Mariano Bernardez is the C.E.O. of the Kaufman Center at the Performance Improvement Institute based in Chicago. Dr. Bernardez has been a partner at Andersen Consulting, C.E.O., and a Board member of multiple consulting and business firms in the U.S., E.U., Latin America, and China. He has been a senior UNDP and World Bank consultant in multiple international projects.Bernardez is the author of six published books: 1. Tecnología del Desempeño Humano (2007), 2. Diseño, desarrollo e implementación de e-Learning (2007), 3. Desempeño Organizacional (2007), 4. Capital Intelectual5. Desempeño Humano Manual de Consultoría Vol. 1 (2008)6. Transformando la Villa 31 en Barrio Mugica: Un Modelo de Integración Social y Urbana (2016-2023) (Spanish Edition) (2024)He regularly writes and publishes books and articles in English and Spanish in peer-reviewed publications. He has 38 articles published since 2005 with an h-index of 15, an i-index of 10, and 1074 citations.He's the current advisor for several Fortune 500 companies and governments. Dr. Bernardez is the published author of six books and multiple articles on business and societal performance. He has also published multiple papers and managed multiple international projects during his 30-year collaboration with Dr. Roger Kaufman.As C.E.O. of the Kaufman Center, Dr. Bernardez is the executive manager for the Kaufman Awards in Social Impact and the C.K. Prahalad Awards in Social Innovation.Dr. Bernardez has worked for over 30 years in urban and regional transformation, turning around cities and communities in Argentina, Mexico, Panama, Europe, and the United States. He currently collaborates as a senior consultant with the Barrio 31 turnaround program in Argentina.Read more about this authorRead less about this author