Raul Valverde, PhD PEng

Education

PhD (University of Southern Queensland)

Areas of expertise

• Information Systems and Analytics in Psychology and Health

• Information Systems Security and Risk Management

• Project and Operations Management

• Biosystems

• 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 Professor (Teaching) in Business Technology Management and Operations Management. 

Education & Scholarly Formation

• Doctorate in Information Systems — University of Southern Queensland (PhD equivalency, University of Toronto)

• MEng, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering & Operations Research — Concordia University

• MSc, Financial Management, Thesis in Risk Management — University of the West of England

• Post-MBA certificate — McGill University

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

• BSc, Mathematics and Computer Technology, Excelsior University

• Additional master-level and doctoral-level studies in Supply Chain, Project Management, Business Intelligence and Psychology 

• Postdoctorate in Psychology in research methodology, University of Flores (Argentina)

Licenses, Affiliations & Recognitions

• Professional Engineer (PEng), Ontario

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

• Candidate to conseiller d’orientation organisationnel, Ordre de conseillers en orientation du quebec

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

• Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Liverpool

• Academic Leadership Award, Concordia University

• Academic Fellow, Association of International Accountants

• Best contribution award, ISACA Montreal

• Advanced certifications in Neuromarketing from Nebrija University (Spain), Neuroeconomics from the Higher School of Economics, and Applied Neurofeedback (ANPQ)

• Honorable Mention Award, The Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA)

• Member of Concordia's Applied AI Institute

• Outstanding speaker award, 4th International Conference on Neuroscience and Mental Health

Research Interests & Contributions

Dr. Valverde’s core research strands include: 

Information Security & Risk Management

• 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

Information Systems and Analytics, Health and Psychology 

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

• Digital technologies for Psychological Applications

• Neurotechnology

Biosystems

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

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

Project & Operations Management 

• Extensive design, deployment, and governance of ERP systems

• 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 

• Implementation of 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)

• International Conference on Neuroscience and Mental Health

Comm 226

Business Technology Management

Comm 225

Operations Management

MBA 616

Operations Management

BTM 380

 Business Application Development

BTM 382

Database Management

BTM 430

Enterprise Resource Planning

BTM 440

Cybersecurity for Business

BTM 480

Project Management

BTM 495

Business Application Design and Implementation

BTM 387

E-commerce

Comm 213

Computing and Visualization Tools for Business Analytics

Research