He has over 25 years of experience as a C-suite management consultant, diversity executive, organizational development and training professional, and journalist.
Throughout Europe, Asia, North America, and his native Latin America, Andrés has served clients in shaping their enterprise-wide diversity and inclusion business cases and strategies across industries—including financial, technology, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, government, not-for-profits, and education—with dozens of Global 500 organizations as well as non-US multinationals in Brazil, South Korea, and India. 
Andrés is the author of The Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era and the Transformation of Global Diversity, as well as the co-author of Auténtico: The Definitive Guide to Latino Career Success and of The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Leadership: Unleashing the Power of All of Us. He has also been published in major dailies throughout the US and Latin America, primarily through his writing for the New America Media wire service as well as on the Huffington Post. He is a frequently sought-after speaker globally on the topic of diversity and inclusion. 
Andrés is the recipient of numerous leadership and diversity awards and is currently serving on the boards of Leadership Greater Chicago, Jobs For The Future, and Ravinia Festival. He previously served as a commissioner on the Highland Park (IL) Housing Commission overseeing the city’s inclusionary housing code. He now serves in an elected position as Highland Park City Council Member. 
Andrés received a bachelor's degree in Modern History from Northwestern University in the Chicago area with an emphasis in Journalism and Political Science. He grew up in a bilingual/bicultural home in Lima, Perú.