EXPERIENCE
2007-date Tecnológico de Monterrey - Mechatronics and Automation Department and Center for Innovation Design and Technology, Monterrey, NL México
Research Faculty
Objectives. To develop advanced technologies that improve quality of life and Inspire young minds to develop breakthrough engineering applications. Research interests include Advanced Perception, Geometric Reasoning, and Mechatronics in Medical and Manufacturing.
Current activities include:
Project and Problema Based Teaching of undergraduate and graduate level courses in engineering, mechatronics, mechatronic design and industrial robots and industrial automation.
Startup of a joint advanced technologies professional masters program between Carnegie Mellon University and Tecnológico de Monterrey based on Carnegie Mellon´s MSIT-RI program.
Consulting in sensing and industrial automation for manufacturing operations.
"Learning through experience". Initiatives to develop young minds through hands-on learning in mechatronics.
Research in Geometric Reasoning, Advanced Perception, 3D Localization, and Mechatronics in Medical and Manufacturing applications.
2005-2006
Philips Lighting - INC / HAL / CFL
Competency Center, Monterrey, NL México
Senior CC Manager and Consultant
Participant in the senior level decisions of the INC/HAL/CFL
Competency Center. Responsible for activities that introduce new products
and new technology and for the successful implementation of Strategic and
Cost Improvement Projects. Developed a welding system for PRTR Lamps using
robots and “intelligent” servo-actuated welders.
1999 -date Entrepreneur
Industrial Automation. Incorporated three high tech companies to develop solutions with robots,
vision systems and other state of the art technologies to increase the
efficiency, effectiveness and productivity of manufacturing operations.
Designed and developed over 38 industrial automation systems to inspect,
sort and manipulate engine
heads, engine blocks, automotive break lamp assemblies, automotive lamp
cover, beer bottles, refreshment bottles, brake handles, medical needles and
syringes, electric motor laminates and others.
Customers include top automotive and auto-part manufacturers.
Subcontract Manufacturing. Created
two
subcontract debur and weld-assembly operations in Mexico to supply two
important US and Canadian firms.
Health & Wellness. Incorporated an international franchise to distribute farmaceutical grade state of the art nutritional products to increase quality of life and prevent degenerative diseases. Currently active in multiple states of Mexico and USA.
1997-1999
Techmatec, Garza García, NL México
Sales & Marketing Director
Responsible for leading customer teams to the most efficient and cost
effective solutions, generating project specification, participating with
the engineering team to develop conceptual designs, marketing, shows, and
sales. Customers include top three OEM and first tier automotive suppliers,
electric motor manufacturers, and well known manufacturer of large carbide
rods. Applications include machining, material handling, gantry robots,
parts washing, parts drying and machine loading.
1994-1997
Motorman, Inc, West Carrollton, Ohio USA
Mexico Business Manager
Responsible for startup of
Yaskawa Motoman in México and for Direct Sales of Industrial Robotic
Solutions. Led client teams and multidisciplinary engineering teams to
specify and develop robotic industrial automation. Developed key accounts in
all of Mexico and lower Texas. Customers include Top 3 and first tier
automotive as well as truck, glass and electronic assembly plants.
Applications include casting, welding, plasma cutting, hot melt application,
water jet cutting and machine loading. Personally designed an innovative
robot aluminum casting cell for a leading engine head manufacturer. The
system solved important maintenance issues and provided a 60% increase in
productivity per sq ft.
1993-1994
Tecnológico de Monterrey,
Manufacturing Systems Center, Garza García, NL México
Research Faculty, Consultant, Educator.
Using a “hands on” approach
taught undergraduate and graduate level courses in manufacturing, robotics,
mechatronics and computational geometry. Started the first Robot Integrated
Manufacturing Research facility in Mexico and Latin America with a
multidisciplinary mentality funded in part by Sun Microsystems. Consultant
to a big three and first tier automotive supplier and a leading mining
company in Mexico. Candidate to the Mexican National Research Society (SNI)
1985-1993
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA USA
Research Assistant
Research in mobile robots, advanced
perception, active sensor placement and geometric reasoning. Participated in
the efforts of two important multidisciplinary research centers the Engineering Design Research Center and the
Field Robotics Center
resulting in DANTE – an 8 legged robot that entered a live volcano in Antarctica
and ASE – Autonomous Simultaneous Engineering. Early work in geometric reasoning
resulted in “The Disassembly Expert” – a computer system that used 2D and 3D
geometry to reason strategies to disassemble and assemble mechanical objects.
Launched initiative to
promote “teaching through hands on experimentation” and cross-university
collaboration.
1983-1984
Fabricación de Máquinas SA, Monterrey, NL México
Automation Engineer
Started area responsible
for the design and fabrication of automation systems using and
microprocessor technologies. Resulted in the design and development of three
automation projects: Cora500 – Automatic glass mould polishing machine,
PAM2000 – Automatic Sand Core Manufacturing Machine and FAMA Gantry Robot
EDUCATION
1985-1993
Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh,PA
Phd. Robotics and
Computational Design
, School of Computer Science
MSc. Robotics,
School of Computer
Science
MSc. Electrical and
Computer Engineering,
Dept of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Studies funded by NASA, US
Air-force, National Science Foundation, Consejo
Nacional de Ciencia y
Tecnología and General Motors
Background in Computational
Geometry, Robotics, Mobile Robots, 2D and 3D
Sensing, Perception, Digital
Electronics, Autonomous Disassembly Planning and
Design for Assembly.
1979-1984
Tecnológico de Monterrey,
Monterrey, NL México
BS Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Study
of digital electronics, computers, computer programming, databases
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PERSONALS
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Dual US and Mexican
Citizen
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100% Fluent in
Spanish and English, past conversation level experience in Italian and French
