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Guillermo Fernández de la Garza
MANCEF Contributions Guillermo has been instrumental in building MANCEF initiatives and partnerships in Mexico and across the NAFTA region. Through FUMEC, Mr. Fernandez de la Garza has been key to holding successful MEMS commercialization events with MANCEF in Mexico and the US-Mexico border region. He has served as an advisor to MANCEF on US-Mexico initiatives and has committed FUMEC resources to working with MANCEF on special projects and building Mexico's membership in MANCEF. Education Mr. Fernandez de la Garza has bachelor's degrees in Engineering and in Physics of Mexico's National Autonomous University, a Master Degree in Engineering Economics from Stanford University and advanced studies in Nuclear Engineering and Business Administration of IPN and IPADE. Career Fernández de la Garza has worked in the development of the Mexican network of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems, linking industry, universities and government in the definition of strategies, the development of technical and educational infrastructure, in the organization of business – university consortia to develop new MEMS based products and in the interaction with similar networks in other countries. Before, he was advisor to UNIDO and to the governments of Brazil and Argentina in Microelectronics development strategies. Fernández de la Garza has had a long experience in science and engineering education and public understanding activities. He has initiated activities related to a MEMS itinerant exhibition that is being linked to MANCEF education activities, working with specialized science centers in the United States and Mexico. He has developed several research and technical services organizations, like the Electric Power Research Institute of Mexico, of which he was the CEO from 1976 to 1991, and others like the Metal Mechanics, Steel and Leather and Shoe Institutes, that were organized with his leadership when he was Adjoin Director of the Mexican Council of Science and Technology. He was founder and first Chairman of the Mexican Associations of Industrial Research (ADIAT) and of High Tech Business Incubators and Technology Parks (AMIEPAT). He was on the Planning Board of the IEEE, and has had several IEEE awards and recognitions for his professional work in Latin America. He has served as Chair of the Association of University Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and is a member of the Council of the Mexican Union of Engineering Associations.
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Guillermo
Fernández de la Garza serves as President and Chief Executive Officer
of the United States - Mexico Foundation for Science (FUMEC), an endowed
non profit organization sponsored by the U.S. and the Mexican Governments.
He reports to a Board of distinguished Business, Academia and Government
leaders of the two countries. In FUMEC he has worked to develop binational
regional innovation clusters North American cooperation programs in high
tech business acceleration networks and industry university collaboration
in areas like automotive electronics, as well as facilitating innovation
in medium and small businesses.