Dr. Rivera’s key areas of focus in terms of knowledge and research lie in the fields of corporate finance, risk management, business assets and valuation where he works as both a professor and consultant. 

His expertise has led him to collaborate with businesses such as Growmark Inc., Malta Texo de México and Unilever Mexico amongst others. He has also consulted for entities including SHF, Cofemer, Cofetel, and Asigna. 

In parallel to his position as Director of the Master of Finance program at EGADE Business School, Dr. Rivera is responsible for the concentration in Competitive Finance Strategy in the MBA program. 

Dr. Osmar Zavaleta Vázquez is Associate Dean of Research of the Undergraduate Business School and EGADE Business School at Tecnologico de Monterrey. He also serves as Leader of the Research Group on Organizational Strategy and Industry Transformation. He has held diverse leadership roles throughout his career at Tecnológico de Monterrey. At Campus Monterrey, he was program director, area director, associate division director, and division director, at the undergraduate level, and, at EGADE Business School, interim dean, program director, department director, and site director.

He has participated as visiting professor at diverse universities in Latin America, such as Universidad Americana, in Managua (Nicaragua), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, and Escuela Militar de Ingeniería, in La Paz (Bolivia). He served as National Director of Graduate Programs of the Mexican National Association of Accounting and Administration Faculties and Schools (ANFECA), and board member of the A. B. Freeman School of Business of Tulane University (USA).

Dr. Zavaleta Vázquez specializes in the fields of Mathematics for Finance, Statistics for Finance, Finance for Energy, Valuation of Derivative Instruments, and Investment Management. He has published academic research papers on a variety of finance-related topics in highly prestigious national and international journals, and has participated as a speaker at diverse academic and research conferences.

He holds a B.Sc. in Engineering Physics, a Master in Industrial Engineering and Master in Applied Statistics from Tecnológico de Monterrey, and a Master in Finance and Ph.D. in Finance from Tulane University.

Dr. Moreno Tripp has specialized knowledge in the field of finance research in topics such as risk management, valuation, banking, and loans due to his extensive professional experience in the financial sector.

Dr. Moreno has held the position of CEO and CFO for Serfin International Bank & Trust / Serfin Securities, as well as other C-level positions at the same institution. He has also worked for Valmex (Valores Mexicanos Casa de Bolsa) as Assistant Director and Financial Engineering Manager.

Dr. Moreno is currently the Director of EGADE Business School’s OneMBA program and has previously held the same position for the Global MBA program delivered by Tecnológico de Monterrey’s Virtual University, a program taught in collaboration with the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He has also been a member of the editorial board for El Norte newspaper.