Mr. Windholz is the President of Mackenzie International Strategies Inc., a consulting firm with offices in Montreal, Canada and São Paulo, Brazil. He acted as an independent international business development consultant for Brazilian, Canadian, and International firms. Mr. Windholz has been associated with programs and projects focused in international strategic planning and business development, creative problem solving, international marketing, joint-ventures, technology transfers, and capital project investments and its financing. He has had a broad experience as a consultant to Canadian, Brazilian, and International companies and has worked in mandates in Asia, Europe, Latin America and North-America.Last year, Mr. Windholz became an associate to the INXCL (Inner Circle of Excellence), an innovative organization, in the Think Tank model, which brings together successful business leaders from different segments, and which, due to the plurality of its members, as well as the strength of its capabilities, rethinks, in common and without prejudice, the themes of the country's business environment and the world that impact their companies.Before setting up Mackenzie International Strategies Inc., Mr. Windholz was the Corporate Planning Director for the SNC Group (today, SNC-Lavalin), reporting to the President and CEO of the Group for 11 years. SNC-Lavalin is an international leader in engineering and construction, and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure and in the provision of operations and maintenance services with revenues over U$ 9 billion. Previously, he held the posts as International Marketing Director, and Assistant to VP-Development.He is a graduate of Michigan State University, where he received his MBA in Finance and International Business, and from Escola de Engenharia da Universidade Mackenzie, in Sao Paulo, Brasil, where he obtained his degree as Electrical Engineer. He also attended basic and advanced courses in Creative Problem Solving, at Synectics, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.He gave courses in International Business at O'Sullivan College, in Montreal, Canada, and was a lecturer in the MBA program of McGill University, in Montreal, Canada, giving courses in Strategic Planning. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Brasil Canada Chamber of Commerce, he was the Chairman of its Telecom Committee, and ex-President of the American Marketing Association, Montreal Chapter. He is fluent in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, German and Hebrew.
Listed skills include Strategic Planning, Business Strategy, Management, Program Management, and 37 others.
