Jose Isasi

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
1470 AM Greensboro/Burlington
1380 AM Winston-Salem
1040 AM Winston-Salem/Lexington

Que Pasa Newspapers
Winston-Salem / Greensboro Edition
Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill Edition
Charlotte Metro Edition

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

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

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

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)

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