Alexandra Solano - Faculty

During her career at Tec de Monterrey, Dra. Solano currently works as Director of the Digital Evolution Center and the Digital Transformation HUB at the national level. She also served as Director of the Bachelor of International Business and as Regional Director of the Department of International Business and Logistics in the Mexico City Region. 

As consultor, Dra. Solano has advised more than 200 small and medium-sized companies in their innovation, internationalization and transformation processes. In 2010, she was the winner of the National Export Award of Mexico and has participated as an Evaluator of the National Export Awards of Mexico and Best Companies of Mexico. Likewise, she is a certified blockchain consultant by the Berkeley Fintech Institute; and conducts applied research on dynamic capabilities of the company for its digital advancement. 

Dra. Solano is Director of the Council of HUB for Digital Transformation at Tec de Monterrey and is part of the "Innovation and New Technologies" and "Women in Technology" committee of the AMITI (Mexican Association of the Information Technology Industry). Also, she participates as an active member of the Working Group of the 2030 Agenda of the ON Global Compact (GTA2030), specifically promoting the fulfillment of the goals of objective No. 9 of the SDG (Sustainable Development Goals), focused on "Innovation and Technology" . 

• International Services Development
• Global Business
• Blockchain for business
• Innovation and Digital Transformation

• Industrial and Systems Engineer, Tecnológico de Monterrey
• Master of Global Business, Thunderbird School of Global Management
• Doctor in Business and management with application to SMEs, Entrepreneurship and Family Business, University of Cantabria 
   

• Alexandra Solano Acosta, Ángel Herrero Crespo, Jesús Collado Agudo. Effect of market orientation, network capability and entrepreneurial orientation on international performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), International Business Review, Volume 27, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1128-1140, ISSN 0969-5931,

• Mexico National Export Award, 2010
• Doctor Suma Cum Laude 2017, Universidad de Cantabria
• Top 10 best evaluated leaders according to Tecnológico de Monterrey, 2020 Survey of Values