Dr. Carlos Alberto Escobar worked as a research scientist at theAmazon Last Mile Delivery and Technologyorganization and as a senior researcher at theManufacturing Systems Research Lab of General Motors, Global Research and Development. He also worked as Faculty Aide atHarvard Extension School. Dr. Escobar obtained his Ph.D. in engineering sciences with a concentration in artificial intelligence (2019) and a master's degree in quality engineering (2005) fromTecnológico de Monterrey. He also obtained a master's in industrial engineering (2016) fromNew Mexico State University. He is an industrial engineer (2001) fromInstituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Juarez. Currently, he studies a master's in management (2024) atHarvard Extension School. He has published over 30 scientific articles in top journals. His research topic has been presented in top conferences, including theAmerican Society of Quality. According to a published bibliometric study, he is considered one of the most cited and fruitful authors in Quality 4.0 (2022). The interest in his publications (2023) lies in the 99% at the Research Gate platform compared to his cohort of researcher registered in 2015. Dr. Escobar was recognized as theSHPE STAR of Today(2021) by theSociety of Hispanic Professional Engineers, the largest association of Hispanic in STEM in the U.S. Dr. Escobar was in the Mexican national team of martial arts, he was inducted into theHall of Fame of Ciudad Juarez(2015) after his retirement. Today, he enjoys teaching his colleagues this sport.

Dr. Morales is a chemical and systems engineer (1984) with a master's degree in chemical engineering (1986) and in control engineering (1992) from theTecnológico de Monterrey(México). He obtained a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence while staying at the Computational Intelligence Laboratory at theUniversity of British Columbiain Vancouver, Canada (2003). Dr. Morales co-founded the Industrial Automation Center (1987) at theTecnológico de Monterrey. He was awarded the Prize for Teaching and Research (1993 and 2005). As a consultant specializing in analyzing and designing control systems, he carried out projects with more than 20 national and international companies. He was classified as a consultant and extensionist full professor (1998). He has worked at the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), organizing the IFAC-CEA (2007) congress and the IFAC-SAFEPROCESS (2012) symposium. Through international research projects, he has advised doctoral theses at the Institute of Industrial Automation (Spain) and the Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble (Gipsa-Lab, France). He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Sectoral Fund for Research and Development in Naval Sciences (2010-2020). The Mexican System of Researchers accredits his scientific production as Level 2 (2014). He is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences (2015) and the Mexican Academy of Engineering (2016). He was Associate Research Director (2007) and Academic Vice-Director (2009). He is the National Director of Graduate Studies at the School of Engineering and Sciences (2014) atTecnológico de Monterrey.