Management Team
CONGRATA
Management Team
Luisa Kregel
MSc, Founder – President – CEO
With over 15 years of experience in technology transfer to various economic sectors: aerospace, scientific research, and marine technology. She maintains an active interest in topics of green manufacturing, renewable resources, sustainable production, health, ethics, science, and technologies. She co-founded the Mexico Graduate Research and Education Program (MGREP) at the University of California Irvine. Luisa earned her MSc in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona; Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from UMSH; International Project Management from UC Berkeley.
James M. Schmidt
CPA, MBA – Controller
Jim brings over 20 years of accounting and management experience. During his career as an auditor of high-tech companies in Silicon Valley with Ernst & Young CPAs.
He has assisted start-up ventures with their financial strategy. Earned his MBA and BA degree in Economics from UC Berkeley. Jim also studied Public Policy and Governmental Process at George Washington University. Holds an active California
CPA license.