JOAN R. ALABART CÓRDOBA

CONTACT DATA

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Departament d’Enginyeria Química

Avinguda dels Països Catalans, 26

Campus Sescelades

43007 Tarragona, Spain

Phone: 34-977-55 96 58

Fax: 34-977- 55 96 21

e-mail: jalabart@etseq.urv.es

EDUCATION
February 1998-

Assessor FOR THE EUROPEAN QUALITY AWARD.

European Foundation for Quality Management, Brussels (Belgium).
September 1991- June 93

Master in Business Administration (MBA).

Escuela Superior de Administración i Dirección de Empresas (ESADE), Barcelona (Spain). University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada). Student exchange MBA program.
September 1985-Sept. 90 PhD Thesis in Chemistry (Cum Laude, September 1990).
October 1980-June 1985

Minor thesis (graduated with honors, May 1986).

University of Barcelona, Tarragona-Barcelona (Spain).

Bachelor in Chemistry.

University of Barcelona, Tarragona (Spain).
CAREER EXPERIENCE
November 1998-

EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT (EFQM), Brussels (Belgium).

Selected during 3 consecutive years as an Assessor for the European Quality Award (Large businesses and public sector categories). In 2001, promoted to Senior Assessor and leading a team of 6 assessors.
September 1998-

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE CONSULTATIVE SERVICES.

Servei de Tecnologia Química - Technology Transfer Center (University Rovira i Virgili).

Several consultative and training projects have been carried out in the area of Business Excellence. Amongst the clients can be found organizations from the chemical sector, automotive sector, the public sector and professional and business associations.
March 1995-

MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)

University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona (Spain).

Founder and director.

This MBA program is based on the EFQM Model of Excellence. Project-based learning enables students to combine the acquisition of management basics with their application to real-life problem solving and the development of the “soft” skills needed in real-life work settings.
November 1993-

Associate professor with tenure

Department of Chemical Engineering, University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona (Spain).

Professor of Project Management.
2000-

Who’s Who Historical Society, Jacksonville, North Carolina (USA)

Selected as a member for the year 2001.
February 1994-March 97

UNIVERSITY-ENTERPRISE TRAINING PARTNERSHIP - PROJECTT

Servei de Tecnologia Química - Technology Transfer Center (University Rovira i Virgili), Tarragona (Spain).

Coordinator of a European network of universities, enterprises, research centers and professional associations.