Medical Doctor. Graduated from Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. Global Public Health expert with more than three decades of experience living and working in all the Americas, Asia, and Southern Africa. His expertise includes all facets of global and public health operations and management in maternal child newborn care, family planning, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, infection prevention control, nutrition, and food security

His life experiences throughout the world have allowed him to train and direct multiethnic and multicultural staff, collaborating, and establishing relationships with multi-lateral agencies, national governments, private corporate sector, humanitarian agencies, development organizations, academic institutions, and civil society organizations.

His visionary perspective has earned him opportunities of implementing technical programs promoting effective solutions for global institutions; developing staff capacity and growing opportunities in new markets; streamlining and improving processes that produce effective results to reduce hunger and poverty.