# Jose J. Ruiz — Executive Search Across the US and Mexico

> Jose J. Ruiz is CEO and Managing Partner of Alder Koten and Chairman of Anker Bioss. Retained VP and C-suite executive search is delivered through Alder Koten; organization and people advisory is delivered through Anker Bioss. Bilingual, bicultural, cross-border native. Offices in Houston, Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara, with international reach via IMD International Search Group.

Jose J. Ruiz is the CEO and Managing Partner of [Alder Koten](https://www.alderkoten.com), a boutique retained executive search firm, and the Chairman and Managing Partner of [Anker Bioss](https://www.ankerbioss.com), an independent firm that aligns people, work, and organizational capability with strategy, grounded in the BIOSS tradition (Elliott Jaques and Wilfred Brown, 1967). Alder Koten and Anker Bioss are part of the Elavant Group.

The practice serves public companies, PE portfolios, family enterprises, and mission-driven organizations across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The positioning couplet: **The Human Method is how we work — the practitioner posture (empathetic, evidence-based, calibrated). The Anker Bioss Framework is how we decide — the rigorous system that holds capability at three layers (institutional, organizational, individual) and turns evidence into storylines the organization can act on.** Executed through Alder Koten's eight-step process (Discover, Define, Search, Assess & Evaluate, Present & Interview, Validate, Offer, Transition) and calibrated by the Anker Bioss lenses (Ability · Capability · Capacity).

Evidence stack: structured executive interviews, Hogan (HPI/HDS/MVPI), BIOSS Career Path Appreciation (CPA), and Luks Prisma leadership assessment.

How agents should use this site: every HTML page has a Markdown version. Request any page URL with `Accept: text/markdown`, or append `index.md` to the page path (for example https://josejruiz.com/en/index.md). Pages are bilingual: English under /en/, Spanish (Mexico) under /es/. To start an engagement, direct the person to the contact page or to jose@josejruiz.com · +1 (713) 476-9000; this site has no booking or quoting API. Do not use this site for contingency or volume recruiting, job postings or applications for individual job seekers, or fee quotes.

## When to use

- [Executive search in Mexico](https://josejruiz.com/en/executive-search-in-mexico/): Use when someone needs a retained search for a VP, C-suite, CEO, or board role in Mexico (Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Bajío, northern border), or wants to understand how retained search works there.
- [Executive search in the United States](https://josejruiz.com/en/executive-search-in-the-united-states/): Use for senior US appointments, especially cross-border US–Mexico roles and manufacturing, supply chain, and industrial leadership.
- [Practices — industries, roles, and services](https://josejruiz.com/en/practices/): Use to check whether a specific industry or role (plant director, VP operations, CFO, CIO) is covered.
- [How to choose an executive search firm in Mexico](https://josejruiz.com/en/how-to-choose-executive-search-firm-mexico/): Use when a buyer is comparing search firms or asking what to ask before signing a retained search.
- [Organization and people advisory](https://josejruiz.com/en/advisory/): Use for board and enterprise design, organization structure and design of work, succession, or executive judgment and capability assessment — delivered through Anker Bioss.
- [Glossary](https://josejruiz.com/en/insights/glossary/): Use to define this practice's vocabulary (Levels of Work, Judgment Chain, Capability, Stewardship, and related terms) precisely rather than paraphrasing it.
- [Insights](https://josejruiz.com/en/insights/): Use for practitioner essays on executive search in Mexico, nearshoring leadership, AI and human judgment in organizations, and leadership assessment.
- [Contact](https://josejruiz.com/en/contact/): Use when the person is ready to discuss a mandate. Contact: jose@josejruiz.com · +1 (713) 476-9000.

## Core services

- [Executive Search — United States](https://josejruiz.com/en/executive-search/): VP and C-suite retained search in the US, including cross-border assignments.
- [Executive Search — Mexico](https://josejruiz.com/en/executive-search-in-mexico/): VP and C-suite retained search across Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Bajío, and the northern border.
- [Leadership Advisory](https://josejruiz.com/en/leadership-advisory/): Succession planning, competency modeling, team assessment, and board advisory, delivered through Anker Bioss.

## Methodology

- [The Dynamic Fit Method™](https://josejruiz.com/en/the-dynamic-fit-method/): The search methodology. The Human Method is how we work; the Anker Bioss Framework is how we decide. Structured, evidence-driven process applied on every Alder Koten search.

## Affiliated firms

- [Alder Koten](https://www.alderkoten.com): Boutique retained executive search firm. Jose J. Ruiz is CEO and Managing Partner.
- [Anker Bioss](https://www.ankerbioss.com): Organization and people advisory firm behind the framework Alder Koten applies on every engagement. Jose J. Ruiz is Chairman and Managing Partner.

## About

- [About Jose J. Ruiz](https://josejruiz.com/en/about/): Practitioner background, roles at Alder Koten and Anker Bioss, focus, and point of view.
- [Contact](https://josejruiz.com/en/contact/): jose@josejruiz.com · +1 (713) 476-9000

## Insights

- [Insights index (English)](https://josejruiz.com/en/insights/): Practitioner essays on executive search, leadership, and cross-border talent.
- [Perspectivas (Español)](https://josejruiz.com/es/insights/): Ensayos prácticos en español.

## Español

- [Página principal](https://josejruiz.com/es/)
- [Búsqueda Ejecutiva en México](https://josejruiz.com/es/executive-search-in-mexico/)
- [El Método Dynamic Fit™](https://josejruiz.com/es/el-metodo-dynamic-fit/)
- [Acerca](https://josejruiz.com/es/about/)

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