José Luis Giménez Rigol Professor of the Management and Leadership Center at Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA). Education Docteur en Sciences (Operations Research) Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse, France, (1989) Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Imperial College of Science and Technology London, UK (1977) Electrical Engineer Universidad Simón Bolívar Caracas, Venezuela (1975) Complementary education Colloquium on Participant Centered Leraning Harvard Business School. Boston, U.S. (2006) Production Management Program IESA. Caracas, Venezuela (1994) Management for High Education Institutes IESA. Caracas, Venezuela (1993) Optimization in planning and operation of electric power systems Association Suisse de Récherche Opérationnelle. Switzerland (1992)
Research & Consulting activities Competitiveness studies in several sectors IESA representative in the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS) Development of simulation tools in supply chain courses Strategic key issues in service firms: Re-engineering in manufacturing and service firms Sectorial studies for supply firms of oil industry Quality improvement in public sector institutions Dynamic Programming algorithms applied to static and dynamic nonserial systems. Applications: Electrical distribution design Hydro-electrical reservoir systems Systems simulation. Developed applications: rapid transit systems, electrical distribution systems, hydroelectrical systems Academic and administrative experience Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA). Caracas, Venezuela (1998-present) Responsible of following courses: Operations Management, Service Management & Operations Research (MBA Program) Operations Planning and Control (Master in Operations Management) Supply Chain Management, Service Management, Manufacturing Strategies, Quality & Productivity, Operations Management (Executive Education Programs)
Academic and administrative experience Dean of Programs Responsible for all academic programs at IESA (2008-2012) Academic representative to IESA Academic Council (2000-2002, 2006-2008) Director of the Executive Program (the top program in Executive Education in Venezuela), a 180-academic hour Executive MBA, followed each year by top managers at Caracas. (2005-2007) Director of Master in Operations Management, a 480-academic hour program, followed each year by 50 managers at two IESA centers: Caracas and Valencia (2000-2003) Director of Advanced Management Program (Programa Avanzado de Gerencia PAG), a 420-academic hour Executive MBA, followed each year by 140 managers at three IESA centers: Caracas, Maracaibo and Valencia. (1998-2008) Full Professor Production and Technological Innovation Center. Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA). Caracas, Venezuela (1998) Invited Professor Universidad ESAN Lima, Perú From 2011 Designated as the Best Professor at ISEG MBA Program, a program coordinated by ISM staff. July 2008. Invited Professor INCAE Central America From 2007 Invited Professor International School of Management Paris, France (2005-2013) Invited Professor Instituto de Empresa. Madrid, Spain (2003)
Academic and administrative experience From 1996-1998, Dean of the Enginnering Faculty For design, coordination and planning of the following programs : Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical and Systems Engineering. Part Time Professor Universidad Simón Bolívar. Processes & Systems Department (1990) Full Professor Enginnering Faculty Universidad Metropolitana, Director of the Electrical Enginnering School. (1989-1996) Professional experience Swiss Re, Brasil, Colombia & Venezuela (1998) General diagnostics of Rio de Janeiro, Medellín and Caracas Metro system. Swiss Re, Venezuela (1993 y 1994) General diagnostics of Compañía Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela (CANTV) system. Sielectric C.A. (1991-1992) Design and supervision of electrical grounding systems. Consultancy for companies such as: Miller International, THG, Analytica, IAP-Cunningham. (1991-2004) C.A. Metro de Caracas (1985) Development of functional specifications for automatic dispatch bus system. Development of functional specifications for voice and data communications system.
Professional experience INELECTRA-SOFRETU (French-Venezuelan consortium) (1979-1984) Senior Project Engineer Responsible of Train Control and Communications team. Inspection of following processes of Caracas Metro: Specifications revision Design and manufacturing of supervision & control systems (activities carried on in France, May 1980-May 1982). Installation, tests and set-up Responsible of Operations Control Center team. Development of functional specifications for automatic supervision system of Operations Control Center (Caracas Metro system) Representantive of INELECTRA-SOFRETU consortium in RAMS (reliability, availability, maintenability, safety) committee. Setting reliability and availability criteria for Caracas Metro system. Techno-economical studies for CADAFE-ENELVEN interconnection. Project Engineer. INELECTRA, S.A. (1975-1979) Participated in several projects related to planning and optimization of electrical systems, such as: Electrical operation analysis of Electricidad de Valencia network Zonification studies of Valencia (Venezuela) in order to decide the electric supplier for different city zones. Feasibility studies of encapsuled substations for La Electricidad de Caracas
Publications GIMENEZ RIGOL, José Luis Procedimientos para el proyecto, diseño, adquisición de equipos y montaje de redes de distribución. Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas.1975. GIMENEZ RIGOL, José Luis Power Systems Design for Varying Loads. Master of Science Thesis. Imperial College, Londres, 1977. DELEUZE, Joaquín / GIMENEZ R., José Luis / VINCENTELLI, Antonio Simulador de Sistemas de Tránsito Rápido. III Jornadas Nacionales de Po tencia, Maracaibo,1982 GIMENEZ, José Luis / CALVET, Jean-Louis Une Analyse de la Méthode de Programmation Dynamique Spatiale. Laboratoire d'automatique et d'analyse des Systemes, Toulouse, 1986. GIMENEZ, José Luis Contribution a la Décomposition de Systemes Interconnectés par Programmation dynamique non serielle. Application a des systemes de puissance. These de Doctorat. Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, 1989. GIMENEZ, José Luis / CALVET, Jean-Louis Décomposition par programmation dynamique non sérielle du probleme de conception optimale d'un réseau de distribution. Journées de l'optimisation, Montreal, 4/5 Mayo 1989. GIMENEZ, José Luis / CALVET, Jean-Louis A non serial dynamic programming technique for optimizing energy flow in distribution networks. 1989 American Control Conference, Pittsburgh,21-23 Junio. GIMENEZ, José Luis / CALVET, Jean-Louis A non serial dynamic programming based approach for short-term optimization of a multireservoir power system. IFAC World Congress, Tallinn, Estonia, Agosto 1990. GIMENEZ, José Luis / CALVET, Jean-Louis An application and spatiotemporal decompositions by nonserial dynamic programming. Second IEEE Conference on Control Applications. Vancouver, Canadá, Septiembre 1993. GIMENEZ, José Luis / CALVET, Jean-Louis A nonserial dynamic programming model with an application to the optimal design of distribution networks. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 46, pp 160-173, Marzo 1995.
Publications GIMENEZ, José Luis / CALVET, Jean-Louis / ALONSO, Alfonso A twolevel dynamic programming in the optimal design of sewerage networks. IFAC Symposium on Large Scale Systems, London, Julio 1995. ALONSO, Alfonso / CALVET, Jean-Louis / GIMENEZ, José Luis Dynamic programming for optimal control of systems with banded state transition patterns. 8th IFAC Symposium on Large Scale Systems: Theory and Applications, Universidad de Patras, Grecia. 15-17 Julio 1998. GIMENEZ, José Luis / SANCHEZ, Benito. La enseñanza de la ingeniería en Venezuela. Visión desde cuatro perspectivas diferentes. I Jornadas sobre Enseñanza de Ingeniería en Venezuela, Barquisimeto, octubre 1998. DIAZ MATALOBOS, Angel / GIMENEZ, José Luis Manufacturing in Venezuela. An impossible mission? 1999 Global Manufacturing Research Group, Madrid, Junio 1999. ALONSO, Alfonso / CALVET, Jean-Louis / GIMENEZ, José Luis Structural application of dynamic programming to discrete systems. 2001 American Control Conference, Arlington, Junio 2001. GIMENEZ, José Luis / DIAZ MATALOBOS, Angel / LORENZO, Oswaldo. Teaching Supply Chain issues: the logistics simulation SILOG. International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Valladolid, septiembre 2004. PEREZ, Cándido / GIMENEZ, José Luis. Ventas de automóviles y tasas de interés en América Latina: los casos de Brasil, México y Venezuela, Academia, vol. 35, pp 1-8, 2005. GIMENEZ, José Luis / PEREZ, Cándido. Can Supply Chain performance be improved. The Beer Game revisited. BALAS Conference 2005, Madrid, May 2005. GIMENEZ, José Luis / PEREZ, Cándido / GONZALEZ, Milko Introducing the arborescent Beer Game: bullwhip effect remains?. EurOMA Conference 2005, Budapest, June 2005.
Publications DALVANO, Luigi / GIMENEZ, José Luis. Tres retos conceptuales en la prestación de servicios. Debates IESA, vol X, núm 3, pp 24-27, 2005. GIMENEZ, José Luis / CASTRO, Natalia. Supply chain issues in the Venezuelan manufacturing industry at a glance. POMS Conference 2006, Boston, May 2006. GIMENEZ, José Luis. Pocos lotes grandes ó muchos lotes pequeños?. Debates IESA, vol XI, núm 3, pp. 68-71, 2006. DIAZ, Angel / LORENZO, Oswaldo / GIMENEZ, José Luis. A proposed framework of best practices for the optimization of spare parts in asset-intensive industries. EurOMA Conference 2006, Glasgow, June 2006. GIMENEZ, José Luis. Realmente usamos el just-in-time en Venezuela?. Research Annual Workshop, IESA, 2006. GIMENEZ, José Luis / DIAZ, Angel / LORENZO, Oswaldo. Lean manufacturing principles: Are Venezuelan firms applying them? POMS Conference 2007, Dallas, May 2007. DIAZ, Angel / LORENZO, Oswaldo / GIMENEZ, José Luis. Teaching Process Management. A Multimedia-based Case Approach. POMS Conference 2007, Dallas, May 2007. GIMENEZ, José Luis. The application of JIT principles in Venezuela. Comparisons with other IMSS countries. EurOMA Conference 2007, Ankara, June 2007. DALVANO, Luigi / GIMENEZ, José Luis. En busca de un servicio superior: innovar es la clave. Debates IESA, vol XII, núm 3, pp. 60-63, 2007.