Vernon Pérez Rubio Artee (born 28 February 1956) is a Mexican businessman and politician. At present, he is a local deputy, elected by proportional representation by the Partido Verde Ecologista de México party, in the LX Legislature of the Congress of Sonora.
Education and career
His political activity started when he was named student representative in the Sonora Institute of Technology, on a student movement context in Sonora state at the end of the sixties and beginning of the seventies. He nearly faced governmental repression when the Candidate for Governor, Carlos Armando Biebrich, visited Ciudad Obregón as part of his campaign in 1973, in an environment of student rejection against him; state agents were accused of shooting inside the campus on this events. He was touched by this and it influenced his political views in the coming years. He was a member of the Mexican Communist Party from 1971 to 1974, during the party's clandestine period.
As he was enrolled on the Universidad de Sonora´s civil engineering program, he steps out of political activity, and obtains his first job in 1978 as draftsman in the Secretariat of Agrarian Reform. One year after finishing his studies, in 1980, he was promoted as Coordinator of the Yaqui and Mayo Program, on the same Secretary. In 1983, he was hired as projector in the Sonora State Government.
Business career
He is a businessman since 1984, working as a constructor and real state developer in housing, touristic and commercial projects; since that year, he is President and Shareholder of Krane Group S.A. de C.V. This company gives consulting services for business for foreign investors in Mexico, such as: business analysis, site selection, legal consultation, construction, HR recruitment, cross-cultural training, and housing programs. In 1996 he becomes Shareholder of Edificaciones Modernas de Sonora S.A. de C.V., a housing construction company in Nogales, Sonora. Since June, 2000, he is Secretary and Shareholder of Operadora de Negocios Inmobiliarios, S.A. de C.V. He is also President and Shareholder of Inmobiliaria del Río Sonora S.A. de C.V. since October, 2002 to date, and from January, 2003 he is appointed President and Shareholder of Afel Constructores S.A. de C.V.
Political career and public service
He was appointed Chief Executive of Urban Development in Hermosillo Municipality in 1991, under Guatimoc Yberri's administration. This position was related with the development planification of the city of Hermosillo, activity that it will continue under other public service positions in the near future, working aside with the architect Gustavo Aguilar Beltran. During this appointment under the county's administration, he modified Hermosillo's downtown road structure, looking for a 35% improvement in efficiency.
State Government
In 1993, he was appointed Coordinator of the Commission of Goods and Concessions of the State of Sonora, a position created during Manlio Fabio Beltrones state administration, for the identification of the state goods and resources and, in order to use them efficiently. He leaves that position in 1993, and appointed Secretary of Urban Infrastructure and Ecology, under the same administration. On this position, he boosted the work on the modernization of Hermosillo, among them, the Vado del Río Zone, the vaulting if Yucatán Street (among other pluvial modernization works), which included a 20 million pesos investment during the first three years of the Manlio Fabio Beltrones state administration; he also boosted the development of the Solidaridad Boulevard, as well as the creation of a vehicle inspection program.
He also upgraded the modernization of the north and northwest area of Sonora, mainly the Puerto Peñasco, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonoyta, and Nogales counties. In Nogales, he worked on the city's drinking water total coverage, with a 20-year guaranteed service. This work was made as a result of the negotiation of federal and international resources, without using any county or state resources. In 1995, he became a member of the Advisory Council of the Border Ecological Cooperation Commission, until 1997. In Puerto Peñasco Municipality, he worked a zoning program, organizing a total of lands of 104, 385 hectares, of which highlights 10,971 hectares for a touristic reserve and productive activities, 8,671 hectares for a low-density touristic-housing reservation, and 6,462 hectares for a medium-density touristic-housing reservation.