Jose Cordeiro

Co-Founder, Venezuelan Transhumanist Association

Jose Luis Cordeiro studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA, where he received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering, with a minor in Economics and Languages. During his studies, he worked with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Vienna, Austria. His thesis consisted of a dynamic modeling for NASA's "Freedom" Space Station. He is a lifetime member of the Sigma Xi (Scientific Research) and Tau Beta Pi (Engineering) Honor Societies in North America.

Following his graduation, he worked as an engineer in petroleum exploration for the French company Schlumberger. That activity allowed him to travel to and live in more than 100 different countries around the world. For over 6 years, he served as an advisor for many of the major oil companies in the world, including Agip, BP, ChevronTexaco, ExxonMobil, PDVSA, Pemex, Repsol, Shell and Total. He has also researched International Economics and Comparative Politics at the Georgetown University in Washington, USA, and then obtained a Masters of Business Administration from the Institut Europeen d'Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) in France. There he majored in Finances and Globalization.

In Paris he initiated his relations with the international consulting company Booz-Allen & Hamilton, where he specialized in the areas of strategy, finances and restructuring. In Latin America, he has served as an advisor for some of the most important regional corporations, apart from multinationals from all three economic blocks. He has also taken part in the transformation of a number of oil companies in the Americas. At present, he is an independent consultant, writer, researcher, professor and traveler.

He teaches as a Guest Professor at the Institute for Higher Studies in Administration (IESA) and at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), where he created the first formal courses of Futures Studies ("prospectiva") and also of Austrian Economics in Venezuela . He is founder of the World Future Society (Venezuela Chapter), cofounder of the Venezuelan Transhumanist Association, chair of the Venezuelan Node of the Millennium Project of the American Council of the United Nations University (UNU), director of the Single Global Currency Association (SGCA) and the Lifeboat Foundation, advisor to the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, member of the Academic Committee of the Center for the Dissemination of Economic Knowledge (CEDICE), former director of the World Transhumanist Association, and the Extropy Institute.

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Jose Luis Cordeiro en Tribuna Liberal