Titular Professor of the School of Industrial Engineering of Universidad del Valle, focuses on Applied Operations Research, Inventory Control and Warehousing Science, Transportation and Facility Location Methods, Stochastic Optimization, and Optimization under Financial Risk Environment. From 2003 to 2007, Prof. Escobar received a Scholarship to develop Postgraduate Studies in Finance and a Master's in Industrial Engineering. Besides, Prof. Escobar received the maximum grade on his Master's Thesis. The thesis uses the Sample Average Approximation Method to present the design, development, and solution of a Linear Stochastic Optimization Problem based on a Supply Chain from a Multinational food company. Also, Prof. Escobar received a scholarship from MIUR (Ministero Istruzione, Università e Ricerca) Italy to study for a Ph.D. in Operational Research at Bologna University. He obtained his Ph.D. with an honors thesis called "Heuristic Algorithms for the Capacitated Location-Routing Problem and the Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing Problem." Expert in financial risk, supply chain design, and transportation issues within the supply chain. Prof. Escobar has been categorized within the list of the top 5 most prolific authors in Operations Research / Management Science of Colombia for the period 2000 – 2022 (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28870-8_1).