Valeria Larnaudie
Rector
Valeria es Ingeniera Química y Doctora en Ingeniería Química por la Universidad de la República, especializada en biotecnología industrial, economía circular y sustentabilidad ambiental. Actualmente se desempeña como Profesora Adjunta en el Instituto de Ingeniería Química de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de la República, donde lidera investigaciones enfocadas en la producción innovadora de biocombustibles y bioproductos. Su experiencia incluye el diseño y optimización de biorrefinerías, así como evaluaciones técnicas, económicas y ambientales para promover la sustentabilidad en procesos industriales. Además de su destacada labor académica, Valeria participó activamente en la gestión institucional de enseñanza, recursos humanos y vinculación con el medio integrando distintas comisiones como la Comisión de Carrera Ingeniería Química y fue coordinadora de la Red Alumni de la Facultad de Ingeniería. Valeria es autora de múltiples publicaciones científicas y conferencista internacional en temas relacionados con biocombustibles, biorrefinerías y economía circular, aportando valiosos conocimientos para avanzar hacia un futuro más sustentable. Actualmente, se desempeña integra el Consejo Directivo Central de UTEC en calidad de rectora.
Email: valeria.larnaudie@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Av. Italia 6201 - Los Robles LATU CP 11500
Álvaro Pena
Council Member
Álvaro es Licenciado en Ciencias Biológicas y Magíster en Bioinformática por PEDECIBA, UDELAR. Posee estudios de posgrado en Gestión de la Investigación e Innovación en la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (España) y ha completado formaciones especializadas en instituciones prestigiosas como el MIT y Stanford. Su carrera inició en el Instituto Pasteur, posteriormente enfocándose en proyectos que vinculan ciencia, tecnología y desarrollo social en UDELAR y el Plan Ceibal. Durante más de 15 años, Álvaro ha liderado iniciativas con significativo impacto en el desarrollo territorial, fortaleciendo colaboraciones entre sectores públicos, privados y comunitarios en Uruguay. Entre 2014 y 2020, se desempeñó como director del Departamento Académico de Innovación y Emprendimientos en la Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay (UTEC). Posteriormente, integró el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), liderando el Laboratorio de Aceleración del Desarrollo Sostenible en Uruguay, parte de una red global en 115 países enfocada en abordar desafíos complejos mediante innovación, datos y experimentación con base en el conocimiento territorial y actores locales. Desde setiembre de 2023, Álvaro ocupó el cargo de Adjunto al Consejo Directivo Central provisorio de la UTEC en Transformación Estratégica y Futuros Globales, aportando su vasta experiencia en innovación y desarrollo territorial para avanzar en el posicionamiento estratégico de la institución. Actualmente integra el Consejo Directivo Central de UTEC en calidad de consejero.
Email: alvaro.pena@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Av. Italia 6201 - Los Robles LATU CP 11500
Marcelo Ubal
Council Member
Marcelo holds a PhD in Education from the University of the Republic, a Bachelor’s degree in Educational Sciences, and a Master’s degree in University Teaching. His background includes studies in Philosophy, educational institution management, and evaluation, along with extensive experience in academia and university administration. He served as Educational Lead at the Northern Regional Technological Institute of the Technological University (UTEC). As an associate professor, he was part of the team that led the design and implementation of innovative projects such as the Graduate Program in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence and the Graduate Program in Professional Technological Education, and he currently holds coordination responsibilities for both programs. As UTEC’s territorial representative in northern Uruguay, he played a central role in establishing the ITR Norte in Rivera and the surrounding region, as well as defining its strategic pillars: inter-institutionality and binationality. As territorial representative of the Bioma Pampa Network of Public Institutions of Higher Education, working alongside colleagues from Brazil and Argentina, he has played a key role in strengthening interinstitutional and cross-border academic collaboration among Uruguay, Brazil, and more recently Argentina, contributing to the development of innovative binational and trinational initiatives in the border region. He currently coordinates the Research Group on Social and Educational Implications of Technologies, leading the team responsible for the research line focused on the impact of Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies in education and classroom practice. Within this framework, he has edited books, published numerous articles, and participated in academic and social spaces to disseminate the knowledge produced, as well as to support innovation and improvements in educational policies and practices in the country and the region. He is a tenured professor of Social Pedagogy in the Social Education program (CFE/ANEP). Marcelo is the author of numerous publications on pedagogy, non-formal education, and educational inclusion, and has actively participated as a speaker and organizer of national and international academic events, becoming a regional reference in educational and pedagogical topics. Marcelo was an active member of the Steering Team of UTEC’s Espacio 2.3.14—an initiative that brought together organized workers and students—which became one of the university’s key spaces for generating disruptive proposals, participation, and democratic formation. He served as President of SITUTEC. As a Board Member of the National Institute for Educational Evaluation (INEEd) for eight years, he was one of the key figures in its foundation and establishment. He also served as Director of the UTU Planning Program (ANEP) and was part of teams that coordinated educational innovations that enabled thousands of adolescents and young people to integrate into the formal education system. He currently serves on UTEC’s Central Governing Council as a board member.
Email: marcelo.ubal@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Polo Educativo Tecnológico Rivera, Guido Machado Brum (Ruta 5) CP 40000
Andrés Möller
Council Member and Director of the Southwest Regional Technological Institute
Mechanical Industrial Engineer (2003, Udelar). Master in Agroforestry Development (2011, University of Valladolid, Spain). Diploma in Logistics (2006, ISEDE / UCU). Since 2004 he has held Management roles (Manager) in National and Multinational Companies (some of them belonging to the top 5 of the main exporters of Uruguay), in areas such as Services, Industry and Commerce. In 2010 he undertakes and is co-founder of the AMG company, which has developed large-scale projects such as complete Industrial Plants, Infrastructure Works focused mainly on Agroindustry, and provides support in Tax, Financial and Administrative issues. This company has AMGlab as a subsidiary, which provides services in the area of Automation, Digital Transformation and STEAM Education. Since 2015, he has been teaching Mechatronics and since 2016 he has held the position of Director of the Southwest Regional Technological Institute (RTI) of the Technological University, being the first Regional Director in the territory. Tireless worker for the Decentralization and Development of Uruguay as a whole. Since 2019, he has been a member of the Committee for the Evaluation and Monitoring of Innovation Programs (CESPE) in the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII). He is a member of the Uruguayan Association of Engineers (AIU) since 2004.
Email: andres.moller@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Ruta Panorámica entre Augusto Hoffman y Zabala, Fray Bentos, CP 65000
Daniela González
Director of the Central-South Regional Technological Institute
Mechanical Industrial Engineer (2003, Udelar). Master in Agroforestry Development (2011, University of Valladolid, Spain). Diploma in Logistics (2006, ISEDE / UCU). Since 2004 he has held Management roles (Manager) in National and Multinational Companies (some of them belonging to the top 5 of the main exporters of Uruguay), in areas such as Services, Industry and Commerce. In 2010 he undertakes and is co-founder of the AMG company, which has developed large-scale projects such as complete Industrial Plants, Infrastructure Works focused mainly on Agroindustry, and provides support in Tax, Financial and Administrative issues. This company has AMGlab as a subsidiary, which provides services in the area of Automation, Digital Transformation and STEAM Education. Since 2015, he has been teaching Mechatronics and since 2016 he has held the position of Director of the Southwest Regional Technological Institute (RTI) of the Technological University, being the first Regional Director in the territory. Tireless worker for the Decentralization and Development of Uruguay as a whole. Since 2019, he has been a member of the Committee for the Evaluation and Monitoring of Innovation Programs (CESPE) in the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII). He is a member of the Uruguayan Association of Engineers (AIU) since 2004.
Email: daniela.gonzalez@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Francisco Antonio Maciel s/n esq. Luis Morquio, Durazno, CP 97000
Felipe Fajardo
Director of the Northern Regional Technological Institute
Civil Engineer (Udelar). Diploma in Infrastructure Development (Polytechnic University of Madrid in agreement with CND). Master in National Strategy (CALEN-MDN). He began his academic activity in the area of engineering and administration at the School of Engineering of UDELAR in 2007 where he is currently a Grade 3 Professor of the Department of Social Integration of Engineers. He is a member of SCAPA Management of the Master in Innovation Management since 2014, and was coordinator of the Postgraduate Degree in Technology Management from 2014 to 2018. At UTEC, he is Director of the Northern RTI since 2018 and Associate Professor in the area of knowledge management in the Technologist Degree in Industrial Mechatronics since 2019. He performed activities in the fields of project management and strategic infrastructure planning as an intern, assistant, designer, head of technical office, consultant, director and site supervisor from 2005 to 2020.
Email: felipe.fajardo@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Polo Educativo Tecnológico Rivera, Guido Machado Brum (Ruta 5) CP 40000
Ezequiel Alemán
Director UTEC Este
Ezequiel ha desarrollado una extensa carrera en el campo de la Interacción Humanos-Computadora y Educación, es Doctor por la Iowa State University y Magíster en Aprendizaje, Tecnología y Educación por el Learning Sciences Research Institute de la University of Nottingham. Complementando su formación académica, realizó un Postdoctorado en Inteligencia Artificial, Realidad Extendida y Educación en el Virtual Reality Applications Center (VRAC) de la misma universidad estadounidense. Además, posee un título de Profesor de Enseñanza Media obtenido en el Instituto de Profesores Artigas. Su carrera inició en la enseñanza media, donde descubrió su pasión por coordinar programas destinados a jóvenes. Ezequiel lideró el diseño del Programa de Lenguas de la Universidad Tecnológica y de la Maestría en Diseño de Ambientes de Aprendizaje. Su trayectoria académica fue reconocida con becas Chevening en el Reino Unido y Comisión Fulbright en los Estados Unidos en convenio con ANII. Como investigador, Ezequiel se especializa en alfabetización crítica de datos, algoritmos e inteligencia artificial. Ha desarrollado un portafolio significativo en el diseño de videojuegos educativos, promoviendo experiencias de aprendizaje basadas en juego. Su trabajo le valió el premio a la excelencia de investigación por su disertación en la Iowa State University, centrada en la implementación de un juego de realidad alterna en comunidades CECAP. También, recibió el premio a la excelencia docente por la misma universidad.
Email: ezequiel.aleman@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Domingo Pérez 475, Minas, Lavalleja CP 30000
Mariana Boiani
Director of Research and Development
Graduated in Biochemistry (Udelar), Master and Doctor in Chemistry (Udelar). She has a Diploma of Specialist in Technology Management (Udelar). In 2001 she began her academic activity in the Department of Organic Chemistry of the Faculty of Chemistry, where she worked as a professor and researcher until 2009. From 2009 to 2015 she carried out postdoctoral research at the Lawrence Marnett Laboratory (Vanderbilt University, USA) and at the Rafael Radi's Laboratory (CEINBIO, Faculty of Medicine). In 2016 she joined as a researcher and was later coordinator of the Industrial Extension Center, where she worked connecting companies with research units. She has participated in the training of undergraduate and graduate students and has numerous publications in the various areas of her specialty.
Email: mariana.boiani@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Av. Italia 6201 - Los Robles LATU CP 11500
Amadeo Sosa
Academic Director
Degree in Education Sciences (specialized in research) from UdelaR. Master in Education Management and Policies (CLAEH University). Diploma in Social Sciences (specialized in Education), FLACSO. Diploma in Education, ORT University. He has worked in public and private Educational Institutions, among which are the CETP-UTU Directorate of Educational Planning, Pedagogical Supervisor in the Faculty of Engineering of the ORT University and Director of Private Institutions. He was granted a scholarship by the Israeli Embassy for Postgraduate Studies in Technological Education and by the Institute of Advanced Studies for a "Cognitive Research" course (Venezuela). He was a member of the Career Commission of the Faculty of Humanities in Education Sciences. He is currently a member of the Consultative Council of Private Tertiary Education and Professor of Education Research. He has been a speaker in national and foreign events and has published in national and foreign magazines.
Email: amadeo.sosa@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Av. Italia 6201 - Los Robles LATU CP 11500
Alejandra Martínez
Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
CV: Magíster en Políticas Públicas con especialización en Políticas Sociales y Educativas. Licenciada en Diseño Industrial. Egresada del curso de especialización en Formulación y Planificación de Políticas Educativas por el Instituto Internacional de Planeamiento de la Educación de IIPE - UNESCO.
Profesora Adjunta (Grado 3) de la Universidad de la República, Facultad de Arquitectura Diseño y Urbanismo, Escuela Universitaria Centro de Diseño, en la Cátedra de Tecnología.
Docente responsable del curso Innovación Pública para las Maestrías de Administración Pública y Políticas Públicas de la Escuela de Posgrados de la Universidad Católica del Uruguay.
Anteriormente, se desempeñó como coordinadora del Departamento de Innovación y Diseño en el Programa Planeamiento Educativo de la Dirección General de Educación Técnico Profesional - Universidad del Trabajo del Uruguay (DGETP - UTU).
Representante de la DGETP - UTU en el Consejo Sectorial de Diseño (CSD) liderado por el Ministerio de Industria y Energía (MIEM), en la Mesa de Institutos de la Cámara de Diseño de Uruguay (CDU), en la mesa de gestión del FABLAB del Parque Tecnológico Industrial del Cerro (PTIc), en la Red Latinoamericana de Políticas Públicas y Diseño y en la Red Académica de Universidades e Instituciones de Diseño DISUR, electa a la presidencia de la misma por la asamblea de Decanos a través del cargo de Secretaria de Relaciones Internacionales por el período 2018 - 2020 y renovada hasta 2022, en la Comisión de Área de Educación Tecnológica - (CAET) MERCOSUR (2019 - 2021), área de innovación.
Experta para el Programa de Fortalecimiento de las Artes, Artesanías y Oficios PAOF/ Unión Europea UE.
Email: alejandra.martinez@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Av. Italia 6201 - Los Robles LATU CP 11500
Viviane Todt
Directora del Departamento de Tecnologías de la Información
Grado de Doctorado en Sensoreamento Remoto (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, INPE, São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil, 2007), Grado de Maestría en Sensoreamento Remoto (Centro Estadual de Pesquisas em Sensoriamento Remoto e Meteorologia/Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, CEPSRM/UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil, 2001), Grado en Informática (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil, 1994). Docente Adjunta e Investigadora en Inteligencia Artificial (Universidad Tecnológica, UTEC). Coordinadora Técnica Específica del Posgrado en Robótica e Inteligencia Artificial (PRIA, Universidad Tecnológica, UTEC). Directora del Departamento en Tecnologías de la Información de UTEC.
Email: viviane.todt@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Polo Educativo Tecnológico Rivera, Guido Machado Brum (Ruta 5) CP 40000
Ernesto Pecoits
Director del Departamento de Sostenibilidad Ambiental
Director del Departamento de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad Tecnológica. Investigador Asociado del Programa de Ciencias Básicas (PEDECIBA) y del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI). Consultor y asesor técnico de compañías y organismos internacionales, miembro de la junta directiva del Centro Tecnológico del Agua (CTAgua). Diplomado en gestión universitaria (IUACJ-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). Obtuvo su Ph.D. en geoquímica y geomicrobiología en la Universidad de Alberta. Realizó estancias posdoctorales, de investigación y docencia en Canadá (University of Alberta), EUA (Agouron Institute), Francia (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer), Brasil (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) y Uruguay (UdelaR, UTEC).
Email: ernesto.pecoits@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Francisco Antonio Maciel s/n esq. Luis Morquio, Durazno, CP 97000
Tomás López
Director del Departamento de Alimentos
Es Director del Departamento de Alimentos de UTEC. Es Químico Farmacéutico egresado de la Universidad de la República-UDELAR, Máster y Doctor por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Programa de doctorado en Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos; mención europea otorgada). Profesor Senior UTEC (Encargado de las unidades curriculares Tecnología de Lácteos I y II) y Responsable de la Unidad Tecnológica de Lácteos de UTEC. Su actividad investigadora abarca: aplicación de tecnologías emergentes para el procesamiento de alimentos (alta presión hidrostática y de altas presiones dinámicas); inocuidad alimentaria; nanotecnología aplicada a alimentos; ciencia y tecnología de productos lácteos; desarrollo de productos tradicionales y novedosos.
Email: tomas.lopez@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Cno. Alejandro Malcom S/N (ex destilería Rosario), Colonia CP 70200
Graciela Salum
Directora del Departamento de Mecatrónica, Logística y Biomédica
Directora del Departamento de Mecatrónica, Logística y Biomédica. Título de Bioingeniera de la Facultad de Ingeniería – Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos. Doctora en Ingeniería de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura – Universidad Nacional de Rosario.
Email: graciela.salum@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Ruta Panorámica entre Augusto Hoffman y Zabala, Fray Bentos, CP 65000
Rossana Santomauro
Director of Corporate Services
Public Accountant graduated from the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Administration of the University of the Republic, with a Diploma of Specialization in Human Resources from ORT. She joined the Technological University in August 2013, where she currently serves as Director of Corporate Services. From November 2011 to June 2013, she worked at Montevideo Refrescos SRL, as Planning and Budget Manager. From November 2007 to November 2011, she worked at the National Research and Innovation Agency, as Administration and Finance Manager. She was a member of the Deloitte team until October 2007 as Audit Manager, joining the firm in 1986 as an Audit Assistant and working in that period in important national and foreign companies. She was a professor of the Department of Higher Accounting Theory and of the Department of Statistics I of the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Administration of UDELAR, and a teacher of the Department of Sampling and Estimation of the ORT University of Uruguay. She has taken specialization courses in Science, Technology and Innovation Management at the National University of General Sarmiento (Buenos Aires - Argentina) and courses abroad at the Université Catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium) on Marketing, Finance, Administration, Statistics and Economics.
Email: rossana.santomauro@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Av. Italia 6201 - Los Robles LATU CP 11500
Juan Trujillo
Director of Management and Operations
Mechanical Industrial Engineer (Udelar). Technology Management Specialist (Udelar). Master of Business Administration MBA (IEEM). Adjunct Professor (Udelar), carrying out activity in bachelor's and master's degrees in areas related to Operations, Systemic Thinking and Administration. He has been a representative in national and foreign associations, and has integrated various commissions of university co-government and management. He has served in positions of responsibility in various national and transnational organizations. He has advised different organizations on operations management, internationalization and logistics.
Email: juan.trujillo@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Av. Italia 6201 - Los Robles LATU CP 11500
Patricia Alberro
Head of Internal Audit
Public Accountant (Udelar). Postgraduate in Corporate Finance (UCU). International academic experience (University of California-Riverside) In 1993 she began her work activity in the internal audit department at the School of Medicine until 1997, when she joined the multinational firm Deloitte as head of external audit. Between 2003 and 2006 she moved abroad (Dominican Republic) to provide auditing and consulting services for that firm. In 2006 she held the position of internal audit manager at Hotel & Casino Conrad in Punta del Este. Between 2008 and 2020, she worked as Administration & Finance Manager in the industrial and services area with an emphasis on the pharmaceutical sector. In June 2020, she took the role of Head of Internal Audit at UTEC. She has been a Deloitte internal facilitator, in addition to carrying out teaching activities in the areas of accounting and auditing at Deloitte, the Maldonado College of Accountants and the University of Montevideo.
Email: patricia.alberro@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Av. Italia 6201 - Los Robles LATU CP 11500
Belén González
Director of the Global Center
She has a degree in International Business and Economic Integration from the Catholic University of Uruguay, studied the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies at MIT and completed a Master's Degree in Sustainable Development at the University of Sussex with Distinction and a Chevening Scholarship. Belén has an extensive career in strategic and leadership roles in international and public organizations. She served as Executive Director of TECHO Uruguay, where she led key projects in areas of popular habitat, socio-urban integration and community management, positioning the organization in high-level international spaces such as UN-Habitat and the OECD. She also worked as Coordinator of the Knowledge Hub for Colombia at the MIT Community Innovators Lab, focusing on inclusive regional development and generation of applied knowledge. In her most recent role in the Land and Habitat Division of the Municipality of Montevideo, she designed, managed and advised innovative policies for sustainable habitat with a gender focus and citizen participation.
Email: belen.gonzalez.f@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Av. Italia 6201 - Los Robles LATU CP 11500
Juan Marrero
Director del Centro de Transformación Digital
Magister en Business Intelligence, con especialización en Data Science y Machine Learning. Desde el 2003 trabaja en la industria digital gestionando y liderando proyectos en empresas multinacionales en los rubros desarrollo y entretenimiento, juegos educativos y telefonía móvil. En 2006 crea su primera empresa en la que proporciona consultorías y desarrollo para integrar las tecnologías digitales en la estrategia de comunicación y gestión de empresas e instituciones. En el 2013 se integró a la Universidad Tecnológica con el propósito de aportar para la definición de estrategias y tácticas para integrar las tecnologías digitales en el proceso educativo. Durante el 2020 crea su segundo emprendimiento en el que proporciona consultorías y soluciones en transformación digital a instituciones educativas y de formación profesional de carácter internacional.
Email: juan.marrero@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Av. Italia 6201 - Los Robles LATU CP 11500
Silvana Saravia
Directora del Centro de Desarrollo de Personas
Licenciada en Relaciones Laborales de la Facultad de Derecho de Universidad de la República. Diploma en Recursos Humanos, Orientación en Dirección y Gerencia de Recursos Humanos, Universidad ORT Uruguay.
Se ha formado en diversas temáticas como gestión de calidad, salud y seguridad laboral, responsabilidad social empresarial, liderazgo y comunicación. Desde el año 2002 ha desempeñado cargos de dirección en diferentes empresas nacionales e internacionales, en las áreas de servicios, industria, construcción e instituciones educativas. Asesoró y capacitó empresas en Uruguay y Argentina en relación a normativa laboral y seguridad social, gestión y administración de recursos humanos, y relaciones laborales. Delegada del sector empresarial en negociaciones de los Consejos de Salarios, y representante de diferentes sectores de actividad en negociaciones tanto a nivel bipartito como tripartito.
Email: silvana.saravia@utec.edu.uy
Phone: 2603 8832
Address: Av. Italia 6201 - Los Robles LATU CP 11500