Leandro Bego Email & Phone Number

Miami, USA

• Counseled and acted as an external business management consultant for Discover the World Venezuela, which is the leading tourist representation company in Venezuela.
• Designed, wrote and delivered training webinars to approximately 25 travel agencies quarterly.
• Acted as a liaison between Discover HQs in the US and the Venezuelan office for five years.
• Generated four new leads for Discover USA by reaching out and referring small and medium airlines in South America.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Led the developing and opening of The Cheese Course franchise in four locations, three in Miami Dade County (FL) and one in Boulder, CO. Managed an average of 300 clients/day per location, and 8 vendors. Led a total of.
• Led the franchise setup, installation and opening process for Downtown Miami and Boulder, CO locations, including vendor setting up, employee hiring and training, local permits, franchise compliance, handling.
• Reduced by 5 points the cost of goods sold by implementing a new inventory control software for the four locations along with the related new practices and procedures.
• Identified the most profitable cheeses for the business model, resulting in a reduction from 80 to 30 varieties of cheese for retail sale, reducing costs by 10 points in 6 months.
• Increased catering sales by 50% for the Downtown Miami location in 4 months through the development and implementation of a local promotional campaign.
• Increased profitability by 5% in 6 months through food cost analysis and prioritization of menu items, as well as continuos P&L scrutiny analysis.

Caracas, Venezuela

• Led operations and finances of a travel and tourism company turning it around and making it the leading tourism representation company in Venezuela. Managed a market of 1200 travel agencies and 30 travel wholesalers..
• Increased sales of LAN Chile by approximately 30% YoY in Venezuela through gaining the exclusive representation of the airline and tripling the number of weekly flights to the country during a 6 years period.
• Generated temporary profit over a 6-mo consulting project with Alitalia during their internal transition to the new owners worldwide.
• Modernized the payroll system, automating it in 4 months, which resulted in accurate and on time data.
• Created an over 5,000 travel agencies and 1,500 clients email database which resulted in sales increase of 20% in approximately one year.
• Gained three new clients through the identification of growth opportunities for them in Venezuela.

Caracas, Venezuela

• Led a Reconciliation Project, with a duration of 6 months, for the expatriates taxes accounts per ExxonMobil corporate principles and procedures, resulting in the successful conciliation of the accounts.
• Analyzed and reconciled in a monthly basis of accounting payroll and HR accounts.
• Processed payroll and accounting transactions, such as the expatriate’s payroll, record of settlements and transfers of employees.
• Elaborated and prepared JE’s for the payroll monthly-end close.
• Processed payment and managed the accounting of inter-company payroll charges between HQ and Venezuela office.

Bachelor'S Degree Accounting, Accounting

High School Diploma, Bachelor Of Science