Leadership Team

ISTEC Board of Directors

The ISTEC Board of Directors, whose members are elected by the General Assembly, carry out the policies established by the General Assembly, promote Consortium activities and have the authority to endorse proposals submitted by members. The Board holds regular meetings every six months, and whenever it is required for the correct operation of the Consortium, providing funds are available. It also has the capacity to admit new members on a provisional basis.

ACADEMIC MEMBERS

Dr. Roberto Murphy – Chairman of the Board

Roberto Murphy studied Physics at St. John’s University, Minnesota, and got his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the National Institute for Research on Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE), inTonantzintla, Puebla, México.. In 1994-1995 he was a visiting researcher at the Interuniversitary Microelectronics Center (IMEC) in Heverlee, Belgium. He is currently a senior researcher with the Microelectronics Laboratory, and the Academic Dean of the INAOE. Dr. Murphy’s research interests are the physics, modeling and characterization of the MOS Transistor and passive components for high frequency applications, especially for CMOS wireless circuits, and antenna design. Dr. Murphy is a Senior Member of IEEE, a member of ISTEC’s Board of Directors, he is the Treasurer for the Mexican Council of Graduate Studies (COMEPO), is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and belongs to the Mexican National System of Researchers.

Terms ends: 2012

Dulce García – President ISTEC Inc.

Dulce García was named President in January 2011, eight months after serving as VP of Operations and Planning for ISTEC. She was familiar with the organization from her time working at Motorola, the founding member of the Consortium, and joined ISTEC to assist in the reframing of its financial and operational model.

Dulce brings over 20 years of experience in general and financial management in the banking and telecommunications sectors, and has worked internationally in Latin America and Asia throughout most of her career. She has an MBA in International Business from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and is currently a PhD Candidate at the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco.

Dr. Dario Francisco Guimarães de Azevedo

A native of Brazil, Dario F. Guimarães de Azevedo obtained his Doctorate in Biomedical Engineering Degree in 1996 from the University of Miami. Prior to his degree, he attended, in Brazil, the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, from 1981 to 1983 and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, PUC/RJ, from 1975 to 1979. In the USA he attended the George Washington University, G.W.U., in 1974 for 2 years.

Terms ends: 2012

Prof. Marisa De Giusti

Marisa De Giusti is Professor at the doctoral level in the School of Information Science of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, and Director of the ISTEC Liblink (Library Linkage) Initiative since 2009. From 2007-2009, Prof. De Giusti served as R&D Director for the ISTEC Liblink Initiative, a project that involves over 100 universities in 22 countries across Latin America and Spain.
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Dr. Marcelo Vera

Marcelo Vera is Director of Research, Development, and Innovation, and Professor at Universidad La Salle, La Paz, Bolivia. In 2008 Dr. Vera created the “Sun and Moon” non-profit foundation to promote science and technology education in Bolivia via projects that focus on productivity and renewable natural resources. The foundation also supports education in the rural sector that promotes the creation of industry and research in environmental sustainability.

Dr. Vera is also a member of the industrial sector and is the Director of International Operations at MobileTec International, Tampa, FL.
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DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS

Dr. Wilfrido Moreno

Dr. Wilfrido A. Moreno is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida and director for the Ibero American Science and Technology Educational Consortium at USF, (USF-ISTEC). In the area of research, Dr. Moreno is a founding member of the formerly Center for Microelectronics Research, (CMR), presently the Nanomaterials & Nanomanufacturing Research Center (NNRC) where he serves as the supervisor for the System Integration and Laser Processing Laboratory. Dr. Moreno’s current research interest is oriented towards system integration by providing “off-the-shelf” hardware/software solutions to industrial application in the areas of Digital Signal Processing, Communications, Industrial Controls, Microelectronics, Biomedical Engineering and Multimedia Solutions including Voice and Video over IP applied to Distance Learning Solutions.

Terms ends: 2012

Dr. José Barbosa Corbacho

Dr. Barbosa is currently the President of the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL), having also held positions as Professor of Philosophy and Theological Science.

Dr. Barbosa received his Ph.D. from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in Arts and Letters, and has distinguished himself as speaker, author, and director of various publications and organizations dedicated to Spanish poetry and thought.
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