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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 92 employees and sales of $4m/year in four locations.● 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 contractors, budget and operations management. ● 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.● Reduced costs by 10% through a complete cost analysis of the payroll, as well as negotiating vendor contracts and services. ● Developed strong teams by being a hands on approach coach and mentor always leading by example and principles.● Maintained brand standards ensuring product quality and consistency, delivering extraordinary customer service and generating satisfactory experiences.

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. Sales of over $5m/year. Led a team of 20. Clients: LAN Chile / AeroMéxico / All Nippon Airways / Cathay Pacific & Dragonair / Etihad Airways / IATA – IBCS / Caesar’s Entertainment Hotels (Las Vegas) / Choice Hotels (USA) / Alaskan Dream Cruises / Variety Cruises / Hurtigruten Cruises / Dollar Rent a Car (USA -Europe) / AgentCars.● 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. ● Increased sales by 15% through a competitive benchmarking of pricing and offer analysis, avoiding getting behind the market trend. ● Reduced operational costs by 30% through cost analysis, analytical support for business decision making, and financial reporting.● Attended two International Tourism Fairs per year improving the company’s network, generating new leads for the business and increasing the number of tour operators around the world. ● Managed reservations systems (GDS) such as “Amadeus” and “Travelport”, handled air/hotel/car bookings systems and airline ticketing.

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