Dr. Arturo Molina is Vicepresident of Research and Technology Transfer of Tecnologico de Monterrey.

He received his PhD degree in Manufacturing Engineering at Loughborough University of Technology and his University Doctor degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary.

Is member of the National Researchers System of Mexico (SNI-Nivel III), Mexican Academy of Sciences, Mexican Engineering Academy, Mexican Academy of Computation, Member of the Council of the National Institute of electricity and clean energies, Member of the IFAC Council, member of IFIP WG5.12 Working Group on Enterprise Integration Architectures and IFIP WG 5.3 Cooperation of Virtual Enterprises and Virtual Organizations.

He has offered seminars and conferences in USA, Canada, Latin America and Europe and is in the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Annual Reviews in Control, it’s the co-author of over 150 scientific papers in journals and the editor, author of the 13 books . He has worked as a consultant for important Mexican corporations, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and United Nations Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force.

His current research interests include concurrent engineering technologies and manufacturing, enterprise integration engineering, technology management he has applied research and  development for the economic sectors of:  automotive, construction and energy.