Our story

René and Paul met in graduate school. In addition to friendship, they shared a desire to bring the tools of industrial engineering and data-driven decision making to companies that could benefit the most from this area of knowledge but were not doing so at the moment. Both come from an academic and highly specialized background, with affiliations to some of the best universities in the U.S. such as the University of Texas, Texas A&M, Arizona State University, Georgia Tech, Penn State and Purdue. For us, the key has always been to decipher how to align our skills with the needs of different customer segments.

Our history has been one of constantly adapting our solutions and methodologies to help those companies seeking to innovate their management. The tools and skills of our consultants are transversal, they can be applied to different industries, departments or problems. But we focus on where we can generate the most value for our clients. From very narrow and specific projects, to complete transformations within the company.

In 2010 we opened our office in Mexico and since then we have developed our talent from both countries and for the world. In our portfolio there are companies of different sizes and industries including:


  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Agrobusiness
  • Food
  • Health
  • Consumer goods
  • Insurance
  • Manufacturing
  • Gas/Petroleum
  • Retail
  • Software
  • Transportation and logistics

Data-driven decisions at your reach.

Data, technology and innovation pioneers.

Meet the team

Meet the leadership and management team of TIS Consulting Group.

Rene Villalobos
Dr. J. Rene Villalobos

President and Founder

+30 years of experience in logistics, production systems, applied operations research and associate professor of Industrial Engineering at Arizona State University.

Texas A&M – PhD in Industrial Engineering

University of Texas – M.S.

Paul M. Griffin
Dr. Paul M. Griffin

Co-founder

+30 years of experience in systems engineering, supply chain, healthcare analytics, profitability modeling and professor of industrial Engineering at Purdue University.

Texas A&M – PhD in Industrial Engineering

University of Texas – M.S.

Octavio Sanchez
Octavio Sánchez

Managing Partner and Director

+15 years of experience in logistics, inventory management, applied operations research, and professor of industrial Engineering at Tecnológico de Monterrey; previously worked at Motorola and Ford.

Arizona State University – M.S. in Industrial Engineering

Tecnológico de Monterrey – B.S. in Industrial Engineering

Cesar Meneses
César Meneses

Operations and Analytics Director

+15 years of experience in logistics, supply chains, statistical modeling and business analytics, optimization and operations research; previously worked at Motorola and ASU.

Arizona State University – M.S. in Industrial Engineering

Tecnológico de Monterrey – B.S. in Electronics Engineering

Francisco Quihuis
Francisco Quihuis

IT Director

+10 years of experience in full-stack software development, technology project applications, hardware implementation, software architecture, cloud computing and IT management for large and medium sized companies in the United States and Mexico.

Tecnológico de Monterrey – B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering

Innovate your management, use data, transform yourself

Step by step, from project to project, from innovation to innovation. We can help you achieve it.