Pablo Triana was a corporate derivatives banker before choosing to teach and write on the subject. He holds a Master of Science from New York University's Stern School of Business and a Master of Arts from American University's Economics Department. While at Stern he was appointed the president of the Financial Engineering Association. His professional experience includes corporate derivatives coverage for Spain at CSFB London, Madrid-based corporate Red Electrica, Washington DC-based InterAmerican Development Bank, and a US-based e-commerce start-up. He is currently professor asociado at Instituto de Empresa, consistently ranked among the best European business schools. During his time at the school he has developed an innovative course entitled "Applied Corporate Financial Engineering" currently not available at any other top international school. He has also lectured at Johns Hopkins University and New York University. He has recently published non-technical papers in the world's two leading derivatives publications; Risk magazine and FOW.