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Dr. Joe Perez

NC Dept. of Health & Human Services
Senior Systems Analyst
Raleigh, North Carolina


Having received both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in secondary education, Joe began a ten-year career as a high school teacher providing instruction in economics, Spanish, Bible, and computers. While in his teaching career, he furthered his graduate education, earning a doctorate degree in education with a double-minor in computers and theology. His career focus changed to IT in the early 1990’s, when he started as a Computer Consultant at NC State University. Three promotions later, Dr. Perez ended his successful 25-year career at NC State as Business Intelligence Specialist when he took another promotion to become Senior Business Analyst at the NC Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) in the fall of 2017, and has since been promoted to Senior Systems Analyst and Team Lead. With more than 10,000 followers on LinkedIn and several professional certifications, Perez has stayed active in the IT, HHS, and higher education communities as a much sought-after resource, highly-recommended international keynote speaker, data analytics & visualization expert, dynamic educator, and specialist in efficiency and process improvement. In addition to his full-time BI/analytics leadership role at DHHS, Perez was named Chief Technology Officer at SolonTek Corporation in October 2020.


Through the years, Dr. Perez has never lost his love for teaching, having been a guest speaker for many organizations and internationally-recognized podcasts. When he takes a break from work and speaking, he enjoys spending time with his wife of more than 30 years and their children, whom he says comprise the "best thing that ever happened to me." He also sings, plays the piano, composes songs, serves on multiple advisory boards, and has performed radio PSA's and voice-overs for schools and other organizations. He also serves as pianist and music director to his church’s Hispanic ministry, teaches their Men’s Bible Fellowship class, and interprets the sermons to either Spanish or English, depending upon the audience. If there's any spare time left, he enjoys publishing a monthly military newsletter (as editor-in-chief of “The Patriot News”), working out in the gym, is an avid reader, and tries to catch up on the occasional Star Trek rerun. "A busy life indeed, but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. You see, I’m a firm believer that if I’m not innovating, then I’m stagnating," says Joe.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwperez/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jwperezman