Famous People with Name Carlota

Carlota Perez            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Carlota Perez: a Venezuelan scholar and expert on technology and socio-economic development most famous for her concept of Techno-Economic Paradigm Shifts and her theory of great surges, a further development of the Kondratieff waves.Perez is, since 2006, Professor of Technology and Socio-Economic Development at Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia. Since 2003, she is Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Financial Analysis and Policy (CFAP), Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge. She is also, permanently, Honorary Research Fellow at SPRU, University of Sussex, and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the United Nation University's Institute of New Technologies, Maastricht, The Netherlands. She is particularly active as an international consultant and lecturer.

Carlota Alfaro            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Carlota Alfaro: a high fashion designer from Puerto Rico. She is perhaps the best known Puerto Rican fashion designer.Alfaro showed a passion for design ever since she was a child, often designing clothes for family and friends.Alfaro reached international fame in Latin America, Europe and the United States during the 1960s, decade in which she also created the Instituto Carlota Alfaro, aimed towards passing on her knowledge to young fashion design students. Alfaro's specialty was haute couture.