Jose A. Grajeda, Tecma’s Vice President of Operations, was born and raised in the border zone of El Paso-Juarez. He has over 25 years of manufacturing experience, mostly in the Maquiladora industry and has a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the Juarez Technological Institute.

Pepe has a strong background on managing start-up operations for over 50 projects in different industries including electronics, electromechanical, automotive, military and medical.

His job experience with large companies has allowed him to understand the multicultural environment required to work with Japanese, German, French, Korean and U.S. corporations such as General Electric, Motorola, ADC, Nintendo, Texas Instruments, American Yasaki, Packard Electric, Lockheed Martin Aerospace, Trane, AutoKabel, Valeo and Sei-Woo .

Pepe has been involved in building construction, maintenance and refurbishing projects for over 3,000,000 sq. ft. throughout Mexico. He has been trained in legal strategies to increase manufacturing efficiencies, as well as in team building and cultural-shaping processes.

Pepe also has experience in management of environmental, engineering, QC and production areas, and implementation of disaster recovering programs.