Earned his MBA from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM) where he graduated with honors. Francisco also then earned his MS in Accountancy from California State University-Fullerton where he received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award. He has extensive professional consulting and supervisory experience in the fields of auditing, accounting, and finance; and has taught graduate and undergraduate classes at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM). He has several published works and his current research interests include the impact of the global environment on managerial and financial accounting decisions.