Angelica Larios is a Project Manager with over 20 years of experience implmenting software project related to business intelligence, planning and budgeting, and software application-based financial consolidation solutions to support the business decision process. She owns ALACONTEC, an IT consultin firm founded in Latin America. She has held various poistions in private and public organiztions such as the Ministry of Health in Mexico as IT Director and Business Manager for several Mexican firms. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In adttion to her studies in Project Management and her ® Professional Project Management (PMP) certification, which have helped her consolidate her career and to have a better understanding on what companies and projects need today. She holds a Ph. D. in Strategic Leadership from Regent University, VA, USA; and she has been a volunteer since 2007 for the PMI local chapter in Mexico, being Former President, and holding various positions with PMI (CMAG, BVAC, EMAG). She is the auhtor of several published articles in projectmanagement.com, pmworldjournal and Grebennikno in Russia. Angelica has been elected as a member of the board of directors (BOD) of the ILA (International Leadership Association) (2021-2024) and is part of a team of researches in topics of leadership and women. Angelica also serves as an International Correspondent for the PMWJ in Mexico.To find more information about Angelica Larios, visit her website www.angelicalarios.com or send her a message to angelica.larios@gmail.comRead more about this authorRead less about this author