Guillermo Armenta

Founder Partner at Horizones | Chairman of the  GIDCOMP

Luis Godoy

Director de la Unidad de Inteligencia Económica Global

Roberto Martínez

CEO LATAM | Ex OECD

Leonardo Álvarez

Advisory Board Member | GIDCOMP

Héctor Cárdenas

 CEO of The Ergo Group

Erika Piirmets

Digital Transformation Adviser de e-Estonia

Neil Carmichael

Chief Executive at UK-China Culture and Education Cooperation Promotion Centre and UK Politican

León Pérez

CEO PROPULSAR

Federico Lara

CTO New Retic

Juan Carlos Reyes

CEO Antifraude

Andrés Díaz Bedolla

Head North América Alibaba

Chase Norlin

CEO Trasmosis

Alfonso Villalba

COO Kripto

Alejandro Caballero

Sustainability Models: Changes for Governments

Guillermo Armenta

Partner at Horizones | Chairman of the GIDCOMP

With more than 20 years of experience in growth strategies for the largest consultants worldwide, being Head of Digital Transformation, Head of Financial Marketing & Sales and Head of Business Strategy practices intensively using financial analysis, econometric modeling and different technologies to amplify the business initiatives of our clients.

He has a master in Financial Valuation of Intangible Assets and Emerging Technologies, PHD Candidate in Economic and Business Sciences, a Master’s Degree in International National Economy and Economic Development, among others.

Cuenta con una especialidad en Valoración Financiera de Activos intangibles y Tecnologías emergentes, Candidato a PHD en ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, una Maestría en Economía Nacional Internacional y Desarrollo Económico, entre otras más.

Luis Godoy Rueda

General Director in the Global Economic Intelligence Unit of the Ministry of Economy

He is General Director in the Global Economic Intelligence Unit in the Ministry of Economy where he coordinates the data and economic intelligence team. He holds a Master’s in Public Administration from Columbia University where he specialized in economic development. He studied economics and political science degrees and has more than 10 years of experience in international organizations such as ECLAC, Data-Pop Alliance, among others. He joined the new administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the Ministry of Economy and the new area under his charge launched the Data México platform, as well as other digital platforms that seek to support the productive sector to improve public policy decision-making. Focused on innovation, inclusion and diversification of the Mexican economy.

Roberto Martínez

CEO LATAM | OECD

Former director of the OECD Center in Mexico for Latin America, more than 10 years of experience in public policies and competitiveness. He is director of the Office of Commissioner Adriana Labardini, within the founding team of the Federal Institute of Telecommunications, as well as advisor to the Undersecretary of Communications. In the public sector he has also collaborated in the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, and the Federal Communications Commission.

He has collaborated as a consultant to the Ministry of Public Administration on e-government policies; as well as the UNDP, World Bank, USAID and has also collaborated in the preparation of the Global Information Technology Report of the World Economic Forum. He has a degree from El Colegio de México and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and the school John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Leonardo Álvarez

Advisor Board Member of GIDCOMP

Consultant on Digital Economy and Industrial Innovation in Mexico City.With more than 20 years of experience as a public manager, as well as an academic and public policy consultant. Used to work with experts in different aspects, he is addicted to learning and challenges, especially when they involve interacting with people to achieve results using creativity.

Accustomed to handling situations of high complexity and interdependence. His experience at the Mexican Ministry of Economy has made him an expert in promoting digital and industrial innovation ecosystems, directing industrial groups in the digital economy and creating industrial innovation consortiums.

Héctor Cárdenas

CEO de The Ergo Group

President and CEO of The Egro Group in Berkeley, California, United States. With more than 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, academic, policy analyst and consultant with extensive experience in government and a track record as founder of The Egro Grup, a successful firm information systems and public policy consultancy creator of Metis BPM for the government, a versatile web application for the administration, monitoring of critical business and government processes.

He is a continuing lecturer at the Goldman School of Public Policy, where he teaches policy implementation, data visualization, US-Mexico political relations, and master’s thesis seminars for the Master of Public Policy and Master of Public Affairs programs.

Erika Piirmets

Digital Transformation Adviser de e-Estonia

He evaluated the benefits of living in a society within the digital age, which facilitated each day and what Digital Transformation Adviser at the e-Etonia Briefing Center seeks is to spread the unique experience of digitization in Estonia.

She has a Bachelor’s degree, Information Science / Studies from Tallinn University. In addition to a Master’s degree, Organizational Behavior Studies

Neil Carmichael

Chief Executive, UK-China Culture and Education Cooperation Promotion Centre Ltd

Chair of the Association of Dental Groups

  • Chair of the Pearson Commission on Education for Work, Life & a Changing Economy
  • Senior Adviser, PLMR, providing strategic advice and support across all sectors – from 2017
  • Chief Education Consultant – from 2018
  • Non-Executive Adviser for Education, Wild Search – from 2013
  • Frequent speaker/lecturer on education and Europe

Board/Trustee positions

  • Trustee, Sir Heinz Koeppler Trust (Wilton Park [FCO], promoting international peace and security)
  • Member of the D Group Advisory Board (strategic business advice and international network)
  • Trustee, The Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation (Arundells, Salisbury)
  • Chair of Board, Festomane (Festival of Manufacturing and Engineering) Founder, 2012
  • Member, Advisory Board, Finito (“from education to employment and beyond”)
  • Member, All Souls Group (Oxford) (high level education seminars)

Neil is an English politician, and former Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Stroud from 2010 until 2017.

León Pérez

Industrial Innovation Center for Agribusiness of the Northwest Region (CIIAN)

He has more than 20 years of experience in the use of Information and Communication Technologies.

He studied at ITESO Jesuit University of Guadalajara, graduating as an Engineer. Later, he continued his studies in the Bachelor of Psychology. He also completed two diplomas at Stanford University, which are; BJ Fogg’s Behavior Design Bootcamp Behavioral Sciences and Fundign a New Enterprise, Entrepenurial and Small Busiess Operations.

Federico Lara

Chief innovation architect & CTO New Relic

Chief Innovation Architect at New Relic, Inc, Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. With more than 20 years of experience Leading Cross-Border E-Commerce, Global Markets Specialist, Payments Architect, and Customer Conversion Strategist.

Experienced in web production and technology creation involved working with teams and projects at IMB Webshpere, Coca-Cola, and the MIT Media Lab, among others. He is a supporter of the developer and startup community and is an active member of the following organizations: NY Tech Alliance, Startup Weekend and BBVA Open Talent.

He has a bachelor’s degree in Music Business and Technology from Berklee College of Music in Boston, and studied Finance and International Business at Harvard Extension School.

Juan Carlos Reyes

CEO ANTIFRAUDE

Former director of the Linux Center of the Universidad del Valle, he participated in technology transfer projects with institutions such as ICFES, ACASTC, UNESCO and INLAC. Member of the ISO JTC1 / SC27 committee as an expert, for the maintenance and improvement of the 27000 series standards. Experience related to information security projects. He has carried out numerous computer fraud investigations for companies in the banking and industrial sectors. He is an information security risk analyst for the reinsurance sector in multiple financial entities in Latin America. Currently GCFA – SANS Institute, Lead Auditor of ISO27001 – BSI, active member of HTCIA, ALIFC and ACFE. Founding partner of the firm Grupo Schart Latin America, specializing in fraud care and prevention, risk analysis, incident response and computer forensics, as well as knowledge management using highly technological and innovative tools, which also includes the anti-fraud strategy ( www.antifraude.org) and the registered trademark AntiFraude which I direct with a view to providing a service to the general public, individuals and companies for the prevention of fraud in new technologies. In the academic area, he was the academic coordinator of the information security diploma offered by the Quality Management firm in Colombia and a teacher of specialized security topics for different institutions in Central and South America.

Andrés Díaz Bedolla

Director North LATAM Alibaba

With more than 10 years of experience in the international process of Strategic Operations, he manages international logistic process with the biggest platform in the world.

Chase Norlin

CEO Transmosis

Chase Norlin is the executive director of Transmosis, a developer in the cybersecurity, recognized at national level and creator of TransmosisONE. Previously he was the founder and director of Emerge Digital Group, recognize as one of the quickest companies in the Unites State’s for incomes growth. Entrepreneur in technology, he was the first one to create a platform to share videos on line, and sharing images in the Internet. 

Alfonso Villalba

Kriptos

Co-Founder & Coo of Kriptos, a company dedicated to predicting data leaks, allowing companies to locate the most critical information through software that is responsible for analyzing, classifying and labeling documents using AI.

Ecuadorian businessman passionate about generating a positive impact on the planet using technology.

He has more than 10 years of experience seeking to create and generate a positive impact on the planet and seeks to invite people to join in this task of doing good.

He has a Bachelor of Administration from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, has several licenses and certifications among which stand out; Entrepreneurial Leadership Toolbox, Business Process Design for Strategic Management Growth for Founders, and Business Strategy and Financial Performance.

Alejandro Caballero

CEO ACR

More than 12 years of experience as contributing to solve the complex problems associated with sustainability, in various fields including banking, environment, resources, energy, industry and others.

He has a Doctorate in Environmental Sciences (ETHZ), Masters in Environmental Sciences (ETHZ), B.A. in Economics (ITAM) and Bachelor of Mathematics (ITAM).

He is a scientist in a large European project that assessed the risks of nanotechnology. Scientist in a project with the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) on nanosafety. Financial researcher at Banco de México in the areas of risk modeling, financial evaluation and banking policy.