{"id":3277,"date":"2024-03-28T11:54:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T16:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/?page_id=3277"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:43:20","slug":"executive-comittee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/es\/committees\/executive-comittee\/","title":{"rendered":"Steering Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3277\" class=\"elementor elementor-3277\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567e3e1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"567e3e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2023c8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c2023c8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e78b43c 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ekit-dotted\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7f5be3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"d7f5be3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"profile-square-v square-v6 square-v6-v2 no_gutters\">\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-long_height_details_hover\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/joe-llerena-re.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12606\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/joe-llerena-re.png 500w, https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/joe-llerena-re-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/joe-llerena-re-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/joe-llerena-re-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoe Llerena Izquierdo Ph.D.(c)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-content\">Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica Salesiana, Ecuador<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <\/div> \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2608a45 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2608a45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=es&#038;user=b_ihW5wAAAAJ&#038;view_op=list_works\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e8780e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e8780e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57366ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"57366ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper center   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title\">Track Chair<\/h3><div class=\"ekit_heading_separetor_wraper ekit_heading_elementskit-border-divider ekit-dotted\"><div class=\"elementskit-border-divider ekit-dotted\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aa399d elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"2aa399d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"profile-square-v square-v6 square-v6-v2 no_gutters\">\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-long_height_details_hover\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"222\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/citations-r-e1781022155586.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12981\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/citations-r-e1781022155586.png 222w, https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/citations-r-e1781022155586-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/citations-r-e1781022155586-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJairo Castillo Calderon Ph.D.(c)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-content\">Universidad Nacional de Loja, Ecuador<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <\/div> 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width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Fabian-Narvaez-R.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12746\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Fabian-Narvaez-R.png 500w, https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Fabian-Narvaez-R-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Fabian-Narvaez-R-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/citis.ups.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Fabian-Narvaez-R-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFabian Narvaez Espinoza Ph.D.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-content\">Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica 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