Patricia Montaño Salinas

Patricia Montaño's professional career has developed between Information Technology Management and Internationalization. During her 31 years at Tecnológico de Monterrey, she has collaborated in academics as well as in administrative posts always related to the international development of the university. Patricia Montaño obtained two Master degrees, an MBA from EGADE Business School with specialization in Global e-Management and a Master in Information Technologies Management, both at Tecnológico de Monterrey. She has been a speaker at several international conferences. As Director for International Innovation and Networks at Tecnológico de Monterrey she is responsible for designing new formats for student’s international experiences, new paths for the university’s internationalization as well as for the university activities at consortia. Her experience in the development of programs for the internationalization of the faculty and the growth of the international cooperation of academics in teaching-learning tasks has had an impact on the advancement of internationalization at home for both students and professors, achieving that more than 18,000 students and more than 1,000 professors, both Mexican and international, get involved in online collaborations facilitating the understanding of cultures and the discussion on topics of common interest based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.