BRAZ TEAM
JASON BRESLER | President & CEO
HUGO OGALDE | Head of Sales & Business Development
HUGO OGALDE | Head of Sales & Business Development
Jason founded Braz Technology in 2020. He previously held senior roles at Fusion from 2019 to 2020, Velocity from 2010 to 2019, and Future Electronics beginning in 2000 to 2010.
Jason is based in Austin, TX, loves spending time with his family and watching as much soccer as humanly possible.
HUGO OGALDE | Head of Sales & Business Development
HUGO OGALDE | Head of Sales & Business Development
HUGO OGALDE | Head of Sales & Business Development
Hugo joined Braz in 2025 after spending 6-years at Astute in their Austin, TX. Prior to Astute, Hugo spent 5-years at Velocity Electronics.
Hugo is based is based in Austin, Texas and has a degree Civil Engineering from Universidad de vina Del Mar in his native Chile.
HERNANDO PALACIO | Head of Procurement
HUGO OGALDE | Head of Sales & Business Development
CRISTIANA FAVERIO | General Manager EMEA
Hernando joined Braz in early 2022 after spending 15-years at Velocity in their Austin, TX and Cali, Colombia offices.
Hernando has a degree in Business from Tulane University and is based in Cali, Colombia. Hernando encourages customers and friends to come visit.
CRISTIANA FAVERIO | General Manager EMEA
CRISTIANA FAVERIO | General Manager EMEA
CRISTIANA FAVERIO | General Manager EMEA
Cristiana joined Braz at inception in November 2020. Prior to Braz, Cris worked at IPS Electronics from 2016-2020 and was a purchasing manager for Celestica Italy from 1990-2016.
Cris is based outside of Milan, Italy and also manages Braz's Italy-based warehouse.
NIDIA HERRERA, CPA | Treasurer
CRISTIANA FAVERIO | General Manager EMEA
NICK WEIGANDT | Account Manager
Nidia joined Braz at inception in November 2020. Nidia was previously the CFO and Treasurer at Aethra Telecommunications from 1998-2004 and IPS Electronics from 2004-2020.
Nidia is originally from Bogota, Colombia and is based in Miami, Florida.
BrazAccounting@BrazTechnology.com
NICK WEIGANDT | Account Manager
CRISTIANA FAVERIO | General Manager EMEA
NICK WEIGANDT | Account Manager
Nick joined Braz in 2023 and is responsible for Sales and Account Management in the United States. Nick's previous roles were in a similar capacity at SI Electronics, Avnet, and Future Electronics from 2019-2023.
Nick graduated from University of Michigan in 2018 and is based in Detroit, Michigan.
ROBERTO CONFALONERI | Quality Control & Logistics
ROBERTO CONFALONERI | Quality Control & Logistics
ROBERTO CONFALONERI | Quality Control & Logistics
Roberto joined Braz in 2021 and is responsible for quality control and logistics for Braz's non-US customers. Roberto's previous roles were at IBM in Burlington, VT from 1995-2000 and Celestica Italy from 2000-2016.
Roberto is based outside of Milan, Italy.
JUAN SANTANA | General Manager Mexico
ROBERTO CONFALONERI | Quality Control & Logistics
ROBERTO CONFALONERI | Quality Control & Logistics
Juan joined Braz Technology in 2026 and is responsible for account management in Central and South America.
Juan was previously with Benchmark Electronics, DERF Electronics, and Astute. Juan lives in Guadalajara with family and runs a 6-minute mile.
Juan.Santana@BrazTechnology.com