Eduardo Lopez

Biography

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

• Ph.D. - Strategy, Program and Program Management, 2015 SKEMA (France) Dissertation: "Influence of Ethical Behavior in Corporate Governance"
• M.S. - Project Management, 2007, The George Washington University (USA)
• Licentiate - Naval Systems, 1996, Instituto Universitario Naval (Argentina) FIS equivalent to B.S.E.E.
• Program Management Professional (PgMP)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)
• PM@Siemens

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Lecturer of Management and International Business, Belmont University (2016-2017)
• Council Member, Gerson Lehrman Group, USA,  (2015-2016)
• Chief Project Officer (VP-Project Management), Bridgestone, USA (2013-2015)
• Senior Project Manager/PMO Director, Nokia Siemens Networks, USA/Canada (2007-2013)
• Senior Project Manager, Siemens com (2001-2007)
• Senior Project Manager, Ericsson, Mexico (2000-2000)
• Senior Project Manger, Miniphone-Unifon, Argentina (1997-1999)
• Telecommunications Officer, Armada Argentina, Argentina (1977-1997) 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Lopez, E. (2017) Strategic Ethics and Governance. GSTF Journal on Business Review (GBR) 5 (2).
• Lopez, E. (2016) Influence of Ethical Behaviors in Corporate Governance. Lambert Academic Publishing: Saarbrucken, Germany.
• Lopez, E., & Medina, A. (2016) Ethics and Governance in Project Management: Small Sins Allowed and the Line of Impunity. (Taylor and Francis: New York, NY).
• Lopez, E., & Medina, A. (2015) TRN: Influence of Ethical Behaviors in Corporate Governance. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 8(3).
• Lopez, E., (2015). Influence of Ethical Behaviors in Corporate Governance. Doctoral thesis, SKEMA Business School, France. Submitted October 2014, defended in February 2015.

RECENT PRESENTATION OF REFEREED PAPERS

• PMI NASHVILLE SYMPOSIUM 2018 “Project Management: The Power to Transform”
• Ethics and Governance in Project Management (Speaker)
• BIZ-STRATEGY 2017: STRATEGY IN THE AGE OF DISRUPTION (Singapore)    
  Speaker: Strategic Ethics, 2017
• IT METRICS AND PRODUCTIVITY INSTITUTE (USA)    
  How to Survive with Various Sets of Ethical Values (Webinar), 2017
• UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA (Costa Rica)    
  Keynote Speaker: The Importance of Strategy, 2016
• PMI SYMPOSIUM (Costa Rica)   
• Keynote Speaker: Ethics and Governance in Project Management, 201

• Best Research Paper. BizStrategy 2017 (Singapore) “Strategic Ethics and Governance”
• Highly Commended Award winner of the 2015 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards in the Management and Governance category: “Influence of Ethical Behaviors in Corporate Governance”

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Eduardo Lopez is a management professor and author, with more than 20 years of international experience working in the industry for companies such as Ericsson, Siemens, Nokia, and Bridgestone. He is a key presenter and motivator.  Advocate of the Project Management profession, and champion of governance, ethics, and social responsibility.