As MIT's Vice President for Finance, appointed in July 2007, Israel Ruiz advises MIT's senior administration on all financial matters and has a leadership role in the financial aspects of institutional planning and analysis.

Mr. Ruiz holds a master's degree from MIT's Sloan School of Management and earned a degree in engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He serves on the Board of Directors of the MIT Press and MIT Endicott House.

He joined MIT in 2001 as manager of financial planning and analysis, and was appointed director of finance in 2005. Previously, he had worked for Hewlett-Packard in Europe for five years, including assignments in Singapore and the United States.

He is married to an architect, Montserrat Minguell, and they have three children.