Biography


Education

  • Doctor of Industrial Engineering (Doctor Ingeniero Industrial), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, July 1983.Ph. D. (Industrial and Systems Engineering), University of Florida, August 1982.
  • Master of Sciences (Operations Research), University of Florida, March 1980.
  • Industrial Engineer, Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona, (ETSIIT), October 1975.

 

Academic Positions

  • Professor, Production and Operations Management Department, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, since 1982.
  • Port of Barcelona Chair of Logistics Professor, CEIBS – China Europe International Business School, Shanghai, P. R. China, since 2001 – Joint appointment with IESE Business School.
  • Associate Dean for Faculty, IESE, University of Navarra, 1993-2001.
  • Professor, Business Management, Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, since 1984 (on leave of absence since 1993).
  • Visiting Professor (IAE-Argentina, INALDE-Colombia, IDE-Ecuador, Piura-Peru, AESE-Portugal, etc.)
  • Lecturer, Computer Science Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona, 1977/78.
  • Lecturer, Statistics Department, Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona, from 1974 to 1978.

 

Awards

  • Fulbright Fellowship for Ph.D. program (1978).Graduate School Fellowship, University of Florida (1979-82).
  • Spanish Ministry of Education Research Fellowship (1975).

 

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate level – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

  • Operations Research (I – Optimization) & (II-Stochastic Models)
  • Operations Management
  • Statistics and Simulation

MBA level (MBA, EMBA, Global EMBA) – IESE, IAE, CEIBS, IIST, Piura, etc.

  • Operations Management (I) & (II)
  • Managing in the Service Sector
  • Managerial System Dynamics
  • Managing in the Health Sector
  • Project Management
  • Statistical Analysis

Ph. D. level – IESE, UPC

  • Operations Management
  • Statistical Models
  • Research Models in Management

Executive Education – IESE, CEIBS, IAE, etc.

  • Long term Advanced Management Programs (PADE, PDG, PDD)
  • Project Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Manufacturing Management
  • Service Management
  • Innovation Management
  • Program director for Open and Company Specific Programs (Boeing, Henkel, Tecnatom, Red Electrica Española, SEAT, etc.

 

Executive experience

  • Member of the Board of several Spanish companies, in the financial, health, and manufacturing sectors.
  • President of the Board, Caixa de Terrassa, Unnim Bank.

 

Consulting Experience

Consultant for private and public companies in the following sectors: health, banking, tourism, food processing, textiles, electric components, etc. in Europe, America and Asia in the areas of Organizational Development, Operations Management, Project Management, Quality Management, and Operations Information Systems.

Director and consultant in projects sponsored by the EU and the government of Spain in Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Albania, Peru, in the area of Health Systems Management and Financing. Consultant in several World Bank projects involving Latin American and Caribbean countries.

 

Research management experience

  • Director of the Research Division, IESE, 1990-93.
  • Participant and director of multiple research projects at IESE. Participant in research projects sponsored by the European Union, World Bank, etc.

 

Professional societies membership

  • President, European Operations Management Association, 2004-2007.
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the Harvard Business Review China (since 2002).
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Operations and Production Management.
  • Secretary and Member of the Board, Operations Management Association, USA, 1990-97.
  • Founding Member, INFORMS.
  • Member of the Decision Science Institute, the Production and Operations Management Society, the Project Management Institute, etc.
  • Registered Professional Industrial Engineer, Spain.

 

Languages

Fluent in English, French, Spanish and Catalan. Basic knowledge of German, Italian, and Portuguese.