Senior Associate Professor at the Business School at Universidad de las Américas Puebla since 2016 and Graduate Studies Department Head since 2017. He currently collaborates with Cornell University at the Center for Latin American Studies. He obtained his B.S. in Computer Science at Universidad de las Américas in 2000, and his Masters and Doctoral degrees from Texas Tech University in Systems and Engineering Management. He worked from 2007 to 2016 at Tecnológico de Monterrey as Graduate Studies Director and Engineering Department Head for the San Luis Potosí and Veracruz Campi.His research interest focuses on the understanding and analysis of productive systems with an emphasis on entrepreneurship, small enterprises and social impact.