Gabriel Flores

Gabriel Flores, MPA

Gabriel Flores is a recently retired Vice President and Director of Ethics for Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas. Gabriel worked for the company for 22 years after graduating with a Master of Public Administration (with a focus on labor) and a B.A. in History from Texas Tech University. He started his TI career in the Lubbock operation as an entry level Human Resources professional. Over the course of his career, Gabriel held several leadership positions in HR, including Vice President for TI's global semiconductor technology and manufacturing, which included more than 20 factories and 20,000 employees throughout the US, Europe and Asia. Some of his favorite challenges over the years included the hiring and mentoring college graduates, global acquisitions and divestitures and being a steward of TI's culture and work environment - especially in its global factories. 

Gabriel attended Texas Tech on a full academic scholarship, and during college he made a commitment to repay it in some way. In 2015, he and wife Kristin announced an endowed scholarship for women to attend Tech. It is named in honor of his mother, Delma Orosco. He also serves on Dr. Sheridan's Dean's Advisory Council. In Dallas, Gabriel is on the Board for the Dallas County Community College District Foundation, which is gaining national acclaim for the Dallas Promise, a commitment to any graduating high school students to cover the cost of community college in Dallas County. 

Gabriel is looking forward to his next chapter, in which he intends to continue to use and share the lessons learned from a career in high tech, growing as an advocate for the field of education and paying back what he believes to be an inordinate amount of opportunities to succeed that were provided by people and institutions throughout his life.