Our instructors

Dr. Sergio M. Navarro is a graduate of MIT, the University of Oxford and Baylor College of Medicine. He has served MIT as an Educational Council Representative, and has served on the Oxford Trinity College Graduate Committee and the Baylor College of Medicine Admissions Committee. Dr. Navarro has helped students attend Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, MIT, Northwestern University, Parsons School of Design, Princeton University, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), UC Berkeley, UCLA and Yale University, among many other top U.S. universities.

Matthew Alexander Morgan is a globally experienced strategy consultant and business leader with over 12 years of expertise spanning business strategy, consulting, financial services and innovation across six continents. Currently a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Matthew has led high-impact projects in geopolitical analysis, economic development, digital transformation and cost optimization for Fortune 50 firms and public sector entities. Prior to BCG, Matthew co-founded Astarita, Aldrich & Ward, a boutique consultancy driving significant fundraising and operational growth for tier-1 nonprofits like UNICEF and WWF. His career also includes strategic roles at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and Mirae Asset Global Investments, where he led global digital marketing strategies and business development initiatives across emerging markets. Matthew holds an MBA from the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, where he earned the Dean’s Commendation Award and was recognized as a Saïd Foundation Scholar. He also earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Arizona State University and a Double Degree in International Management from Toulouse Business School. Fluent in English and French with intermediate Korean and Spanish, Matthew is passionate about diplomacy, sustainability and emerging technology, and is an avid blogger and sports enthusiast.

Daniela Baeza Breinbauer is an environmental economist and researcher with extensive experience in climate risk, food systems and international development. She is currently pursuing an MPhil/PhD in Environmental Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE), focusing on complex climate risks, adaptation and resilience in Eastern Africa, and uses Bayesian Network Analysis to study the synergies and trade-offs in climate risk and adaptive responses. Before her doctoral studies, Daniela earned an MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change and an MSc in International Development Management with a specialization in Development Economics, both from LSE. She also holds a BA in International Relations and Political Science with a specialization in Human Rights Law from Eckerd College, Florida. As Project Manager and Founder of the Food Systems and Security Hub at LSE Consulting, she led major projects for the European Commission, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the U.S. Department of State. Her expertise spans climate adaptation, food security, human rights and sustainable development, with published contributions to studies on climate change, food systems transformation and trade policy. She has also contributed to the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Economist Intelligence Unit, and is a Senior Fellow at the Institute on Science for Global Policy, where she has led discussions and conferences on sustainable agriculture, public health and climate change. Daniela speaks Spanish, English, French (C1) and Italian (B2), and works in Python, R and Stata.

Dr. Julia Schoonover is a sociologist with broad international experience. Recently a Visiting Professor at the University at Buffalo – Singapore Institute of Management (Singapore), she taught Wealth and Poverty, Classical Sociological Theories and the Sociology of Immigration. She served as Head of Independent Study at the University at Buffalo (United Kingdom) CAPA Global Education, overseeing studies in International Relations, Sociology, Communications and Business. As an Instructor of Record at the University at Buffalo (USA) Department of Sociology, she taught Criminology, Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of Inequality, Sociology of Wealth and Poverty, and Social Change. Earlier in her career she worked as a Teaching Assistant across various sociology courses. Dr. Schoonover works with both qualitative (interviews, focus groups, participant observation; NVivo, Atlas.ti) and quantitative (survey analysis; Excel, STATA) research methods, and has used them in projects such as the Scandinavian Prison Project, New York State’s Mobile Market Initiative and research on public perceptions in Singapore.

Andrew has been a professional university lecturer for over 20 years. He studied at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom, where he obtained his first-class honours degree and his PhD in computer engineering. He received his senior fellowship (SFHEA) at Sheffield University in 2019. In his career he has worked at Lancaster, Bolton, Sheffield and York universities, teaching undergraduate courses from first to fourth year as well as master’s and MBA modules, including work with external companies in Executive Development Institutes. Andrew teaches computer science, math, statistics, database design, computer programming, IoT, smart devices, data analytics and information systems, among other areas, and specializes in teaching business students as well as computer science students.

Originally from Northern Germany and now based in Bavaria, Hans N. Steen brings over a decade of experience in automotive interior and digital design at BMW. His career has spanned series production, brand strategy and advanced design, with leadership roles on projects such as the BMW i4. After years of shaping physical interior experiences, he moved his focus to digital innovation and now works in UI/UX design with a time horizon of 2030 and beyond. He is particularly passionate about conceptual and artful solutions that bridge the physical and digital dimensions of future mobility.