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Aristides Guzmán

Project Manager | PMP® · DASM®

PMP® expert with 5 years in AI and automation: I deliver projects with PMI rigor and amplify them with intelligent tools.

Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia · Remote work

Key results

Track record in numbers

19+years leading projects as an independent consultant (since 2007)
7corporate clients: telecom, consumer goods, financial retail, satellite TV and supply chain
5own platforms conceived and led (app and web)
6–36 %operational efficiency achieved in process audits 2024–2025
17credentials in project management, agility and artificial intelligence
100+volunteer hours on the PMI Antioquia Board of Directors

About me

Project Manager certified PMP® and DASM®, with more than 20 years leading digital transformation projects in telecommunications, consumer goods, financial retail and supply chain. I direct integration, scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, procurement and stakeholder management under PMI standards, with end-to-end governance and both predictive and agile methodologies.

I am a PMP expert with 5 years of hands-on experience in applied AI and automation tools (Claude Code, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, n8n.io, Vapi.ai, Retell AI): I use them to speed up development, automate workflows and deploy intelligent agents. I complement project management with enterprise process auditing to detect waste and optimize ROI (Synaptic) and with the development of web solutions and applications.

Work experience

Project Manager — MS21 Consulting

Independent consultant · Remote · February 2007 – Present · 19+ years

Project management as an independent consultant for clients through www.gesfor.es, under PMI standards and methodology: planning, execution, monitoring and control, risk management, compliance auditing and closing.

Clients served

Interlink Sales · CRM · AI
10 months

Sales team restructuring, new customer acquisition, new CRM implementation and AI automation of the support system and commercial processes.

Logical Safety Industrial safety
7 months

Compliance and project management standards audit. Restructuring of the "virtual lockout" system for safe maintenance in industrial plants, on Oracle Cloud.

Sysretail Financial retail · PMBOK
12 months

PMI consulting for a credit card processing, commercial management and risk company. Periodic compliance audits with PMBOK tools, identifying improvements and ensuring deliverable quality.

TMS Trade Management Solutions · Supply chain
6 months

Coordination and management of import/export projects for a leading international supply chain provider. Compliance with PMI risk and audit standards.

KRAFT Consumer goods · Scrum · SIGMA system
12 months

Scrum-based leadership of the KPI management system that evaluates promoter and sales force performance: scope, management plan, execution and closing.

DIGITEL Telecom · Waterfall · MS Project
24 months

Billing system migration to a more modern, secure and efficient platform, using waterfall methodology with MS Project.

DIRECTV Venezuela · Satellite TV
24 months

Systems modernization: migration of satellite applications to the IBS platform, development and integration of WCF services, service orders and equipment recovery, and billing migration in Asp.net C# under SOA/WCF architecture.

Own projects

GERI
24 months

App and web platform to control evacuation and shelter processes, manage brigades and drills, and broadcast real-time status to support agencies.

Escuela Segura

App and web platform to manage school transport units and the academic plan.

All in One Gourmet System
12 months

App and web platform for restaurant chain control: billing, sales, inventory and audits.

Integrated Medical System
12 months

Web-based administrative management for clinics, with billing, medical consultation and medical operations modules.

Terminal 710
8 months

Public transport fleet management system: unit control, stops, schedules and real-time tracking.

Sales Director — Gesfor

Caracas, Venezuela · January 2006 – December 2006 · 1 year

  • Active identification and prospecting of new clients, with strategies to diversify revenue sources.
  • Deployment of specialized talent (developers, architects, DBAs, QA) at key accounts such as Banco de Venezuela and Banco Provincial.
  • Development of new projects aligned with clients' strategic objectives.
  • Continuous search for new business sources, partnerships and emerging markets.

Chief Systems Analyst — CANTV

Caracas, Venezuela · March 1995 – December 2005 · 10 years 10 months

  • Call center automation: conception, architecture and leadership of the sales, promotions, support and claims system, still in operation.
  • Repeater-antenna payment management system: development and coordination with the state for use of the radio spectrum.
  • Customer disconnection and reconnection system integrated with the billing system for digital exchanges.

Certifications

17 credentials in project management, agility and artificial intelligence

Project Management Institute

Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM)

Issued 1 Aug 2023

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International Scrum Assembly

International Scrum Master (ISM)

Issued 6 Sep 2019

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Project Management Institute

Generative AI Overview for Project Managers

Issued 11 Jan 2024

Project Management Institute

Data Landscape of GenAI for Project Managers

Issued 27 Mar 2024

Project Management Institute

Practical Application of Gen AI for Project Managers

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Project Management Institute

Fundamentals of Predictive Project Management

Issued 30 Jun 2022

Project Management Institute

Agile Project Management Fundamentals

Issued 30 Jun 2022

Proyectum Training Center

Taller Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM-PMI)

27–31 Mar 2023 · 18 hours

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Pablolledó.com / UCI

PMP® Exam Question Simulator

21 Mar 2022 · 10 hours

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PMI Latin America

PMI LATAM Changemakers — Agility Champions

17–19 Mar 2022

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PMI Latin America

PMI LATAM Changemakers — Construction Titans

8–10 Sep 2022

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Certiprof

Lifelong Learning

Issued 12 Jul 2022

Certiprof

Survey Contributor of The Agile Adoption Report 2022

Issued 12 Jul 2022

Certiprof

Remote Work Professional Certification (RWPC™)

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Recent projects

Two MS21 Consulting initiatives that show my approach: audit a company's operation, find where money is lost and turn it into measurable automated processes.

Enterprise audit + AI

Synaptic

Process audit and automation · MS21 Consulting

Two-phase service that diagnoses operational waste (manual tasks, duplicated validations, dependence on key people), quantifies it under PMP methodology and eliminates it with n8n and AI automations.

  • Phase 1 · Audit (weeks 1–4): waste map, top 5 bottlenecks and automation roadmap.
  • Phase 2 · Implementation (weeks 5–16): design, deployment and delivery of webhook-connected automations.
  • Tracking: weekly KPIs and three access levels (consultant, main contact, area heads).
  • Operational efficiency of 6% to 36% in 2024–2025 audits; break-even in months 5–6.
Process auditingPMP®n8nIAROI
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Digital venture · Health

CareLink Venezuela

Nursing care marketplace · June 2026

Platform connecting Venezuelan families and the diaspora with verified nursing professionals, with escrow payments and a digital clinical log with remote monitoring.

  • KYP (Know Your Professional): validation of degrees, background and references.
  • Multi-currency escrow payments: PagoMóvil in Venezuela and Square for the diaspora.
  • Works offline during blackouts and syncs when internet returns.
  • Platform 80% developed; 15% commission model plus subscriptions and corporate plans.
Digital productMarketplacePaymentsProduct management

Skills

Project management (PMI)

Integration management Scope management Schedule management Cost management Quality management Risk management Procurement management Stakeholder management Project governance Compliance auditing KPIs & ROI

Methodologies

PMI / PMBOK Predictive (waterfall) Agile methodologies Scrum Disciplined Agile Software development life cycle (SDLC) Design Thinking Data analytics

AI & automation

Claude Code Cursor OpenAI Codex n8n.io Vapi.ai Retell AI AI agents Process automation Generative AI

Tools

MS Project JIRA Trello WordPress nopCommerce

Languages

Spanish — Native English — Basic

Soft skills

Servant leadership Creativity Negotiation Assertive communication Teamwork Active listening Adaptability to change

Education

Diploma in Entrepreneurship and Digital Business Management

Universidad Central de Venezuela · Jul – Dec 2016

IT project management.

Higher Technician in Administration, Informatics major

Colegio Universitario de Caracas · 1997 – 2000

Volunteering

PMI Antioquia — Board of Directors, VP Communications & Marketing

Active since April 2023 · Recognized 30 Jun 2023 · 100+ hours

Board thank-you note ↗

PMI Cali — Editor of the magazine "Mentes & Proyectos"

Former role

PMI Pacífico Colombia Chapter — Specialized magazine lead

Recognition certificate as VP of Communications and Marketing, PMI Antioquia Chapter

Gallery

Certifications and volunteering in pictures

Recognition as Vice President of Communications and Marketing, PMI Antioquia Chapter
Volunteer excellence recognition certificate, Project Management Institute 2022
Volunteering as specialized magazine lead, PMI Pacífico Colombia Chapter
Cover of the Mentes y Proyectos magazine, PMI Cali / Pacífico Colombia
Aristides Guzmán at an in-person PMI Antioquia Chapter event
Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate, Project Management Institute
PMI LATAM Changemakers Initiative certificate, Construction Titans 2022
Credly Kickoff Waterfall badge, Project Management Institute
PMI Practical Application of Gen AI for Project Managers badge