• Since 1999, Manu has been leading all sixteen K21 iterations, conducting research & development and innovation management, performing design thinking, operating a strategic surveillance system for PESHTELD analysis, ideating B2C and B2B business models, developing & testing prototypes with real users, creating & managing product lines, ideating financial models, and carrying out sales & marketing strategies.• During 1999-2008, he successfully combined R&D with philanthropy by establishing… Show more • Since 1999, Manu has been leading all sixteen K21 iterations, conducting research & development and innovation management, performing design thinking, operating a strategic surveillance system for PESHTELD analysis, ideating B2C and B2B business models, developing & testing prototypes with real users, creating & managing product lines, ideating financial models, and carrying out sales & marketing strategies.• During 1999-2008, he successfully combined R&D with philanthropy by establishing a mutually beneficial exchange deal to place a pilot site of OK!-based IT services for the Save the Children Mexico office at San Miguel de Allende.• During 2011-2012, K21 was incubated at KTH Innovation in Sweden. Officials initially ordered an IP firm to perform an intellectual property report on the patent family protecting the OK! technology. Due to positive results obtained, officials then brought a digital security consulting firm to conduct a security audit on OK!, confirming that it is a rare yet effective malware prevention solution.• Since 2016, after a malware analysis course with master Jonathan Banfi, Manu started his basic malware analysis practice on artifacts received by e-mail. In 2017, he approached VMRay to make K21 an official sales representative. He developed his own nested virtual machine environment in 2018 to conduct malware analysis; it became double-nested in 2023.• In 2023, experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology admitted K21's concept paper along with proposals sent by other cyber-security industry players such as Fortinet, CrowdStrike, Microsoft, ISACA, TCS, IBM, and others. The NIST was collecting expert knowledge to publish version 2.0 of their Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) guide. K21 confirmed the importance of applying resilience mechanisms that protect computer systems by interrupting cyber-attacks at early stages, even before they are detected. Show less

• Appointed by the CEO to develop and implement a plan to transform the company into an innovation-friendly organization.• Responsible for generating internal and external environments favorable to proposals of incremental (H1), disruptive (H2), and radical (H3) innovations presented by company members.• Conducted approximately 40 bilingual training sessions on topics related to innovation.• Managed more than 20 Microsoft Teams groups to implement a hybrid model for innovation… Show more • Appointed by the CEO to develop and implement a plan to transform the company into an innovation-friendly organization.• Responsible for generating internal and external environments favorable to proposals of incremental (H1), disruptive (H2), and radical (H3) innovations presented by company members.• Conducted approximately 40 bilingual training sessions on topics related to innovation.• Managed more than 20 Microsoft Teams groups to implement a hybrid model for innovation management within the company.• Responsible for handling special innovation projects. Searched and analyzed suppliers, initiated alliances, and launched commercial relationships.• Designed and implemented a companywide Digital Document Signature System using a low-cost Adobe Sign subscription. Savings were almost USD 20,000 during the first year.• Designed a visual dashboard to map areas that propose and develop innovations.• Established an incubator for intrapreneurs as part of GSB’s innovation program.• Kept alive a strategic surveillance system. Performed analysis of international Politics, Economics, Social, Health & Wellness, Technology, Environmental, Legal, and Demographics (PESHTELD) dynamics. Employed Second Brain technologies and methodologies.• Participated in the Cyber-security, Information Security, and Personal Data Protection Committee.• Responsible for greeting newly hired colleagues and educating them on essential cyber-security, personal data protection, information security, and digital privacy concepts.• Designed the Cyber-security Month campaign to deploy it during October 2023. Prepared 16 educational text publications with links to videos and training lessons on phishing and ransomware.• Helped colleagues answer second-party (client-initiated) audits on management systems dedicated to information security, cyber-security, privacy, and personal data protection.• Reviewed, updated, and wrote information security and privacy policies for the company. Show less

• Manuel actively participated coordinating service tickets for various international accounts.• He invented a system to guide himself, prepare, generate a searchable work log, keep consistent work quality, and count completed operations. He coordinated 565 operations in 78 working days, an average of 7.2 operations per session.• Manuel’s incremental innovation while in this position was a time calculator in Microsoft Excel to ease time-lapse calculations. His supervisor invited team… Show more • Manuel actively participated coordinating service tickets for various international accounts.• He invented a system to guide himself, prepare, generate a searchable work log, keep consistent work quality, and count completed operations. He coordinated 565 operations in 78 working days, an average of 7.2 operations per session.• Manuel’s incremental innovation while in this position was a time calculator in Microsoft Excel to ease time-lapse calculations. His supervisor invited team members to use such calculator to reduce mistakes. Show less

• In April 2018, the Dean of the Engineering School at UNIR (International University of La Rioja) invited Manuel to impart class and direct Master degree research papers of students in Mexico and Latin America. He has guided more than 40 students in the creation of marginal or exponential innovations that either are of public benefit or can turn into startups.• In September 2018, he spoke on behalf of UNIR at the Cyber-security Month Conference organized by TelmexHUB and Fundación… Show more • In April 2018, the Dean of the Engineering School at UNIR (International University of La Rioja) invited Manuel to impart class and direct Master degree research papers of students in Mexico and Latin America. He has guided more than 40 students in the creation of marginal or exponential innovations that either are of public benefit or can turn into startups.• In September 2018, he spoke on behalf of UNIR at the Cyber-security Month Conference organized by TelmexHUB and Fundación Slim.• In 2018, UNIR invited him to write the study materials of a personal data protection course for the Master on Big Data Analysis.• His professional track as an inventor with granted patents, entrepreneur, and certified digital security and data privacy professional allowed him to assume this endeavor without the required Master of Science or Ph.D. degree.• UNIR is the leading online university in Spain and Latin America that offers students Bachelor and Master degrees accepted both in Mexico and Europe. Show less

• Manuel helped to handle requests about censuses, sociodemographic surveys, administrative records, and other needs within the General Directorate of Sociodemographic Statistics (DGES). Among noticeable tasks were(1) Follow-up over the Global Center of Excellence in Gender Statistics (CEGS), a joint project between UN Women and INEGI. He designed a hybrid Management Model for this center based on (i) Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and their metrics, (ii) a Balanced Scorecard, (iii)… Show more • Manuel helped to handle requests about censuses, sociodemographic surveys, administrative records, and other needs within the General Directorate of Sociodemographic Statistics (DGES). Among noticeable tasks were(1) Follow-up over the Global Center of Excellence in Gender Statistics (CEGS), a joint project between UN Women and INEGI. He designed a hybrid Management Model for this center based on (i) Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and their metrics, (ii) a Balanced Scorecard, (iii) Innovation & Knowledge Management, (iv) Project management, and (v) Quality management. However needed, the DGES head official did not authorize the implementation of this model.(2) Follow-up activities related to the updates required for the DGES Specific Organization and Procedure Manuals.(3) Follow-up tasks related to the Quality Assurance Committee, which included DGES comments to the INEGI's quality policy and standard, the P-Tracking system, and quality training.(4) Follow-up activities over the COVID-19 pandemic effects affecting various DGES editorial products (print jobs).(5) A diagnosis-work plan related to the DGES revision of technical regulations regarding the National System of Statistical and Geographical Information (SNIEG).• He also handled specific assignments requested by the DGES head official on the use of information technologies and other analyses related to censuses, sociodemographic surveys, administrative records, and other systems. Noticeable tasks were (6) the observations on digital security to the 2020 Population and Housing Census, and (7) the follow-up and review of the upcoming United States, Mexico, Canada Agreement on migration statistics quality.• The DGES head official named Manuel as a Supervisory Liaison for editorial products with the Editorial Production Directorate of the General Directorate of Communication, Public Information Service, and Institutional Relations. Show less

• Manuel was part of various multidisciplinary working teams that wrote, debated, reviewed topics related to IT operation, information security, and technical definitions included in the Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties (LFPDPPP), and the Official Mexican Standard NOM-024-SSA3-2010 for operating electronic health record systems in the health sector.• Manuel advised public officials from three government levels (Federal, State, and Municipal) in information… Show more • Manuel was part of various multidisciplinary working teams that wrote, debated, reviewed topics related to IT operation, information security, and technical definitions included in the Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties (LFPDPPP), and the Official Mexican Standard NOM-024-SSA3-2010 for operating electronic health record systems in the health sector.• Manuel advised public officials from three government levels (Federal, State, and Municipal) in information security applied to personal data protection, based on current regulations by the IFAI or best practices included in the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 and ISO/IEC 27002:2005 international standards.• Appointed by the DGCDP head official, prepared and presented a lecture on cybercrime during a conference organized by the Red Iberoamericana de Protección de Datos (RIPD), an international body of personal data protection agencies from Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.• Manuel debated the contents with a former boss and later developed the Guide to formulate the Security Compliance Report (2009). Prepared and presented a lecture to 1,000+ public officials of 190+ ministries and agencies (M&A) of the Federal Public Administration (FPA).• He was in charge of management, supervision, and operation of a call center during 4.5 months, supporting 280+ calls made by public officials in M&A of the FPA, in relation to the aforesaid Security Compliance Report. Show less

• Delivered maintenance, technical support and digital security for a local area network of 25 personal computers, a server, and peripherals.• Solved hardware and software issues such as Y2K procedures, shared Internet access, and database management.• Carried out a digital forensic investigation to determine if an employee used an official computer for inappropriate purposes.• Among the special projects entrusted by his supervisor were (i) auditing accounting records of the… Show more • Delivered maintenance, technical support and digital security for a local area network of 25 personal computers, a server, and peripherals.• Solved hardware and software issues such as Y2K procedures, shared Internet access, and database management.• Carried out a digital forensic investigation to determine if an employee used an official computer for inappropriate purposes.• Among the special projects entrusted by his supervisor were (i) auditing accounting records of the previous administration in order to find fraud evidence, (ii) deterring fraud in operation expenses among members of the new administration, (iii) developing expense and budget control forms for board meetings, and (iv) preparing the new management policies & operations manual. Show less

• Manuel was in charge of many programs, projects, and concrete result-producing actions that placed the ITESM State of Mexico Campus at the forefront of environmental education and leadership in Mexico City: paper and cardboard recycling, energy and water savings, and a vehicle pooling database.• Manuel developed said database using Microsoft Works v2.0. The data model allowed users to identify routes and drivers so they could get in contact and arrange the ride. This could have been the… Show more • Manuel was in charge of many programs, projects, and concrete result-producing actions that placed the ITESM State of Mexico Campus at the forefront of environmental education and leadership in Mexico City: paper and cardboard recycling, energy and water savings, and a vehicle pooling database.• Manuel developed said database using Microsoft Works v2.0. The data model allowed users to identify routes and drivers so they could get in contact and arrange the ride. This could have been the first system of its kind in Mexico City.• Manuel improved his leadership skills by creating teams of volunteers within the campus community.• Designed and applied a training program to develop a shared sense of purpose and self-motivation strengths in 200+ team members. Each member’s mission was to guide and influence classmates and officemates towards environmental protection through any of the programs available at the campus.• The effectiveness of this program became apparent in the monthly average of recyclable fibers collected, which increased from 1.3 metric tons in 1992, up to 3.5 metric tons in 1995.• With the help of team members, he organized annual recycling contests. The first contest brought together 20.1 metric tons of paper and cardboard fibers. His team was organizing another contest when Manuel left the ITESM Campus Estado de México. A few months later, however, the second contest accumulated 200 metric tons of fibers. Show less

He taught an Object Oriented Programming course for students who were studying the last semesters of the Bachelor's Degree in Administrative Computer Systems. He obtained this position by invitation upon completion of his studies. In the final evaluation of teachers, he obtained an average of 2.42 on the scale of 1.0 to 7.0, with 1.0 = excellent performance.

• Contributed as a programmer trainee developing a prototype of the first Computer Aided Systems Engineering application made in Mexico using an Object Oriented Language. • Environment: Microsoft DOS 3.x, Microsoft Windows 2.0, Whitewater Group Actor 3.0.