Researcher and full time Professor of the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the ITAM. PhD in Metalurgical engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute, PhD in Materials Science from the Autonoumous Metropolitan University, MSc and BSc in Aeronautical Engineering  from the National Polytechnic Institute.

He is currently an associate professor and researcher at ITAM. He completed his engineering studies with specialization in Mechatronics at the University of Darmstadt. During his studies, he focused on fundamentals of control theory, identification of systems and mechanics. After his studies in Darmstadt, he started working as a research assistant at the Laboratory of Machine Tools at the University of Aachen, RWTH Aachen.

He is the Director of the Center for Technological Development (CDT) at ITAM, where he works as a full time research-professor. He is founder and coordinator of the Diploma on Planning and Direction of Operations at the Direction of University Extension and Executive Development at ITAM. He is a Mechanical Engineer of UNAM; Master of Science and Doctor of Engineering at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, England.

Dr. Moncayo is Associate Professor of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations at ITAM and member of the National System of Researchers of CONACyT. The University of Exeter (UK) awarded him a PhD in Engineering. His research focuses on the development of optimization techniques (operations research) to improve manufacturing and logistics systems, as well as the application of data analytics in these systems.

Dr. Arias is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at ITAM.  He graduated from New Mexico State University with a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and a doctoral minor in applied statistics.  His research areas in industrial engineering are: reliability and degradation analysis, manufacturing, quality engineering, and material analysis.

Alejandro Teran serves as the Director for the Industrial Engineering Program at ITAM. He received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, México, his M.S. in Operations Research from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Oklahoma State University.

His areas of interest include Engineering Education, Quality Engineering, Production Engineering and Operations Research.

Dr. Guillermo Abdel Musik is Director of the Center for Competitiveness Studies at ITAM and professor of Operations Management, Pricing Strategy and International Competitiveness. In the last 17 years he has coordinated and participated in more than 150 research and consulting projects for a wide variety of companies, governments, and international organizations. He holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from ITAM, a Masters in Regional Science (University of Pennsylvania), a Ph.D.