Jose Castillo serves as the Senior Vice President of Informatics & Analytics at Alera Health. In this role, he spearheads transformative initiatives in data ingestion, normalization, analysis, and visualization, leveraging cutting edge technologies such as AI and Machine Learning to translate complex datasets into actionable insights. An engineer by training, Jose joined Alera Health in 2018.
Before joining the company, Jose spent more than 17 years working as the Engineering Manager for the leading Engineering & Construction company in Venezuela, leading large, multidisciplinary, multi-billion-dollar projects in very complex and multicultural environments around the world.
In academia, he spent over 15 years teaching courses like structural design, project management, and calculus as an assistant professor and served as the advisor for 20+ research projects for both undergrad and grad students. He was also a board member in the College of Engineering at his alma mater in Venezuela.
Jose holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s in project management from the Andres Bello Catholic University in Venezuela, and an MBA from North Carolina State University, with concentrations in Finance, Operations & Supply Chain, and Data Analytics. He’s also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2015.
In his free time, you will find Jose coaching youth soccer, at the golf course, or traveling with his wife and three daughters.