Jose Isasi
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| Jose Isasi | |
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| Born | August 14, 1944  Havana, Cuba, |
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| Occupation | Chief Executive Officer |
| Spouse | Flora Maria Isasi |
| Children | Jose A. Isasi II, Domingo Isasi, Frederick Isasi, William Isasi |
| Website Que Pasa Media Network |
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Jose Antonio Isasi (Born August 14th, 1944 in Havana Cuba) is the owner of the Que Pasa Media Network, the largest Hispanic Media company in North Carolina, which comprises 3 newspapers in Charlotte Metro, Raleigh Metro, and Greensboro/Winston-Salem, four AM radio stations reaching across North Carolina, Makin’ It Work – Pronto!, a Hispanic marketing and communications company serving clients internationally, nationally and regionally, and other related Hispanic businesses located in North Carolina.
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[edit] Overview and Business
Jose Isasi was born in 1944 in Havana, Cuba and immigrated to USA in 1960. Isasi became a naturalized Citizen of the United States in 1971. In 1965 he married Flora Maria Appel and they had four sons: Jose II, Domingo, Fredrick, and William. Isasi has lived and worked in USA, Cuba, Venezuela, England, Japan, Germany, and Switzerland and has been a resident of North Carolina since 1976. Isasi's company consists of the following components:
Que Pasa Radio Stations
1000 AM Raleigh
1530 AM Durham – Chapel Hill
1220 AM Reidsville, Greensboro
1590 AM High Point, Winston-Salem
Que Pasa Newspapers
Winston-Salem / Greensboro Edition
Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill Edition
Charlotte Metro Edition
[edit] Community Involvement
. Member of the Board of Directors of the Forsyth County United Way
. Member of the Board of Directors of the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Arts Council
. Member of Board of Directors, BB&T Triad Region
. Member of the CRA Advisory Group for BB&T Bank – Forsyth County
. Founding Member of the Board of Forsyth Health, Inc.
. Member of Regional Board of the Maya Angelou Institute for Minority Health, Inc.
. Member of Board of Directors – Accion Hispana, Forsyth County
[edit] Education
. The Quality College – Crosby & Associates 1988 – 1989
. Carnegie-Mellon Univ. – Pittsburgh, PA - Executive Pgm – Westinghouse 1981 – 1982
. University of Birmingham – Birmingham, England – Post Graduate work 1975 – 1976
. University of Illinois – Urbana, Illinois – Master of Science in Engineering 1966 – 1968
. University of Illinois – Urbana, Illinois – Bachelor of Science in Engineering 1962 – 1966
[edit] Patents and Publications
. Granted 2 US patents for manufacturing technology with turbine components
. Authored / co-authored two technical books
. Authored / co-authored 26 technology papers in science and engineering literature
. Numerous national and regional keynote presentations
. Author / co-author of 11 papers in strategic product and marketing planning
[edit] Community and Other Awards
. Salvation Army Excellence in Leadership Award
. The Winston-Salem Chronicle Community Service Leadership Award
. Hispanic Business Person of the Year for North Carolina Award
. North Carolina Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence
. Piedmont Triad Technology Gold Award
. Japan’s MITI Leadership Award
. Benjamin B. Lanme Fellowship Award (The highest award in The Westinghouse Company for outstanding employee achievement)
[edit] In the Media
. Selected as one of fifty national Hispanic media executives who has made significant contributions to the Hispanic community by San Antonio based On The Edge Promotions organization– 5/07
. Featured on Bill Friday’s North Carolina People – UNC-TV, 2005
. Featured on Chris Matthews’ Business Carolina Show – UNC-TV, 2005 and 2006
. Named as one of the ‘50 Most Influential People’ in the Triad by Triad Business Journal, 12/04
. Named, along with his Que Pasa Media Network, as a ‘Fast 50’ company by Triad Business Journal in 2004
. Featured on the cover and in the main story in the premier edition of the national Marketing y Medios Magazine, a product of AdWeek Magazine, a VNU company, in September 2004
. Featured, along with his Que Pasa Newspapers and Radio Stations, in the December 2003 edition of Southern Living Magazine
. Named by the Triad Business Journal as one of the Ten People To Watch in 2003, 2006
. Featured, along with his Hispanic marketing and communications company, Makin' It Work - Pronto!, on the cover and as the feature story in the June 2003 issue of BizLife
