His work focuses on sustainable futures, entrepreneurship, informal markets, creativity, imagination, and innovation. Dr. Symmes is a Research Professor at EGADE Business School and VIVA Idea Schmidheiny Chair in Sustainable Futures at EGADE Business School. He co-authors the book “Scaling Strategies for Social Entrepreneurs: A Market Approach,” recently published worldwide by Palgrave McMillan, and “Do More with Less: The 6 Principles of Frugal Innovation” by Editorial Planeta. Part of his research has been published in prestigious journals such as Management Research and Journal of Iberoamerican Academy of Management. In addition, he is a literature writer, publishing his first book in 2016 called “Writings of a Lost Man,” for which he was selected by Penguin Random House in Spain among the most promising young writers.

Professor Quepons has a 29-year professional career at Tecnológico de Monterrey, during which he has served as Director of the administrative department, a Program Director, and a Professor at the EGADE Business School, Monterrey site.

He is the Director of the Department of Strategy and Leadership at EGADE Business School. He was the Founding Director of the Master in Business Management at EGADE Business School and the National Coordinator of the Academy of Business Management of ITESM System, overseeing the design of the 2011 syllabus for the Bachelor in Business Management. Since 2007, he has been a visiting professor at the American University of Managua (UAM), Managua, Nicaragua, teaching strategic planning in the Master in Administration program at UAM-ITESM.

Professor Maraboto has broad experience in the areas of executive education and consulting, both in Mexico and abroad, teaching programs for companies such as Grupo ALFA, Cervecería Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma, General Motors Mexico, GRUMA, Realty World México, Grupo FEMSA, Mexican Hotel Association of Nuevo León, Grupo Prisma, Grupo Rebasa, Grupo Senda, Grupo Tigo (El Salvador, C.A.), Grupo Soriana, Seven Eleven, Hotel “El Panamá” (Panamá, C.A.); Volkswagen Mexico, Roche Laboratories, amongst others. In 2007, he was awarded the “Award for Teaching and Research Work.” In 2013, he was granted the Award “ERSKINE & LEENDERS” for the best-written case by the Latin American Association of Cases (ALAC, by its acronym in Spanish).

His research interests include social entrepreneurship, corporate innovation, service management, and negotiation strategies.