Rene has been in engaged in the construction and real estate development industries for over 35 years (Formerly VP Zachry Hospitality and Zachry Realty). He left Zachry after 35 years to start a real estate development company with Julissa Carielo, and started a new career path as a business owner. He was her mentor 14 years ago and now they are in business together, but the guts to leave a large corporation to take such a big risk! It’s never too late to live your dream. He has a firm belief in giving back and spent most of his career sharing his experience with small businesses and his profession by assuming leadership roles in industry associations and taking advantage of every opportunity he had to help establish small business advocacy programs and teaching. In 2019, Rene and Julissa Carielo (Episode 8: "Dream On") co-founded and launched the new DreamOn Group with a purpose to build things that matter by utilizing their team’s expertise for a greater cause.