Jose was born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico and moved to the U.S.A. when he was 15 years old. He graduated from California State University, Sacramento with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering as a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor’s Society.
Jose moved to the Portland Metro area to pursue a job opportunity as a software developer with Hewlett-Packard in 2002 and has worked there ever since. In 2010, he enrolled back in school to work on a Master’s degree in Human Computer Interaction from Rochester Institute of Technology.
He joined CHIFOO as a member in November 2010 and joined the Executive Council as Vice-Chair in January 2012.