Jose delaCerda

josé de la Cerda has a PhD in Organizational Development from Benedictine University, U.S., a Master's Degree in Labor Sciences from Michigan State University, U.S., and a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Relations from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO). He has fifteen years of experience in executive positions at universities, government offices, and private businesses (in the manufacturing and financial banking industries), as well as ten years of business consulting experience, and has been involved in over 50 intervention projects related to organizational strategy, development and continuous improvement systems for corporations and small and medium-sized businesses. He currently serves as the director of ITESO's School of Business, and is a guest professor at the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago. He is a researcher and has authored articles and books on growth strategies in Latin American companies.

Experience

ITESO UNIVERSITY

Dean School of Business 2015 – still

Graduate Business Associate D 2013 – 2015

Loyola University Chicago

Visiting Professor 2012 – still

Regis University

Adjunct Professor of Business (online teaching) 2007 – 2014

ITESO UNIVERSITY

University Relations V.P. 2004 – 2011

Ayuntamiento de Zapopan

City Manager 2001 – 2003

Gobierno del Estado de Jalisc

Director of Organizational Development 1997 – 2000

Education

Benedictine University Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Organizational Development 2004 – 2007

Michigan State University Master's degree, Labor and Industrial Relations 1981 – 1983

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, A.C. Bachelor's degree, Labor and Industrial Relations 1974 – 1979

Publications

Leadership and culture in Mexico 2007 Article

Building organizational change in an emerging economy: Whole systems change using large group interventions in Mexico 2003 Article