Our Principals
Deborah Aguiar-Vélez - President & CEO Sistemas Corporation
Deborah Aguiar-Vélez is the founder, president and owner of Sistemas Corporation. An accomplished engineer and businesswoman, she is nationally recognized for innovative leadership in the areas of entrepreneurship, technical development and public service.
Ms. Aguiar-Vélez founded Sistemas Corporation in 1983. The company provides customized software and training for engineers, scientists and technical
personnel. Her clients include ExxonMobil, Baxter, BASF, Xerox, and Colgate-Palmolive.
Ms. Aguiar-Vélez is a member of the Board of Directors of SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company, Inc., where she also serves on the Executive, Human Resources and Finance Committees. The 63-year old company has more than 350,000 customers and $1.5 billion in assets. Ms. Aguiar-Velez has played a major role in expanding SBLI USA’s operations into Puerto Rico and other Latino markets in the USA.
In addition to her service on the board of SBLI USA, Ms. Aguiar-Velez has served on the boards of The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA and CoreStates New Jersey National Bank. She is listed in Who’s Who Among Hispanic Americans, and Who’s Who of American Women. She has been the recipient of numerous honors, among them IBM’s Hispanic Magazine’s Latina Excellence Award for Science and Technology.
Ms. Aguiar-Velez earned her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering with honors from the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and has attended two executive education programs at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire and the Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachussetts.
German Vélez - Vice President, Senior Consultant
Mr. Vélez holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. He has completed graduate studies toward a Masters in Computer Science at the New Jersey and Massachusetts Institutes of Technology. He has more than 30 years of experience in the engineering and information technology fields.
Prior to joining Sistemas in 1985, Mr. Vélez was a Senior Engineer with EXXON Chemical Company. Earlier, he was an Assistant Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Puerto Rico.
