Dr. Luis Alberto Muñoz Ubando is a Computer Technician at IPN-CECYT 9 "Juan De Dios Batiz", Electronic Systems Engineer (Tec de Monterrey, 93), Master in Scientific Computing (INRIA, FR, 94), Doctor in Images, Vision and Robotics (INRIA, FR, 99), PostDoctorate in Industrial Robotics (Oxford, UK, 98-00), Sabbatical in Cognitive Vision (UT Wien, Austria 05-06). Since 2008 he is Director of Innovation for Grupo Plenum in Mérida, Yucatán. He has worked in Televisa, Banamex, McDonald's, ITESM, ITAM, UA, UNAM. He founded and participated in the creation of 14 companies in Mexico and the USA. As a researcher, he has worked at the University of Pisa in Italy (96), Tokyo in Japan (95), the University of Karlsruhe in Germany (94-5); at Stanford University (2002) and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell (2006) in the United States. For the Federal Government he has worked in the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) during 2000-2 and in the Faculty of Sciences of the UNAM from 2006 to 2009. He was Professor-Researcher in the UADY from 2002 to 2006 where he participated in the creation of the Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering and the Master's Degree in Mathematical Sciences.
He is a mentor for Startup México, Staminna, Talentum and other talent generation organizations. He has participated in the Stanford Go-to-Market program in the first generation in Mexico. Since 2015, he has been a regular member of the Mexican Academy of Computing. He often writes as a guest columnist for El Financiero and is Professor in the School of Engineering and Sciences at Tecnologico de Monterrey.