Business Transformation Architect. Innovation, resilience and execution to transform people and organizations.
Discover his story
From an intern at IBM to one of the few IBM Master Inventors in Latin America — and onto global stages as a keynote speaker and author.
The first step inside the blue giant.
He joined IBM as an intern. It would be the beginning of 33 years in which he would discover that innovation is not a gift, but a daily discipline that is trained.
Turning ideas into intellectual property.
He registered his first inventions. Over time he would accumulate more than 20 international patents across different areas of technology.
Leading product at a global scale within IBM.
He took on global product leadership, leading multidisciplinary teams and taking ideas from the lab to the market on a worldwide scale.
One of the few across all of Latin America.
Recognized as an IBM Master Inventor, a distinction reserved for the company's most prolific and influential inventors — and one of the few in Latin America.
Leadership certified at an international level.
He earned his certification with Maxwell Leadership, the global standard in leader development, to bring his experience to the growth of leaders and teams.
His philosophy, turned into a book (LID Editorial).
He published The Marathon of Life® with LID Editorial: resilience, purpose and discipline to sustain long-term goals.
The 3+6=10 method, published.
He published Disruptive Innovation MID [3+6=10]® with WAS Editorial: the complete system for innovation to stop being an event and become a culture.
Transforming people and organizations.
Today he is a Business Transformation Architect, bringing innovation, resilience and execution to people and organizations worldwide.
"Made in Mexico → Created in Mexico." Forged in the trenches, refined on global stages.
IBM Master Inventor
Before the patents and the title, there were hundreds of rejected ideas. In 2020 he became one of the few IBM Master Inventors in Latin America. Innovation taught him that rejection is not failure: it is part of creation.
The hardest race
The hardest race of his life was not a marathon: it was navigating major family challenges. Real resilience is not physical endurance — it is choosing to keep going when giving up seems easier.
35+ marathons
35+ marathons across every continent and 5 Abbott World Marathon Majors. Execution taught him that extraordinary goals are never reached in a single leap: they are reached one step, one kilometer and one decision at a time.
"Failures are milestones on your road to success." · "The marathon isn't won at kilometer 42, it's won in the training no one sees."
A keynote, an executive program or innovation consulting — turn Dr. Ávalos's story into results for your team.
