Katherina Edith Gallardo Córdova is a teacher and researcher, member of the National System of Researchers (SNI - Level 1). She has a bachelor's degree in Pedagogy from the National Pedagogical Institute of Peru, a master's degree in Educational Psychology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and a Doctorate in Innovation and Educational Technology from Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Her doctoral dissertation dealt with an investigation titled Competency-Based Education: Proposal for an Evaluation Model Based on the Theory of Experts and Novices and Applied to Excel Learning. Within her teaching role, she teaches courses related to technology and innovation in education and learning assessment. Her lines of research revolve around issues related mainly to the evaluation of distance learning and education.

• Technology and Innovation in Education
• Learning Assessment
• Educational Leadership and Management

• Doctorate in Innovation and Educational Technology, Tecnológico de Monterrey
• Master in Educational Psychology, UNAM
• Bachelor of Education, Instituto Pedagógico Nacional del Perú

• Gallardo, K. (2020). Competency-based assessment and the use of performance-based evaluation rubrics in higher education: Challenges towards the next decade. Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 78(1), 61-79.
• Vargas-Mendoza, L., Gallardo-Córdova, K.E. y Gómez-Muñoz, J.L. (2019). A learning environment to stimulate the development of competencies for mechanical design. Global Journal of Engineering Education GJEE, 21(1), 84-90. Disponible en:
• Elizondo, J.M, Schunn, C. y Gallardo, K. (2019). Quality of Peer Feedback in relation to Instructional Design: A Comparative Study in Energy and Sustainability MOOCs. International Journal of Instruction, 12(1), 1025-1040.
• Alderete Martínez, A. y Gallardo Córdova, K.E. (2018). Evaluación del Desempeño y Auténtica en el Modelo por Competencias en Secundaria: Un Estudio Mixto. REICE. Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación, 16(3), 103-122.
• Rincón, E., Gallardo , K.E. & De la Fuente, J.M. (2018). Strengthening an educational innovation strategy: processes to improve gamification in Calculus course through performance assessment and meta-evaluation. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 13(1), 1-11.

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Alejandro is an MBA and PhD at Tecnológico de Monterrey. He researches communication and public opinion at the intersection of traditional and emerging media and is currently researching political discourse and propaganda in social media. His interests are e-Democracy, Digital Culture, Internet & Human Rights. Alejandro has over a decade of experience in the broadcast industry, serving as executive producer. He holds degrees in engineering and law. The App Date and Apuntes de Rabona Founding Partner.

• PhD in Humanistic Studies, Tecnológico de Monterrey
• Master in Political Analysis and Information Media, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Alejandro is an MBA and PhD at Tecnológico de Monterrey. He researches communication and public opinion at the intersection of traditional and emerging media and is currently researching political discourse and propaganda in social media. His interests are e-Democracy, Digital Culture, Internet & Human Rights. Alejandro has over a decade of experience in the broadcast industry, serving as executive producer. He holds degrees in engineering and law. The App Date and Apuntes de Rabona Founding Partner.

• PhD in Humanistic Studies, Tecnológico de Monterrey
• Master in Political Analysis and Information Media, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Manuel Álvarez Fuentes Studied Industrial Design at the Universidad Iberoamericana 1967-1971. He obtained a Master's Degree in Design at the Royal College of Art in 1975. He has 47 years of experience in teaching and as a consultant in design: products, furniture, interiors, packaging, signage and visual communication. 

Founder of CODIGRAM. Member of the Board of Directors of ICSID. He actively participated in diCorp Diseño Corporativo SA de CV in Querétaro for 20 years. Leader of Innovation in ALFHER Porcewol and currently develops consultancies in product design and signage. Jury since 2008 of the Red Dot Product Design Award in Essen, Germany. 

Professor of Industrial Design at Tecnológico de Monterrey Querétaro Campus 1991-1993 in Architecture, 2008-2017 at LDI, Mexico City Campus at LDI 2018-2019. Professor of the Chair in the Industrial Design Degree at the Universidad Iberomericana 2018-2019, He was Full Time Professor at the Universidad Iberoamericana from 1975-1976, 1978-1986. Director of the Department of Industrial Design and Graphic from 1978 to 1982. Full Time Professor at the UAM-Xochimilco from 1976 - 1978, Founder of the Degree in Industrial Design (Study Plans). Professor for Opposition in the Graduate of Industrial Design in the Graduate Unit - Faculty of Architecture UNAM 1982- 1987. 

Vice-president of CANCINTRA Deleg. Querétaro, 2006-2010. Expert in Signage and Innovation. He has been an Advisor to ALFHER Porcewol SA de CV for more than 35 years.
 

Experience Design

Innovation in Business Models and Family Business Management

Professional Insertion Project
 

Bachelor of Industrial Design, Universidad Iberoamericana

Master in Design, Royal College of Art
 

Jury, conferred by Red Dot Award Concept Design, 2018

Manuel Álvarez Fuentes Studied Industrial Design at the Universidad Iberoamericana 1967-1971. He obtained a Master's Degree in Design at the Royal College of Art in 1975. He has 47 years of experience in teaching and as a consultant in design: products, furniture, interiors, packaging, signage and visual communication. 

Founder of CODIGRAM. Member of the Board of Directors of ICSID. He actively participated in diCorp Diseño Corporativo SA de CV in Querétaro for 20 years. Leader of Innovation in ALFHER Porcewol and currently develops consultancies in product design and signage. Jury since 2008 of the Red Dot Product Design Award in Essen, Germany. 

Professor of Industrial Design at Tecnológico de Monterrey Querétaro Campus 1991-1993 in Architecture, 2008-2017 at LDI, Mexico City Campus at LDI 2018-2019. Professor of the Chair in the Industrial Design Degree at the Universidad Iberomericana 2018-2019, He was Full Time Professor at the Universidad Iberoamericana from 1975-1976, 1978-1986. Director of the Department of Industrial Design and Graphic from 1978 to 1982. Full Time Professor at the UAM-Xochimilco from 1976 - 1978, Founder of the Degree in Industrial Design (Study Plans). Professor for Opposition in the Graduate of Industrial Design in the Graduate Unit - Faculty of Architecture UNAM 1982- 1987. 

Vice-president of CANCINTRA Deleg. Querétaro, 2006-2010. Expert in Signage and Innovation. He has been an Advisor to ALFHER Porcewol SA de CV for more than 35 years.
 

Experience Design

Innovation in Business Models and Family Business Management

Professional Insertion Project
 

Bachelor of Industrial Design, Universidad Iberoamericana

Master in Design, Royal College of Art
 

Jury, conferred by Red Dot Award Concept Design, 2018

Graduated as Architect Engineer at the National Polytechnic Institute in 1986, Olivia has been dedicated to the design and construction of residential housing since then and her passion for teaching led her to combine both activities.

She studied Education Sciences, first the bachelor's degree and then the master's degree. She obtained a master's degree in Urban Planning focusing on Real Estate Development from UNAM, and a degree with the thesis "Objective Choice of Land Use in Properties with High Social Impact."

She performs real estate valuation and evaluation of investment projects. She teaches subjects related to projects, costs and construction systems. In addition, she teaches the Leadership for Construction Administration module in the Construction Administration diploma at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

She is developing the thesis for the Doctorate in Urbanism with the theme Urban habitability in pedestrian roads.

Projects and costs

Construction systems

Leadership for Construction Administration

Architect Engineer, National Polytechnic Institute

Master of Urbanism with a specialty in Real Estate Development, UNAM

Graduated as Architect Engineer at the National Polytechnic Institute in 1986, Olivia has been dedicated to the design and construction of residential housing since then and her passion for teaching led her to combine both activities.

She studied Education Sciences, first the bachelor's degree and then the master's degree. She obtained a master's degree in Urban Planning focusing on Real Estate Development from UNAM, and a degree with the thesis "Objective Choice of Land Use in Properties with High Social Impact."

She performs real estate valuation and evaluation of investment projects. She teaches subjects related to projects, costs and construction systems. In addition, she teaches the Leadership for Construction Administration module in the Construction Administration diploma at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

She is developing the thesis for the Doctorate in Urbanism with the theme Urban habitability in pedestrian roads.

Projects and costs

Construction systems

Leadership for Construction Administration

Architect Engineer, National Polytechnic Institute

Master of Urbanism with a specialty in Real Estate Development, UNAM

Dr. Bonnie Palifka has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin, from which she also received her M.A. in Economics. She has a BA in Economics and Latin American Studies from the University of Vermont.

A professor in the Department of Economics at Tecnológico de Monterrey since 1998, Dr. Palifka has also taught at Yale University since 2011. In 2004, she designed and began teaching the pioneering course, "The Economics of Corruption," at Tecnológico de Monterrey. She has taught versions of this subject for Yale Summer Session and Yale Summer Online; During the Spring 2021 semester, he taught “Transnational Corruption, Crime, and Money Laundering” for Yale University. Her focus on corruption has also led her to speak at conferences at the World Bank and the United Nations.

She is the founder and organizer of the Academy Against Corruption in the Americas conference and has consulted for Transparency International and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. She received the Rómulo Garza award for the second edition of the book Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences and Reforms (co-authored with Susan Rose-Ackerman). Her most recent publications are book chapters, “Corruption, Organized Crime, and the Public Sector in Mexico,” in the Handbook on Corruption, Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration, and “Mexico's National Anti-Corruption System” (co-authored with María de los Ángeles Estrada and Ingrid Valeria Galicia González) in Anti-Corruption Agencies in Latin America. Dr. Palifka is a member of the civil society organizations Citizens Against Corruption and the Anti-Corruption Coalition.

• Anticorruption in Government, Firms, and Society
• Corruption: Causes and Consequences
• Economic History
• Enterprise Economics
• International Economic Politic
• Macroeconomic Environment

• Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin
• Master in Science, The University of Texas at Austin
• Bachelor of Arts, The University of Vermont

• Palifka, Bonnie J., María de los Ángeles Estrada, and Ingrid Valeria Galicia González.  “Mexico’s National Anti-Corruption System,” in Joseph Pozsgai, ed., Anti-Corruption Agencies in Latin America, Routledge Corruption and Anti-Corruption Studies, 2021

• Palifka, Bonnie J. “Corruption, Organized Crime and the Public Sector in Mexico,” in Adam Graycar, ed., Handbook on Corruption, Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration, Edward Elgar, 2020

• Rose-Ackerman, Susan, and Bonnie J. Palifka. “Corruption, Organized Crime, and Money Laundering,” in Kaushik Basu and Tito Cordella, eds., Institutions, Governance and the Control of Corruption. NY: Palgrave, 2018

• Rose-Ackerman, Susan and Bonnie J. Palifka. "Corruption and Government :Causes, Consequences and Reform, 2^nd edition, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018

• Sañudo Martha y Bonnie J. Palifka. “Corrupción Académica y su Influencia en la Democracia (Academic Corruption and Its Influence on Democracy)”. Veritas 2018 

• Mexican Researcher Certification - Level 1 (Palifka,Bonnie J.)