Gus Rodriguez Jr., is the Director of Operations for Beacon Services and in that capacity has responsibility for the day-to-day program management activities for Beacon.
He is the current Chapter President of the General of the Army Omar Bradley Chapter of the Association of the United States Army. Prior to serving as President, he served as Secretary-Treasurer for four years. As Fort Bliss prepares to become the home of the 1sr Armored Division, part of his responsibility as President will be to take the Bradley Chapter from a medium sized Chapter to a large Chapter that will be ready to serve the needs of a division sized unit.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce and Past Chairperson of the Chamber’s Business Development Division and Armed Forces Division and is a member of the Chamber’s BRAC team efforts. As Chair of the Business Development Division, he has worked with the current leadership to develop a series of outreach and training sessions to help El Paso businesses prepare the upcoming growth of Fort Bliss. Through these outreaches, over 785 El Paso business persons have been prepared and informed of the potential for their participation in over six billion dollars in contracting opportunities. He is now working with the division leadership to put forth a new effort on developing opportunities with defense industry in the region.
In his capacity as Armed Forces Chair, he coordinated the efforts behind establishing the United States Sergeant’s Major Academy Accompanying Spouses link to the Greater Chamber’s website. This effort attempts to find employment for soldier’s bringing their spouses to the nine month Sergeant Major’s course. Recently, he was invited to speak with all the post command sergeant major’s to discuss quality of life issues for soldier’s living off Fort Bliss in the El Paso economy.
As a founding member of the Alliance for Regional Military Support (ARMS) and current chair, he worked with community leaders to develop a regional approach to support the missions of Fort Bliss, TX, WSMR, NM and Holloman AFB, NM. Through the committee’s efforts they developed a marketing plan to promote this region as a prime location for future military missions and help grow the regional military complex and identified efforts that will support the quality of life of military service men and women and their families.
His Awards include: 2004 Fort Bliss Citizen of the Year, 2004 Outstanding Volunteer for the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Advocate of the 2005, Small Business Administration Minority Enterprise Development – Minority Business Advocate of the Year for 1998, El Paso Hispanic Chamber Business Circle Award for Excellence, the Fort Bliss, Texas Christiaan Petrus Fox Award, 1st Cavalry Division Order of the Spurs, the United States Army Field Artillery Order of Saint Barbara and the United States Army Air Defense Artillery Ancient Order of Saint Barbara.