Career
In 1996, Jofre co-founded the Canadian Network of Language Industries Network (CLIN-RCIL), and sat on its Sectoral Committee, in response to a federal government mandate to bring the language industry together. From 2002–2003, he sat on the steering committee of the Language Industry Technology Roadmap (LITR), an initiative set in motion by Industry Canada and the National Research Council of Canada, whose aim was to “identify the stakeholders in this industry, determine their profile, pinpoint growth sectors, take stock of Canadian research in those fields, and suggest measures to ensure a leadership position at the international level”. Jofre was also the only Canadian on the United Nations/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Digital Nations Board (1999–2002), whose first mandate was to explore Esperanto, the most widely spoken constructed auxiliary language in the world.
Oscar’s leadership has transformed BoardSuite into the Global leader as a Crowdfunding Infrastructure Platform (CFIP).
He also sits on the Executive Council of the Midmarket Alliance in the United States (). Jofre was recognized as one of the 10 most influential Hispanic Canadians in 2008, and in May 2010, Jofre was recognized by Prime Minister Stephen Harper among a delegation of past award winners of the "10 most influential Hispanic Canadians".
