Javier Ricardo Mejia Sarmiento

Currently I am a design advisor for the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism (Spanish: Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo) of Colombia.
Responsible to give professional and expert advice to the direction of SMEs within the Entrepreneurial Development division of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism.
Develop a strategic plan -and a road map- to create a “culture of design” and tent to decrease the existing gap between professional designers and SMEs.
Define a set of policies for design and its implementation for the SMEs in Colombia.
Advice the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia in the development of those policies trough the SMEs division of the Ministry.
Develop a set of presentations, publications and events to visualize and socialize the effect of a pertinent design project in the SMEs.
I am an autonomous Industrial & Strategic visual-design thinker with more than ten years of experience using various types of strategic, creative, product-design, experience-design, and user-research techniques. I appreciate my own aptitude to manage complex problems in research & vision, strategy & concept, design & development and planning & management of products, spaces, services and strategies, with special interest in the creation of a culture of design. My professional projection is framed for the environmental and social responsibility at work. I am interested in creating radically innovative new projects, products and services particularly as a social entrepreneur. I firmly believe in the need of permanent updating, team work and constant experimentation.