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Corporate Influentials

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Tony Jimenez
Founder, president and CEO
MicroTech
Mr. Jimenez has grown MicroTech into a $331.1 million technology systems integrator since opening the company in 2004. Because of his pivotal role in the government information technology community, he has advised the last two U.S. presidents on economic matters and serves as an adviser to the Obama administration on the U.S. Department of Commerce National Advisory Council on Minority Business Enterprise.

Eduardo L. Jordan
Senior vice president of operations and CFO
Nolet Spirits U.S.A.
Mr. Jordan immigrated to the United States in 1967 from Ecuador and has worked for Nolet Spirits U.S.A. for 14 years. He reports to the president/CEO and serves as a member of the executive team, responsible for aligning and developing systems, people and processes for finance, information technology, logistics, human resources and finance. He is a member of both the Hispanic 100.

Linda A. Lang
Chairwoman, CEO and president
Jack in the Box Inc.
Ms. Lang joined Jack in the Box in 1984 and she has held various positions. She was named chairwoman and CEO in 2005 and added the title of president in February 2010. She also serves on the board of The Jack in the Box Foundation, a nonprofit organization that focuses the company's charitable donations. She has an MBA from San Diego State University and a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of California, Berkeley.

Derek E. Leon
Partner
Morgan Lewis' Litigation Practice
Mr. Leon's practice focuses on business litigation, including large contract and business tort disputes, intellectual property matters, and financial institution defense, as well as mass tort and product liability defense. He also devotes time to various pro bono and community activities. He serves as the general counsel of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. In 2007, he founded LegalLine of Miami-Dade, a free and anonymous legal advice community hotline sponsored by the Dade County Bar Association. Mr. Leon earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law and his bachelor's degree from Florida State University. He is admitted to practice law in Florida and Texas and before the U.S. District Courts for the southern and northern districts of Florida and the southern, northern, eastern and western districts of Texas, as well as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits.

Eduardo Martinez
Director, philanthropy and corporate relations
The UPS Foundation
Born in Havana, Mr. Martinez immigrated to the United States with his family in 1960 and joined UPS in 1976 as a package handler. He subsequently entered the management ranks within operations and the industrial engineering functions. He is responsible for the operations and management of the UPS Foundation's global philanthropic and corporate relations programs. He is on the corporate advisory board for the National Council of La Raza and a corporate liaison to the Points of Light Institutes' Service Council. He also serves as the chair of the Corporate Development Council for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, a member of the board for The Metro Atlanta YMCA and sits on the International Association for Volunteer Effort Global Corporate Volunteer Council. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Miami, Florida and a J.D. from the Nova Southeastern University Law School.

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