Alfredo José Anzola

Alfredo José Anzola Jaumotte (11 June 1974 – 28 April 2008) was a founder and the former CFO and Venezuela's telephone provider, CANTV, for managing the technology platform of elections in Venezuela. His father was Alfredo Anzola Mendez, and his mother was Christina Jaumotte de Galavís. with Antonio Mugica, with whom he founded Smartmatic in 2000.

Education

Alfredo José Anzola held a degree in Industrial Engineering from Andrés Bello Catholic University. He also began Alfredo José Anzola, along with Antonio Mugica and Roger Piñate, began collaborating in a group while working at Panagroup Corporation in Caracas, Venezuela.

Founding of Smartmatic

Smartmatic was officially incorporated on 11 April 2000 in Delaware by Alfredo José Anzola. Smartmatic was then a fledgling technology start-up. Its registered address was the Boca Raton, Florida.

Financial success

In March 2005, with a windfall of some $120 million from its first three contracts with Venezuela, Smartmatic then bought the much larger and more established Sequoia Voting Systems, which by 2006 had voting equipment installed in 17 states and the District of Columbia. shortly after takeoff from the Simón Bolívar International Airport, Maiquetía, Venezuela. The certificated airline transport pilot, two passengers, and five people on the ground were fatally injured. The flight was destined for Hato Airport (TNCC), Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. in both the United States and Venezuela; Smartmatic employee Eduardo Ramirez, The Minister of the Interior, Ramón Rodríguez Chacín, also traveled to the Rafael Medina Jiménez Hospital (a.k.a. Periférico de Pariata, state of Vargas) to ascertain Anzola's health. However, Alfredo José Anzola died at an area hospital.