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Engineering lectures resume with president and founder of SEI Group, Inc.
Eloy Torrez
This fall, the Verge Fund Lecture Series in Innovation, Ventures and Entrepreneurship opens with Eloy J. Torrez, president and founder of SEI Group, Inc. Torrez will present a lecture entitled, “Energy Savings Technologies and Markets,” on Friday, Oct. 23 at 4 pm in Thomas and Brown Hall Room 104. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Torrez founded SEI Group, Inc. in 1996. SEI provides engineering, construction, facility operations and maintenance, plus energy saving and security technologies to the Department of Defense and other federal government agencies. In 2008, the company’s annual sales grew to $21.0 million with a staff of 121 employees. Mr. Torrez’s leadership has resulted in SEI Group, Inc. being a member of the 2004 Inc. 500, and since 2002, an annual member of the Hispanic Business 500.
Torrez has 39 years of engineering, program management and general management experience in the defense, aerospace, and construction industries. He is experienced in start-up, turnaround, and growth of small- and medium-size companies and understands the process of capital formation.
Prior to founding SEI, Torrez was a Vice President at Teledyne Brown Engineering. He led a corporate project to start up a commercial business in Mexico that provided the infrastructure to convert public transportation to natural gas, and establish a joint venture company with a large Mexican business group. Also, he managed the Operations Division, which was responsible for all equipment engineering and manufacturing.
Torrez served as the President, Missile Systems Division, Ferranti International, Plc, and President of ISC Aerospace, Inc. a Division of International Signal & Control Group. He directed all development and production operations of these divisions supporting a $430 million commercial contract with the United Arab Emirates Air Force to develop and produce an electro-optical missile system.
Torrez started his professional career with Hughes Aircraft Company, as an entry level engineer, and in fourteen years rose to become the chief engineer of the maverick missile system and a laboratory manager which is the fourth level of management.
Torrez earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from NMSU in 1970. He earned a master of science in engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1976. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of California. He was named an NMSU Centennial College of Engineering 100 Outstanding Alumni in 1988. He is a member of the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Academy, serving as vice president in 2007 and president in 2008.
For more information, contact Alissa McDowell at 575-646-7505 or malissa@nmsu.edu.
October 2009