Represents:

Professional experience:
President, CEO - Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Andy joined the Chamber in October, 2006. During his tenure at the Chamber, membership has seen a 65% increase and now sits at over 1,000 members. The Chamber has also been awarded grants from the Gates Foundation, the Texas Governor’s Office, IBM, WalMart, City of Austin and the Austin Independent School District all as a result of the expanded and innovative approaches and services the Chamber is now providing under Andy’s leadership.

Prior to being appointed the President and CEO of the Hispanic Chamber, Andy amassed over 30 years of Management and Executive experience in the Information Technology field with international corporations the likes of IBM, Lexmark International, NCR and Permond Solutions. While at IBM, in addition to Branch and Regional Management positions, Andy served as the Personnel Programs Director for Field Personnel Programs, World-Wide Services Consultant on the Corporate Staff in Armonk, New York and the National Services Manager for the IBM PC Company. At Permond Solutions, an NCR subsidiary, Andy served as the VP of U. S. Operations for this IT Services organization. He was the first employee of this start-up, U.S. Operation and was responsible for the development of an organization that grew to over 550 employees within 5 years.