Experience

AI MEXICO

• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Board Member

  • Nov 2019 - Present

  At AI MEXICO, I help coordinate the work and efforts to establish the organization as one of the top AI initiatives in the region. I lead strategies with the goal of creating and developing a large AI community to position the region as the AI capital in Latin America. At AI MEXICO, I help coordinate the work and efforts to establish the organization as one of the top AI initiatives in the region. I lead strategies with the goal of creating and developing a large AI community to position the region as the AI capital in Latin America.



Academia de Ingeniería México

• Mexico
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member

  • Sep 2014 - Present

  Full member at the Commission on Electronics and Communications of the Mexican Academy of Engineering. Full member at the Commission on Electronics and Communications of the Mexican Academy of Engineering.



Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, AMC

• Mexico
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  Full member at the Technological Research Area of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. Full member at the Technological Research Area of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.



AMIAC Academia Mexicana de Informática AC

• Mexico
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  Full member at the Mexican Academy of Informatics. Full member at the Mexican Academy of Informatics.



International Academy of Astronautics

• Aviation & Aerospace
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member

  • Jan 2012 - Present

  Member of the International Academy of Astronautics in the Commission of Memberships and Prizes. Member of the International Academy of Astronautics in the Commission of Memberships and Prizes.



Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada

• Mexico
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Researcher

  • Aug 1989 - Jun 2021

  At the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada (CICESE), a Center coordinated by the Mexican Agency for Science and Technology (CONACYT)▪️ I formed the Photonic Communications Group and Laboratory, where I led diverse projects on optical telecommunications and space research. ▪️ I've been a lecturer in graduate courses and continuous formation in telecommunications and have been an adviser for several Master’s and Doctor’s degrees theses. ▪️ I have published diverse scientific journal and conferences papers, and hold several patents. ▪️ I was awarded the following recognitions for my contributions: ▪️▪️ “Emilio Rosenblueth” prize, from the National Academy of Engineering, Mexico; ▪️▪️ “Ericsson Telecommunications” prize, from Ericsson – Mexico; ▪️▪️ “Mexican Academy of Optics Prize” from the Mexican Academy of Optics. Show less

• General Director

  • May 1997 - Jul 2005

  I served as Director-General of CICESE, where:▪️ I promoted the growth of scientific research infrastructure and obtained resources for research and development projects with national, international, and private funds. ▪️ I introduced or reinforced strategic areas of regional and national development, several of them related to telecommunications systems and networks as well as space research.▪️ I promoted the "academy-government-industry" interaction with various governmental entities at the federal, state, and municipal levels, as well as with the private sector. ▪️ I promoted collaborations with Mexican and international research centers, universities, and organizations. ▪️ I promoted the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT's) in research, development, and human resources training. ▪️ I created the CICESE Monterrey Campus and consolidated the CICESE, La Paz Campus. ▪️ I contributed with CONACYT in the formation of the System of Public Centers and participated in several actions before the Chamber of Deputies for the positioning and budgeting of the Mexican Science and Technology System. Show less



AGENCIA ESPACIAL MEXICANA

• Mexico
• Aviation & Aerospace
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director General

  • Nov 2011 - Oct 2019

  I served as the founding Director of the Mexican Space Agency (AEM) where I led strategies to: ▪️ promote space infrastructure, ▪️ contribute to the (aero)space sector, ▪️ promote capacity building in the space field, ▪️ position Mexico internationally in the sustainable use of space. Some of the achievements obtained under my direction are: ▪️ Development and launch of the Mexican nanosatellite AztechSat-1; ▪️ Construction of the "Space Telecommunications Research and Development Center" in Zacatecas, Mexico; ▪️ Construction of the "Regional Center for Innovation and Space Development in the State of Mexico", in Atlacomulco, Mexico; ▪️ Enabling and operation of the Satellite Image Reception Antenna (ERIS), in Chetumal, Mexico; ▪️ Creation of the first CONACYT-AEM Fund to finance space/satellite projects; ▪️ Several stays of Mexican students at NASA's AMES Space Center were arranged; ▪️ Signing of agreements with more than 24 space agencies from different countries; ▪️ Establishment of the Mexican Space Weather Group for Space Weather Risk Management; ▪️ Mexico hosted the 2016 International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Guadalajara, Mexico; ▪️ Mexico hosted the "Summit of Heads of Space Agencies", where the "Mexico Declaration" was issued on climate change through satellite information; ▪️ Mexico was awarded the presidency of the United Nations Global Partnership on Space Applications for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPSTAR); ▪️ Held several events using the Space BootCamp® methodology to promote technology-based entrepreneurship in the space sector; ▪️ Produced various standards for the space sector, such as the "Space Systems - Design of Cubesats Satellites - Requirements and Classification" NMX-AE-001_SCFI; ▪️ Several Space Medicine Congresses were held in Mexico; ▪️ Every year the AEM carries out multiple activities in the context of the "World Space Week"; Show less



World Space Week Association

• United States
• Space Research and Technology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chairperson

  • Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

  I served as a chairperson of the UN-WSWA where I steered diverse initiatives on the outreach of space technology to the general public. I served as a chairperson of the UN-WSWA where I steered diverse initiatives on the outreach of space technology to the general public.



CNRS

• France
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Invited Researcher

  • Aug 2005 - Apr 2008

  At the CNRS-LTCI (Information Processing and Communications Laboratory), I participated in research and graduate lecturing on optical communications and secure photonic networks, both theoretically and experimentally. At the CNRS-LTCI (Information Processing and Communications Laboratory), I participated in research and graduate lecturing on optical communications and secure photonic networks, both theoretically and experimentally.



Instituto Nacional de Electricidad y Energías Limpias (INEEL)

• Mexico
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Researcher

  • Jul 1983 - Jul 1989

  At the Institute for Electrical Research (IIE), Mexico, I was involved in the development of projects on applications of optical fibers to electrical power systems. At the Institute for Electrical Research (IIE), Mexico, I was involved in the development of projects on applications of optical fibers to electrical power systems.



Utah State University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Researcher

  • Jun 1985 - Jan 1986

  I participated in experimental microgravity space research at both the Center for Atmospheric and Space Science and at the Space Dynamics Laboratory. I participated in experimental microgravity space research at both the Center for Atmospheric and Space Science and at the Space Dynamics Laboratory.



NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Back-Up Astronaut

  • 1985 - 1985

  I was selected by NASA and the Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT), Mexico, as the Second Back-Up Astronaut, Payload Specialist, for the STS 61-B Mission with the Mexican satellite “Morelos 2”. I was selected by NASA and the Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT), Mexico, as the Second Back-Up Astronaut, Payload Specialist, for the STS 61-B Mission with the Mexican satellite “Morelos 2”.