Jose F. Cardenas

Mr. Cardenas is a senior consultant with Moreno Cardenas Inc. a multi-discipline engineering and construction management firm with offices in El Paso and San Antonio. During his career, Mr. Cardenas has been responsible for major engineering projects throughout west and central Texas and southern New Mexico in water resources; transportation; utility, and industrial infrastructure; site development; stormwater conveyance and flood control; and, capital program management.
In 2004 Mr. Cardenas was appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to serve a 7-year term on the Texas Board of Professional Engineers as Vice-Chairman. His other professional and civic appointments have included serving as Chairman of the El Paso Housing Authority and Chairman of the UTEP College of Engineering Advisory Board. He also served as a board member on the El Paso Sports Commission; the El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; the El Paso Chamber of Commerce; El Paso Hospice, Community En Accion; and currently serves on the CREEED board. Professionally, he has served as president of the El Paso chapters of both the Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) and ACEC-TX.
Mr. Cardenas has been recognized for his professional commitment to the engineering field and in 1996 he received the TSPE El Paso Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award. In 2010 he was the recipient of UTEP’s College of Engineering Gold Nugget Award and in 2015 he received the Texas Engineering Foundation Distinguished Engineer of the Foundation Award for lifetime achievement in the Texas engineering industry. He received a BS in Civil Engineering from UTEP and is a licensed engineer in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.