Marcos Borges Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The VIMFF gratefully acknowledges the dedication of the Board of Directors. These individuals are leaders in the professional and outdoor community. They are a dedicated group who are passionate advocates of the vision for the VIMFF and work hard to achieve its strategic goals.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Increased Revenue by 40% from the previous year with a strong customer-centric approach, project management• Developed new business lines and procured supply chain in China, securing additional revenue streams for the company. Also performing due diligence and negotiating with vendors.• Implemented project management cost analysis providing accurate reports on profit for each segment of the business• Responsible for implementation of QuickBooks platform for better reports and accounting

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Managed and analyzed the overall efficiency of the back-end sales process to implement best practices on the B2B sales process• Leader of inside sales and customer service team resulting in faster response times to inquires providing better consumer satisfaction• Developed specific sales reports for Canadian and US sales reps enhancing KPI’s analysis• Responsible for booth operation and set up in specific industry events (Crankworks Whistler and Vancouver GranFondo)

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Responsible for the World Triathlon Store sales platform and provided support to product purchases increasing customer satisfaction• Involved in the entire process (pre-planning and execution) of onsite merchandise sales for Triathlon events which we successfully held in various locations around the world. (ITU Spain World Multisport Championship)• Planned new product line launch (cycling, triathlon, and running apparel) aligning manufacturer in China. Ensured that product ordering and forecast were delivered on-time and on-budget.• Interfaced custom sports apparel for triathlon clubs making sure the design team received customer inputs and requests for quicker turnaround delivery time in specific projects

Vancouver, Canada Area

As an outdoor enthusiast, there is no better place to work than MEC. Learning from very experienced work peers and tons of training provided by the company. Mostly allocated to work on Climbing, Hiking/Camping, and Cycling departments. Responsible for leading trail running groups into North Vancouver trail runs, learn to run clinics and running events.

North Vancouver, Bc

Working to offer Brazilian Specialty Coffee beans in micro-lots to Coffee Roaster overseas in North America. Developing direct trade relationships from farmers to roasters to help increase profitability for small family-owned coffee farmers in Brazil.

Ribeirão Preto Area, Brazil

Company created to import and distribute Audio and Video Consumer Eletronics to Brazil. Mediagear was founded by me and Edmar Hashioka in April/2004. Our focus was to establish a reliable distribution company for our retailers and international suppliers. We started as Harman Consumer Group (JBL, Infinity and Harman Kardon) exclusive distributor. Today we have a wide range of brands in our portfolio of products: JAMO, Energy Speakers, Monitor Audio, Marantz, Kimber Kable and Cambridge Audio. Mediagear has achived a steady growth throughout the years being awarded Distributor of the year from several of it's suppliers.Responsible for all importation process. Managing account directly in all Brazil states, responsible for a team of sales representatives.

Ribeirão Preto Area, Brazil

Responsible for buyer department, product distribution and price policy. Juaosom had a total of 9 stores distributed in the interior of Sao Paulo State. It was mainly audio and video retailer. I helped introduce Home Theater products into product mix, sales trainning and managing instalation team. The company sold products from major eletronic companies (Sony, Philips, Panasonic, Toshiba). As product margins decreased my goal was to maintain profitability looking for reliable supliers.It was where I had my first contact with importation and international negociation. After 2001 Juaosom was nominated the importer and exclusive distributor for JBL products at the Sao Paulo State in Brazil.

VHS, DVD video rental company. It was my own family business. Actually work there during several summer school vacation to make my own money.

Certificate, Marketing/Marketing Management, General

MKTG 3319 - Advanced Sales & Business Development MKTG 1550 - Social Media for Business MKTG 3406 - Brand Innovation and Development BUSA.

Bachelor, Business, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Swim TeamGraduated with Honors in Business at Universidade de São Paulo - FEA RP Campus.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Swimming Team Captain and Athlete, International Students Club, Track n Field AthleteStudy as Exchange Student.