Jose Navarrete Cruz

Professor Jose Navarrete Cruz is the founder and Chief Financial Officer of an Education in Technology company here in the Inland Empire. He has over 10 years of experience working for and supporting entrepreneurial ventures. Everything from e-Commerce, education, and even hospitality businesses.

Aside from his business endeavors, he has been a Finance Professor here at CSUSB since 2016. He has taught and continues to teach courses in Corporate Finance, Financial Theory & Practice, Investments, International Finance, Derivatives, Financial Analysis, and Business Plan Development. He also teaches at an ACSB-accredited private university. In addition, he is a regular visiting professor at one of the top universities in Vietnam.

He has served as the advisor for the Master of Accounting and Finance Association and for the Financial Management Association here at CSUSB. He is also a member of the MBA Advisory Board and Finance Advisory Board at CSUSB.

He is a fellow Coyote and received three bachelor’s degrees from California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) along with two master’s degrees. He graduated as a member of five honor societies, graduated Cum Laude, and graduated as the top student in Real Estate during his undergraduate studies. As part of his graduate education, he completed a dual MBA in entrepreneurship and finance.

He sees himself as an entrepreneur, but most importantly as an educator. He continually works with his students in helping them navigate their way through their educational endeavors and believes that hard work and perseverance can lead to great achievements.