child, I have learned to manufacture and design furniture thanks to my dad's knowledge, as well as being a 2023 Alumni of Young Leaders of the Americas (YLAI) which is a program that empowers entrepreneurs to strengthen their business capabilities. and contribute more effectively to the social and economic development of their communities.

Formal Education · Certifications

Emphasis on General Management.

Fidelitas University · 2016-2018.

Latin University of Heredia – 2009-2015

2019 · Innovation strategies – Tools for innovation, creativity and development of strategies in business models.

2016 · Financing urban development through land charges and taxes. · Lincoln Institute of land policy. 5 weeks online, certification.

2018 · Adaptation of instruments for territorial planning in small cities · Lincoln Institute of land policy. 5 weeks online, certification.

2021. Land and building appraisals. College of Civil Engineers.

2018 Construction budgets. Costa Rican Chamber of Construction.

2024. YLAI – Alumnus. U.S. Department of State's Young Leaders of the Americas (YLAO) Initiative A U.S. government that brings together emerging entrepreneurs from the Western Hemisphere to boost the full economic potential of the region's citizens.

Sofía Alpízar
Sofía Alpízar

Experiencia Laboral en Arquitectura & como Project Manager

· Design and redesigns of wooden houses.

· Project Management – Social interest housing in indigenous territories.

· Design of preliminary projects for Construgar Clients (Partner Company).

· Process development and redesign of administrative management for the optimization of times, resources for the fulfillment of 2022 / 2023 goals.

· Customer advice in specific projects.

· Human resource training in the area of social housing.

· Processing and approval of 202 social interest homes in indigenous territories for the 2022 construction goal.

· Application for projects in the Blue Flag program.

· Progressive Housing Design for the Elderly that allows independent older adults to have decent housing and at the same time allows them to expand it in a strategic and planned way for the generation of income through renting or accompanying family members without mixing nuclei.

· Official 5 – (Category based on the civil registry – BANHVI)

· Project Analyst in the Technical Department – Projects of Social Interest.

· Government Sector & Coordination with financial institutions.

· Inspection of individual cases – northern area of Costa Rica.

· Analysis of cases presented to the institution located in indigenous territories.

Project Manager:

· Project management, planning, look & feel design – luxury restaurants and hotels: Lile de France, Bachhus, El Mangoove Hotel and Hilton Garden Inn.

· Financial estimate PF CHANG restaurant Costa Rica and Panama.

· Redesign and remodeling of administrative offices.

· Validation of requirements for compliance with Marriott regulations / requirements in projects.

(Conclusion of an early contract as a result of the beginning of the pandemic)

Architect – Housing developments.

Project Manager of social interest in the construction stage.

Innovation Management: Proposal of innovation program and sustainable strategies for social housing, application of projects in national and international competitions, symposia. Management of technical files before the National Financial System for Housing.

Creation of the after-sales program: Design of the After-Sales program for the attention of constructive guarantees and the improvement of construction practices to reduce construction problems.

Training for families on home maintenance.

In charge of ensuring good occupational health practices and human resource management in construction.

In charge of managing Environmental Viabilities with regents – engineers and prosecutors.

Procedures for payments to suppliers.

Procedures and payments of policies for construction risks, civil liability and occupational risks.

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