About OPX

Founded in 2005, OPX International was established for one purpose – for Ordinary People to be able to do eXtraodinary things through good business practice.

OPX International operates a customer or client friendly culture with great cultural understanding to promote diversity and inclusion, both in the workplace and in communities. Diversity is about serving and not consuming, and loving all people regardless of ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, gender and economic status.

We have over 10 years of experience in community/economic development, diversity training/education and leadership. Our team can get your company on the track to get organized, make a plan, and take action to promote growth and efficiency.

Some of our services include:

• Professional Development – Building team awareness in a culturally appropriate manner.
• Training – Diversity, Inclusion and Equity – What role do you play and what can you do.
• Speaking engagements
• Marketing Strategies – How to engage your audience in a meaningful, diverse and inclusive way

Our Team

Eric Idehen | President/CEO

Eric and his wife Emily live in Urbandale, Iowa with their four children. Mr. Idehen is originally from Nigeria, but lived in Ukraine and Spain before settling down in the United States. His wide-ranging career has given him a tremendous wealth of experience in diversity training, education, community development and leadership.

Mr. Idehen is currently the Vice President of Community Relations at Wells Fargo, but has a diverse background of experience that includes real estate, construction and serving non-profit organizations. He is currently serving as President of the Iowa Literacy Board and is a CultureALL Ambassador. Mr. Idehen also serves as an Iowa Community Capitol member, and serves on both the Wells Fargo Central Iowa Diversity and Inclusion Council and the Community Relations Diversity and Inclusions Council. Lastly, he founded Cornerstone of Hope Inc., an organization that provides care to orphans in Nigeria. In the past he also served on the Latino Chamber of Commerce Board and the Iowa Asian Alliance Board.

Mr. Idehen is fluent in English, Spanish, Russian and five Nigerian dialects. He has degrees in Quantity Surveying, Masters of Business Administration, and Masters of Philosophy in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He is currently working on his PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, with an emphasis on Organizational Diversity and Social Change.

Enrique Idehen | Vice President

Enrique Idehen was born in Madrid, Spain and immigrated to the United States with his family in 2001. He graduated from Urbandale High School in 2017. He is a professional sales representative for Vector Marketing and 2019 Vector All-American Scholarship winner. He is a junior at Simpson College, majoring in Clinical Health Science and minoring in Finance. Enrique is a member of the men’s soccer program, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Vice President of the Simpson Multicultural Student Alliance, and senator of Simpson College Student Government Association.

Juan Manuel Garcia | Vice President

Juan Garcia serves as Vice President for OPX International. In this capacity, Juan partners with business leaders to create a client responsive culture while developing winning teams, increase ROI and personal/professional growth.

Mr. Garcia has worked at ACT Center for Equity in Learning, where he was responsible for Strategic Partnerships, working with existing and creating new partnerships fulfilling ACT’s non-profit mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. As a polished communicator, Juan has represented many organizations in multiple settings, ranging from sales presentations to keynote addresses at the national and international level.

Prior to joining ACT, Mr. Garcia served as a champion of college access and readiness for the Iowa College Access Network (ICAN).  As the Executive Director of ICAN, Mr. Garcia established relationships with school, district administration, state and local leaders, as well as other nonprofits to reach at-risk students, ensuring that these students were aware of the support that was available to them for pursuit of higher education.

Prior to his work in improving education opportunities for our students, Mr. Garcia led marketing and promotions for the launch of a new Spanish magazine published by Meredith Corporation and served as an Account Executive in Latin America for the Hispanic Marketing Division of Donnelley Marketing, Inc.

In November 2016, Mr. Garcia graduated from the Harvard Business School program of Leadership Best Practices. In 2015, he received the award for Diversity and Inclusion from ACT, Inc. nominated and selected among all company employees. Mr. Garcia is originally from Lima, Peru and is fluent in English and in Spanish.