Isabel Ortiz-Marcos is a mechanical engineer who holds a PhD in industrial engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, where she is also an associate professor of engineering projects and project management. Ortiz-Marcos has been a certified project manager professional (PMP)® by the Project Management Institute since 2006. She is a member of the Project Management and Quality Research Group and of the Organization, Quality and Environment Cooperation Group at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Her current research fields of interest are competencies and professional skills applied to project management in multicultural contexts, international development projects, and quality management. She can be contacted at isabel.ortiz@upm.es