“I thrive challenging the unexpected, strategizing, team-working, and openly executing profitable, progressive marketing solutions to conquer international environments. Commitment, creativity and integrity are the key to leverage capital investments, trade superior product and services, hence surpass customer expectations.” J.V.Jorge Valdes is a global-minded new markets strategist with proven, comprehensive expertise spanning every one nation in Latin America, Mexico and the Caribbean, USA, Canada, as well as selected countries in Europe & Asia. Mr. Valdes’ 30 years of corporate leadership have cultivated strong competencies in adapting business practice to diversified cultural and macro-economic environments while accommodating engineering, financing, trading, manufacturing, production, marketing and selling tactics for industrial and commercial products, materials and services, equipment and machinery.Mr. Valdes specializes on commercial trade in: construction & building materials/products/supplies, metals, alloys, electrical, roofing, geomembrane, waterproofing, sustainable/renewable energy, machinery, equipment, and metal-mechanics industries. Forthcoming and insightful, Mr. Valdes sustains a broad network of wholesalers, manufacturers, investors, independent contractors, representatives, distributors, top executives and trade associations throughout the region. His professional relationships reach over private and government organizations at Federal and regional levels in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Valdes has been granted public awards for his business and community outreach. He has actively participated in trade shows in the Americas and Europe. Additionally, he has engaged into lecturing about new technologies in major trade events in Mexico, Central and South America.Outstandingly develops new business opportunities, joint ventures and strategic alliances. Electrical Engineer with an MBA Degree; possesses strong entrepreneurial spirit and excellent qualifications adapting business practice to country-specific cultural and macroeconomic environments. Articulate decision-maker with a creative, team-work-oriented management style; led by principles of integrity and respect. Bilingual in English and Spanish; proficient in Portuguese; good knowledge of Italian.