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AUTHORS’ BIOGRAPHIES

Dr. Alfonso Sarmiento is an Associate Professor and Head of the Industrial
Processes Department at the Program of Industrial Engineering, University of La Sabana,
Colombia. He received his bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering from the University
of Lima, Perú. He earned a M.S. degree from the Department of Industrial and Systems
Engineering at the University of Florida. He obtained his PhD in Industrial Engineering
with emphasis in Simulation Modeling from the University of Central Florida. Prior to
working in the academia, Dr. Sarmiento had more than 10 years’ experience as a
consultant in operations process improvement. His current research focuses on supply
chain stabilization methods, hybrid simulation and enterprise profit optimization.

Edgar Gutierrez is a Research Affiliate at the Center for Latin-American Logistics
Innovation (CLI), a Fulbright Scholar currently pursuing his PhD in Industrial
Engineering & Management Systems at the University of Central Florida (UCF)
(Orlando, FL, USA). His educational background includes a B.S. in Industrial
Engineering from University of La Sabana (2004, Colombia). MSc. in Industrial
Engineering, from University of Los Andes (2008, Colombia) and Visiting Scholar at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009-2010, USA). Edgar has over 10 years of
academic and industry experience in prescriptive analytics and supply chain
management. His expertise includes machine learning, operation research and simulation
techniques for systems modelling and optimization.