Speaker bio & official links

Alex Garrido.

A concise introduction, official links, and the connections between my work.

At a glance

Name
Alex Garrido
Also published as
J. Alex Garrido · MrAlexGarrido
Current role
Assistant Vice President for Marketing Strategy & Innovation
Organization
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)
Teaching
Part-time marketing instructor · MARK 4360: Social Media & E-Marketing
Based in
Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Contact
[email protected]

A short introduction

Alex Garrido is Assistant Vice President for Marketing Strategy & Innovation at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and a part-time marketing instructor. His work connects marketing strategy, consumer psychology, analytics, and the practical use of AI. Based in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, he also creates public tools and hosts and curates the Marketing Science Lab and Empathy Node podcasts.

Education

Master of Science in Business Analytics

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · 2021

Bachelor of Science in Psychology

The University of Texas-Pan American · 2010

Areas of practice

  • Marketing strategy
  • Digital marketing
  • Marketing analytics
  • Consumer psychology
  • Applied artificial intelligence
  • Higher education marketing
  • Digital accessibility
  • Teaching and learning

Official profiles

Public projects

  • Marketing Science Lab ↗Listen & learn · Marketing research, translated into ideas you can use. An audio companion for students and practitioners interested in why people think, choose, and act.
  • Red Ant Digital ↗Tools & experiments · A collection of practical digital tools and experiments, including utilities for creating, communicating, and learning.
  • Empathy Node ↗Listen & learn · A space for exploring empathy, human experience, and the questions that connect us.
  • MetaNumerology ↗Creative explorations · An interactive exploration of numerology, patterns, and personal meaning.
  • AstroMeta ↗Creative explorations · An astrology project exploring interpretation, cycles, and self-reflection through an interactive experience.
  • Peptify ↗Tools & experiments · An independent app project focused on personal tracking and organizing information.
  • Philosophical music ↗Creative explorations · A different way to explore ideas. Philosophical themes and creative experimentation, expressed through music.

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