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Dr. Miguel Rios Jr., through a company established in Albuquerque, New Mexico and facilities in 6 other cities, supplies many United States government offices and several private corporations with engineering and development services, including energy, space and information technologies in addition to testing and evaluating nuclear weapons and counterproliferation. Dr. Rios was born in El Paso, Texas on July 18, 1941. His family was from Mexico with roots in the states of Jalisco and Chihuahua.
He received his PhD in Physics from the University of Maryland in 1971 and led a post-doctoral research in nuclear astrophysics from Cal-Tech. After working for nearly a decade in Sandia National Labs on defense, nuclear energy and sun energy, he joined his wife Maria Estela, who had graduated in chemistry and mathematics, to create a company engaged in promoting state of the art technology and research and development services with a customer service oriented culture of quality. Thus ORION International Technologies was founded in 1985, pledged to a rebirth of the best of the Meso-American tradition for applying science through innovative development and application of new technologies: for the security and benefit of mankind, for a better future for all.
Today, the record of excellence of the company managed by the Rios couple involves the Road Runner Quality Award and a recognition as the “National Prime Contractor of the Year” granted in 1999 by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Dr. Rios was appointed Distinguished Professor of Physics and Distinguished Alumnus of the Cal State University at Los Angeles. He has been a member of several boards and professional committees locally, statewide and nationwide. He has lectured on Photovoltaic Cells in Mexico and Central America as a representative of the International Communications Agency of the United States.
In 1992 he was selected the Hispanic Engineer Businessman of the Year and in 1999 he was awarded recognition as the National Minority Businessman of the Year. He and his wife Maria Estela Rios were granted an “Award of Entrepreneurship” from the Mexican Government. All the awards and achievements have been possible because “the most important quality I got from my family, rooted in Mexican culture, is self-esteem. Because of self-esteem I have always been proud of myself, my culture and my family”. Miguel Rios, an example of the best of the latin spirit. |
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