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

> Jose J. Ruiz is CEO of Alder Koten and Chairman of Anker Bioss. Retained VP and C-suite executive search and leadership advisory, delivered through Alder Koten and powered by the Anker Bioss Framework. 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 executive search and leadership advisory 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, together with Talentapy and Tutor.Media.

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.

## 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.

## Methodology

- [The Human Method & The Anker Bioss Framework](https://josejruiz.com/en/methodology/): How we work meets how we decide. Structured, evidence-driven process delivered through Alder Koten.

## Affiliated firms

- [Alder Koten](https://www.alderkoten.com): Boutique executive search and leadership advisory firm. Jose J. Ruiz is CEO and Managing Partner.
- [Anker Bioss](https://www.ankerbioss.com): Independent 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 Humano](https://josejruiz.com/es/methodology/)
- [Acerca](https://josejruiz.com/es/about/)