Dr. Jairo Orozco is a professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation at EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey. He has left a significant mark on the academic and business community with more than 15 years of experience training and motivating people in their decision to start a business and providing his experience in corporate entrepreneurship, innovation, business model redesign, and strategy. He has been a consultant to public and private companies, including the Inter-American Development Bank. He has held various liaison, academic, and research roles at institutions such as the University of Cartagena and the Ean University in Colombia, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Spain, and the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. His research focuses on the determinants of corporate entrepreneurship in developing countries, and his contributions have been published in renowned academic journals, such as the Journal of Small Business Management. He has participated as a speaker at renowned international conferences, such as RENT, ACEDE, CLADEA, and ICSB, sharing his experience and knowledge with the academic community.

Rolando has experience working for the public sector, where he first held the position of Director of International Negotiations at SENER (Secretaría de Energía) and another executive position as Director of the hydrocarbons division. Regarding his academic achievements, he was a fellow of the London School of Economics (LSE), where he lectured and taught courses in Environmental Economics and Environmental Policy, while he also supervised master’s dissertations. In addition to that, he has also been a research fellow of the Oxford Institute of Energy Studies, the IHS CERA, and the Center for Strategic Studies at Tecnológico de Monterrey. His research mainly focuses on new business models in the energy sector, innovation, and energy policy.

Before joining the EGADE faculty, he was a Research Fellow II for the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), an institution based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia which is focused on researching global energy economics.

Rolando has a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), an M.Sc. in Environmental and Resource Economics by the University College London, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics by the Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Dr. Moya Dávila is an expert in entrepreneurship, innovation, venture capital, finance, investment project valuation, obtaining bank and risk financing, and start-up valuation. He has 25 years’ experience in academia and consulting, the development and implementation of financial strategies for funding high impact and rapid growth start-ups, and building strategic alliances with community and various organizations at a global level. He has also worked with companies as an advisor, as well as in the incorporation of its corporate governance bodies and capital budget policies.

As an entrepreneur, he has created three development centers: a business center featuring an incubator, an accelerator, an investor’s club and company landing; a logistics center offering research services to the ports of Tampico and Altamira; and a plastics center which offers the petrochemical industry, plastic resins research. He also founded the company Productos FB, dedicated to the production and marketing of organic coffee.

At Tecnológico de Monterrey he has held the positions of Program Director, Career Director, Director of Department and Director of international programs at the Tampico campus.

Félix Cárdenas is a Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation at EGADE Business School of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, where he was Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He has also been a researcher and affiliate professor at Harvard University, the University of Columbia, IESE, and the University of Texas at Austin. 

He is a co-author of books such as “Comprar un Empresa Exitosa? El Search Fund como Modelo de Emprendimiento, y Open Innovation: Academic and Practical Perspectives on the Journey from Idea to Market, Oxford University Press. His research work has been presented at international congresses in San Francisco, Boston, Nueva York (USA), Geneva, Zurich (Switzerland), Istanbul (Turkey), and Nice (France).

He develops corporate venture capital strategies with corporates, impacting growth and profitability. He has been an advisor and has conducted research for companies such as Cisco, Nokia, Alcan, Logitech, General Electric, Cemex, FEMSA, Credit Suisse, Proeza, Heineken, and Nestle. 

Professor Cárdenas is a partner of the fund InnovaCamp Ventures. He was a partner at Vento Capital and director of greenTEK ventures in Switzerland. His research interests include private capital, entrepreneurial capital, innovation ecosystems, competitive strategy, innovation management, corporate entrepreneurship, value creation, and technology transfer. 

Dr. Elliott Kruse is a Professor of the Department of Strategy and Leadership at EGADE Business School and Leader of the Thematic Area Research Group (GAT) in Leadership.

His research focuses on how values shape leadership. His interests include the fields of ethics, motivation, and decision-making. He is particularly interested in the implications of problem resolution, negotiation and social innovation. 

He has co-authored several articles, amongst which are "Boosting State Humility Via Gratitude, Self-Affirmation, and Awe: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives," "The Relationship Between Physician Humility, Physician-Patient Communication, and Patient Health," "An upward spiral between gratitude and humility" and "People claim objectivity after knowingly using biased strategies." In 2011, he received the award for the best article from the Department of Organizational Behavior, Academy of Management of San Antonio (Texas, United States.)

Dr. Kruse was a postdoctoral researcher at the Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, and a postdoctoral research associate (2013-2015) at the University of Princeton (USA.)