Juan Carlos Bustamante Urbina is Director of the Master in Strategic Marketing and Research Professor in the Marketing and Business Intelligence Department of EGADE Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey. He previously taught in graduate programs at ESPAE Graduate School of Management (Ecuador) and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cali (Colombia), and in undergraduate programs at the Universidad de Los Andes (Venezuela).

His research work focuses on the consumer experience, especially in the development of models that allow identifying the points of contact that best outline a purchase experience throughout their journey through the purchase decision process. His research interests also span service design, transformative services and their long-term effect on vulnerable populations, and how emerging digital technologies affect consumer behavior throughout the customer journey. His research has been published in the Journal of Services Marketing, Journal of Service Management, Statistical Methodology, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, and Journal of Management and Economics for Iberoamerica, among others. He is also the author of case studies and technical teaching notes.

He has been a consultant on various projects, including market research, customer segmentation, brand positioning recommendations, marketing digitization, and implementation of digital transformation programs.

The broad teaching and research career of Professor Rajagopal has developed in the fields of marketing strategy, consumer behavior, technology and innovation management, international business management, service marketing, management of new products and brand management. His academic excellence has been acknowledged by the Government of Mexico for the premier executive program in innovation, technology, and competitivity, as well as for his top-level research.

He is a member of multiple international research associations, such as the Royal Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (United Kingdom), the Chartered Management Institute, Institute of Operations Management, Academy of Marketing Science, Association of Consumer Research, the Latin American Chapter of the Business and Economics Society International, Marketing Science Institute, (USA), and the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (India). He is also a member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI), Level III, Conacyt.

Professor Rajagopal has been part of the editorial board or the management of several journals such as Emerald Emerging Marketing Case Studies, International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing, International Journal of Business Competition and Growth, International Journal of the Built Environment and Asset Management, Indore Management Journal, Journal of Marketing Analytics, Innovative Marketing, Journal of Tourism, and the Journal of Corporate Responsibility and Leadership.

In addition to his teaching activities at EGADE Business School, Professor Rajagopal serves as a professor at Metropolitan College of the University of Boston (USA). He has also been a professor in several Indian institutions such as the College of India and the National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, where he served as the Academic Director, the Institute of Rural Management, and the National Institute of Rural Development, where he was Assistant Director. Additionally, he taught courses and programs at the Indian Institute of Management, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Vigyana Jyoti Institute of Management, Institute of Public Enterprise and the International Management Institute.