As the founding owner, J.R. has served as Flatter, Inc.’s Chairman since its beginning in 2002. In this position, he leads Flatter’s global operations from the front – visiting each program personally to ensure his teams are motivated and performing up to Flatter’s standards of excellence. Concurrently, under Flatter’s wholly-owned “Flatter Leadership Academy“, J.R. oversees all leadership development, coaching, and coaching training projects and programs. J.R. complements his leadership skills, business experience, and analytical acumen with a strong educational background that includes a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Washington – with a concentration in Organizational Design, a Master of Science in Management from the Naval Postgraduate School – with a concentration in Multi-Variate Regression Analysis, and a Ph.D. in Public Administration from The George Washington University – with a concentration in Leadership Development. J.R. is happily married to the former Alicia Flores and they have four grown children and ten growing grandchildren – so far!
