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Vicente Gonzalez-Prida

Vicente González-Prida holds a PhD with Honours in Industrial Engineering by the University of Seville, a MSc in Mechanical Engineering by the same University, and an Executive MBA (First Class Honours) by the Seville Chamber of Commerce, Spain. He also has been awarded with the “National Award for PhD Thesis on Dependability” by the Spanish Association for Quality; the “National Award for PhD Thesis on Maintenance” by the Spanish Association for Maintenance; and the “Best Nomination from Spain for the Excellence Master Thesis Award” bestowed by the EFNSM (European Federation of National Maintenance Societies). Dr. González-Prida has edited three books, two with IGI-Global (2015 and 2017) and one with Springer Verlag (2018), all of them regarding Maintenance Modelling, Asset Management and Decision Making. His research works have been presented in international conferences as WCEAM, ESREL, IEEE, ESREDA, etc., and published in journals such as Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Production Planning and Control, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, as well as Computers in Industry, among others. He has authored also a book with Springer Verlag about Warranty and After Sales Management (2014) and a book in Spanish language about the ISO 55000 Asset Management Family of Standards (2018). His main interest is related to industrial asset management (ILS, reliability, maintenance, life cycle optimization…), the Industry 4.0 and disrupted technologies, as well as the logic and philosophy of science. Dr. González-Prida is fellow of the Club of Rome (Spanish Chapter), member of the Technical Advisory Board for the Observatory of Intelligence, Security and Defence, among other institutions. He currently works for the company General Dynamics - European Land Systems, sharing his professional performance with the development of research projects with international entities, as well as teaching activities for master degree and in-company programs in Spain and LATAM.
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