Jose Luis began his career at Philips Venezuela in 1988. After several promotions there, he became the Industrial Electronics Manager. In 1998 he accepted a new Management position with the Philips Analytical Latin American division in São Paulo, Brazil. In 2003 Jose Luis was transferred to Boston, MA, after the Spectris plc acquisition of the analytical division of Philips. Here, he integrated the Mexican operations with the LATAM model and was in charge of marketing, sales, and service for analytical instrumentation in the entire Latin American region. In 2012, José Luis moved back to Brazil and worked there till April 2016 as the President of Spectris Latin America sucessfully expanding all Spectris’ business in the region: Malvern, PANalytical, Particle Measuring Systems (PMS), Brüel & Kjær Sound & Vibration, HBM, ESG Solutions, Brüel & Kjær Vibro, BTG, NDC Technologies, SERVOMEX, MICROSCAN, Red Lion Controls, and Omega Engineering. José Luis is now back in Boston, and is looking for a new challenge. He graduated as an Electronic Engineer from the Universidad Simón Bolívar in Venezuela and has his Master in Finance from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA); both institutions are equivalent to regionally accredited US Universities, as certified by the Center for Educational Documentation (CED). He is also a holder of the Advanced Certificate for Executives in Management, Innovation and Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). After debating between pursuing a MBA or courses on the areas he considered more relevant for his professional development, he found the Advanced Certificate for Executives in Management, Innovation, and Technology (ACE) to be the perfect solution for his needs.