Cabrera-Lazarini, Juan José

Here is the translation into English: --- Juan José Cabrera-Lazarini is the Academic Delegate Director at Tec de Monterrey Midwest USA, Research Professor/Consultant, and Project Management Leader for the most important research initiative of the EIC: the 6-year CAETEC-NESTLE Switzerland project, with funding of approximately 2 million USD and a donation of research equipment valued at around 500K USD. He has led the negotiation of Statement of Work 2, including operational budgets, cost and feasibility of deliverables, achieving a target overhead of 30% compared to the institutional average of 16%. He has coordinated researchers, PhD students, and operational staff for in vivo experimentation, adhering to Tec R&D protocols and the Animal Ethics Committee. Juan José leads an entrepreneurial consulting ecosystem in Latin America and the USA as a senior partner at Effizienter Wandel and with the International Competitiveness Center at Tec de Monterrey. His focus is on multinational consumer goods and automotive companies, such as Kellogg's, Kerry Group, Mars, Kostal, Tenaris-Tamsa, Hella, and Kromberg & Schubert, with whom he has developed an extensive network in the central and northern regions of the country. He advises on strategic planning, organizational redesign, and continuous improvement, thanks to his over 25 years in the industry, including Operations Management in OTC Pharmaceutical Plants, which has provided him with experience in laboratory management and SSA and FDA quality audits. His extensive supply chain experience has enabled him to optimize the Capacity/Demand Ratio, achieving best-in-class savings. In the International Delegation, he increased the internationalization of undergraduate students fourfold from 2021 to 2024, including new programs with 10 universities in the top 200 Global QS Ranking and internships with companies. Additionally, he has managed research scholarships for students totaling 70K USD and seed funding programs for research amounting to 320K USD. As a visiting research professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), he has published more than 10 articles on Value Chain and Nearshoring with colleagues from five universities and is a member of the GAT for Transdisciplinary Engineering. Juan José has served as Regional Academic Director of Business, Department Director, and Professor for undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral programs. Previously, Juan José worked at world-class companies such as Procter & Gamble as a Director in manufacturing and logistics, which allowed him to develop an extensive network as a consultant for global companies. Juan José earned his bachelor's degree in Chemical Industrial Engineering from Tecnológico de Celaya, a postgraduate degree in Environmental Engineering from Ghent University in Belgium, an MBA from Tec de Monterrey with a specialization in B2B Marketing, and a Doctorate in Administration from Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. He has an extensive network in public and private universities in Mexico, such as UNAM and UAG, and in the USA, including Urbana-Champaign and Purdue, among others.