He holds a M.Sc. (2013) in Industrial Engineering from Los Andes University (Colombia) graduated with Cum Laude mention. He holds a certificate (2011) in Professional Program in Project Management and B. Sc. (2009) in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (Colombia) graduated with Honors and Sum Cum Laude Mention. He is Faculty Advisor of IIE’s chapter 985 Universidad Distrital. He currently is performing Doctoral studies on engineering at the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. His main research interests include the development and application of optimization techniques and expert systems to scheduling and engineering design.