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Raul G. Gaya is the President of JR Technical and Development Group.  He has been a professional engineer for more than 40 years, with experience in transportation, project management, civil and structural engineering, and environmental permits, audits and impact declarations.  He has orchestrated health seminars and training for safety in the workplace.  Strategic relationships with international firms have produced several large infrastructure projects in Puerto Rico, such as a feasibility study for an urban intra-transit system, a preliminary design for a mass transit system and a tourist train, and a compressed natural gas energy alternative for the north coast.

Mr. Gaya’s successful professional trajectory includes the pharmaceutical industry, and the municipal and federal governments. He consults for state agencies such as the Puerto Rico Road and Highway System, the Department of Transportation and Public Construction, and the Environmental Quality Association. He has worked on billions of dollars’ worth of infrastructure projects.  He has sought European groups interested in developing a train system within Puerto Rico, and has developed a master plan for the administration of the water supply for the Island.

Additional projects of Mr. Gaya’s are the structural designs of 20 vertical gymnasiums  for Venezuela, the Guaicamacuto and Caribe Hotels, the La Rinconada Baseball Stadium, Sams Club construction atop a marsh, and the expansion of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Humacao.  He has designed and managed the construction of 6 aqueduct and sewer projects, the Hernandez Airport Rescue and Fire Prevention Unit, and the La Familia Pawn Service chain.

Raul Gaya received his chemical engineering degree from Northwestern University.  He is affiliated with the Puerto Rican College of Engineers and Surveyors and the Chamber of Commerce.  He has written many technical documents, and has also been involved with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the French Alliance of Puerto Rico.