Ph.D. Candidate in Management of Technological Innovation at the University of Los Andes in Colombia, with a Master's in Phytopathology and a degree in Agronomy Engineering. He possesses 14 years of experience in Epidemic Management of oil palm, where he has led the creation and implementation of strategies for the improvement of phytosanitary status. Such strategies include the construction of self-regulating phytosanitary systems, the generation of productive and economic reactivation plans in areas devastated by phytosanitary issues, the creation of public policy, the communication of phytosanitary risk, and the updating of the regulatory framework in the Colombian oil palm sector. He currently serves as the National Coordinator of Phytosanitary Management at the Extension Department of Cenipalma.