Jose is a community relations manager, translator, facilitator, project manager and business strategist. He is bilingual and bicultural in English and Spanish.

Jose has facilitated diversity awareness and workforce inclusion workshops resulting in improved employee relations, better understanding of cultural differences, team building and conflict resolution for Fortune 500 companies. He coordinated a supplier diversity program focused at developing business partnerships between corporate business units and minority and women owned enterprises.

His bilingual-bicultural capabilities have been utilized extensively to conduct translations, market research focus groups, facilitate workshops, negotiations, presentations and consultation about Hispanic markets throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.

He has over 20 years experience in community relations and public affairs. He designed and implemented a communications program to facilitate access of Hispanics and other ethnic customer groups to utility services and energy programs. Coordinated the activities of several community advisory councils to monitor the implementation of communication strategies targeted at multicultural markets. Directed marketing campaigns to introduce energy assistance, energy conservation, electrical safety programs and health services to new markets.

Jose has extensive experience as a translator of training materials, consumer education literature, technical documents, newsletters, middle school curricula and more for various clients in the energy, engineering, transportation, health care industries, government and public education. He has facilitated numerous focus groups for market research of services and products. He has also conducted cultural assessment research at various Fortune 500 companies focused on improving team work and ensuring workforce inclusion.

As a project manager, he was responsible for a corporate contributions budget of $1.5 million dollars for community investment. He has coordinated cross-functional and multicultural teams to gain market recognition, implement organizational change, review corporate processes and policies, measure program implementation outcomes and improve communication strategies. His work as a change agent has resulted in improved corporate processes and policies, new programs for community outreach and work team integration. He is an accomplished event planner for corporate clients and non-profit organizations.

He shares his corporate experience in strategic planning, marketing strategies and project management as a volunteer facilitator with non-profit organizations and small business owners.

Jose was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is a graduate from the University of Puerto Rico, in San Juan, P.R. with a Bachelor's degree in Science Education. He also has a Master's degree in Science Education from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. He has completed courses at Boston College, MA: Certificate in Community Relations; project management courses from the American Management Association and Pennsylvania State University, PA. He currently resides in Houston, Texas.