1. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA NAME: Maria José de Matos Rainho PLACE OF BIRTH: Vila Real - Portugal DATE OF BIRTH: 01 of November 1969 JOB LOCATION: Department of Economics, Sociology and Management (DESG) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) Avenida Almeida Lucena, 1 5000 - 660 Vila Real Telefone: 259-302202 / Fax: 259-305780 E-mail: [email protected] 2. ACADEMIC PREPARATION • Defended in December of 2002, the Master´s Degree Thesis in the area of "Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing" with thesis title – Patterns and Strategies of Information Search in House Purchasing: Quantitative modelling of Vila Real’s Housing Market , Universidade do Minho, awarded with the classfication of Distinction (Muito Bom). • Completed the undergraduate Degree in Management, in September of 1996 at UTAD. 3. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES • December 2002 to the present took the position as a Lecturer at UTAD-DESG. • October 1996, took the position of Assistant Lecturer at UTAD-DESG. As a lecturer I've taught the following courses: Econometrics, Operational Research, Business Administration, Operations Management, Introduction to Finances and Accountancy and Value Chain Management. 4. MAIN RESEARCH AREA • Management/Logistic Management/Supply Chain Management 5. OTHER RESEARCH AREAS OF INTEREST • Marketing • Operation’s Management 6. TRAINING AND SHORT COURSES 1 Curriculum Vitae Maria José Rainho • Participation in the course, “Treating the Qualitative Information of Questionnaires and Inquiries”, with organization of INA, Oeiras, November 27/28, 2002. • Participation in the Spring School, “Stochastic Optimization”, Department of Mathematics of the University of Coimbra under orientation of Teacher Dennis Bricker, Coimbra, March 2 at May 26, 2001. • Participation in “Applied Statistics course with SPSS”, with organization of ISCTE and under orientation of Prof. Elizabeth Reis, Vila Real, June 26-29, 2000. • Participation in a training action at the European Community Institutions; European Commission, UEO, REPER, CUP, Economic and Social Committee and Social and Regional committee, March, 1996, Brussels. 7. COMUNICATIONS • Participation in the III Investigation Seminar, with presentation of the communication "Patterns and Strategies of Information Search in House Purchasing - Quantitative Modelling of Vila Real’s Housing Market ", April 16, 2003, UTAD, Vila Real. 2 Curriculum Vitae Maria José Rainho