Gustavo Villar Villar

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Gustavo Antonio Villar y Villar
Gustavo Antonio Villar y Villar has Master studies in Engineering in the Division of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de México, where he completed projects with companies, partnerships with several articles on simulation and the publication of a research report. He received the Electromechanical Engineering degree from the Universidad Panamericana, where he served as assistant professor and later as a consultant.

He has completed several studies related to the field of innovation and entrepreneurship, among which include "Open Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship" at the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, "Pyramid Based Innovation" with Sam Pitroda in the city of Chicago, "Technology Commercialization" given by the IC2 Infotec, "Managing technology for competitive advantage" in the ITESO, "Innovation in the development of sectors to the productive enterprise of ideas" given by Fundación Chile, and various refresher courses.

During his career in the public sector, has held several positions inside the CONACYT for the Associate Director of Technology Development and Innovation, among them was Assistant Director of Partnerships, which supported consortia the integration of various business partnerships. Assistant Director of Technological Innovation, where he co-participated in the implementation at the scheme of operation, concluding and monitoring for the first Call of Economy-CONACYT Sectorial Fund, in addition to this charge, implemented support schemes for the commercial development of research and technological development together with IC2 and Fundación Chile, which resulted in the creation and launch of the first call of the AVANCE Program. Delivering these programs ready for monitoring. As Deputy Director of Business Innovation, where he implemented the support scheme called CONACYT-NAFIN Entrepreneurs Fund, as a complementary option in venture capital investment to new businesses based on scientific application or technology. In 2008, he made the redesign of the AVANCE program, looking at the entire value chain for the commercialization and technology transfer. As a first step, decentralizing the State AVANCE Program and the States of Mexico and Nuevo Leon. Since 2009, he has occupied the position of Director of Tax Incentives continuing the AVANCE program operation and design of schemes to promote the licensing, transfer and commercialization of technology.

In the private sector, he served as Managing Post-Sale in a group of agencies Nissan Mexicana. He also served as Consultant Analyst administrative process, and incorporation of best practices with the company Infinite CS and he taught various subjects at the academy.

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