Alejandro G. Frank

Director at Núcleo de Engenharia Organizacional (NEO-UFRGS)
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, BR
Languages
  • Español Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Português Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Deutsch Full professional proficiency
  • Italiano Full professional proficiency

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Experience

    • Brazil
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director
      • Mar 2014 - Present

      The Organizational Engineering Group (Núcleo de Engenharia Organizacional – NEO) is a research group from the Department of Industrial Engineering (DEPROT) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. NEO is formed by professors and researchers (Post-doctoral, PhD and master candidates). NEO-UFRGS combines industrial engineering tools with theories and approaches from the strategic and organizational management field to understand organizational issues and to develop applied solutions for companies. Some of our main interests are: Product Development Management, Innovation Management, Knowledge Management, Strategic Management and Industrial Organization. Learn more at www.ufrgs.br/neo

    • United Kingdom
    • Book and Periodical Publishing
    • Managing Regional Editor (LATAM)
      • Oct 2021 - Present

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Affiliate, MIT Industrial Performance Center
      • Dec 2019 - Present

      Joint research with MIT IPC on the impact of Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing on work, including several subtopics such as:a) Adoption of advanced technologies - reasons and strategiesb) Effects of technology on work processes and workersc) New skills and training requirementsd) Effects of advanced technologies on operations management (e.g., new strategies, production flow changes, new production processes).https://workofthefuture.mit.edu/research-post/mit-global-research-network/

    • EurOMA Board
      • Aug 2021 - Present

      Elected board member for the period 2021-2022http://www.euroma-online.org/about-euroma/governance/president-and-board/ Elected board member for the period 2021-2022http://www.euroma-online.org/about-euroma/governance/president-and-board/

    • Italy
    • Research
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Member of the International Advisory Board
      • Oct 2020 - Present

    • Associate Editor (Strategy and Organizational Engineering)
      • Oct 2018 - Present

      The journal Production ISSN 0103-6513 (www.prod.org.br) is the flagship journal of ABEPRO - Brazilian Association of Production Engineering. Production (formerly, Produção) was created in 1990 in order to provide a communication medium for academic articles in the Production Engineering field. The journal is among the top Brazilian journals in Operations, Manufacturing, Industrial and Production Engineering and Management. The journal Production ISSN 0103-6513 (www.prod.org.br) is the flagship journal of ABEPRO - Brazilian Association of Production Engineering. Production (formerly, Produção) was created in 1990 in order to provide a communication medium for academic articles in the Production Engineering field. The journal is among the top Brazilian journals in Operations, Manufacturing, Industrial and Production Engineering and Management.

    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Associate Professor
      • May 2016 - Present

      - Professor of Operations Strategy and Competition- Professor of Advanced Methods in Management (PhD program)- Supervisor of PhD and Mater theses- Director of research projects

    • Chair of Graduate Studies - Industrial Engineering Program
      • Aug 2019 - Present

      Director of the PhD and Master programs in Industrial Engineering (1st ranked in Brazil by the Ministry of Education)

    • Chair of Undergraduate Studies - Industrial Engineering
      • Apr 2016 - May 2018

      Direction of the academic undergraduate course in Industrial Engineering

    • Assistant Professor
      • May 2013 - May 2016

    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
      • Nov 2012 - May 2013

      Research on knowledge transfer practices in product development activities.

    • Doctoral Research Fellow
      • Mar 2009 - Nov 2012

      Research and consultancy in Product Development Management and Knowledge Management at Laboratório de Otimização de Produtos e Processos (LOPP), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    • Lecturer
      • Mar 2009 - Dec 2010

      Activities:- Teaching: a) Information Systems Management; b) Technology Management; c) Metrology and testing- Tutoring graduate students in the development of the graduate final project

    • M.Sc. Reasearch Fellow
      • Mar 2007 - Feb 2009

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Visiting Scholar
      • Nov 2018 - Jul 2019

      Visiting scholar - MIT Industrial Performance Center. Research topics: Industry 4.0 technologies. Digital technologies and their impact on the work of the future and on the future of work. Visiting scholar - MIT Industrial Performance Center. Research topics: Industry 4.0 technologies. Digital technologies and their impact on the work of the future and on the future of work.

    • Italy
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Visiting Scholar
      • Feb 2012 - Aug 2012

      Visiting scholar at the Observatory of ICT & Management. Research activities related to knowledge management and innovation: communities of practice, knowledge transfer in new product development, business model innovation. Visiting scholar at the Observatory of ICT & Management. Research activities related to knowledge management and innovation: communities of practice, knowledge transfer in new product development, business model innovation.

Education

  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul / UFRGS
    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Industrial Engineering
    2009 - 2012
  • Politecnico di Milano
    Sandwich PhD program, Management Engineering
    2012 - 2012
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul / UFRGS
    Master's degree, Industrial Engineering
    2007 - 2009
  • Universidad Nacional de Misiones
    Industrial Engineer, Industrial Engineering
    2002 - 2007

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