Individuals: Advice, coach & counsel individuals to guide their critical decisions, plan strategically, improve personal relations and balance their personal growth and development. Executive teams: Advise, consult and facilitate executive teams to improve their ability to act in concert when facing adversity drawing from the collective experience and contrasting interests of everyone around the table. Toolbox:Clarify assumptions: Verify market conditions & existing mental-models.… Show more Individuals: Advice, coach & counsel individuals to guide their critical decisions, plan strategically, improve personal relations and balance their personal growth and development. Executive teams: Advise, consult and facilitate executive teams to improve their ability to act in concert when facing adversity drawing from the collective experience and contrasting interests of everyone around the table. Toolbox:Clarify assumptions: Verify market conditions & existing mental-models. Get better information: Provide alternative viewpoints paths for consideration. Test plans on the books: conduct “what-if” scenarios and stress test contingency plans. Resolve communication issues: Facilitate resolution of interpersonal, inter-group, and cross cultural communication issues. Look at market reality: Investigate adjacencies and existing market assumption. Customized case study scenarios: Place executives into a realistic set of specific circumstances and let them figure out how to move forward towards resolution. Follow with a lessons learned debrief and determine what needs to change as a consequence of knowledge learned.Open up the discourse: Facilitate open discourse of executive groups. Provide a frank confidential environment for sharing knowledge to build consensus.Think like the competitor: Conduct competitive intelligence and independent market research using qualitative methods. Show less

Performed qualitative and quantitative market research in service sector, medical devices, plastics industry and others. Led & facilitated executive strategic plan development and roll out. Developed, administered and evaluated culture change assessment tools used by multinational, multicultural firms and organizations. Conducted work in English & Spanish.

We purchased, rehabilitated and updated housing into affordable modern housing. We recycled houses to current market standards, to fit into their emerging communities and to provide owners affordable convenience with the modern utility of a new house.

Executive MBA, Part-time MBA, Full-time MBA and Undergraduate CBA: Taught executive MBA courses in multiple cities. Primarily taught undergraduate & graduate Marketing from a practitioner perspective. Developed case-based courses in International Business Practice, Sales Management and Organizational Behaviour. Conducted classwork at multiple campus locations, at corporate facilities & online. Tried to make it real for students because business is a contact sport.

Taught leadership courses at the Graduate School of Leadership & Professional Advancement. Contributed to running a web-based leadership simulation with faulty from Carnegie Mellon University.

Program Development & Case Study Writing. Designed experiential learning client-specific to capture the participant’s authentic day-to-day reality and engage them in lively discussion and meaningful evaluation of real issues and challenges. Cases “felt authentic” giving participants perspective and motivation to change belief systems and workplace behaviour.Talent and Performance Measurement: Created survey instruments capture “before-state” needs and attitudes to compare results “after”… Show more Program Development & Case Study Writing. Designed experiential learning client-specific to capture the participant’s authentic day-to-day reality and engage them in lively discussion and meaningful evaluation of real issues and challenges. Cases “felt authentic” giving participants perspective and motivation to change belief systems and workplace behaviour.Talent and Performance Measurement: Created survey instruments capture “before-state” needs and attitudes to compare results “after” delivery. Metrics measure program success and identify hot-spots in employee engagement and talent management. Show less

Led short-term advisory projects that provided business owners market knowledge and insight. Some projects were intended to prove or disprove widely held industry notions regarding the working of the market. Other projects were conducted to discover alternative markets or customers for existing product offerings. Some projects addressed new recruiting methods to attract young employees to a field of work.Coordinated the analytical work of student researchers and coached the delivery of… Show more Led short-term advisory projects that provided business owners market knowledge and insight. Some projects were intended to prove or disprove widely held industry notions regarding the working of the market. Other projects were conducted to discover alternative markets or customers for existing product offerings. Some projects addressed new recruiting methods to attract young employees to a field of work.Coordinated the analytical work of student researchers and coached the delivery of results to business owners, providing a rich immersive experience for all involved. These projects were intended to provide clients with new perspectives, to reframe their perspective on their market challenges & create novel pathways to move forward. Typically, engagements lasted 4 to 8 weeks beginning to end with actionable recommendations to business owners. Show less

Served on Board of Directors at faith based organization serving at-risk children build academic skills and improve school performance. Revamped communication strategy with donors and foundations to highlight positive alumni outcomes, and scalability of services provided. Programmatic activity included tutoring, judo competition and golf instruction. Students learned how to manage emotions better, make responsible decisions, and to set positive personal goals by fortifying their… Show more Served on Board of Directors at faith based organization serving at-risk children build academic skills and improve school performance. Revamped communication strategy with donors and foundations to highlight positive alumni outcomes, and scalability of services provided. Programmatic activity included tutoring, judo competition and golf instruction. Students learned how to manage emotions better, make responsible decisions, and to set positive personal goals by fortifying their social-emotional skills. Show less

Developed and facilitated MBA case based instruction including; Business Policy Capstone, Marketing Management and International Business. Also led coursework in Organizational Behavior, Conflict Resolution, Business Valuation Methods, and Project Management. Administrative: Led faculty efforts to standardize curriculum in MBA core classes (2014). Led inaugural International Business MBA course taking students to European Union to conduct their studies 2005.

Estimated client’s intangible asset values, brand equity, strength of reputation in legal proceedings and purchase & sale transactions. Tied workplace productivity, employee engagement and customer satisfaction to business profits to inform management decisions.

Sold Executive Assessments and succession planning tools to local Fortune 500 firms. Extensive work in Supermarket industry and automobile coating manufacturing. Work conducted in both English & Spanish.

Food Broker to supermarkets in Puerto Rico. Produce, detergents, and canned goods. Worked with branded and private label providers. Developed Market Plans and executed sales for consumer goods in Latin America. Defined product specifications, packaging, market research, sales objectives, positioning, channel management & performed sales training. Negotiated long-term vendor & distributor agreements in Latin America. Work conducted in both English & Spanish.

• Represented various grocery store products such as potatoes, lettuce, eggs, and tofu to supermarket owners and distributors in Puerto Rico.• Negotiated contracts and pricing agreements to ensure profitable partnerships.• Developed strong relationships with clients to understand their needs and provide tailored solutions.

Bought/Sold metal commodities, carbon products and consumer goods. Negotiated long-term vendor-distributor agreements in Latin America. Export Management Company. Marketed and sold special chemistry ferrous scrap to markets in Caribbean, developed and sold Private Label detergents, deli meats and chesses for consumer markets in the Caribbean. Conducted all work in English and Spanish.