Retained Executive Search and Leadership Advisory across the US–Mexico corridor.

What people ask about the practice

Who is Jose J. Ruiz?

Jose J. Ruiz is CEO of Alder Koten (retained executive search) and Chairman of Anker Bioss (organization & people advisory). His practice focuses on VP, C-suite, and board-level leadership across the US–Mexico corridor, with deep specialization in manufacturing, industrial, automotive, supply chain, and nearshoring operations. He is bilingual and bicultural, based in Houston with offices in Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara, and London.

What does Jose Ruiz's practice do?

Two cores: executive search through Alder Koten (retained VP and C-suite recruiting across the US and Mexico) and leadership advisory through Anker Bioss (succession planning, competency modeling, team assessment, board advisory, and organization design). Search fills a seat; advisory designs the seat, the team around it, and the succession behind it.

What industries do you specialize in?

Manufacturing and industrial platforms, automotive and mobility, supply chain and logistics, nearshoring operations, US–Mexico cross-border operations, private equity portfolio companies, technology and digital transformation, and family enterprise. These are the industries where the executive market is most demanding — and where the difference between the right and wrong leader compounds fastest.

What geographies do you cover?

United States (Houston headquarters, Dallas, and cross-country reach), Mexico (Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Querétaro/Bajío, Tijuana, Saltillo, Chihuahua, and the border corridors), and international advisory through London. Cross-border US–Mexico work is a core specialty.

How is the practice organized — Alder Koten vs. Anker Bioss?

Alder Koten is the executive search firm. Anker Bioss is the advisory firm. They are distinct organizations with different mandates, deliverables, and fee models. Jose leads both; clients can engage either or both. Together they cover the full life cycle of a senior seat — designing it, filling it, and integrating the leader who takes it.

What is The Dynamic Fit Method™?

The Dynamic Fit Method™ is a work-first executive search and evaluation model. It defines the role as evolving work in context, then evaluates whether an executive can hold the role today and grow with the complexity it will require tomorrow. Its differentiator is connecting the role's rate of change to the executive's development trajectory — the core risk question is whether the candidate can keep pace. Anchored in the Anker Bioss distinction between Ability, Capability, and Capacity, and delivered through Alder Koten's seven-step retained search process.

What is the Anker Bioss Framework?

The Anker Bioss Framework holds leadership capability at three layers — institutional (boards, governance, continuity), organizational (design, roles, decision rights), and individual (judgment, capability, adaptability). If one layer fails, coherence fails. Every search and advisory engagement is calibrated against all three.

How do I start a conversation?

Reach out through the contact page or by email. Initial conversations are confidential and cost-free — a scoping call to understand the mandate, the organization, and whether search, advisory, or both is the right fit. If it's search, we open the engagement through Alder Koten; if it's advisory, through Anker Bioss.