Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 1, 2014

Co-Founder, Washington State Chapter of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly

Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft, 1998-2012

Technical Director of the NonStop SQL team, Tandem Computers, 1989 – 1998

Software Designer, Britton Lee, Incorporated, 1988 – 1989

Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department at Indiana University, 1986 – 1988

Member, Board of Directors, Plaza Bank, 2005-present

Awards:

One of the Most Influential Hispanics in America by the Hispanic Business Magazine
One of the Most Influential Hispanic by the Hispanic IT Executive Council

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

American Dream as we once knew it is in serious trouble, undermined by a confusing array of government policies and programs of all kinds.

Our leaders are taking us in the wrong direction, imposing a new version of an old, failed system of top-down central planning and nanny state policies. At a time when we desperately need to tap our American wellspring of imagination and innovation, the dreamers among us face too many government-imposed challenges and too much uncertainty to take risks and move us forward.

Because Pedro is an engineer by trade, he is the one candidate in the race with the skills necessary to bring fresh, results-oriented thinking to Washington, D.C. He has the executive expertise and personal temperament to cut through the political dysfunction, help fix our economy and know how to create jobs. Pedro will work to dismantle the obstacles that have begun to threaten our personal freedom and our opportunity. He will go to Congress to help restore America to being the place where enterprising individuals have every chance to succeed, prosper, and creates jobs so that others can do well, too.