Juan Carlos Rivera

Juan Carlos Rivera is the National Director of MBA Programs at EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey. He previously served as Director of the EGADE MBA Online and as a full-time professor in the Department of Strategy and Leadership at the school.

With over 22 years of academic and professional experience, his work has focused on international business, global strategy, strategic negotiation, global innovation, international education, international economic policy, and global marketing. His professional practice spans more than 55 countries across all continents.

He brings strong international competencies, developed throughout his career at organizations such as PepsiCo, Bancomext, PEMEX Internacional, the National Association of Universities, Tecnológico de Monterrey, and CENEVAL. These roles have taken him to companies, cities, and universities around the world, where he has served in key positions as team leader, project director, strategist, senior advisor, diplomatic representative, keynote speaker, manager, senior consultant, and general director.

He has collaborated with numerous global institutions and leading corporations, including the Institute of International Education, United Nations, World Bank, OECD, FedEx, Unilever, P&G, BMW, Lenovo, Bimbo, Grupo Carso, Roche, Huawei, Alsea, Bosch, Liomont, Renault, EY, Deloitte, KPMG, Adidas, LG, CEMEX, Bayer, and Ternium, among others.

As a faculty member at Tecnológico de Monterrey, he has taught at the Mexico City, Toluca, and Monterrey campuses. He has also been a visiting professor at prestigious international institutions such as Sorbonne University (France), Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (China), University of Auckland (New Zealand), University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil), KAUST University (Saudi Arabia), and at leading universities in the United States, including Yale, Harvard, Boston College, Babson College, and the University of Texas at Austin, as well as institutions across all 32 states of Mexico.

• Recognition as the best professor in the B.A. Global Business degree (ECAG), 2016.
• Recognition as a professor of excellence, Department of Strategy and Leadership (ECOA), 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.

• Ph.D. in International Business Management
  International School of Management (ISM), Paris
• Master of Global Management
  Thunderbird School of Global Management, ASU
• B.A. Global Trade
  Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Toluca

1. "En un mundo a dieta hornea con éxito. Grupo Bimbo". Rivera López, Juan Carlos. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Departamento de Economía y Negocios, México, Distrito Federal. México [Ejecutivos de finanzas, México, 2013 Vol. 42 Núm. 121 Dic, Pág. 50-53]
2. "Universidad-empresa. Ganar-ganar". Rivera López, Juan Carlos. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Departamento de Administración, Mercadotecnia y Negocios Internacionales, México, Distrito Federal. México [Ejecutivos de finanzas, México, 2012 Vol. 41 Núm. 116 Ago, Pág. 66-67]
3. "Starbucks: Innovación y capital humano". Rivera López, Juan Carlos. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Escuela de Negocios, México, Distrito Federal. México; Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Departamento de Administración, Mercadotecnia y Negocios Internacionales, México, Distrito Federal. México [Ejecutivos de finanzas, México, 2012 Vol. 41 Núm. 115 Jul, Pág. 58-60]