André Buarque Email & Phone Number

Calgary, AB, CA

Orlando, Florida, US

As the Chief Marketing Officer for Liv Immigration Law and ImigrarEUA, I lead the marketing, product development, and sales operations for two dynamic and intertwined companies focused on providing exceptional immigration services and valuable content to our clients. My role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities, including:- Strategic Growth.

Calgary, Alberta, CA

• Managed, directly and indirectly, the operations/product team of the company, composed of project, product and development managers, software developers, QA Testers and Product Designers
• Created and implemented an Operations Dashboard to evaluate the team’s performance, optimize resourcing, enhance productivity and facilitate weekly reports to the executive team, leading to record numbers in team.
• Created, implemented and managed the official project calculator, fixing a historical pricing challenge. This project clarified markup, risk and overhead costs, keeping all projects under my supervision profitable, on.
• Coached and mentored the team leads to liaise with complicated client issues, adopt a data-driven approach as a new culture and lead the clients with integrity and firmness. This allows us to deliver endless legacy.
• Led the design of an entire AI service targeted to mid-size companies looking for consulting, including a detailed level of effort and pricing
• Created and implemented a new resource model connecting with several agencies worldwide to quickly assemble a squad, assigning it to a project during a fixed period. This allowed us to keep the business lean with a.

Calgary, Alberta, CA

- Part of the company’s executive team, supporting the growth strategy and budget for the following years, working side by side with the CRO- Connected our company to essential associations and organizations in the city, nurturing strategic opportunities while increasing our brand authority and awareness- Redesigned the company’s GTM strategy with the CRO.

Calgary, Alberta, CA

- Built the Marketing function from scratch, creating flywheels, designing marketing and GTM strategies and hiring, coaching and mentoring the team- Redesigned the branding strategy aligned with the long-term company vision- Led and coordinated our current channels strategy, hiring and mentoring the content marketing team- Improved the audience growth by.

Calgary, Alberta, CA

Serving as a Senior Marketing Advisor for Patronscan, giving support to the business leaders working alongside the VP of Growth advising on growth strategies.

Joined Keepo.io as a co-founder, responsible for the business management, strategic growth and funding prospects

Orlando, Florida, US

Supported the CEO and leadership team as a Business & Marketing Advisor.

Orlando, Florida, US

• I'm a shareholder at Citycatt, working directly with the CEO as an acting CMO and an Advisor. I've joined the company as an Advisor in late 2019 and moved to VP of Marketing in late 2020. Citycatt is a travel startup.
• Leading Marketing, Branding, Partnership and Product projects with a team working overseas, managing to accelerate results and initiatives, creating sustainable workflow systems;
• Hiring and recruiting talents to join the startup in key strategic roles
• Development of the Marketing, Product and Partnership departments from the ground from hiring to creating processes
• Advising the CEO on business development and operations, strategic planning, platform creation, product development and funding

Amsterdam, Netherlands, NL

• Managed and oversaw a team of team leads, senior and key account managers, and account executives distributed in two offices, Vancouver and Calgary; improved the region's service levels by 30%, leading the country and.
• Achieved a historical record of product implementation in the market and portfolio coverage.
• Exceeded expectations during COVID, leveraging proactivity and creativity to overachieve targets and KPI's.
• Embraced the opportunity to unify the two offices into one unit, thus improving the teamwork and collaboration through a streamlined approach.

Amsterdam, Netherlands, NL

• Assembled and directed a high-performing team developing a go-to-market strategy to achieve revenue, product adoption and growth over their portfolio and region.
• Provided commercial and consultative support for our partners in Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nunavut.
• Devised key marketing and branding strategies generating record-setting revenues while creating touches at every stage of the consumer purchase funnel.
• Mentored and developed high-calibre Senior Account Manager talents, sponsoring them to move to more significant markets such as San Francisco and New York.
• Significantly improved our annual employee engagement index from 40% to 85% in 3 years by building a high-performance and accountability-focused culture and open communication environment.
• Maximized partners' ROI by negotiating on their behalf important contracts with big local partner groups.

Amsterdam, Netherlands, NL

• Leveraged a combination of account management, team leadership, and business project abilities to drive sustainable growth and positive financial results. Achieved 95% employee engagement index and 100% manager's.
• Developed strategic planning for new partners for the area coverage and top partners growth through a comprehensive understanding of their key markets.
• Was instrumental in the successful opening of the Salvador office, liaising with several stakeholders from different countries.
• Trained 100+ employees as a company internal trainer in majors cities, establishing training practices with focus not only on Sales/Customer Service but also on employee-empowering leadership.

Amsterdam, Netherlands, NL

As a Senior Account Manager in Natal I had the opportunity to work focused on three main roles: team leadership, business projects and account management. Below, some of my responsibilities and actions.- Manage a team of Account Managers Hotels in North and Northeast of Brazil;- Daily management of team tasks and focus;- Strategic planning for new partners.

Chicago, IL, US

Moved to the city of Fortaleza improving the area coverage (now with the states of Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte) and managing a bigger team, supporting the company on a restructuring. It was a short time before being invited by Booking.com

Chicago, IL, US

Management of the sales team, office and company business in Natal, covering the state of Rio Grande do Norte.- HR: recruitment, training and optimization of the sales team- Implementation of the commercial office;- Prospection of the city's major partners;- Renewal in the mix of daily deals with new categories and opportunities;- Relationships with.

Guarulhos, SP, BR

In 2010 got a promotion within the role and continued to develop the work with different products. During the year, I was nominated for management and was part of the Development Program for Managers of the company, participating in various training over 1 year.

Guarulhos, SP, BR

Worked in medical sales for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Brazil with a portfolio of approximately 300 clients and POS, acquiring strong relationships with important local physicians.I achieved an award in 2010 as a sales leader with a product line and finished the year in the top 15 for overall results in the whole country. Attained.

São Paulo, SP, BR

Worked on a brief period, at the department of personal credit.- Account management- New business prospection- Implementation of a innovative project in outdoor prospection

Natal, RN, BR

For a short period, worked on a total of 7 projects as the lead designer

São Paulo, BR

With my experience in teaching, I became also part of the Wizard School of Idioms team, teaching English for kids and adults.

Rome, Latium, IT

With my experience in teaching, I had an opportunity to train around 90 students throughout a couple of years in Web Design and Basic Programming. I was also invited by the managers to participate in some internal projects as a contractor during this period.

London, GB

I've worked in more than 100 web projects, among websites, digital campaigns and ecommerce.- Account management and new partners- New business management- Production and development team management

Brasília, Distrito Federal, BR

Developed more than 80 web projects, internet advertising and online journalism in the Diário de Natal, a major newspaper in the state of RN, part of the Assis Chateaubriand group.- Development of internal websites, intranet and DN Online and Diário de Natal websites;- Project management as Carnatal Online, Columnists, Busca Diário, etc..- Won 3 awards.

I worked every day side-by-side with the owner of this mid-scale industry developing design solutions for all of its products. I've learned important principles about entrepreneurship, proactivity, organization and attention to details and had my first interactions with design tools such as Corel Draw and Adobe Photoshop.

Córdoba, Andalucía, ES

I've trained more than 300 students from different ages and backgrounds on computer basics, the Office suite and web design, being the youngest teacher in the team. I also participated in some internal projects as a contractor and had one of the highest review rates from the classes.

Certificate, Marketing Strategy

Publicidade E Propaganda, Advertising, Marketing