My name is Felipe Porras Marcelo, and I am a highly motivated fashion designer and Biomedical engineer with over 3 years of experience specializing in innovation, technology research for disable people and fashion collections development. I worked as a technology researcher and Innovation at Cueros Vélez . In this role, I was responsible for research technology to improve user experience improve . I also was deeply involves in, sustainability committee and equality and inclusion committee, design commercial spaces for disable people using tools like Adobe Illustrator, Premiere, Power BI, Analysis. My career began as a reserch tecnology in fashion company, where I focused on research technology to improve the user experience in one of the most important fashion company of Colombia environment. After a successful internship was finish , I've taken on more challenging roles, which allowed me to grow from a IT internship , to a IT Assistant. A key turning point was when I lead the development of braille catalogue for blind people, I’ve always sought out opportunities to learn and take on more responsibility. Looking ahead, I am eager to continue expanding my expertise in fashion retail and the industry. My long-term goal is to be a creative director/ designer on a fashion brand or Atelier where I can give all my innovative vision about fashion connecting my view point with the disable people without lose the essence of the brand.

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My name is Felipe Porras Marcelo, and I am a highly motivated fashion designer and Biomedical engineer with over 3 years of experience specializing in innovation, technology research for disable people and fashion collections development. I worked as a technology researcher and Innovation at Cueros Vélez . In this role, I was responsible for research technology to improve user experience improve . I also was deeply involves in, sustainability committee and equality and inclusion committee, design commercial spaces for disable people using tools like Adobe Illustrator, Premiere, Power BI, Analysis. My career began as a reserch tecnology in fashion company, where I focused on research technology to improve the user experience in one of the most important fashion company of Colombia environment. After a successful internship was finish , I've taken on more challenging roles, which allowed me to grow from a IT internship , to a IT Assistant. A key turning point was when I lead the development of braille catalogue for blind people, I’ve always sought out opportunities to learn and take on more responsibility. Looking ahead, I am eager to continue expanding my expertise in fashion retail and the industry. My long-term goal is to be a creative director/ designer on a fashion brand or Atelier where I can give all my innovative vision about fashion connecting my view point with the disable people without lose the essence of the brand.

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My name is Felipe Porras Marcelo, and I am a highly motivated fashion designer and Biomedical engineer with over 3 years of experience specializing in innovation, technology research for disable people and fashion collections development. I worked as a technology researcher and Innovation at Cueros Vélez . In this role, I was responsible for research technology to improve user experience improve . I also was deeply involves in, sustainability committee and equality and inclusion committee, design commercial spaces for disable people using tools like Adobe Illustrator, Premiere, Power BI, Analysis.
My career began as a reserch tecnology in fashion company, where I focused on research technology to improve the user experience in one of the most important fashion company of Colombia environment. After a successful internship was finish , I’ve taken on more challenging roles, which allowed me to grow from a IT internship , to a IT Assistant. A key turning point was when I lead the development of braille catalogue for blind people, I’ve always sought out opportunities to learn and take on more responsibility. Looking ahead, I am eager to continue expanding my expertise in fashion retail and the industry. My long-term goal is to be a creative director/ designer on a fashion brand or Atelier where I can give all my innovative vision about fashion connecting my view point with the disable people without lose the essence of the brand.

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Language

English
Advanced
German
Beginner
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent

Work Experience

Assistant for Innovation and Development at Cueros Vélez
October 1, 2024 - October 22, 2025
Leading projects focusing on the inclusion of people with visual, mobility, communication and hearing impairments; identify assistive technologies to improve quality of life; apply design knowledge to propose improvements and optimizations to benefit the business; research trends in assistive technologies and innovation; collaborate with innovation teams on pilot projects and business initiatives; evaluate and select technologies aligning with organizational goals for integration and customer experience; monitor projects and provide impact reports; explore, research and experiment with technologies to improve processes.
Sales representative at EMTELCO S.A.
April 1, 2022 - October 22, 2025
Identified opportunities to upsell products or services; accurately documented customer information and sales details in CRM; addressed and overcome customer objections to move the sales process forward.

Education

BSc Biomedical Engineering; Bachelor's thesis: Prototypical inclusion design for people with visual, mobility and cognitive disabilities at Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano
February 1, 2016 - July 1, 2024
Minor: Prosthesis design and selection of materials for manufacturing at SENA
January 1, 2023 - September 1, 2025

Qualifications

INSIDE LVMH Certificate
July 1, 2023 - October 22, 2025
UX/UI Design Training
September 1, 2022 - October 22, 2025

Industry Experience

Retail, Manufacturing, Education, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services