Federico Baptista has held senior managerial positions at energy companies servicing Venezuela and the Caribbean including: MEDIDO, C.A., a joint venture in Oil & Gas drilling and upstream technology service provider; Exxon Americas and Exxon Chemicals de Venezuela; Industrias Venoco, C.A., a Venezuelan lubricants and petrochemical intermediates manufacturing group; and a partner in Phoenix Internacional, an Original Equipment Manufacturer for upstream and downstream technologies, and water and gas secondary recovery services provider. He was elected four years as First Vice-President of the Centro Venezolano-Americano, a private non-profit association promoting cultural exchange between Venezuela and the U.S. He is a Chemical Engineer graduated from the Universidad Central de Venezuela and Purdue University-West Lafayette, Indiana campus.