Martin Wyler is a respected figure in the international education sector, widely acclaimed for his result-oriented approach and dedication. Before assuming his role as the Director of Admissions at the Business & Hotel Management School for Americas, Caribbeans, and Europe, Martin amassed substantial experience in hospitality, culinary arts, international sales, marketing, business development, and customer service.
Having spent more than a decade across various sectors, Martin has cultivated a profound understanding of the hospitality industry and education within this sphere. His distinct background situates him perfectly to effectively articulate the significance and advantages of Swiss Hospitality Education to potential students and partnership organizations alike.
Dr. Gabriela Geron is the Director of Partnerships, Innovation, and Communications at the University Miami Hemispheric & Global Affairs where she develops strategies and key initiatives to build global partnerships. She is also part of the Hemispheric University Consortium Secretariat where she coordinates different initiatives in education, research, and innovation and is responsible of the consortium’s operations. Her research is focused on how technology supports the international competitiveness of higher education institutions and helps their students succeed, participating actively in international research groups related to information systems, accreditations and rankings, student mobility, entrepreneurship, educational innovation, lifelong learning, and STEM initiatives.

Nathalíe Galeano is Director of Research Intelligence at Tecnologico de Monterrey, responsible for analyzing research trends and the participation of the university in international research rankings; the analysis of these two insights results in internal reports that support the process of developing research strategies at the university. She served as Director of the Center for Innovation and Technology Transfer (CIT2), and also coordinated Tecnologico de Monterrey’s Incubation Cell Program, promoting the creation of technology-based start-ups by researchers and graduate students. As Director of the Research Internships Program at Tecnologico de Monterrey from 2010 to 2013, Nathalíe integrated undergraduates from different majors into research groups with faculty on campus as well as abroad through collaborative research exchanges. She is the (co-)author of more than 30 papers in journals, book chapters and international conferences.

Leigh Kamolins is Director of Analytics & Evaluation at QS. He is responsible for the organization’s acclaimed rankings and ratings as well the suite of Analytics solutions that provide comparative. He has a background in performance evaluation, quality assurance and evaluation system design spanning the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom and Australia. Before joining QS, Leigh led a team at the UK Department for Education reporting on the performance of England’s biggest school reform program in 100 years. He also has previous experience in the public sector in Australia, designing anti-corruption and human rights monitoring frameworks. He is passionate about equalities and access to quality education. He has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from Monash University in Australia which included a period of studying abroad at King’s College London. Leigh speaks widely about evaluation frameworks and performance trends at a range of international forums. 

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, currently appointed as Director of the Fundación madri+d, Quality Assurance Agency of High Education for Madrid Region (accredited by ENQA).  Instrument of the Regional Government of Madrid (Spain) for technological entrepreneurs’ support and scientific culture actions.

Senior Investigator and cofounder of the Center of Astrobiology (CAB, INTA-CSIC) associated to NASA Astrobiology Institute. Has been deputy Director of National Bioinformatics Institute, Spain (INB).

Postdoctoral experience in the Université Libre de Bruxelles, USC LA and UC Irvine. Visiting Scholar at Stanford University developing a research collaboration with Prof. John Ross.

Research activity in the Biophysics Group, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UCM, in the field of Theoretical and Systems Biology. Principal Investigator in successive competitive grants, both national and internationally supported. Have published more than hundred reviewed papers (JCR), edited thematic books and coauthor of a textbook on Biophysics.

Laura Hervert-Escobar is head of the Scientometrics office at the Research Vice-Rectory of Tecnologico de Monterrey. She received a PhD degree in Engineering Sciences from Tecnologico de Monterrey and a PhD degree in Systems and Engineering Management from Texas Tec University. She is member of faculty of the Computer Science Graduate Program and she is ascribed to the Research Group on Data Science and Optimization. Her research include, but are not limited to the development, analysis and implementation of metaheuristic techniques for solving complex real-life combinatorial problems with several objectives. Work experience includes the development and implementation of different real-life models such as pricing model for convenience stores, product analysis for retail strategy, manufacturing process scheduling, etc. Current research is focus on the use of Data Science applied to research performance, forecast in sports, socialdemographic analysis, etc.

Neil Hernandez Gress is Research Director at Tecnologico de Monterrey, National Contact Point for CONACYT and Mexico, Member of the SNI and founder and CEO of the startup Softdecisions, with more than 25 years of experience both in France and Mexico. He is responsible for defining the research vision and evaluation activities for more than 1000 confirmed and junior researchers at the institution. He is also in charge of the institutional rankings in which he made use of his Data Science capabilities to analyze the academic data coming from all the institution. Increasing Human Resources Skills devoted to research is one of his activities as well. He has been teaching continuously for more than 52 semesters in mainly two areas: Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Strategies. He is the author of more than 50 Research papers and the recipient of more than 50 million US in research grants.

Airspace Engineer, PhD in Engineering, ANECA (Spain) accredited researcher. Holding several Master Degrees (MSc in Numerical Methods in Engineering, MSc in Experimental Techniques, Master in Project Management) and Professional Project Management Certifications (PMP®, CSM® and Prince2® Certified). Associate Dean at FICED La Salle URL, Chair of the Project Management Area at La Salle URL Barcelona. Former Dean La Salle Almere Campus (The Netherlands). Project Management professor at La Salle URL (Spain) and ESAN (Peru).
Authoring numerous (+100) technical and scientific seminars and articles in the fields of numerical simulation and project management, in 7 languages. Directing and tutoring final degree, master and doctoral theses (+50). Over 25 years of experience in the development of simulation systems for industrial automotive and airspace processes, complex international multidisciplinary projects management (Kawasaki Heavy Industry, Mitsubishi Heavy Industry, Toyota, Honda, ADA, Ford Motors, GMC, DaimlerChrysler AG, Gamesa Eólica, Rafael, Bombardier, FTI, Autoform, ESI, EADS, etc.), technology and management high education teaching (Romania, Italy, France, Netherlands, Japan, Spain, Perú, Brasil) and in-company training (BPA, ESSA, Towa, GB Foods, Caixa Capital Risk, Ricoh, CELSA, PENTEO, Leti, IHT, HP, Cirsa, ACCIO, SONO, ASCAMM, ROBOTIKER, etc.).
He is Director of Institutional Planning and Evaluation of the Universidad Mayor, Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca and General Coordinator of the INNOVA International Project “Promotion of Research Management with a focus on climate change in HEIs in Bolivia and Paraguay”, financed by the European Union. He has a Postgraduate Degree in University Management in shared degree with the Institute of University Management and Leadership (IGLU of the Inter-American University Organization), Diploma in Project Formulation and Evaluation (University of Chile). He is a professor of Projects and Public Management subjects and Vice President of the Departmental Competitiveness Council (CDC – Consejo Departamental de Competitividad) of Chuquisaca
Coordinator of the following international Projects and Networks: New Model of University Management System (World Bank), SUMA Network “Financial Sustainability of Latin American Universities, ORACLE Network “Regional Observatory for the Quality of Equity in Higher Education”.