Cisco Suarez

Francisco "Cisco" Suarez is senior vice president of Special Events at Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), the leading media company serving Hispanic America. Cisco is an award winning producer/director of some of the most important live events for Hispanics, including the annual Latin Grammy® Awards, Premio Lo Nuestro Latin music awards and Premios Juventud youth awards, in addition to special productions such as the 2015 search for the ultimate Latino boyband, "La Banda". Cisco has been responsible for producing an unbroken string of the some of the highest rated and most prestigious star-studded specials ever to air on U.S. Hispanic television, many of which are also broadcast to a worldwide audience across the globe. Cisco joined UCI in 1993 as director of Project Development for the Univision Network, after which in 2001 he was named vice president and director of Operations for the Company's second broadcast network, now named UniMás. Prior to joining UCI, Cisco spent five years at the Telemundo Network, as senior executive producer/creative director in charge of all special events for the network and all creative aspects for new shows. Before that, he served as executive producer/director of "Mundo Latino," a live 4 hour daily show with segments from Los Angeles, New York, Washington, and Miami for the Spanish International Network (SIN), the precursor of today's Univision Network. His career also includes previous roles as producer/director for CBS Miami affiliate station WTVJ and senior director for NBC affiliate station WPTV. Throughout his career, Cisco has received numerous awards and industry recognitions including, Emmy Awards, A.C.E. Awards, Premio Ondas, Europe's highest TV award; A.C.C.A. Awards, O.T.T.O. Awards and the Hard's Club Award as Producer of the Year.