Tony Valladolid

Experience

Experience shapes judgment.

Nearly three decades across public service, finance, executive government and advisory work. A different set of tools now; familiar questions underneath.

Selected experience

Selected roles.

Federal Congressman, Mexico

2006

Elected representation asks how public choices account for the people whose lives they affect.

Secretary of Finance, Baja California

Finance brings priorities, available resources and institutional responsibility into the same decision.

Chief of Cabinet, Tijuana

Executive coordination connects an administration's priorities to the practical work of government.

Advisory & Consulting

San Diego

Advisory work brings operating experience and cross-border context to the task of understanding a problem and weighing choices.

Founder & CEO, The Food Maestro

Entrepreneurship puts purpose and judgment to work on the everyday decisions around the family table.

The tools change. The responsibility does not.

Government and a startup are different environments. But both ask someone to understand a system, identify what matters and make decisions before all the information has arrived.

The value of experience is not that every new problem resembles an old one. It is learning to notice the consequences, the competing priorities and the people who may not be in the room.

Today, as Founder & CEO of The Food Maestro, I bring that perspective to work focused on helping people make better decisions and creating a little less chaos along the way.

See the current work →

One good conversation.

30 minutes. No pitch deck. Coffee optional.

Have a Virtual Coffee →