Business

This year's 50 Most Important Hispanics in Business and Technology are:

-- Dan Arvizu, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Energy & Industry Systems CH2M Hill

-- Miguel Bauza, Vice President, Core Cable Product Development Convergys Information Management Group

-- Wilbert Berrios, Chief Information Officer U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

-- Jaime Borras, Corporate Vice President & General Manager IDEN Technology Motorola, Inc.

-- Juan N. Cento, President, Latin America & Caribbean Federal Express

-- Mario Concha, President-Chemical Georgia-Pacific Corporation

-- Diane DeHoyos, Manager, Supplier Diversity; Vehicle Line Executive, Passenger Cars; President - GM Hispanic Initiative, General Motors Corporation

-- Greg Deveson, Executive Vice President-Saab General Motors Corporation

-- Nils Diaz, Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

-- Carlos Dominguez, Vice President, Service Provider Market Cisco Systems, Inc.

-- Margarita N. Dominguez, Vice President and CIO, Tampa Electric Company; Procurement Officer and CIO TECO Energy, Inc.

-- Michael L. Dominguez, Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs U.S. Air Force

-- Philip A. Dur, Corporate Vice President and President, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Northrop Grumman Corporation

-- Miguel L. Escobar, Assistant Vice President, Information Technology Allstate Insurance Company

-- Francisco A. Figueroa, Vice President and CFO Sandia National Laboratories

-- Antonio R. Flores, Ph.D., President Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

-- Edsel Garciamindez-Budar, Director, Broadband Data Systems Engineering MCI

-- Michele Goins, Vice President and Global Information Officer, Imaging and Printing Group Hewlett-Packard Company

-- Yno Gonzalez, President SBC Long Distance

-- Carlos M. Gutierrez, Chairman and CEO Kellogg Company

-- Giraldo Gutierrez, Vice President Global Crossing

-- Sid Gutierrez, Director, Monitoring Systems and Technology Center Sandia National Laboratories

-- Charles M. Herington, President and CEO America Online Latin America

-- Ricardo Hernandez, Director, Current Product Financial Analysis DaimlerChrysler Corporation

-- Maria Elena Lagomasino, Chairman and CEO JP Morgan Private Bank

-- Grace Lieblein, GMS Implementation Leader-Engineering General Motors Corporation

-- Carlos Lobo, President and Chief Executive Officer New Venture Gear, Inc.

-- Placido J. Martinez, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives Entergy Corporation

-- Michael Montelongo, Assistant Secretary for Financial Management & Comptroller U.S. Air Force

-- Jorge P. Montoya, President - Global Food & Beverage and Latin America Procter & Gamble

-- Jorge Morales, Vice President, Naval Marine Operations & Finance Rolls Royce

-- Rey More, Senior Vice President, Global Technology Development Motorola, Inc.

-- Hector J. Motroni, Senior Vice President & Chief Staff Officer Xerox Corporation

-- Susan Pacheco, Director of Mercury Programs Ford Motor Company

-- Rosendo G. Parra, Senior Vice President, Americas Dell Computer Corporation

-- Pedro Pizarro, Vice President, Strategy Business Development Southern California Edison (news - web sites)

-- Hugo B. Poza, Ph.D., Corporate Vice President Raytheon Company

-- Grace Puma, Vice President, Inbound Supply Chain Kraft Foods Inc.

-- Marie Quintero, Assistant Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions The Coca-Cola Company

-- John B. Ramil, President, Tampa Electric Company; Executive Vice President TECO Energy, Inc.

-- Stevan G. Ramirez, Chief Quality Officer and Vice President Eastman Kodak Company

-- Arturo Rosales, Programs Director of International Business Units The Boeing Company

-- Adalio T. Sanchez, General Manager, eServer pSeries IBM Systems Group

-- Ralph G. Tourino, Vice President, Systems Integration Lockheed Martin Systems Integration Company

-- Jorge A. Valdes, Vice President, Engineering Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc.

-- Rafael de la Vega, President BellSouth Latin America

-- Oscar Velasco, Vice President Siemens Medical Systems

-- Miriam Vializ-Briggs, Vice President, Marketing IBM Grid Computing Business Unit

-- Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and COO Whitehead Institute

-- Gloria Ysasi-Diaz, Senior Vice President, Process Management RR Donnelley

Representing the academic community are:

-- Miguel A. Nevarez, President University of Texas, Pan American

-- Eloy Rodriquez, Ph.D. James A. Perkins Endowed Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology Cornell University

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