Alvaro Figueredo is the current Innovation and Technology Transfer Director at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. At this institution, he teaches innovation at both undergraduate and graduate levels using innovative methodologies, such as project-based learning, case studies, and Hackathons. He is also a visiting professor at INCAE Business School in Costa Rica and the Minka Institute in Argentina. Dr. Figueredo was part of the Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Center science commercialization research team with the University's Electrical Engineering and Physics departments for four years. He has also been a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Singapore Management University. His academic and professional interests include: Managing innovation and emerging technologies; social entrepreneurship; circular economy; social studies of science and technology; qualitative research methods, especially ethnography; and Social and organizational psychology applied to innovation. In addition to his academic work, Alvaro is an entrepreneur, partner, and co-founder of Iskra Innovation and Experimental Lab, both firms dedicated to facilitating innovation processes and developing innovations -- some of them with patents pending. Alvaro has mentored several startups and collaborated with large corporations like Microsoft. Dr. Figueredo has consulted with the Center for the Promotion of Medium and Small Enterprises (CENPROMYPE) of the Central American Economic Integration System (SICA) and has carried out appraisals and designs of innovation support ecosystems for MSMEs and ventures in Central America and other countries. Alvaro has a BA in Economics, an MSc in Organizational and Social Psychology from the London School of Economics, and a Ph.D. in Innovation Management from the University of Cambridge.