Public Work

Honors / Awards

• Emeritus Board Member – International Consortium for University-based Executive Education (UNICON)
• ‘Hispanic Stars Rising‘ (2021) – ‘We Are All Human‘ 
• Awarded as one of Tecnológico de Monterrey‘s ‘Best Professors’ – University’s 70th and 75th Anniversaries (2013; 2018)
• Awarded as ‘Best Professor’ by Graduating Students of Tecnológico de Monterrey‘s MBA program (2010; 2012)

Editorships

• Reviewer of Research Proposals and Scholarship Applications for Mexico’s National Researchers System (CONACYT) (2008-2014)

Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History

• Advisor for 15+ PhD and MSc thesis at Tecnológico de Monterrey, IE Business School and Iowa State University.
• Instructor for The University of Chicago‘s Master’s Program in Analytics (2019-2021)
• Adjunct Faculty and Instructor at Tecnológico de Monterrey (PhD, MBA, MSc, BSc and Executive Education) – Operations Management, Decision-Making and Business Analytics (2006-2018).
• Design and delivery of a Massive Open On-line Course (MOOC) in Coursera titled Fundamentals of Data Analysis for Decision-Making (Spanish) – 100,000+ participants from 91 countries worldwide (2015-2021) ​
• Visiting Professor – Universidad Andrés Bello in Chile (2012-2014)
• Visiting Scholar – Massachussetts Institute of Technology  (2010-2011)​
• Visiting Professor – Texas Tech University (2007-2008)
• Research Assistant and member of the Sustainability Research Initiative at Iowa State University (2002-2006)

Service

• Former Chair of the Board of Directors (2019-2020) of the International Consortium for University-based Executive Education (UNICON). 
• Co-Chair and member of UNICON’s Benchmarking and Continuity Committees (2016-present)
• Member of the Advisory Council on Executive Education for the American University in Cairo (AUC, Egypt)