A diverse group of international visiting professors from the United States, India, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Canada, and Venezuela have joined EGADE Business School’s faculty. 

By INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey is pleased to welcome the international visiting professors who have joined its distinguished Faculty for the January-March and April-June 2021 academic periods.

This diverse group of professors will be teaching courses in the remote format, enriching the experience of students from our programs and promoting international collaboration with innovative approaches in different areas:

Abhishek Nayak (India) is an assistant professor at University of Amsterdam Business School (Netherlands). He has been invited once more as a visiting professor to EGADE Business School to teach the courses Data Analytics & Machine Learning, Digital Marketing, and Business Intelligence. His research work focuses on advertising effectiveness and media synergy. Abhishek holds a Ph.D. in Business Studies Specialization in Marketing and a Master in Research Methodology in Management Science, IE Business School (Spain); an MBA in International Business, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (India); and a Bachelor of Technology, Nirma Institute of Technology (India).

Jaime Salas (USA) is a professor at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (USA). EGADE Business School has invited him once again to teach courses as a visiting professor in the area of Service Management. Jim coordinates an international research team that collaborates with a leading European technology company in implementing service strategies and is a researcher at the Center for Services Leadership, Arizona State University. For over 10 years, Jim held leadership positions at AT&T in the area of corporate sales. He earned a Ph.D. and MBA, from W. P. Carey School of Business - Arizona State University (USA), and a B.A. in Marketing, from the University of Phoenix (USA).

James Ritchie-Dunham (USA) is President of the Institute for Strategic Clarity, cofounder of Vibrancy, and academic affiliate at Harvard University (USA) and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain). He is joining EGADE Business School as a visiting professor to teach the course Strategic Management. He coauthored Ecosynomics and Managing from Clarity. He holds a Ph.D. in Decision Sciences, University of Texas at Austin (USA); MBA, ESADE; Master of International Management, Thunderbird School of Global Management - Arizona State University (USA); and a B.S. Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa (USA). He has completed postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard and MIT.

José Rivera (USA) has been, for the past 28 years, a faculty member at University of Michigan, Central Michigan University, Oakland University, and Wayne State University (USA). He is joining EGADE Business School as a visiting professor in the academic department Marketing and Business Intelligence. He has extensive professional experience in the automotive industry, collaborating at Daimler AG (Mercedes Benz), General Motors, and Chrysler. He holds an MBA, from Tecnológico de Monterrey, and a B.S. Mechanical Engineering, from UNAM.

Luis Felipe Cisneros Martínez (Canada) is a professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at HEC Montréal and Scientific Director of Pôle Entrepreneuriat / Repreneuriat / familles en affaires, at the same institution. He is the coauthor of the most important surveys on entrepreneurship in Québec: Indice Entrepreneurial Québécois and Portrait de l’Écosystème Startup de Montréal. He is joining EGADE Business School as a visiting professor in the academic department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.  He holds a Doctorate in Administrative Sciences, HEC Paris (France); Master in Control and Decision Systems, Université Paris IX (France); MBA and B.A. in Business Administration, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. 

Manuel Alonso Coto (Spain) is a professor at IE Business School (Spain) and Director of Digital Innovation in the Executive Education Division, at the same institution. He has joined EGADE Business School as a visiting professor to teach the course Digital Marketing. He has coauthored diverse books, such as El plan de marketing digital and Marketing político 2.0, among others. He earned a Doctorate in Economic Sciences, specializing in Digital Marketing, from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain); Master in International Trade, EOI Business School (Spain); Executive MBA, IE Business School; and B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Universidad de Oviedo (Spain).

Marcio Amaral Baptista (Portugal) is an associate researcher at the Center for International Studies - University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal). He is joining EGADE Business School as a visiting professor in the academic department Strategy and Leadership. He has two decades of experience as a global executive and consultant at Xerox Corp., Booz Allen & Hamilton, Go To Market Consultoria, and the Brazilian Navy. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); MBA, COPPEAD - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), and B.Sc. in Economics, Rio de Janeiro State University (Brazil).

Meir Russ (USA) is a Professor Emeritus at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (USA). He is joining EGADE Business School as a visiting professor to teach the courses Leadership and Managing People in Organizations. He has published numerous scientific articles and performed a diversity of editorial activities, as editor-in-chief of the Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management (OJAKM). He earned a Ph.D. in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and International Business, from Ohio State University, and an MBA and B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering, from Tel Aviv University.

Spyros Angelopoulus (Grecia) is a professor of Information Management at Tilburg School of Economics and Management (Netherlands). He is joining EGADE Business School as a visiting professor to teach the course Business Intelligence. His research focuses on user behavior on online platforms, organizational adaptation during digital transformation, and user security and privacy issued on online platforms. He was selected as a “Cloud Faculty Expert” by Google, for his commitment to leading transformation in Cloud Computing research and education. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems and Management, University of Warwick (UK); M.Sc. in Engineering Management and Dipl./M.Eng. in Production Engineering and Management, both from the Technical University of Crete (Greece).

Tamara Carleton (South Korea, USA) is CEO and founder of Innovation Leadership Group, instructor in the program Continuing Studies, and collaborates at the Stanford University Innovation Lab. She is returning to EGADE Business School as a visiting professor to teach courses in the area of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. She is the author of the book Playbook for Strategic Foresight and Innovation. She has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University (USA); M.S. in Public Relations, Syracuse University (USA); and B.A. in Communications, George Washington University (USA).

Urbi Garay Lluch (Venezuela) is a professor at Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA). He is joining EGADE Business School as a visiting professor to teach the course Corporate Finance. His research focuses on alternative investments, asset valuation, emerging markets, and corporate governance. His extensive scientific production can be found in numerous publications in journals, books, and case studies. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance, University of Massachusetts (USA); M.A. in Internal Economics, Yale University (USA); and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Venezuela).

Vicente Quesada (Spain) is a partner of the Rokk3r Fuel ExO global venture capital fund. He is returning to EGADE Business School as a visiting professor to teach the courses Fintech and Finance Innovation and Management of Microfinance Companies. He has served as CEO of Gauss Trading and Director of Santander Investment. He earned a Ph.D. in Business & Economics, from Harvard University (USA) and UNED (Spain), and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, from ICAI (Spain).

Learn more about the Global Visiting Faculty program here.