Jose Beceiro

Jose Beceiro, based in Austin, Texas, is a Strategic Negotiator for Data Center Site Acquisition & Development at Google. Jose has 18 years of experience in business and project development, with most of his work centered in the energy transition and cleantech areas. His expertise includes clean energy project development, site selection, university research collaboration, economic development strategy, and corporate business development.

Prior to joining Google, Jose was the Director in the Site Selection and Incentives Advisory practice at Kroll. Before his time at Kroll, Jose was the Senior Director of Global Energy 2.0 in the Economic Development Division of the Greater Houston Partnership focused on building the future energy economy for the Houston region. Before that, served as the Director of Corporate Relations for Energy and Technology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he managed a portfolio of external industry partners representing leading corporations in the energy, cleantech, automotive, and high-tech sectors.

Jose holds a M.A. in Energy and Earth Resources and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a frequent presenter at industry conferences and thought leadership contributor on topics on the future of renewable energy, and an advocate for the Texas clean energy industry at the state and federal levels.