Director
S&P Global Ratings
Oscar works as a director within the Americas Public Finance team’s U.S. States and Transportation Group. He began his work with S&P as an analyst within the local governments group predominately covering cities, counties, and school districts. Oscar’s portfolio includes credit analysis for the states of California, Florida, Indiana, New Jersey, and previously Alabama, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.
Prior to joining S&P, Oscar served as a policy analyst for a member of Texas House of Representatives working on a broad legislative portfolio, including energy policy, public education, water policy, transportation, and criminal jurisprudence.
Oscar graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. He also holds a Master of Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
Our public finance experts will sit down for a discussion of the current state of the muni industry, including how key macroeconomic concerns and a volatile political environment are affecting the market amid another record year of issuance and the ever-increasing costs of getting infrastructure built.