Advisory Panel Member Profile

Bessie Irizarry

Vice President & Co-Owner

Areas of Expertise:

Accelerate & Improve Decisions with Data, Customer Experience in your Organization-Navigating Politics of Change

Bessie M. Irizarry is one of the founders and the Vice-President of Falcona Management & Technology, LLC. Before devoting her work fulltime to Falcona, Bessie managed the Aerospace, Manufacturing & Systems Engineering Division and the Manufacturing Operations & Process Engineering Division at the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. She served as the Principal Investigator for multi-year, multi-million dollar projects and was responsible for leading teams of engineers to identify successful technologies, optimize processes and develop interface tools laying the foundation for cultural transformation.

Irizarry was born and raised in Puerto Rico where she obtained her Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus and started her career working on a variety of manufacturing industries including the semiconductor, pharmaceutical, automotive and electronics production. After years of working in private industry and many ups and downs including promotions and layoffs, Bessie decided to further her education and enrolled in the Masters in Science of Management of Technology (MOT), University of Texas at San Antonio. A few months prior to her graduation in February 2005, she started working for the Texas A&M University dedicating most of her time and effort supporting the Department of Defense (DoD) in the areas of Depot Maintenance, Organizational Assessments, Environmental Management and Installation Support.

Over her 25+ year record of achievement, Irizarry has demonstrated success leading, managing and delivering technology projects in systems engineering, process improvements, quality systems and database development. She is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE), certified Project Management Professional (PMP), certified Lean Six-Sigma Master Black Belt (LSSMBB), certified Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) and ISO 9000 Certified Lead Quality Auditor.

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