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.)

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.)

José Rodrigo de la O Campos is interested in the way design relates to society in Mexico from its aesthetic, social and economic aspects. He sees as alarming the little clarity surrounding what this discipline can achieve, therefore, in addition to practicing it he aims to spread its potential. 

To him, his profession is everything but boring: one day he gets to design a chair inspired in sonideros and the next, to analyze mexican flora as an inspiration source for design in precious metals or to create prototypes of alternate reality. This is why, although his projects revolve around Critical Design, the topics he covers in his classes go from understanding the issues that affect Mexico City to cumbia-playing robots or digital manufacturing machines that utilize cochineal dye. 

In Netherlands, de la O Campos learnt to respect the concept of a project and its communication. Afterwards, he aimed his work towards Critical Design to promote reflection on consumption and the status quo. Que considers design to be an attitude to face adversity and minimize risks with; however, he claims that public and private sectors in Mexico have not understood the significance of investing in culture, innovation, science, technology and design; the latter being the main link between the former and everyday life.

As an academic at the School of Architecture, Art and Design of the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, de la O constantly contributes to the dissemination of knowledge and literacy in design. Through his academic programs, he has collaborated with The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, the Home Smart division of Ikea, and other NGOs and institutions.

• Design Project
• Experience Design
• Futurology in Industrial Design
• Innovation, Design and Business Setting
• Object Photography
• Product and System Design
• Product and service design
• Professional Insertion Project
• Strategic Design

Bachelor of Industrial Design, Universidad Iberoamericana

Master in Design, Design Academy Eindhoven 

Tenth National Design Biennial: First Prize Professional Category, conferred by INBA, 2019