Marti Casadesus

Dr. Martí Casadesús Fa is a Full Professor in the Department of Business Management and Product Development at the University of Girona (Spain). He studied Industrial Engineering (UPC) and holds a Doctorate in Industrial Engineering (UdG). He is currently co-director of the research group GREP (Research Group in Product, process and production) at the University of Girona, and director of the consolidated group GITASP (Research Group in technological innovations in the productive process). Both these groups are devoted to the design of new planning and management of production systems, as well as quality management. His research is focused on "Quality Management". Several publications in research journal as: Total Quality Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, The TQM Magazine, International Journal of Operations & Management, .... He has been also one of the Spanish experts on the Technical Committee 176 of ISO (International Organisation for Standardization), which is dedicated to the creation of new management standards. He has been vice-dean at the Polytechnic School, vice-rector for Quality Teaching and vice-rector for Planning & Quality at the University of Girona. From 2013 to 2021, he has been the director of the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency, AQU Catalunya, the main instrument for the promotion and assurance of quality in the Catalan higher education system. From 2013 to 2021, he has been a Board Member and the Secretariat of INQAAHE, the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education. in 2021 he has been a Visiting Professor at Politecnico di Torino