Before joining EAFIT, he was assistant profesor of finance of the financial ingineering program at University of Medellín, Colombia and junior lecturer of the University of Antioquia, Colombia. He was the chief financial and administrative officer and interim CEO at Fundación EPM. He got his PHD in Economics and Finance and Master of Arts in Economics from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He got a MSc in Finance and a specialization in Finance from EAFIT University. ​