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Spain

Viya formerly know as VITELCO is the largest full service communications provider offering voice, data, wireless, cable service, news and yellow pages to the USVI. Viya is one of the largest employers in the USVI. - Executive responsibility for leadership and management of Viya. Viya was the merged VITELCO and Choice Communications. Spearheaded the integration of the companies with very different cultures. - Divested the St. Marteen and British Virgin Islands cable operations- Doubled high speed data customers in 13 months reaching a market share of almost 70% without reducing prices- Deployed a new LTE 4G network and converted customers from 3 different networks (GSM, CDMA and Wimax) to the new one- Prepared and led Viya and its 400 employees through two category 5 hurricanes- Rebuilt the wireless network immediately and rebuilt 90% of the wireline HFC network- Reversed the declining EBITDA trend improving planning and execution- Reduced headcount over 12%- Developed and led the strategic planning process. improved processes, reduced red tape and improved customer satisfaction

Consulting group offering advisory, interim executive and project-based services to Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and US based clients. Primarily serves Telecom and Cable Industry.• Provided M&A assistance including identifying acquisition targets, performed due diligence, prepared valuations, and did financial modeling to support transactions and valuations.• Developed client strategies and advised on acquisitions integration.• Supported FP&A divisions on developing dashboards, forecasts and budgets.-

Presided the management group advising and supporting One Link Communications, Puerto Rico largest cable, internet and voice provider. We supported its sales and marketing strategy and increased business sales over 300% in the first year. Reporting o the COO, we helped create and achieve the strategy plan that resulted in the successful sale of the company to Liberty Media.- Provided M&A assistance during the sale of the company.- Developed and executed strategies to drive client growth and achieve operational excellence.- Successfully negotiated data and voice agreements to reduce operational expenditures and capital expenditures resulting in over 50% savings.

Puerto Rico Ports Authority is a government owned corporation responsible to develop and operate all the airports and seaports within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. PRPA currently operates eleven airports and ten seaports.- Managed over 1,200 employees divided in three different unions.- Inherited an organization with more than $900 million in debt and with a negative EBITDA.- Increased revenue over 15% and reduced expenses over 25% without affecting services or closing facilities.- Led a multi-agency team to successfully renegotiate debt financing.- Reduced over 12% the salary expense without the use of separation packages.

Facilities based IXC serving Canada.COO responsible of customer service, finance, engineering and provisioning.

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Finance

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