Andy Pearson | INCAE

Biography

Andy A. Pearson is an international analyst, consultant on strategy, organizational change, and market research. Andy is currently a Senior Research Fellow at INCAE and a Graduate Visiting Researcher at Cornell University's SC Johnson College of Business, in the Department of Management and Organizations.

Pearson was the Researcher of the René Morales Chair of Entrepreneurship at INCAE where he supported the generation of teaching materials for INCAE entrepreneurship initiatives. He was also Program Coordinator and researcher at the Central American Healthcare Initiative, in which he supervised innovation projects, entrepreneurship initiatives and impact measurement strategies for more than 80 Central American initiatives in the health sector, including multinational companies, local companies , public and non-profit organizations. 

He has been an independent consultant working on projects on data collection processes and market analysis, development of new lines of business and organizational change, with multinational companies in the Medical Devices sector and non-profit organizations in the financial and education sectors. He has also supported research of multilateral agencies of the social sector.
Throughout his academic career, Andy has published scholarly articles in health and business journals, including the Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Global Health, Globalization and Health, and Global Health Action. He has a Masters in International Markets and Trade (Cum Laude) from LEAD University; and a Bachelor's Degree in International Relations from the National University (Costa Rica), being the best academic average of the class.

Profile

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Country of origin:
Costa Rica
Country of Residence:
Costa Rica
E-mail: 
andy.pearson@incae.edu

Degrees

  • MS in International Trade and Markets with Distinction. 2017. LEAD University. Costa Rica.
  • BS in International Relations. 2015. National University. Costa Rica. Best Average in the Baccalaureate degree in International Relations. 2013.

Teaching areas

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Management of Social Organizations
  • Organization
  • Organizational behavior
  • Organizational Change and Development

Work experience

Senior Researcher
INCAE Business School
Aug. 2021 - Present
Senior Researcher in Health Management and Innovation

Researcher 
Cornell S.C. Johnson College of Business 
Aug. 2021 - Jul. 2022 
Visiting Graduate Researcher at Cornell University's SC Johnson College of Business in the Department of Management and Organizations.

Postgraduate Research Associate 
Yale School of Management 
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

Workplace: INCAE Business School, René Morales Chair of Entrepreneurship

From: February 2019 To: August 2021

Position: Researcher 

Description: In charge of supervising academic documents and teaching cases on entrepreneurship in Latin America.

Workplace: Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development

From: April 2017 To: February 2019

Position: Researcher and CAHI Fellows Program Coordinator

Description: In charge of monitoring the projects of the CAHI Fellows Program participants, and the development of academic documents and teaching cases.

Workplace: Central American Healthcare Initiative / Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development

From: November 2015 To: April 2017

Position: Research assistant.

Description: Support in the development of presentations and academic documents. Support in monitoring projects of the CAHI Fellows program). Event coordinator