Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations
The Autism Society of America, United States
Jose H. Velasco is SVP of Strategic Operations at the Autism Society of America where he oversees national programs and affiliate relations. Prior to his current role, Jose occupied corporate positions for 35 years in product management, consulting, development, strategy, go-to-market and HR/diversity functions. Jose’s 26-year tenure.at SAP included the role of VP of Strategic Programs under the Office of the COO, where he led the SAP Autism at Work program, yielding more than 600+ opportunities for autistic people across 16 countries.
Jose participated as panelist at the United Nations World Autism Awareness Day, testified before U.S. Congress on the “Global Challenge of Autism” and collaborated on the topic of Corporate Social Innovation at the World Economic Forum. Through his work at SAP Autism at Work, Jose and his team were featured in more than 1,700 global, national and local publications including the Wall Street Journal, CBS Sunday Morning, NBC, Fox, Inc. Magazine and Forbes among others.
In 2016, Jose launched the Autism at Work Summit, a conference series designed to foster collaboration between private and public sectors, academia, government, philanthropists, civil societies and the autism community with the ultimate purpose of improving opportunities for individuals with autism in the labor market. Jose is a past board member of the Arc of the United States and the advisory board at the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University.
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