He earned his BS in industrial engineering from Universidad Antonio Nariño, Colombia, and his Master’s in business administration from UNAD Florida USA. He is presently a PhD candidate in engineering at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He has published several journal articles and conference papers. Professor Vasquez-Bernal has been involved in projects with manufacturing and engineering companies. He is a management consultant in quality assurance, project management and safety management. He has taught courses in entrepreneurship, strategy and corporate logistics and innovation for engineers; his research interests include certification, accreditation, multi-criteria decision analysis and optimisation. He is a member of NFPA, LACCEI and IEEE.