i am: J.R. Abueg
(He/Him/His)
My Vynamic Color
Gritty Green
Favorite professional work experience
Leading a Veterans Employee Resource Group that helped establish a hiring pipeline for transitioning Veterans to find meaningful work in the private sector
Past employment
United States Army, Slalom LLC
Best early career advice received
Be comfortable with being uncomfortable
My professional passion
Leveraging project management principles to bring order to chaos and building high-performing, collaborative teams
Why the Healthcare industry
As someone who suffers from an autoimmune disease, I wanted to dedicate my professional bandwidth to help organizations increase their ability to provide the best care possible to patients like me and to help enable more accessible healthcare within our communities
Passionate about
Helping the Veteran community in the Great Boston Community and beyond by being a Veteran mentor to transitioning service members and helping other Veterans find meaningful careers in Professional Services
My favorite book
My favorite book is East of Eden by John Steinbeck. To me, it is a soul-crushing yet beautiful narrative on the power of choice
Favorite travel destination
Every year, my fiancée and I go to a cabin tucked away from civilization in Vermont or the Berkshires. It’s the trip I look forward to the most!
Little known fact
I briefly attended the boarding school, Fettes College, that Hogwarts was based on
A Boston best kept secret
Bully Boy Distillers tasting room is a cozy, intimate spot with some of the best cocktails in the city. Their Rum Collective Vol. 2 is a personal favorite!
