Education

Ph.D. in Automatic Engineering (meritorious thesis), National University of Colombia. Master’s in Environmental Management and Evaluation. Master’s in University Teaching and Research. Specialist in Applied Mathematics. Environmental Engineer.

Sustainability of Agro-Pastoral Landscapes

He is a member of the Knowledge Management Commission of the Colombian Sustainable Livestock Roundtable.

He conducted the sustainability analysis of agro-pastoral landscapes in Puerto Gaitán, where the swine company Aliar S.A. (La Fazenda) operates.

He carried out the assessment of the sustainability status of livestock landscapes in the municipalities of El Paujil, Puerto Rico, El Doncello, Cartagena del Chairá, and San Vicente del Caguán in the Department of Caquetá, and Lejanías, Mesetas, La Uribe, and Vista Hermosa in the Department of Meta. This analysis was based on the global sustainability indicators framework of the 2030 Agenda and the National Reference Framework for Sustainable Livestock Landscapes (MNRPGS), as part of the ProRural project funded by GIZ international cooperation.

He led the sustainability analysis of the consultancy for the characterization, validation, and dissemination of low-carbon sustainable production models for rice cultivation in the municipalities of Arauca (Arauca), Paz de Ariporo (Casanare), Villavicencio, Puerto López, and Puerto Gaitán (Meta), in the Colombian Orinoquía region, for the World Bank through the BioCarbon Fund of the Ministry of Agriculture.

He designed and implemented the methodology for measuring the indicator “Agricultural Production with Green Growth Criteria” of CONPES 3934.

He developed and implemented the methodology for the TEEB AgriFood Colombia study conducted for the Sibundoy Valley by the Humboldt Institute, using Implication Networks for systemic baseline analysis and System Dynamics to understand the trend behavior of recommendations derived from the diagnosis.

Human Rights

He was part of the team that established the Data Analytics Center of the Ombudsman’s Office of Colombia, as an IDB consultant, to strengthen human rights protection in the country.

He conducted a consultancy for the identification of modeling methodologies to detect conflict patterns within the Mission Information System of the Truth Commission, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Security and Emergencies

He was part of the team that implemented the Command, Control, Communications, and Computing Center (C4) for the Bogotá Secretariat of Security, through which all agencies involved in security and emergency response in the city are coordinated.

Environmental Information and Modeling

He designed the public investment project No. 978: “Environmental Information and Modeling Center”, managed by the Bogotá Secretariat of Environment.

Energy

He developed the methodology for the socio-environmental evaluation of national plans for the expansion of electricity transmission and hydrocarbon transport by tank trucks and pipelines in Colombia.

Circular Economy

He is a member of the Knowledge Management Commission of Bogotá Circular.

He was part of the team at the Bogotá Secretariat of Housing that developed the District Circular Economy Policy for Bogotá, and has worked alongside Gunter Pauli to design opportunity plans for the metropolitan area of Bucaramanga (Colombia), addressing the crisis caused by the closure of the El Carrasco Landfill and modeling solutions to the global plastic pollution problem.

Urban Dynamics

He collaborated with the Caja de Vivienda Popular in consolidating data models to improve management processes related to disaster-risk resettlement, housing improvement (Plan Terrazas), and titling of low-income housing in Bogotá.

He also leads inter-institutional coordination with the Society for the Improvement and Ornamentation of Bogotá for the study of urban dynamics.

Recognitions

He has been recognized for Research Excellence by the Catholic University of Colombia in 2019 and 2021.

He served as President of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics – Colombian Chapter (CoSIAM) during the periods 2017–2020 and 2023–2024, and as Vice President of the Colombian Society for System Dynamics during 2013–2014.

Postdoctoral Research

He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National University of Colombia – Manizales Campus focused on complex systems modeling and analysis (June 2014 – June 2015), and another at the University of Lima (May 2022) on informal settlements, funded by the Ibero-American University Union (AUIP).

Current Role

He is currently the CEO of Complexity S.A.S., a consulting firm specialized in modeling, simulation, and analysis of complex systems using Artificial Intelligence, holding a Senior Researcher classification from MinCiencias. He is also a member of the Board of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics – Colombian Chapter (CoSIAM).