Mr. Gomez graduated in 1958 from a five-year engineering experimental program sponsored by the University of Santo Domingo and the University of Puerto Rico. He presently holds professional engineering licenses from several states as well as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. He gained his extensive experience by working first as a structural engineer, secondly as a prefabrication engineer, thirdly as a soil engineer and lastly as a forensic engineer both in Puerto Rico and the State of Florida.