MSCI is a global provider of equity, fixed income, hedge fund stock market indexes, ESG ratings, and multi-asset portfolio analysis tools.MSCI's ESG Ratings are designed to measure a company’s resilience to long-term industry material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. A rules-based methodology is used to identify industry leaders and laggards according to their exposure to ESG risks and how well they manage those risks relative to peers.• Founding member of the ESG Ratings department in the Americas, reporting to the ESG-R Executive Director based in London. MSCI ESG Ratings measure the resilience of more than 10,000 companies to their industry's relevant long-term Environmental, Social and Governance risks.• Built and developed the ESG Ratings area in Monterrey and Frankfurt, being direct supervisor to seven analysts covering Industrials, Healthcare, Financials, Real Estate and Consumer Staples.• Rating of Consumer Staples/Discretionary companies based on the MSCI proprietary parametric model, which considers sustainability, social responsibility and corporate governance, presenting to specialized committees when required.

MSCI's Custom Indexes allow investors with unique index requirements to tap into MSCI's experienced indexing capabilities and extensive financial data.• Co-led (along with VP in Mumbai) the Custom Indexes function, reporting to the CI Executive Director based in Budapest. In charge of new index requests and handling queries on more than 7,000 customized indexes, for more than 700 global clients.• Built and developed the Custom Indexes area in the Americas. Responsible for a high-performing team (five direct reports) with focused personal development plans that balance practical experience, training and role rotation. This approach resulted in the identification, development and promotion of an Associate to Senior Associate.• Created indexes tailored to the specific client needs, by understanding index calculation methodologies and its applications in the index setup process.

The Strategic Planning Certificate offered by ITESM Educación Ejecutiva is a 112-hour seminar that trains participants in the fundamentals, skills and processes of Strategic Planning.• Instructor for the 16-hour module introducing Corporate Strategy, Competitive Strategy and Competitive Intelligence to business executives and professionals, as part of a Strategic Planning Certificate offered by Monterrey Tech's (ITESM) Executive Education division in Monterrey, Mexico and Lima, Peru.

GT Global is a regional corporation, headquartered in Tampico, Mexico, formerly comprised of 5 divisions: Plastics, Logistics, Real Estate, Car Dealerships and Auto Finance. The Auto Finance division was made up by the GT Credit subsidiary, a SOFOM with about MXN 1.2 billion in loans issued.• Developed an alternative financing strategy for the group's auto credit subsidiary, GT Credit, reinventing it as an car loan originator and servicer, rather than a self-funded operation.• Managed the Accounting department at GT Credit, in charge of reporting and analyzing financial results, KPIs and variances, as well as the annual budgeting process.• Supervised the IT department at GT Credit, charged with the implementation of SAP Business byDesign® and other projects.• Took over temporarily as Credit Manager for GT Credit, approving standard loans and chairing the credit committee for high-value credits.• Carried out long-term financial forecasts, to support strategic decisions as well as new business ventures being proposed to outside investors.• Analyzed startup funding proposals put forth to GT Global's shareholders from an strategic and financial viewpoint.

Fitch Ratings is a leading worldwide credit rating agency and the main credit rating agency in Mexico. It rates corporations' debt issuances according to their creditworthiness.• Lead analyst for the Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary sectors in Mexico and Central America, being in charge of conducting onsite management meetings with senior corporate management in the region, performing analysis of key quantitative and qualitative factors, as well as detailed financial modeling, to present companies to Fitch's internal credit rating committees.• Backup credit analyst for Industrials and Energy ratings.• Coordinated cregional in-depth reports with analysts across Latin America, such as What Investors Want to Know about LatAm Retailers with Banking Subsidiaries and collaborated on global research products, such as the Consumer Products: Ratings Navigator Companion• Wrote and published company-specific rating press releases and reports.

Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma brewery (since 2010, Heineken México) is the second-largest producer and distributor of beer in Mexico, with Dos Equis, Tecate and Heineken among their better-known brands.• Supervised the competitive intelligence function (part of the Strategic Planning department), which monitored and analyzed the competitive environment in the Mexican beer sector.• Modeled the financials of our main competitor, to analyze its business performance and decisions, based on our understanding of its value chain and capabilities.• Designed and operated the company’s competitive intelligence network, allowing for company-wide intelligence data gathering and analysis, based on key intelligence topics requested by the C-suite.• Supported FEMSA’s M&A analysis regarding the divestiture of the beer division, carrying out reverse due diligence on SABMiller and Heineken’s worldwide operations.

Kraft Heinz (formerly HJ Heinz) is a multinational food processing company with annual sales of about USD 25 billion. It is well-known for its namesake brands, as well as Jell-O, Velveeta and Delimex brands.• Undertook a cross-brand profitability analysis for Heinz’s retail customers (Wal-Mart, HEB, Target etc.)• Developed a “Reciprocity Matrix”, classifying customers according to their promotional efforts on behalf of brands (measured through market share) and Heinz’s allocated Trade Spend (for in-store promotions), to ensure alignment.

Alestra (formerly Alestra AT&T) is a provider of telecommunications and IT services for businesses and consumers across Mexico.• Estimated the effects of national Calling Party Pays (045) cell phone regulation on the long-distance market and did preliminary research on the use of WiMAX technology to enter the residential market.• Valued telecom market segments (long distance, broadband, etc.), for comparative analysis.

Vector CdB is a stock brokerage firm that serves businesses and individual investors on their investments needs through their offices across Mexico.• Produced quarterly financial and operational benchmarks and analyses of the brokerage and foreign-exchange industries.• Prepared annual budget, as well as quarterly presentations on business performance for the board of directors.

Telefónica Móviles México (commonly known as Movistar Mexico) is the third-largest mobile telecommunications provider in Mexico. It is a subsidiary of Telefónica S.A., the incumbent telecom provider in Spain.• Prepared the first Telefónica Móviles – Pegaso PCS post-merger business plan, based on combined annual net revenues of USD 600 million and 2.3 million users.• Supervised over USD 100 million of budgetary funds for expenditures and investments, and represented the department on the purchasing approval board.• Managed the migration of Oracle Financials’ ERP budget module from 10.7 to 11i.