Founder and President of CyberCon – Industrial cybersecurity business intelligence & marketplace platform focused on Cybersecurity in the Energy vertical with a concentration on Public and Private sector alliances, Workforce Development and Training. Creator of "The Race to Protect the Grid" STEM Accredited eSports cybersecurity workforce development initiative developed to fill the 3.5 million empty seats in the global cybersecurity workforce. Energy Security is National Security and CyberCon's mission is to "Protect Humanity in an Interconnected World".→LEADERSHIP←*Proven business executive with strong background in strategy, operations and M&A*Strengths include entrepreneurship, collaboration, team building, marketing and business development *Experience in energy, cybersecurity and real estate development industries*Active member in the International Association of Exhibition and Events (IAEE) and the Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO)*Speaker*Member on the Advisory Board for Omni Hotels→ENERGY INDUSTRY← *Experienced leader with more than 25 years’ experience*Led teams who have successfully organized more than 70 B2B conferences in all sectors of the energy industry including the World Energy Congress*Managed the U.S. and international expansion of the DUG™ Conference Series – the highly successful industry event series that fostered collaboration between E&P companies and service companies during the U.S. Shale Play boom *Received numerous awards by Tradeshow News Network (TSNN) including: “Top 25 Fastest Growing Tradeshows” (exhibition); “Top 25 Fastest Growing Tradeshows” (attendance); “Fastest Growing Tradeshow” (net square footage); and consistently held overall rankings in “Top 250 Tradeshows”*Served as Exhibition Director for the 17th World Energy Congress in Houston – one of the most prestigious C-level energy industry events→TECHNOLOGY←*Held leadership positions with technology companies and technology consulting firms*Founded successful Technology Consulting Firm focused on Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) with offices in the U.S. and Mexico specializing in middleware solutions for SAP*Leading integration partner for IBM WebSphere in Latin America - main client Grupo Carso