Three New Members Inducted to CSRC
At the weekly CSRC club meeting on Thursday, May 12, Alexis Sigala, Francisco Castaneda, and Hector Expana Ramos were inducted as new members.
Alexis was born in Guadalajara to a family of 5 siblings. He is the eldest and has two children, but is now divorced. He went to a technological school to study electronics, technology and later computer engineering at university, where received an award for being one of the best students in Mexico. He worked at Canadian communications hardware company Mitel as an electronics technician, and later for INCALPA. In 1998 he started a Design Business working under contract with many big companies. He also had a software development company at this time and started doing some business for a company owned by Carlos Slim This company, SIMA, started with 400 customers, and it now has 2,000 customers. Last year he started thinking about robotics and teaching robotics to kids. Alexis sees himself as an itinerate entrepreneur.
Francisco was born in Tequila, started his schooling in a private school and then studied electronics in Guadalajara, and received an MBA in Anthropology and Ethics. He later studied Robotics in Germany, and in 1990 was working for Kodak. More recently he started his own company – Cluster Robotica – here in Mexico. He is also President of an innovation project “INNCOMEX.” He’s married with three children.
Hector was born and raised in Ajijic and, 29 years ago, his family, headed by his older brother Manuel, opened the restaurant Manix. He is the youngest of six bothers. His mother served in the government years ago, and he just finished serving 2 ½ years as the Delegado of Ajijic. Under his leadership they organized a marching band for 35 kids and got funding for their uniforms and other materials. When he was a Delegado he would bring a student from school to spend one day as a Delegado with him so they could learn that they could one day become a Delegrado. In memory of the Russian ballerina who gave so much to this community and to kids, he has organized a group to repair the tomb where she is buried and place a plaque in her memory. On the Malecon there is an international garden and a fountain dedicated to Juanita Reed who also did so much for the Lakeside community. He has a program to teach kids the bad affects of drugs, and how to do more productive things like learning how to cook and bake. His “65 or more” program takes 70 seniors to the movies, buys them a coke and popcorn. They have also taken a group to the Zoo and another group to Scorpion Island for a picnic.
Past CSRC President and Membership Chair John Gonzales, the three new members and President Sheila Paull
Francisco, Hector and Alexis