His Excellency Dr Federico González Santoyo

DR. FEDERICO GONZÁLEZ SANTOYO

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Electrical Engineer from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH).
• Master’s in Administration from the Faculty of Accounting and Administration, UMSNH (Honours Mention).
• Master’s in Engineering (Decision Making) from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México.
• PhD in Engineering (Operations Research) from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
• Doctorate in Economics and Business from the Rovira i Virgili University (Spain) (program completed).
• PhD in Sciences from the Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo del Estado de Michoacán (CIDEM), with Honours Mention.

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

• Full Professor and Researcher “C” TC at UMSNH (since 1980), attached to the Faculty of Accounting and Administrative Sciences.
• Professor in Master’s and Doctoral programs at UNAM, Universidad La Salle (Mexico) and Rovira i Virgili University (Spain).
• Has supervised 274 theses: 47 undergraduate, 178 master’s and 49 doctoral.
• Member of scientific committees of journals such as J. Fuzzy Economic Review (Spain), J. Management (Université Paris-Dauphine), Ciencias Empresariales (Mexico) and Gestión Empresarial (Mexico).
• Member of the National System of Researchers (SNI), Level I.
• Honorary Member and Vice President of the International Association for Fuzzy Sets Management and Economy (SIGEF).
• Mexican Representative of the International Association for Modelling and Simulation Techniques in Enterprises (AMSE) since 2004.
• Member of the Mexican Society of Geography and Statistics and Secretary of the Morelia Chapter.
• Academic and representative in Mexico of the Royal European Academy of Doctors (RAED) (2005).
• Academic and representative in Mexico of the Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences (RACEF) (2011).
• Member of the Barcelona Economic Network of the RACEF (2017).
• Recipient of numerous Honorary Doctorates and academic distinctions, including those of Ibero-America (Panama, 2007), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Doctor of Ibero-American Education (Ecuador, 2008), Doctor Dignitas Principium (Colombia, 2009), Doctor Honoris Causa from the Ibero-American Council in Honour of Educational Quality (2009), Doctor Honoris Causa from the Honorable World Academy of Education (Peru, 2010), and distinctions from Mexican institutions (2010).
• Main research lines focus on business production system optimization, fuzzy logic, and qualitative reasoning applied to business problems.
• Academic Secretary and Director of the Faculty of Wood Technology Engineering, UMSNH.
• Deputy Director of University Planning, UMSNH.
• Head of the Graduate Studies Division, Faculty of Accounting and Administrative Sciences (UMSNH).
• Deputy Director of Graduate Studies at CIDEM.
• Director–Editor of the journals Ciencias Empresariales and Gestión Empresarial (UMSNH) and Mimíxekua (Universidad La Salle).
• Member of the Governing Council and President of the Scientific Research Council at Universidad La Salle Morelia (2009–2012).

PUBLICATIONS

• Author and co-author of more than 20 books, including Los Proyectos en la Industrialización Forestal (1985, 1990), La Incertidumbre en la Evaluación Financiera de Empresas (2001), Diseño de Empresas de Orden Mundial (2003), Procesos para la Toma de Decisiones en un Entorno Globalizado (2011).
• Co-author of international works such as Fuzzy Sets in Management, Economics and Marketing (World Scientific, 2001) and New Logics for the New Economy (Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2001).
• Numerous publications in national and international journals.

SPORTS ACTIVITY

• President of the Michoacan Karate Association A.C. (2003–2009).
• 5th Dan C.N. in Karatedo Sytoryu.
• Vice President of the Mexican Association of Karatedo Syto Ryu.