The Association of Professional Futurists is a global community of futurists, dedicated to promoting professional excellence and demonstrating the value of strategic foresight and Futures Studies for their clients and/ or employers. Futurists work in global corporations, small businesses, consultancies, education, non-profits, and government.

• Lead core courses and electives, including: Strategic Management, Research & Development Methods, Project Planning & Management, Information Visualization, and Collective Works.• Thesis advisor for senior capstone projects, and coordination of student projects addressing: Culture and Developing Communities, Smart Cities, Sustainability in Fashion, and Counterfeiting.• Redesign of core courses, formulation of new electives, and management of key partnership with Deutsche Telekom.•… Show more • Lead core courses and electives, including: Strategic Management, Research & Development Methods, Project Planning & Management, Information Visualization, and Collective Works.• Thesis advisor for senior capstone projects, and coordination of student projects addressing: Culture and Developing Communities, Smart Cities, Sustainability in Fashion, and Counterfeiting.• Redesign of core courses, formulation of new electives, and management of key partnership with Deutsche Telekom.• Executive training in creativity, innovation, and design sprints for luxury brands. Show less

Manuvo is an award-winning Ed-Tech company focused on developing children’s literacy in LATAM and making culture accesible to underprivileged communities through educational apps, ebooks, and new media.Founded in 2010, Manuvo partners with book publishers, museums, libraries, cultural institutes and national ministries of culture and education to create new interactive ways of bringing early literacy, arts, and culture to those in conditions of vulnerability: children and adults living… Show more Manuvo is an award-winning Ed-Tech company focused on developing children’s literacy in LATAM and making culture accesible to underprivileged communities through educational apps, ebooks, and new media.Founded in 2010, Manuvo partners with book publishers, museums, libraries, cultural institutes and national ministries of culture and education to create new interactive ways of bringing early literacy, arts, and culture to those in conditions of vulnerability: children and adults living in poverty, marginalization, disability or inequality, as well as members of indigenous communities.Manuvo is most known for the projects:• Kernaia: Preserving and Promoting Indigenous Languages in Latin America.• Blanco by Octavio Paz: A New Way To Approach Poetry.• Codex Mendoza: Digital Repatriation of a Pre-Hispanic Document.• Allende Voices: 40 Years From The Coup D’Etat in Chile.• MITO: Commemorating A Revolutionary Magazine in Colombia.• Naaybox: Mobile Library For Rural Areas in Mexico• Juan y Sofi: A Playful Approach to Early Math.• Map To The Stars: Developing Children’s Creativity Through Dance.Manuvo has been featured in The New York Times, CNN, The Next Web, and Deutsche Welle, and has received multiple international awards, including:• Salvador Allende Presidential Medal (Salvador Allende Foundation, 2017).• Best Use of Digital Humanities for Fun (Digital Humanities Awards, 2017)• Most Innovative Startup in Latin America (Inter-American Bank of Development, 2016)• Jabuti Award (Brazilian Book Chamber, 2016)• GREAT Investors Award (UK Trade & Investment, 2015)• Best Use of Digital Humanities for Public Engagement (Digital Humanities Awards, 2015)• Digital Creation Award (Colombia’s Ministry of Technology, 2014)• Most Innovative Company in Mexico (UK Trade & Investment, 2013)• Emblematic Work Award (Iberoamerican Council for Interior Design, 2013)• Best Design Award (The Next Web, 2012)Manuvo has offices in Mexico City, Bogota, Paris and London. Show less

• Led ESL and TOEFL preparation courses for students, faculty and top management. • Awarded Aug-Dec 2009 “Professor of the Semester”.