Mechanical Engineer from Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla – Colombia. He earned his Master of Business Administration, his Specialist in Finance and his Specialist in Taxation from the same University. He has served as founding vice president for the Americas IFEES (International Federation of Engineering Education Societies), as president of ASIBEI (Asociación Iberoamericana de Instituciones de Enseñanza de la Ingeniería), vice president of LACCEI (Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions) and as president of ACOFI (Asociación Colombiana de Facultades de Ingeniería).