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Danny Orlando Navarrete Chávez

Continuous Improvement Director
Professor of the College of Sciences and Engineering
(+593 2) 297-1700
Extension
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Casa Corona Building, CC-110
  • Master in Science: General Engineering (Quality Engineering), at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA).
  • Master of Science: Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA).
Professional Profile

Danny Navarrete holds a Master's degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition and a Master's degree in General Engineering, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States). Additionally, he is a graduate in Industrial Engineering and Chemical Engineering from Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ, Ecuador). He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Business Analytics at the University of South Alabama (United States), where he researches the impact of big data on higher education and for-profit organizations. At USFQ, he serves as an  Assistant professor of Industrial Engineering and as the Institutional Director of Continuous Improvement. He also collaborates with the CATENA Institute for Innovation in Productivity and Logistics. As an academic, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Applied Statistics, Experimental Design, Business Processes, Operations, Quality Management, and New Product Development. He has published seven peer-reviewed articles in international journals.

Interests

Personal: Travel and new cultures, History, Paddle Tennis