Dr. Cruz is married to Consuelo M. Cruz, a Medical Technologist. He is a scientist, engineer, and environmentalist who fits the role of savior in the global desire to preserve Mother Earth. He was born in Aguining, President Garcia, Bohol. After his elementary and high school education in his island municipality, he pursued a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering and finished the course in 1980 as a Southern Leyte State Scholar. He graduated Cum Laude in the five-year course. A scholarship grant took him to Silsoe College, Bedford, England where he took and finished Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering and was admitted as Intern at the Postharvest Institute for Perishables, University of Idaho, USA.

He also accepted the job of Assistant in Research at the University of Idaho Agricultural Engineering Department. Simultaneously, he enrolled for his Doctorate degree in the said school and finished Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Engineering. He stayed for two years more in Moscow, Idaho before he became Volunteer Specialist and Bioprocess Engineer at ACDI/VOCA. He was tapped for the United Nations Development Programme for TOKEN (Transfer of Knowledge Through Expatriate Nationals). After a couple of years, he was taken in as Vice President for Operation at S.I.I. LLC in Pendleton, Oregon. Since 2002 he has been President and CEO of Ecoenergy International, LLC of Craigmont, Idaho. In 2004 he was offered the position of Program Manager and Terrestrial Ecologist of Laboratory and Biological Services, CTUIR, Oregon. Through the TOKEN program, he piloted the production of coconut in the Philippines.

His work has been recognized worldwide, and he is listed in the 1999 International Who’s Who of Professionals, Gibraltar Publishing Corporation, 1999; and the 1000 World Leaders of Scientific Influence in 2001 by the American Biographic Institute. In 2000 he was chosen by the College of Maasin as Outstanding Alumnus in Science. A Registered Professional Engineer, he has written, published, and presented over 30 technical papers on bioprocessing, biofuels, and environmental management. His goal for the nation is to minimize environmental degradation, sustain the resources and be independent in producing its own energy.