Ernesto Barrios has a bachelor degree in Physics-Mathematics from IPN, a Master in Science and a Ph. D, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, both with specialty in Statistics.

He worked as analyst at the IMP; founder member of the Statistics group at CIMAT; In-house statistical consultant at Plasma-Aided Engineer Lab and member of CQPI at UW-Madison. External statistical consultant mainly in Quality Control and Engineering projects.

The collective and the interdisciplinary are main axes that govern my life since I was just a youngster. These phenomena naturally occur when one is engaged in applied mathematics, which is the best game that mankind has achieved.

I like to say that I am American as I was born in Central America and very soon, I came to Mexico where I learned about life and death. Finally, I got my academic and social education in the course of ten years living in South America, when I belong to the "Cidade Maravilhosa", Rio de Janeiro. Now, I have come back to North America at the ITAM.

Natalia Saltalamacchia Ziccardi has been a professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) since 2004. She was Director of the Undergraduate Program of International Relations at ITAM, as well as of the Center for Inter-American Studies and Programs (Centro de Estudios y Programas Interamericanos, CEPI) at said Institute. She is member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, SNI), as researcher level 1.

She is a full time professor at the Accounting Department and co-director of the Teaching Center for .the Division of Business Administration and Accounting. She is member of the Academic Subcommittee of the Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE) and since 2005 she is Faculty Advisor for BetaGammaSigma-ITAM.

She has a bachelor degree in Public Accounting, an MBA and a Masters in Accounting from ITAM.

She teaches different courses of Basic and Intermediate Accounting, Business Combinations as well as several courses for Executive Development.

 Studied Public Accounting at ITAM and obtained a double Master's degree in Public Accounting from the University of Florida and the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Since 2003 she is an academic at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México in the area of Financial Accounting, Administrative Accounting and Cost Accounting. She is currently coordinator of the subjects of Accounting Process, subject taught to all students of the business school and Accounting 1, subject taught to all other degrees of ITAM.

She is currently a part-time professor in the Academic Department of Accounting at ITAM, where she teaches and coordinates courses for undergraduate programs. She also teaches Diploma courses at the Executive Development area at ITAM. She earned a BA in Accounting and an MBA, both from ITAM, and is a Certified Public Accountant by the Mexican Institute of Public Accountants. Previously, also at ITAM, she held the position of Chief of Administrative Services and was a full-time professor.

Certified Public Accountant by ITAM and Master in Accounting, joint program of the same Institute and the International University of Florida. He studied the Senior Management Program at IPADE and the Centered Learning Colloquium at the Harvard Business School.

Certified Public Accountant and additionally Certified in the Discipline of Finance by the Mexican Institute of Public Accountants A.C.

Gabriel Goodliffe is a professor and researcher at the Academic Department of International Studies at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). He teaches International Political Economy and Thesis Seminar. He holds a B.A. in French Literature from Yale University and an M.A. in Political Science from Stanford University. He also holds an MA and PhD in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.