Ricardo Murcio has more than 22 years of experience in organizational and talent development. He is known for optimizing business operations and leading teams. He has implemented top-level organizational and talent development programs in various organizations, contributing to their strategic success.

Before joining EGADE Business, Ricardo was a Full Professor of Organizational Behavior at IPADE Business School, Mexico, teaching courses in organizational culture and leadership for MBA and executive education programs. Additionally, he has been a Guest Professor at INALDE, Colombia and BARNA, Dominican Republic. He has worked as a consultant for SMEs and family businesses, focusing on leadership, strategic planning, and organizational effectiveness. He also held management positions at Grupo Posadas, where he was Training and Development Manager, and later Human Resources Manager at Fiesta Americana Vacation Club.

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.

Abhishek Nayak is currently the Director of the Master of Business Analytics program at Egade Business School. Before this, he was a professor at the University of Amsterdam Business School (Netherlands). He is an experienced International Faculty and an educational entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry over the past 10 years. He has over 2000+ hours of University level teaching experience in 6 countries and 10 different institutions. He is skilled in Digital Marketing, Online Brand Monitoring, Social Media Marketing, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics and User Generated Content analysis. He is also the  Founder & Managing Partner of Arbalest Learning, a  Digital growth accelerator based out of Amsterdam, specialized in working with MSMEs and startups to create and implement their digital growth strategy.

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.

During his over 22 years’ academic and professional experience, Dr. Juan Carlos Rivera has focused on international business, global strategy, strategic negotiation, global innovation, international education, international economic policy, and global marketing, as well as extensive specialized practice in more than 55 countries on every continent of the world.

He acquired his considerable international skills throughout his career at PepsiCo, Bancomext, PEMEX International, the National Association of Universities, Tecnológico de Monterrey, and CENEVAL. Such opportunities have taken him to countries, cities, companies, and universities around the world, where he has played key roles as team leader, project manager, strategy developer, principal advisor, diplomatic representative, keynote speaker, manager, senior consultant, and CEO.

He has collaborated with multiple 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, E&Y, Deloitte, KPMG, Adidas, LG and CEMEX, Bayer, and Ternium, among others.

Dr. Rivera is a professor of Strategy, Leadership, and Global Business for EGADE Business School, and an Executive Education consultant. In his career as an educator, he has served as a professor at the Mexico City, Toluca, and Monterrey campuses of Tecnológico de Monterrey. In addition, he has lectured at the Sorbonne (Université de Paris) in France, the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in China, the University of Auckland in New Zealand, the University of Edinburgh in the UK, the University of Minas Gerais in Brazil, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, Yale, Harvard, Boston College, Babson College and the University of Texas at Austin in the United States, the University of Cape Town in South Africa, and institutions in every state of Mexico.  

Dr. Cristian Granados is a research professor and consultant in the Innovation Department of EGADE. He holds a master's degree, doctorate, and post-doctorate from the University of Barcelona and the University of Cambridge. He was a research fellow at HEC Montreal and did a research stay at Harvard Business School. He actively works with entrepreneurs to develop their innovation capacity. He has worked with various companies such as Renault, Pfizer, Roche, Kraft-Heinz, Mabe, Hubbell, and Grupo Salinas in consulting and education. In addition, he is the academic director of the executive innovation program Tec Beyond and co-founder of the EGADE Innovation Community, which brings together 50 innovation leaders in Mexico. He has held positions as innovation director, co-founder of a video game startup, and Coparmex Innovation Commission president. In his research work, he focuses on analyzing factors of success and failure of innovation, and his studies have been published in British and American journals. He writes for Forbes, MIT Review, and Stanford Innovation Review in his dissemination work. He co-authors the book Do More with Less: 6 Principles of Frugal Innovation (Planeta).

Dr. Ávila Robinson’s career has brought him to world-class research institutions in Germany and Japan, such as the Fraunhofer Institute, RWTH Aachen, Tokyo Tech, and Kyoto University. Through these experiences, he has been able to amalgamate research in Innovation and Technology Management with several emerging technologies, including micro-/nanotechnologies, regenerative medicine, stem cells and cancer immunotherapies. 

He has developed a unique expertise in data science, network approaches and the management of technological innovation, including technology intelligence and forecasting, management of emerging technologies, interdisciplinary/convergent R&D, innovation in high-tech industries, and open innovation in life sciences/biotechnology companies. 

Dr. Ávila Robinson is also passionate about the study of the translation of convergent life science discoveries into revolutionary ventures which cure diseases. In this regard, he has accumulated practical experience in the regenerative medicine ecosystem in Japan.

Professor Ávila-Robinson’s research has been published in several top-tier journals in the field of technology and innovation management, such as Technovation, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Scientometrics. He is also an ad hoc reviewer for some leading journals in this field.

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.