I am an independent researcher, author, and novelist. Prior to writing full-time, I worked as a journalist, management consultant, and adjunct professor at the University of Maryland.

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Prior to my current role, I was the Executive Director of World 50 Labs, the member-innovation team at World 50, Inc. Before World 50, I was a Principal in Ernst & Young’s Advisory Practice and, earlier, a Managing Director at Accenture. Originally from El Salvador, I started my career there as a journalist covering the post-war reconstruction before returning to the U.S.

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A classically trained pianist, I am a lifelong student of the music of the great Bill Evans.

I reside in Bethesda, MD with my wife, a physician/researcher at N.I.H., and am the father of two sons.