Came up with the idea, recruited a founding team and founded Meat N' Bone and its group of companies. Grew a $5,000 investment (+ sweat equity) into a 7 figure business in 4 years.The Meat N' Bone Family of companies:Meat N’ Bone is an omnichannel purveyor of Premium Quality Meats for the consumer market.www.meatnbone.com / @meatnboneThe Wagyu Bar: Casual Steakhouse in Coral Way, Miami (& Soon in Aventura, Florida)www.thewagyubar.com / @thewagyubarGet The Cook: Premium catering agency serving the south Florida market. From small, high-end chef-driven dinners to thousand people, multi-day events. Like always, we do it differently (just check our website)www.getthecook.com / @getthecookUndisclosed Miami: Art Gallery & Experience Room in Coral Way, Miami. Hosting renowned chefs from all over the world.www.undisclosedmiami.com / @undisclosedmia

Leader of both Finance & IT organizations for SAE North America.- Consistently delivered budget expectations with a clear understanding of underlying performance, managing risks, ensuring execution of turnaround, and proactively allocating resources.- Developed and executed a short-term strategic plan for every business unit and restructured the business. These changes resulted in a complete turn-around of the business (+200% performance) and the best operating results in the history of SAE US during my tenure.- Implemented a significant operational transformation which turned around the profitability of the business and cash flow.- Reshaped the entire finance organization to support the business to improve performance analysis. Re-built all revenue models which were not performing, new models have performed with a 3% margin of error over the last 32 months.- Led the IT team which rolled out a new Business Intelligence function and implemented a project where we built 21 state-of-the-art computer labs in 6 cities in 7 months.- Led several M&A processes and activities for SAE NA. Including the successful divestment of a few operations in California and the US.- Built a 5-year strategic roadmap and budget to improve profitability and capture growth opportunities.- Influenced and supported the management teams on strategic decisions focused to deliver the “accelerated growth” plan.

Led proactive development and management of Business Intelligence function. Support for the leadership team ti provide timely business insights and execute projects to corporate valuation and support operational efficiency. - Currently tasked with working along C-level executives and SMEs in developing an Operating Framework for all of Laureate's operations that can be replicated trough the world. and spams every aspect of the operation including Finance, IT, HR and BI.- Launched a series of 17 executive dashboards to support leadership across the network. Brought data from 30+ institutions with multiple different systems into a single repository / data warehouse to support financial and non-financial reporting. - Served as liaison between the different reporting units across different institutions and business units (Academics, FP&A, Sales and Operations). Tasked with providing business insights to explain variances, solve issues and provide strategic guidance for new initiatives.- Analyzed and structured proposed acquisition transactions. Performed quantitative and qualitative analysis to plan, structure and execute transactions of all sizes.- Tasked with supporting the VP of Ops and Strategy with building a business case and operating model for Greenfield Investments.- Worked with the sales leadership to develop and standardize processes and track KPIs to analyze the sales funnel identify, track and analyze a series of leading sales indicators.- Provide the FP&A team with analysis focused on key areas of the operation.- Served as an internal consultant for the FP&A Global Transformation project.- Worked alongside VP of Ops and Country executive teams to develop new revenue streams and improve margins.- In charge of collecting data and building financial support for the new category management model and many other key strategic projects.

- Responsible for all financial planning and analysis for a $4 billion business unit with operations in 9countries. This included monthly reviews and forecast analysis.- Revamped all reporting procedures for Latin America in order to provide faster and better consolidated reports and variance explanations to leadership and investors.- Supported the corporate FP&A team, controller-ship team and investor relations team in preparing the company for possible IPO.- Worked in conjunction with the CFO for Latin America building a benchmarking process in order to compare over 22 different operations among 9 countries.- Prepared quarterly board of director’s presentation as well as supported the preparation of long-range plans for each region.

Direct report to the president of the Americas and the CEO in Paris, France. - Responsible for all financial operations of the firm including financial reporting, balance sheet management, forecasting, cash flow management, payroll, compensation, profitability analysis of new projects and ventures as well as bank relationships.- Presented 2012 and 2013 results to the CEO and his executive committee as well as the yearly business plan for the Americas region.- Developed business development plans for individual accounts as well as National accounts in conjunction with the sales and marketing team. This led to a 50% increase in year over year sales for National accounts.- Worked closely with the operations and sales groups to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.- Developed short, medium and long term strategies for all product lines of the company. - Revamped the commission structure of the sales for from a flat commission to a scorecard system in order to push for organic growth and improve management over retail partners.- Conducted market studies and market research to identify markets to open new points of sale and to improve the company’s distribution network.- Developed a custom dashboard with complex reports to have visibility over all areas of the business, including retailer performance (sell-out) and B2B sales.- Dealt with a major audit from the FL Department of Revenue, reduced exposure of the company by 98% (from over $1M to less than $20K)- Implemented a series of cost saving initiatives, including employee leasing and re-negotiating all major contracts including company health insurance and retirement plans, realized savings of over $200K over 2 years. - Implemented new software solutions to improve performance of our After-Sales department and to track company metrics.

- Developed yearly business development strategies, which were reviewed and updated on a quarterly basis.- Developed plans for expansion into new markets.

Managed the Used Vehicle Sales (UVS) pricing department (5 direct reports) and ensured that the team is executing functions as per company guidelines and processes. Liaison between Directors of Finance, Operations, Sales and Asset Management. -Led pricing and accounting for used vehicles sales, fleet buyouts end of lease sales and export operations. US GAAP standards and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.-Prepared and consolidated monthly estimates, quarterly forecasts, and annual business plans.-Member of the core mergers & acquisitions team. Reviewed and shaped assumptions and values used to valuate possible targets for acquisition. Performed pre and post-acquisition analysis for the leadership team. -Increased profitability of UVS organization by creating a comprehensive quarterly market study to understand pricing trends and changes in the marketplace in order to adjust the pricing matrix for Ryder’s used vehicles sales. Increased returns, double digit growth.-Achieved record year of sales and proceeds in company history in both the US & Canada after re-creating the used vehicle sales compensation plan.-Ad-hoc analysis, modeling, pricing and market intelligence.-Innovated and managed different programs to maximize utilization of company assets, reduce non-revenue earning assets and manage balance sheet risk.-Managed the Finance Lease program portfolio, coordinated process from inception to conclusion. Managed relationship with executives from different banks. -In charge of reviewing and approving strategies presented by the Directors of National Sales during the process of contract modifications with customers.-Generated several hundred thousand dollars of new business while assisting the UVS export team by participating in several successful trade shows and trade missions to Latin America looking to open new markets.

Sr. Financial Analyst -December 2007 - June 2010Promoted to Financial Consultant June 2010Supported the executive leadership team with Financial Analysis and modeling.-Prepared and consolidated monthly estimates, quarterly forecasts, and annual business plans.-Developed tools to quantify, measure and monitor work processes in the US and Canada. Prepared materials for the quarterly Analyst Calls and Board of Director’s meetings.-Used economic and statistical data for forecasting and budgeting duties including the creation of the yearly Business Plan.-Automated reports produced by the group in SQL and SQL reporting services. Coordinated IT projects to automate reporting procedures in the company’s intranet. Managed IT resources.-Analyzed proposals from customers looking to modify or terminate their contracts. Enforced proper utilization of company assets in the US and Canada.-Participated actively in the Used Vehicle Sales compensation committee which reviewed and modified the salary and commission structure for the operations in the US and Canada.-Conducted market studies and market research to identify markets to open new retail outlets for the Used Vehicle Sales operation.

Financial Analyst for operations in Latin America, Caribbean and Canada. -Developed management tools and reports on a daily basis to measure and analyze financial and operational information from the different business units through Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada.-Prepared and analyzed worksheets for debt financing, capital expenditures and bad debt management.-Coordinated a large part of the forecasting, planning and budgeting process as well as the execution of the $1 billion Americas region business plan for the years 2007 and 2008. -Implemented Khalix ERP in the region. Effectively trained dozens of users on usage of the system which had direct impact in the data submission and reporting process for the region.-Streamlined monthly reporting process having immediate operational impact in over 47 countries and providing faster access and more accurate reporting to region and country management.-Prepared profitability analyses and customer profitability indices to be used by the region marketing and business development groups.-Supported the Region Finance Controller and Finance Manager in planning future expenses and controlling operating and non-operating expenditures trough the different business units.

- Led company operations including design, printing, distribution, business development and financials. including printing of the magazine, sales,- 5 direct reports. - Planned and organized several events in Miami, Ft.Lauderdale and West Palm Beach including Fashion Shows, Concerts and Magazine Launch cocktails for over 200 attendees.- Managed relationships and looked for sponsors in order to obtain financing for the different events.- Re-negotiated printing of the magazine with a printer in Colombia, which reduced printing costs by up to 50% and improved quality of printing.