Sonia Valeria Avilés Sacoto

Sonia Avilés Sacoto holds a Doctorate in Engineering Sciences, specializing in Industrial Engineering, from the Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico). Additionally, she has earned a Master of Science in Quality and Productivity Systems from Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico) and is an Industrial Engineer from the University of Cuenca (Ecuador). Dr. Avilés Sacoto serves as the Vice Dean of the College of Sciences and Engineering at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador). In addition to her administrative role, she is an Associate Professor and active researcher at the same institution. Her diverse research interests span operations research, modeling, production/operations management, tourism modeling, inventory control, environmental modeling, Scrum, Industry 4.0, and the development of data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodologies. Her research articles are published in reputable journals such as "OMEGA," "ANOR," "INFOR," "APJOR," and "SEPS.