Dr. Ricardo Valerdi is a Professor in the Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering. His research focuses on systems engineering, cost estimation, and sports analytics. He was the Founder and co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Enterprise Transformation and was the current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cost Analysis and Parametrics. He is a Fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), a foreign member of the Mexican Academy of Engineering, and a visiting fellow of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering. He was a visiting professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point and a Fulbright Scholar at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (Spain). Valerdi is also UA’s Faculty Athletics Representative for the PAC-12 and NCAA.