AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT™ - Mexico

• Professor Roberto Joaquín Santillán Salgado Doctor Santillán currently holds the position of Director of the Master of Science in Finance Program at EGADE-ITESM, Monterrey Campus. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Economics at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, where he graduated with an Honor Mention. Later, he obtained a Master's degree in Public Administration at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, an MBA degree at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (TEC), and finally his Ph.D. in Business Administration with a post-doctoral specialization in Finance at TEC-University of Texas at Austin. His areas of interest include: International Finance, Corporate Finance, Investments, Financial Markets and Institutions.
• Doctor Santillán initiated his academic career as a Full Time Researcher at El Colegio de México in 1981. He has been a Visiting Professor at: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, University of Texas at Austin, Tulane University, University of San Diego; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Instituto Politécnico Nacional (México). Since 1990 he joined the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, where he has taught courses in Economics and Finance. Dr. Santillán maintains an active participation at international conferences and executive education courses.
• He has offered courses and conferences in La Paz, Bolivia; Trujillo, Perú; San Pedro Sula, Honduras; París, France; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, and Tokio, Japan, and Casablanca, Morocco, among other places. His research work in the fields of Banking and Strategic Alliances, of Firms has been included in highly recognized publications, like the Journal of World Business . He also has worked as consultant for the World Bank, Fondo de Inversión Veracruz (FIVER), the State Government of Veracruz, the State Government of Tlaxcala, Veracruzana and VITRO, S. A. He is currently an active member of the Business Association for Latin American Studies and the International Society for Intercommunication of New Ideas.