Juan Carlos is a Civil Engineer with an MBA from Caracas, Venezuela who after working as a consulting engineer in places such as Houston, TX, Dominican Republic and Venezuela decided to quit his formal job and opened the Exercise Center in 2005, as co-owner, in Santiago city, Dominican Republic. He is fully trained by PHI Pilates, and is the first Venezuelan certified by the National Pilates Certification Program (NPCP). He is also a Certified Personal Trainer (N.A.S.M.), Corrective Exercise Specialist (N.A.S.M.), and a Yoga, Spinning and Rowing instructor.