Bartolomé Gamundi, born in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

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, is a businessman who was appointed by Governor

Governor

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 Aníbal Acevedo Vilá

Aníbal Acevedo Vilá

Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as the eighth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a Commonwealth of the United States, from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard University alumnus and a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law,...

  as his last Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce

Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce

The Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce was created by Governor Pedro Rosselló in 1994 as an "umbrella" under which several economic development agencies would operate in a more coordinated fashion...

 and president of the Commerce and Export Company of the government of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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 and confirmed unanimously by the Senate of Puerto Rico

Senate of Puerto Rico

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 on June 30, 2008. Prior to obtaining a Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering

Industrial engineering

Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis...

 at McGill University

McGill University

Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

 in Montreal, Canada, he studied at the University of Puerto Rico

University of Puerto Rico

The University of Puerto Rico is the state university system of Puerto Rico. The system consists of 11 campuses and has approximately 64,511 students and 5,300 faculty members...

 at Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Mayagüez is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Originally founded as "Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria" it is also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" , "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" , or "Ciudad del Mangó"...

. His Master's degree is from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico.

A former General Manager at Electro Biology Corp., and a former executive at Arthur Andersen

Arthur Andersen

Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms among PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG, providing auditing, tax, and consulting services to large corporations...

, Price Waterhouse, GE

Gê

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 and Weston Instruments, Gamundi is a former president of the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association

Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association

The Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association or "Asociación de Industriales de Puerto Rico" was established in 1928 as a non-profit, voluntary and private organization with the intention of joining in the same organization the manufacturer and service industries in Puerto Rico in the same...

 and of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce. First as Chamber President and subsequently as Secretary of Economic Development, he was a member of the multi-sectorial committee that drafted Puerto Rico's Economic Development Law passed in June, 2008. Gamundi serves as a business book reviewer for the Sunday business section of El Nuevo Día

El Nuevo Día

El Nuevo Día is a Puerto Rican newspaper based in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico and distributed daily throughout Puerto Rico and some parts of the United States.- History :...

, Puerto Rico's highest circulation daily newspaper.

Books

Nuevas Direcciones para Líderes y Organizaciones del Futuro, July 2000

La sociedad del conocimiento. 10 estrategias para transformar el mundo empresarial

Awards and recognitions

President, Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association

Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association

The Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association or "Asociación de Industriales de Puerto Rico" was established in 1928 as a non-profit, voluntary and private organization with the intention of joining in the same organization the manufacturer and service industries in Puerto Rico in the same...

President, Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce (resigned in midterm upon appointment to the Governor's cabinet)

Reach for Excellence Award, Electro-Biology Inc.

Boy Scouts of America, Exemplary Citizen Award, 1987

Industrial Engineer of the Year, Puerto Rico Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1994

Top 10 Businessmen, Caribbean Business newspaper, 1996

Distinguished Alumni, Interamerican University, 1996

Presidential Medal for Civic Merit, awarded by the President of the Dominican Republic, 2002

Héctor Jiménez Juarbe Award, Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association, 2004