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Guillermo Cardoza has been a full-time professor of Innovation and Change Management at INCAE Business School since 2013. He has developed his career in teaching, research, management of academic institutions and business consulting in the United States, Europe and Latin America and is the author of books and numerous academic publications.
Since 1988 he has been advising several governments in the region (Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and several Caribbean countries) and has worked as a teacher and consultant for various international organizations and multinational companies such as the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Scientific and Cultural Organization (Orcyt, Cresalc), The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), Committee on Science and Technology for Developing Countries (COSTED), Association of Caribbean States (ACS-AEC), UNESCO, Adidas, E&Y, Pfizer, P&G, Roche Pharma, Abbott, Grupo Santander, 3M, Nestlé, Cargill, Telefónica, Banesto, La Caixa, BUPA-Sanitas and Walmart.
During his tenure as Executive Director of the Latin American Academy of Sciences - ACAL (1987-1996), Professor Cardoza created and directed the Center for Science Studies. At IE Business School (Madrid), where he was associated as professor of Management of Innovation and Competitiveness in emerging economies, he was director for thirteen years and a member of its steering committee; and created the Euro-Latin American Center, responsible for the internationalization of the school in Latin America and for research on the internationalization of emerging market companies. In 2000 he co-founded the Sumaq Alliance, formed by IE Business School together with seven of the most prestigious business schools in Latin America.
He holds three master's degrees: in Latin American Studies, in International Relations and in Management. From 1981 to 1982 he was Process and Planning Engineer at 3M Colombia and Chief Laboratory Engineer at IMA S.A., Bogota, Colombia.
He has been a research fellow in Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Development in Emerging Markets at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, BCSIA - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge, MA. In addition, he has postdoctoral training in System Dynamics at MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA.
He has taught International Economics and Technological Development, with a master's degree in International Economics from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela (1991-1996) and has done management consulting at Marino Recio y Asociados Caracas, Venezuela (1988-1992).
He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Development, International Relations and Business Management from the Sorbonne University (Paris I and Paris III) and a degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Colombia. He has been a research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in innovation and competitiveness (1996-2000) and a postdoctoral student at the Sloan School of Management - MIT in System Dynamics. He was also a Visiting Scholar at DRCLAS - Harvard University and the Sloan School of Management - MIT (2019).
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2019 Visiting Scholar, DRCLAS - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
2019 Visiting Scholar, MIT - Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA.
2013-Pres. Full Professor of Innovation and Change Management, INCAE Business School, Alajuela, Costa Rica.
1999-2012 Professor on Management of Innovation and Competitiveness in emerging economies, IE Business School, Madrid, Spain.
2000 Co-founder of SUMAQ, Ibero-American Business School Network, Madrid, Spain.
1999-2009 Founder and Director, Euro-Latin America Center, IE Business School, Madrid, Spain.
1999-2003 Member, IE Business School's Direction Committee, Madrid, Spain.
1988-1996 Founded and conducted research on public policies at the ACAL - Center for Information and Science Studies, Caracas, Venezuela.
1987-1996 Executive Director, Latin America Academy of Sciences (ACAL), Caracas, Venezuela.
1996-1999 Research Fellow in Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Development in Emerging Markets, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, BCSIA - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge, MA.
1997-1998 Postdoctoral training in Systems Dynamics, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA.
1991-1996 Professor of International Economics and Technological Development, Master in International Economics, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.
1993-1996 Researcher on technological innovation and economic growth, Latin America Center for Information and Science Studies (CIEC-ACAL), Caracas, Venezuela.
1988-1992 Management Consulting, Marino Recio y Asociados, Caracas, Venezuela.
1985-1994 Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III and Paris I, Paris, France.
1981-1982 Process and Planning Engineer, 3M Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. 1981 Laboratory Chief Engineer, IMA S.A., Bogotá, Colombia.
1974-1981 Chemical Engineer, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
1988-pres. Advisor to Latin American governments (Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and several Caribbean countries).
1990-pres. Training and consulting for International Organizations and Multinational Corporations: IDB-Interamerican Development Bank, UNESCO -United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Orcyt, Cresalc), TWAS - The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), ICSU/COSTED - International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), Committee on Science and Technology for Developing Countries (COSTED), Association of Caribbean States (ACS-AEC), Adidas, E&Y, IBM, Pfizer, P&G, Roche Pharma, Abbot, Grupo Santander, 3M, Nestlé, Cargill, Telefónica, Banesto, La Caixa, BUPA-Sanitas and Walmart.
1990-Pres. Researcher and Guest Lecturer at several universities and international organizations:
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), MIT- Sloan School of Management (Cambridge, MA), Babson College (Waltham, MA), TWAS - Third World Academy of Sciences (Trieste), INASP (London), UNESCO (Paris), Association of Caribbean States (Port of Spain), Instituto Brasileiro de Informacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (Brasilia), Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas (Brasilia), Institut des Hautes Etudes de l'Amérique Latine, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris III, Maison de l'Amérique Latine (Paris), Universidad Central de Venezuela (Caracas), Universidad Metropolitana (Caracas), Universidad del Norte (Barranquilla), Procter and Gamble (Caracas), Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogota), Universidad de la Asunción (Asunción), Universidad de los Andes (Bogota), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte), SPAE-SPOL (Guayaquil).
