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Coral Gables, Florida, United States

• Directed farming, commercial, processing and export operations in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Panama and Brazil
• Turned around underperforming Nicaraguan unit by improving management team, controlling excessive OPEX spends, improving operational processes, client service, and pricing strategy, and uplifting employee morale.
• Led operational improvement, including USD30 million mechanisation and automation of manual processes project, in Nicaraguan business leading to a 25% reduction in operating costs.
• Directed the implementation of Robusta project in Nicaragua which resulted in diversification of farmers in the region, development of one of the biggest coffee plantations in Central America, and life-changing.
• Scaled operations in Brazil and Guatemala contributing to double digit percentage growth in P&L
• Led the implementation of a state-of-the-art sustainability programme which enabled producers to increase productivity while protecting the environment, and at the same time provided roasters with an excellent tool to.

Managua, Nicaragua

• Supervised Strategic Planning, Finance, HR and IT functions for the group.
• Led strategic analysis and review of activities in multiple countries and corporate entities to consolidate operations into one Group entity, as well as the divestment of under-performing or non-core operations.
• Created corporate organizational structure (HR, Finance, Strategic Planning, IT)
• Directed successful implementation of ERP system (INFOR LN) for coffee export companies.
• Led the selection and purchase of commodity trading and risk management software (CXL).

Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

• Oversaw operating, finance, legal, IT, and HR functions for group companies in the US, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, UK, and Vietnam; managed banking relationships for all companies.
• Enabled Group to consolidate credit arrangements with various banks, solve recurrent liquidity problems, and increase trading volume of US subsidiary by more than 50% by negotiating/implementing US$180M syndicated.
• Effectively managed commodities price volatility by enhancing ability to predict and understand cash flow.
• Produced outstanding results for US subsidiary by leading successful effort to improve back office and reporting processes. Saved US$500K+ annually by improving control and delivery of US merchandise to clients..
• Lowered operating costs 10+% while substantially improving client service and back-office controls by outsourcing traffic and accounting functions of US subsidiary to Latin America.

Managua, Nicaragua

• In charge of operating, finance, legal, IT, and HR functions for group companies in Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
• Owned a multimillion-dollar P&L, launching and incorporating a new export company in Honduras that achieved double-digit percentage ROE.
• Negotiated and implemented credit facilities for origin companies for $50M using innovative reporting structures; a facility won Deal of the Year Award by Trade Finance Magazine.

Managua, Nicaragua

• Supervised operating, finance, legal, IT, and HR functions for Nicaragua
• Promoted to hold general management authority and direct P&L responsibility.
• Instrumental in increasing trading volume by triple-digit percentage and improved profitability from breakeven to double-digit percentage ROE.
• Led successful execution of ISO certification, balanced scorecard, and initiatives.
• Strengthened cohesiveness, communication, and performance of management team by implementing regular tactical group meetings and key strategic offsite meetings and providing one-on-one communication with managers.
• As Finance and Operations Manager, designed reporting methodology (budgets, P&L, position, and valuation, inventory, crop tracking, and risk monitoring reports) subsequently used group-wide.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Operations Research

Graduated with University Honors; Fulbright Scholar

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering

Graduated with University Honors