With the aim of enhancing the productive capacities of companies in the industrial sector, so that they can be integrated into the dynamics of development that is lived in the global environment with the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Industry 4.0 Cluster has been formed, which is composed of representatives of the most important companies of San Luis Potosí, as well as educational and science and technology institutions.
Likewise, diagnoses will be made of micro, small, medium, and large companies to know what is the level of maturity that they keep in an industry 4.0 ecosystem. The digital platform www.alianza4cero.com.mx has also been developed, where companies can register as suppliers and service providers of industry 4.0, and there they can publicize their offer of products and services.
Finally, various collaboration agreements will be made with the academy and the school, so that academics and researchers from San Luis Potosí specialize in industry 4.0 issues, and specialists working in the training of companies in the field of industry 4.0.q
Board of Directors
Fernando Ibarra
President of the Industry 4.0 Cluster
Has over 25 years of experience in increasing roles of responsibility in the injection molding, machining, stamping on automotive, medical devices, appliances and electronics industries.
Been in different companies servicing as, Chief Executive Officer, Vice President of Operations, Vice President of Strategic Development, General Manager.
Director of PGI North American Operations Aluminum die casting & Machining.
President of the industry 4.0 Cluster of San Luis Potosi.
Former Member of San Luis Potosi Cluster Automotive board of directors.
Experience working internationally (US, China, Korea, Canada, Dominican Repu- blic & Colombia)
B.S. in Industrial Production and Master Black belt on Six sigma.
Gustavo Puente
He currently serves as Secretario of the Secretaria de Desarrollo Económico.
He is also president of CANACINTRA SLP, he is a member of the board of directors of COPOCYT, IPICYT, and of the Technological University. He is a member and founder of the Organizing Committee of the San Luis Potosí Award for Technology and Innovation. He has served on the board at CANACINTRA since 1997.
Representative of the productive sector before the Technical and Administration Committee of the mixed fund for the promotion of scientific and technological research (FOMIX).
I am part of the board of the Potosina National Fair from 2009 to 2015.
Alejandro Preinfalk
He currently serves as President and CEO of Digital Industries of Siemens Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
He has extensive experience at Siemens globally.
He stands out for being a leading expert engineer in leading the digital transformation of the industry. It is a driver of the adoption of Industry 4.0 in sectors such as automotive, food and beverages, pharmaceutical, metals, aerospace, among others.
He has more than 25 years of international experience with a focus on industrial automation and digitization, smart electrical grids, smart buildings and mobility.
He has stood out for his leadership in project implementation, lean manufacturing, and high-performance teams.
He is vice president of the National Chamber of Electrical Manufactures (CANAME), member of the Executive Council of Global Companies and mentor of entrepreneurs at Endeavor Mexico.
Harald Gottsche
Currently he is the President and CEO of the automotive company BMW Group.
He has worked for the BMW Company for more than 20 years.
He has held various leadership positions in the areas of development and production.
Julio García
Currently he is the Executive Director of GM Planta SLP.
He has experience in Mexico and the United States.
He has held different leadership and responsibility positions in the engineering, manufacturing and quality functions at Ramos Arizpe, Toluca, San Luis Potosí, and Silao plants.
He had an international assignment as director of the Hamtrack plant in Detroit, Michigan.
Alejandro Zermeño
He is graduated from the Facultad de Medicina and since 1990 works at the Facultad de Medicina of the UASLP.
He is a specialist in ophthalmology with a track record of more than 35 years on the field.
He was head of the Technological Innovation office of the UASLP, counselor and general secretary of the medical school, where he was director.
He is currently Rector of the UASLP.
Carlos Gutiérrez
Currently he is Director of Government and Eternal Affairs at the BWM Group.
Alexander Firsching
Has over 25 years of experience in roles of responsability in the management of growth and stabilization of process and plan maturity.
Actually he is the Vice President of Robert Bosch Automotive Systems.
Experience working internationally (German, México and China)
Rafael Espinosa
Director of Government Relations – Mexico
Law degree, graduated from the Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. He is certified in Six Sigma and completed a Mini – MBA for Corporate Lawyers at Boston University.
He has 21 years of professional experience, all of them in private industry, first in Mexinox and the last 13 years collaborating in CUMMINS.
His first 20 years of work, he worked as an internal lawyer for these companies. He currently holds the position of Director of Government Relations for Mexico.
Rafael has been part of the leadership team of Cummins in Mexico, the ABO of Mexico and Central America, the Filtration business at a global level.
Active member of the Council of the Cummins Philanthropic Association in Mexico, of the UUZi in San Luis Potosí, where he is Vice President of the National Association of Bus, Truck and Tractor Producers (ANPACT) based in CDMX, of Southwest Export Manufacturing Association in Juárez and of Index Juárez and Index SLP, where he also serves as Vice President.
Regarding I4.0, Cummins is currently actively working in its Research and Development Center on advanced technologies with a focus on Augmented Reality (AR), Co-bots, 3D Printing and 3D Scanning.
Pablo Díaz del Castillo
Actually he is Director of Mabe Estufas plant in San Luis Potosí.
Salvador Carrillo
Actually he is General Director of RECVAP USA, Mexico and Brazil and Head of Business Development of GEPROM Connecting Services, which offers global solutions for industry 4.0
Rosalba Medina
She is currently the General Director of Consejo Potosino de Ciencia y Tecnología, COPOCYT, and Secretaria Administrativa of the Fondo Mixto of Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, CONACYT.
She is among the leading women who are working in the scientific field.
She has worked in other activities in organizations such as the Sistema de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación of the State of San Luis Potosí and the Red Nacional de Consejos y Organismos de Ciencia y Tecnología , acting as Secreataria General.
I participate as an analyst in the economic area for the project of the Laberinto de las Ciencias y las Artes located in San Luis Potosí.
Enrique Villegas
Actually he is Director of CIATEQ in San Luis Potosí.
He was Director of the Consejo Potosino de Ciencia y Tecnología. He was also appointed president of the board of directors of Red Nacional de Consejos y Organismos Estatales de Ciencia y Tecnología in the period 2014 - 2016.