About Speaker

Roberto Miguel Larreal is an international security and infrastructure executive with over 30 years of experience leading complex energy and electronic security projects within the critical infrastructure sector. He is the founder and CEO of Smartech Security Corp., a U.S.-based electronic security integration firm delivering complex, compliance-sensitive solutions across commercial, industrial and government environments throughout the United States and Latin America, including projects aligned with public-sector requirements and broader regulatory frameworks.

In parallel with his leadership at Smartech, Larreal serves as a partner at Fortaleza Advisors, where he supports strategic foreign direct investment initiatives across the energy, technology and security sectors in Latin America. He also holds board positions with Global Solutions & Equipment (GS&E) and Favinca, both established EPC contractors specializing in large-scale infrastructure projects.

Larreal’s career spans decades of hands-on execution across complex and highly regulated environments, with deep expertise in energy infrastructure, extra-high voltage (EHV) power systems, and integrated security technologies. Known for bridging regulatory frameworks with real-world implementation, he brings a unique combination of operational leadership, compliance awareness, and cultural fluency across U.S. and Latin American markets. Larreal is particularly recognized for providing practical, ground-level insight into the operational, logistical and cultural dynamics that shape project success in complex international environments.

Larreal led efforts to secure authorization from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to
conduct activities in Venezuela’s electric infrastructure sector, successfully obtaining and renewing a specific license during a period of active U.S. sanctions. His experience provides a rare, practitioner-level perspective on operating within U.S. regulatory frameworks while executing projects in sanctioned environments, including compliance considerations, licensing pathways and real-world implementation challenges. Larreal is fluent in English and Spanish, can also communicate in Portuguese and Italian and is recognized for his ability to translate complex regulatory, operational and geopolitical challenges into actionable strategies for organizations operating in emerging and constrained environments.