José Mauricio Jiménez

Professional Summary

Dr. José Mauricio Jiménez is an Associate Professor at the Army-Baylor Graduate Program in Health and Business Administration. He joined the program in July 2020 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted for his academic contributions and professional impact.

He brings broad industry experience from Fortune 500 companies, with expertise in management consulting, engineering management, project management, logistics, and continuous improvement. He previously served as an Assistant Professor and Civilian Advisor in the Engineering Management Program at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and conducted agent-based healthcare simulation research at the Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech.

Dr. Jiménez has served in the U.S. Army Reserve since 2010 and was commissioned into the Medical Service Corps in 2011. His Area of Concentration is Environmental Science Officer, and he holds Additional Skill Identifiers in Environmental Engineering, Instructor, and Operations Research/Systems Analysis (ORSA). He currently serves as a Major with the Medical Center of Excellence, supporting public health and force readiness across the Army.

Dr. Jiménez was recognized as the 2025 TRADOC Educator of the Year for excellence in teaching and mentorship.

Dr. Jiménez’s professional certifications include:

• Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Six Sigma Master Black Belt
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)
• Certified Professional in Engineering Management (CPEM)
• Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE)
• Human-Systems Integrator (Virginia Tech)
• Master Army Instructor (TRADOC)

Education

• 2001 – BS in Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
• 2004 – Master’s in Engineering Management, George Washington University, Washington, DC
• 2010 – MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
• 2013 – MPH (Infectious Diseases Concentration), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
• 2014 – PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Courses

• Quantitative Methods I
• Quantitative Methods II
• Quantitative Methods III
• Healthcare Operations Management
• Project Management
• Computational Epidemiology

Professional Affiliations

• American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
• Project Management Institute (PMI)
• American Society for Quality (ASQ)
• American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM)

Selected Papers

• Pires, Bianica & Goldstein, Joshua & Molfino, Emily & Ziemer, Kathryn & Orr, Mark & Jiménez, José. (2023). Knowledge sharing in a dynamic, multi-level organization: an agent-based modeling approach. Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory. 1-26. 10.1007/s10588-023-09373-8.
• Adhikari B, Lewis B, Vullikanti A, Jiménez JM, Prakash BA (2019) Fast and near-optimal monitoring for healthcare acquired infection outbreaks. PLOS Computational Biology 15(9): e1007284. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007284
• Jimenez, Jose and Beigh, Matthew. “Project Management Building Blocks: A Hands-On Approach to Teaching Earned Value Management.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Management 2020 International Annual Conference. ISBN: 97819384961-9-6
• Jimenez J, Lewis B, Eubank S. Hospitals as Complex Social Systems: Agent-Based Simulations of Hospital-Acquired Infections. Complex Systems: Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. Springer International Publishing; 2013. Complex Systems: Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-03473-7_15