Executive President’s office

David Garza

Executive President

Frases

“

Tec is tantamount to resilience, innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship thanks to its people who have made it possible.

”

July 2020

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Profile David Garza

David Garza is President of Tecnológico de Monterrey Education Group since July 2020, a Mexican university system composed by three Institutions: Tecnológico de Monterrey (Tec), Universidad Tecmilenio and Academic Medical Center TecSalud, whose shared purpose is to transform the lives of persons and communities through education.

Tecnológico de Monterrey is a university of excellence centered on innovation, that drives a community to imagine, to do research, to be entrepreneurs, to build and lead solutions that transform reality, with presence in 32 cities of Mexico, over 58,000 university-level students, as well as 29,000 senior high school students.

Tecmilenio educates individuals with a clear life purpose and the competencies to fulfill it, has 42 campuses around Mexico, more than 64,000 students in formal programs and over 57,000 in continuing education programs; and TecSalud provides effective solutions to complex health challenges, driven by-cutting-edge education, research, and excellence in clinical care.has two academic medical centers and more than 100,000 patients encounters annually.

Dr. Garza has held academic and leadership positions at Tec for almost 40 years, including Rector at a national level, Rector at the Monterrey Campus, Director of the San Luis Potosí Campus, Dean of the School of Engineering and a professor in the research faculty in Computer Sciences. He has played a key role heading academic innovation initiatives at the university; he led the design and implementation of the educational model in Tec´s 26 campuses and six schools.

He is the Chair of Universitas 21 (U21), a member of the Steering Committee of Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), the President's Council of University of the People, and the following groups of the World Economic Forum: University Leaders Community, Global Future Council on Human Capital Development, and The Edison Alliance for boosting global inclusion. He has been member of the Board of Trustees of the USA accreditor SACSCOC, and professional societies and organizations such as ASEE, IEEE, ACM, Sigma Xi, and Phi Kappa Phi. He is a past Chairman of the Global Engineering Deans Council.

He has been a speaker at events in over 20 countries. He is the author of multiple articles and has worked as a consultant on a variety of business projects.

Dr. Garza holds a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Tecnológico de Monterrey and a Ph.D. in the same field from Colorado State University.

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David Garza

Executive President

President Garza has held academic and leadership positions at Tec for almost 40 years, including Rector at a national level, Rector at the Monterrey Campus, Director of the San Luis Potosí Campus, Dean of the School of Engineering and professor in the research faculty in Computer Sciences. He has played a key role heading academic innovation initiatives at the university leading the design and implementation of the educational model.

He holds a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Tecnologico de Monterrey and a Ph.D. in the same field from Colorado State University.

He is the Chair of the global university network Universitas 21 (U21), a member of the Steering Committee of Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), the President's Council of University of the People, and the following groups of the World Economic Forum: Global University Leaders Forum, Global Future Council on Human Capital Development, and The Edison Alliance for boosting global inclusion. He has been invited as speaker and panelist to international events in more than 20 countries.

Guillermo Torre

Rector of TecSalud

Since 2011, he has served as Rector of TecSalud at Tecnológico de Monterrey.
He is one of the founders of the Transplant Laboratory at Houston Methodist Hospital and was a board member of the DeBakey Heart Center run by Houston Methodist Hospital and the University of St. Thomas.

He holds a degree in Surgery and Medicine from Tecnológico de Monterrey, with a specialty in Internal Medicine and a subspecialty in Interventional Cardiology, Heart Failure, and Transplantation from Baylor College of Medicine, and a Doctorate in Immunology from the University of Chicago.

Guillermo is a Level 3 member of the Conacyt National Research System , and has published more than 190 scientific articles with more than 12,000 citations, winning the SCOPUS award for the country's most cited author (2012). He has published five books and three patents (2 international and 1 national).

He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association; he is certified as a specialist in Clinical Cardiology by the Mexican Council of Cardiology and certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Heart Failure, and Transplantation by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

He is founder of the technology-based health company Nano4Heart and a board member of Cardiol Therapeutics and Sulfagenics, a company dedicated to the development of drugs for the treatment of heart failure.

His hobbies include mountaineering, skiing, hiking, and swimming. He is married to Maru and they have six children.

Juan Pablo Murra Lascurain

Rector of Tecnológico de Monterrey

Juan Pablo Murra Lascurain is the Rector of Tecnológico de Monterrey and a professor of leadership, family business and corporate governance. He is passionate about education, leadership and transformation.

Juan Pablo has held several roles at the institution since joining in 2011, such as Vice President for Development & External Affairs, Dean of the Business School, and Vice President for Planning and Transformation. He served as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Tecnológico de Monterrey from 2012 to 2020.

Juan Pablo worked at McKinsey & Company for over a decade. He advised a global portfolio of public, private, and non-profit clients in Mexico, the United States, Russia, Colombia, and Brazil, leading projects in the financial, energy, consumer goods, retail, education, and philanthropy sectors.

Murra serves as President of the FIMPES Board of Directors, and as a Board member of the Civic Council of Institutions of Nuevo León (Consejo Cívico de Instituciones de Nuevo León) and the Eugenio Garza Lagüera Entrepreneurship Institute at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Juan Pablo holds a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering and Systems from Tecnológico de Monterrey and holds an MBA degree from NYU Stern School of Business.

He is married to María Enríquez and is father to Jimena, Juan Emilio and María Andrea.

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Bruno Zepeda

Rector of Tecmilenio

Zepeda has been Rector of the University Tecmilenio since May 2020, and has had 29 years of professional success, first in prestigious multinational corporations, and in the last 7 years as Vice-President at Tec.

After graduating with a degree in Industrial Engineering by the Panamerican University, Zepeda began his professional career in Procter & Gamble in different positions in finance in Mexico, and Chile. After finishing his Master’s in Business Leadership from the IPADE, he worked as a Consultor in The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He then joined Domecq, where he directed the global planning and financing of the corporate offices in England. Zepeda was CFO, and then President, of one of the multinational divisions of Sueca SCA, based in Philadelphia, USA.

In 2013 he joined the management team of Tec, first taking over the Vice-Presidency of Finance and Administration, then the Vice-Presidency of Operations, and finally took on the Vice-Presidency of Strategy, Transformation and Digital Future.

Javier Guzmán

Vice President of Research

Javier has more than 20 years of experience in the energy industry. He has held senior research and strategic leadership roles at ExxonMobil. Among other responsibilities, he served as a Senior Advisor to the Executive Team of the company, led multidisciplinary research groups promoting collaboration between industry, government and academia, and he was ExxonMobil representative at the Energy Centers of MIT, Stanford, Princeton and UT Austin.

He is a member of the ”Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC)” of the U.S. Department of Energy.

He is a leader with a global impact in research and development; he led the commercialization of clean fuel technologies, managed teams of more than 1,500 scientists and engineers, and has a strong academic background. He has more than 30 patents and patent applications in USA and over 60 scientific publications.

He was a senior catalysis research engineer at BP (British Petroleum) and assistant professor at the University of Kansas. He has been member of the Board of several advisory committees, such as UC Davis, UC Riverside, Purdue U., Northwestern U. and Notre Dame U., among others. He has recently been elected President of the North American Catalysis Society.

He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (México); a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from UC Davis (USA), and postdoctoral studies at the Institute of Chemical Technology in Valencia (España).

Carles Abarca de Haro

Vice President of Digital Transformation

He began his career in the IT world in 1990 at Grupo Steria and later joined Siemens Nixdorf as Director of the Technology Consulting Unit for Financial Institutions. He was director of the Siemens technology services business for Latin America and technical manager in the founding team of the company e-xtendnow, a subsidiary of Siemens.

Since 2020 he has been Chief Technology Officer for Banco Sabadell (Spain) where he has worked since 2007. He led the technological integration of the acquisition of TSB Bank (UK) for almost five years, a project that involved more than 2,000 engineers at a cost of more than 500 million pounds. Likewise, as CIO and Director of Technological Innovation of the same bank, he led the launch of online banking, achieving more than 11 million customers in more than 14 countries and growing to a team of 26 thousand collaborators. He has participated in seven acquisition processes, achieving a growth of more than 500%.

He holds a Master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in e-Commerce and is a Telecommunications Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

He enjoys motorsports, soccer, automatic watches and American football.

He is originally from Barcelona, Spain and has two children: Ariadna and Arnau.

Hernán García González

Vice President for Talent

Hernan embarked on his journey with Tec de Monterrey in August 2012, bringing a passion for innovation and a commitment to cultivating talent. Over the past decade, he has made significant contributions in roles such as Vice President of Talent & Culture and Chief Technology Officer, where he played a pivotal role in establishing the TECServices team.

In 2023, Hernan took on the dynamic challenge of leading TecVentures, spearheading various business initiatives that drive growth and innovation. By October 2024, he was appointed as the leader of the Talent function, where he now champions a strategic vision focused on enhancing the university's employee value proposition. Hernan is dedicated to attracting, developing, and retaining exceptional talent while fostering an environment where diverse perspectives can thrive.

Before joining Tec de Monterrey, Hernan held several executive positions in Human Resources at renowned organizations such as Philip Morris, British Petroleum, CEMEX, and Interceramic, where he honed his expertise in nurturing human capital.

Hernan earned his Bachelor's degree from Monterrey TEC and his MBA from the University of Houston. He also holds Executive Human Resources Certifications from Cornell University and a Leadership Certification from IMD, reflecting his commitment to continuous growth and excellence in leadership.

Hugo Armando Garza Medina

Vice President of Strategy

He was Director of the Eugenio Garza Lagüera Entrepreneurship Institute at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, from august 2018 to june 2020.

From march 2017 to june 2018, he was Director of the Master of Business, Innovation and Creativity at CENTRO, CDMX. From october 1996 to february 2017, he was Managing Partner of the investment bank Evercore Partners (formerly Protego Asesores), in the area of advice on Mergers and Acquisitions.

From 1993 to 1995 he was Director of Banregio Systems, Banco Regional de Monterrey.

Between 1984 and 1992, he developed companies and projects related to information technologies and industrial automation.

As a social entrepreneur, in the year 2000 he co-founded Ingenium, ABP, a non-profit institution that provides education and hope to society in the field of mental health.

Hugo Garza is a Computer Systems Engineer from the Tecnológico de Monterrey and obtained a Master's degree in Business Leadership at Duxx.

Inés Sáenz

Vice President for Inclusion, Social Impact and Sustainability Department

Professor at the Tecnológico de Monterrey for 30 years. She has contributed in the curricular design and direction of several academic projects of Tec de Monterrey related to Humanities, among which the following stand out: Specialty in Master Degree Education, Master and PhD Degree in Humanistic Studies, Convergent Media and Journalism Master Degree of Tec de Monterrey`s Universidad Virtual, Curricular component of Humanistic and Citizen Training, as well as Alfonso Reyes Professorship´s Direction. She was also Director of Humanistic Studies PhD of Tec de Monterrey Mexico City Campus. From 2007 to 2011 she was the Director of the Liaison office in Paris, France. In 2014 she was responsible for starting the Graduate School of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences. Since 2016 she has been the Dean of the School of Humanities and Education.

She has a Degree in Spanish Letters from Tec de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey (LLE 85). She earned his Master and Doctorate degrees in Hispanic Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

She also participated in both «Narratologies Contemporaines» and «Pour une épistémologie du littéraire» CRAL research seminars, at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales-Paris, led by Jean-Marie Schaeffer, Philippe Roussin, John Pier and Annick Louis. Since 2012, she has participated in the UNESCO-Technological Chair of Monterrey on Ethics and Culture of Peace for the achievement of human rights. Her most recent research works focus on contemporary narrative practices, their relationship with visual culture and with peace study.

Currently, she is part of the IMPULSA Committee of the Center for the Recognition of Human Dignity, whose objective is to promote the leadership of women at the Tec. She has supported the main initiatives to strengthen the gender perspective in all areas of the institution.

Jessica González de Cosio Contreras

Vice Presidency of Integrity and Compliance

Since January 2011, she has worked at Tecnológico de Monterrey in the areas of finance, transformation, and strategy.

She was part of the design team for the Educational Model, serving as a Business Architect. She coordinated the Transformation area for the Business School, with the responsibility of implementing the Educational Model, designing new curricula, and supporting the development of the faculty plan. She was responsible for the Digital Transformation area of the Vice Presidency for Relations and Development, with the goal of building a digital connection platform for EXATEC.

Recently, she worked in the Finance Department for the Rector for Higher Education, and later as Director of the Financial Planning and Project Management Office.

Before joining Tecnológico de Monterrey, she collaborated in new business development at FEMSA Comercio (Oxxo).

She holds certifications in Process Redesign from FCB Partners, organizational transformation methodology from the Adizes Institute, and Foresight Practitioner from the Institute for the Future. Additionally, she has a Master’s in Finance from EGADE Business School and a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Miguel Valle

Vice President of Administration

Miguel is responsible for supporting strategic decision making for the ongoing transformation of the Institution, through the definition of the financial strategy and the investment policies.

He holds a BSc in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Tec de Monterrey, and a MSc in Finance from Warwick Business School.

Miguel has international experience in the United Kingdom and in the United States, working as an investment banker for J.P. Morgan and Jefferies LLC. Previously, he participated in redesign processes for important government and private institutions such as Mexico’s Internal Revenue Service, and collaborated with Neoris, a Mexican consulting firm.

Víctor Gutiérrez Aladro

Vice president for Lifelong Learning

Victor began his professional career at Tecnológico de Monterrey in 1987 as a professor in the Department of Information Systems at the Monterrey Campus. Since 1988, he has held various positions, including General Director at the Tampico, Chihuahua, and Guadalajara campuses and founding Director at Aguascalientes. He has also served as Rector of the Western Zone, Rector of the Northern Zone, Vice President of the Northern Region, and more recently as Rector of Operations.

He worked for the company Celanese Mexicana and has participated as an advisor for COPARMEX Jalisco, Business Centers in Tampico and Aguascalientes, the Civic Advisory Council of BASF, Colonial Missions of Chihuahua, and for the Chihuahua Economic Development Department. He has also been an advisor for the Automotive Cluster of Nuevo León and Cómo Vamos Nuevo León.

He holds a degree in Computer Systems Engineering and earned his Master's degree in Computer Science from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey Campus

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Oficina del Presidente Ejecutivo

David Garza

Presidente Ejecutivo

Frases

“

El Tec es sinónimo de resiliencia, innovación, liderazgo y emprendimiento gracias a su gente que lo ha hecho posible.

”

Julio 2020

Semblanza

Semblanza David Garza

David Garza Salazar es Presidente Ejecutivo del Grupo Educativo Tecnológico de Monterrey desde julio de 2020, conformado por tres instituciones: el Tecnológico de Monterrey (Tec), la Universidad Tecmilenio y TecSalud, que comparten el propósito de transformar la vida de personas y comunidades a través de la educación.

El Tecnológico de Monterrey es una universidad de excelencia centrada en la innovación, que impulsa a una comunidad a imaginar, investigar, emprender, construir y liderar soluciones que transforman la realidad, con presencia en 32 municipios de México, más de 58 mil estudiantes universitarios y más de 29 mil estudiantes de bachillerato.

La Universidad Tecmilenio forma personas con propósito de vida y las competencias para alcanzarlo, cuenta con 42 campus, más de 64 mil estudiantes en programas formales y más de 57 mil en programas de educación continua; y TecSalud ofrece soluciones efectivas a los problemas complejos de salud, habilitados por la formación e investigación de punta, y la atención clínica de excelencia, cuenta con dos centros médicos académicos y más de 100 mil atenciones de pacientes al año.

El Dr. Garza ha ocupado cargos académicos y de liderazgo en el Tec durante casi 40 años, incluyendo el de Rector a nivel nacional, Rector del Campus Monterrey, Director del Campus San Luis Potosí, Decano de la Escuela de Ingeniería y profesor investigador de Ciencias Computacionales, entre otros. Ha tenido un rol clave al frente de iniciativas de innovación académica en la institución; lideró el diseño y la implementación del Modelo Educativo en todos los campus y escuelas de la Institución.

Es Presidente (Chair) de la red global de universidades Universitas 21 (U21), miembro del Steering Committee de la Asociación de Universidades de Asia Pacífico (APRU), del Consejo de Presidentes de University of the People y forma parte de los siguientes grupos del World Economic Forum: University Leaders Community, Global Future Council on Human Capital Development y The Edison Alliance para el impulso a la inclusión digital mundial. Ha sido miembro del Board of Trustees de la acreditadora estadounidense SACSCOC, y de asociaciones profesionales y organizaciones como ASEE, IEEE, ACM, Sigma Xi y Phi Kappa Phi. Fue presidente del Global Engineering Deans Council.

Ha sido ponente invitado en eventos internacionales en más de 20 países. Es autor de múltiples artículos y ha trabajado como consultor en diversos proyectos de la industria.

Es Ingeniero en Sistemas Computacionales por el Tecnológico de Monterrey y cuenta con un Doctorado en Ciencias de la Computación por la Universidad Estatal de Colorado.

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David Garza Presidente Ejecutivo del Tecnológico de Monterrey

David Garza Salazar

Presidente Ejecutivo

David Garza Salazar cuenta con una trayectoria de casi 40 años en el Tecnológico de Monterrey donde ha ocupado diversos cargos académicos y directivos, como Director de Investigación y Posgrado; Decano de Tecnologías de Información y Electrónica, y Decano de la Escuela de Ingeniería del Campus Monterrey. Fue Director General del Campus San Luis Potosí, Rector de la Zona Metropolitana de Monterrey, Vicerrector de Profesional y Rector del Tecnológico de Monterrey, impulsando el desarrollo del Modelo Educativo. En su rol de Presidente Ejecutivo también supervisa la Universidad Tecmilenio y TecSalud.

Es Ingeniero en Sistemas Computacionales por el Tecnológico de Monterrey y Doctor en Ciencias Computacionales por la Universidad Estatal de Colorado.

Es Chair de la red global de universidades Universitas 21 (U21), miembro del Steering Committee de la Asociación de Universidades de Asia Pacífico (APRU), del Consejo Presidentes de University of the People y forma parte de los siguientes grupos del World Economic Forum: Global University Leaders Forum, Global Future Council on Human Capital Development y The Edison Alliance para el impulso a la inclusión digital mundial. Ha sido invitado como orador y panelista en eventos internacionales en más de 20 países.