Jose Bohorquez M.B.A

 

Jose Bohorquez - Professional Summary:

Mr. Bohórquez has consistently been designated to lead the work of significant national and multinational teams, at the cutting edge of change, reform and organizational transformation. His responsibilities have usually been very wide in scope, intellectually rigorous, usually delivered against highly aggressive timelines and, in some cases, working under extreme, stressful situations.

He has completed his job as Defense Attaché in Beijing, China, where he was witness to the radical transformation ongoing in this country, its opportunities and risks.

Recently, Mr. Bohórquez was the chairman of the NATO Strategic Allied Command for Operations (ACO) IKM group, responsible for defining, planning and promoting the adoption of measures to fully implement at ACO a knowledge based structure and procedures. He also liaised with pertinent civilian contractors and other NATO agencies to identify, adopt and implement the technical capabilities required to sustain the IKM needs.

Concurrently, he co-led and then led the ACO team in charge of reviewing, attending to functional criteria, the structure of the Allied Command for Operations, NATO (15+ HQs, more than 12,000 personnel). The team also planned, and then implemented, the new functional structure, business processes and job descriptions (cutting by more than half the number of existing Headquarters and significantly streamlining manpower resources). During this period he briefed extensively at various National and Multinational Headquarters, both on NATO transformation and IKM implementation.

In previous assignments he led the Exercises Branch of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Spain, planning and coordinating the execution of more than 120 joint exercises per year. He also was Deputy Director of Staff for NATO Command in Madrid, in charge of coordinating and streamlining the activities of the different branches of the Staff (more than 200 personnel). During the NATO Kosovo campaign, he was Deputy Chief of Intelligence, NATO Forces, B&H.

He also enjoys a very wide experience in international relations as well as in the fields of analysis and intelligence on various countries. He has worked for more than 14 years in Central America, Morocco (he was a member of the "Maghreb Experts Group"), Turkey, Bulgaria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Belgium and now China. His responsibilities have included positions as Defense Attaché (Turkey, Bulgaria and China), where he has been able to sharpen his country analysis capabilities and his negotiating skills, as well as obtaining a detailed knowledge and understanding on those countries, as well as on world's geopolitics and geostrategy. He has also been designated to occupy important positions in multinational organizations (NATO, UN) discharging responsibilities both in intelligence and organization related positions.

He speaks native Spanish, and is fluent in English with more than 12 years of working experience, as well as a basic working level knowledge of French.

He has completed with honors a Master Degree on "Strategic Direction and Innovation Management" from "Carlos III de Madrid" and "Autonoma de Barcelona" Universities, and was ranked as "Outstanding" at the 2 year-long General Staff Course of Spain (Armed Forces Master equivalent). He has also taken many national and multinational courses in planning and management, intelligence, international negotiation, crisis management, and others.

He was designated the "Distinguished Graduate" at the Infantry Officer Advanced Course (USA), and was also ranked as number 1, in his class-year, at the course for promotion to Senior Officer.

He published several articles on local politics in the "Melilla Hoy" newspaper, and also wrote articles on peace-keeping operations for the Army magazine.

He has obtained many military and civilian commendations, to highlight six Medals of Merit, at the very top of his peers.

 

Jose Bohorquez - Professional Experience:  
Consulting and teaching on Strategic Direction and Change Managememt, Jul 08 -- Queretaro, Mexico

Defense Attaché, Embassy of Spain Jul 05 to 08 Beijing, China
• Senior military representative of the Spanish Government to the People's Republic of China conducting high level exchanges including heads of state and ministerial level visits.
• Directly serves as advisor to the Spanish Defense Minister on all matters related to Sino-Spanish military relations.
• Analyzes domestic, political and economic environment to identify and forecast short, medium and long term trends.
• Identify business development opportunities for Spanish Defense industry in the Chinese market.

Chairman, NATO Strategic Allied Command for Operations, Information and Knowledge Management Working Group Jun 02 - Jul 05
(concurrent) NATO, Mons, Belgium
• Identified, defined, planned and promoted the adoption of measures to fully implement a knowledge-based structure and procedures at NATO Operations Headquarters, from inception to completion.
• Liaised with pertinent civilian contractors and other NATO agencies to identify, adopt and implement the technical capabilities required to sustain the IKM needs.

Deputy Chief of Staff for Command Structure Implementation, Strategic Allied Command for Operations Jun 02 - Jul 05
(concurrent) NATO, Mons, Belgium
• Promoted to lead team responsible for planning and implementing the restructuring and streamlining of 15+ Strategic Allied Command organizations, including the new functional structure, business processes and job descriptions, resulting in a reduction of more than 50 percent of existing headquarters and rightsizing manpower resources.
• Briefed extensively at various National and Multinational Schools and Headquarters, both on NATO transformation and IKM implementation.

Chief of Staff, Tenerife Command, Armed Forces Jul 01 - Jun 02 Tenerife, Spain
• Managed all staff functions for 5,000 person organization.

Chief, Exercises Branch, Joint Staff of the Armed Forces May 00 - Jul 01
Madrid, Spain
• For the first time, devised a joint exercises plan with Ministerial level approval.
• Proposed, planned, budgeted and coordinated the execution of more than 120 training exercises including field, headquarter and computer simulations. Successfully operated within budgetary and time constraints.

Deputy Director of Staff, NATO Command Jul 99 - May 00
Madrid, Spain
• Implemented a new integral resources-optimizing system.
• Devised strategic guidelines for the coordination and streamlining of the activities of various functional branches, comprising of more than 200 personnel.

Deputy Chief of Intelligence, NATO Forces Nov 98 - Jul 99 Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Effectively worked in a multinational environment during the NATO-led Kosovo campaign.
• Devised a system for planning and coordination of targeting operations.

Defense Attaché, Embassy of Spain, accredited to Turkey and Bulgaria May 95 - Nov 98 Ankara, Turkey
• Identified several successful business development opportunities for Spanish Defense industry in the Turkish market, to include the sale of 12 CN-235 medium transport planes to the Turkish Air Force.
• Responsible for advising the Bulgarian Undersecretary for Defense Policy on implementation of measures required before the entry of Bulgaria into NATO.

Intelligence Branch Chief Jul 91 - Jun 95 Melilla Command,
North Africa, Spain
• Established a team of 30+ persons in charge of collection, analysis, elaboration and distribution of intelligence on potential opposing country and military forces.

Personal Advisor to the Commander and Operations Officer - United Nations Peace Mission (ONUCA) Dec 89 - Dec 90 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
• Advised the Commander on the establishment of the mission, negotiations with the involved parties, organizational and operational requirements.
• Elaborated operations plans and coordinated their execution by more than 280 observers and 800 combat troops, who completed the demobilization of the Nicaraguan resistance in less than 8 months, achieving one of the very few total successes in the history of the United Nations Peace Missions.

Different staff and command positions up to Battalion level, including nine years commanding combat units and Special Forces (July 1974 - July 1991)

 

 

 

 

Jose Bohorquez - Education:   
• Masters Degree: "Strategic Direction and Innovation Management" from "Carlos III de Madrid" and "Autonoma de Barcelona" Universities. Rated as "Outstanding - 95%".
• Masters Degree: Command and General Staff Course, National Defense School, Madrid. - Rated as "Outstanding" (2-year Armed Forces Masters-equivalent with emphasis in strategy, logistics, organization, leadership)
• Undergraduate Degree: Military Academy of Spain (Spain's equivalent to West Point) (5-year degree with emphasis in mathematics, physics, chemistry, language, history and leadership studies).

Additional coursework at:
• School of the Armed Forces of Spain; promotion to Senior Officer (ranked #1)
• US Army, Fort Benning, Georgia USA; (named "Distinguished Graduate")
• NATO School, Oberammergau, Germany

Spanish (primary); English (fluent); French (basic working level)

 

 

 

Jose Bohorquez - Interests:    

Sports (golf, squash, basketball, tennis); reading; computers

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