MBA with a specialization in International Finance, with advanced degrees in Social Management, Migration, and Integration for Social Development. Former Diplomatic Official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for the General Directorate for Assistance to Salvadoran Communities Abroad from 2005 to 2009, specialist in migration flow management, protection of vulnerable communities, and knowledge management processes associated with these issues.

He has a solid track record as an official of the Government of El Salvador, leading processes of institutional modernization, organizational capacity building, and strategic financing management in social, economic, and local development areas. In addition to his time at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has served as Manager of the Office of Investor Services (Ministry of Economy, 2015–2016), Director of the Office of Cooperation for Agricultural Development (MAG, 2011–2012), and Manager of Research and Development for the Social Investment Fund for Local Development (FISDL, 1995–2005).

His main achievements include the creation and operation of co-investment programs with migrant communities, the restructuring of consular networks, the design of labor reintegration programs and remote services for the migrant population; the modernization of business development services and the mobilization of more than US$24 million in loans for small and medium-sized enterprises; the management of international cooperation that increased resources for the agricultural sector from US$211,000 to US$31.3 million; and the implementation of large-scale social investment programs, such as the national response to the 2001 earthquakes, with a total investment of US$250 million. His experience combines strong strategic management skills, inter-institutional coordination, and leadership in the design and implementation of results-oriented and sustainable public policies. He has served as a liaison officer, managing, negotiating, and operating projects with the IDB, World Bank, KfW, CABEI, IFAD, JICA, USAID, and other international organizations.

He is a specialist consultant with experience in Central American countries and with the Central American Integration System (SICA). In addition, he has worked with international organizations leading processes for the formulation, evaluation, and systematization of socioeconomic policies and programs in complex contexts affected by violence or human mobility. As an independent consultant and in partnership with consulting firms, he has led and accompanied more than twenty evaluation, systematization, and baseline studies of social and economic projects in Central America and Mexico, with an emphasis on youth, forced migration, human rights, and social cohesion.

Among the most important documents he has participated in/led are the Family Farming Plan (2011–2014) and its programmatic document, the Civil Society Proposal for El Salvador's Food Security Strategy (2019–24), and the formulation of El Salvador's National Agricultural Policy (2024–29), including components for producer training and rural awareness campaigns. In addition, he prepared the National Emergency Response Plan for Droughts and Volcanic Eruptions (2018), developing protocols for public access to newsletters and community communication systems. Between 2020 and 2022, he coordinated the development of 13 Municipal Drought Response Plans for municipalities in the Dry Corridor, which included awareness-raising sessions and training workshops for local authorities and vulnerable groups. Previously, as technical director of the 2004-2005 National Poverty Map, he facilitated working groups with municipal governments, civil society, and the Salvadoran diaspora to validate data and define territorial strategies. He also led the design of participatory Municipal Investment Programs, where the training of community leaders and the creation of transparent information channels ensured citizen inclusion and public access to the results of each initiative.

Recently, and before the closure of USAID operations, he was appointed as a leading expert in the promotion of the private sector in humanitarian emergency response for the project “Integration of Private Sector Participation in the Planning and Implementation of Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/MAPS-H).”