Raul Valverde, PhD PEng

Education

PhD (University of Southern Queensland)

Areas of expertise

• Analytics in Psychology and Health

• Information Systems Security and Risk Management

• Project and Operations Management

• Quantum and Biophotonic Technologies

• Executive Coaching and Career development

Biography

Raul Valverde is the Co-op academic director of the Supply Chain Management Operations and Business Technology Management programs and a Full Teaching Professor in Business Technology Management and Operations Management. 

Education & Scholarly Formation

• Doctorate in Information Systems — University of Southern Queensland (with PhD equivalency granted by CES-University of Toronto)

• MEng, Electrical Engineering — Concordia University

• MSc, Accounting & Financial Management — University of the West of England

• Post-MBA — McGill University

• BSc, Electronics Engineering,— Monterrey Tech. (ABET accredited, US SACSCO accredited)

• BSc, Mathematics and Computer Technology, Excelsior University

• Additional master-level studies in Supply Chain, Project Management & Business Intelligence (Spain)

• Authorized to supervise PhD students (habilitation), Université du Québec en Outaouais

• Doctoral & postdoctoral studies in Research and Experimental Psychology (Mexico, Argentina) 

Licenses, Affiliations & Recognitions

• Professional Engineer (PEng), Ontario

• Licensed Psychologist, México

• Member, International Society of Quantum Biology & Pharmacology

• Member, Association Québécoise des Professionnels du Développement de Carrière

• Member, Societe quebecoise de psychologie du travail et des organisations

• Candidate to conseiller d’orientation organisationnel 

• Certified in Operations Research, Project Management, Computer Security, Database Administration, ERPSim, and related domains

• Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Liverpool

• Member of Concordia's Applied AI Institute

• Consultant for different research firms including: Igniton (USA) (Dr. Raul Valverde – Igniton) and Consciousness Research Foundation (https://lifeofconsciousness.com/)(USA)

• OBM Neurobiology Journal editor of Special Issues

Research Interests & Contributions

Dr. Valverde’s core research strands include: 

Information Security 

• Building secure, auditable information systems

• Investigating risk, cybersecurity, and governance 

Career Development & Coaching in STEM / Interdisciplinary Fields

• Coaching students, researchers, and professionals in planning and navigating careers at the intersection of technology, science, and innovation

• Developing frameworks and curricula to help learners move from technical competence to leadership roles in emerging fields

• Integrating insights from psychology, analytics, and systems thinking to mentor growth in research, entrepreneurship, and academia

• Facilitating workshops, seminars, and individual coaching sessions on professional development, research positioning, and cross-disciplinary skill building

Analytics, Health and Psychology 

• Applying advanced analytics (statistical, machine learning, quantum-inspired models) to psychological and health data

Quantum  / Biophotonics 

• Developing computational frameworks relating quantum-level interactions to neurocognitive phenomena

• Hisinterdisciplinary research explores the interface between information systems,biophotonics,quantum biology and models of cognition

Project & Operations Management in Technological Research Contexts

• Extensive design, deployment, and governance of ERP systems in institutional and academic settings

• Application and instruction of ERPsim (a real-time educational simulation built on SAP) to train students and researchers in integrated enterprise systems, operational decision-making, and data-driven management 

• Leading ERP implementation projects with rigorous project management discipline: scope definition, stakeholder alignment, change management, risk mitigation, integration testing, and deployment

• Embedding operations management practices (process optimization, resource scheduling, throughput analysis) into ERPs.

• Coordinating cross-functional teams in ERP-driven contexts to ensure scalable, auditable, and modular system architectures

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Select Presentations & Conferences

• Toward a Science of Consciousness (University of Arizona)

• International Conference on Quantum Information & Consciousness

• IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)

• Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing

• AMCIS (Americas Conference on Information Systems)

Research