Education

University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business                                Austin, Texas

Master in Business Administration - Concentration in General Management                          July 2002

Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey                      Monterrey, Mexico

BS in Business Management                                                                                    December 1996

Concentration in Finance - Worked part time to finance education.

Experience

12/02 – Today

Todito.com                                                                                                         Monterrey, Mexico

An Internet Portal, Internet Service Provider, and Virtual Marketplace for Spanish-Speakers in North America, jointly owned by Grupo Dataflux and TV Azteca. (http://www.todito.com)

Financial Information and PR  Manager

·Responsible for articulating and publishing press releases and presentations to business partners and investment prospects.

·Plan and execute the expense Budget and internal goals planning and administrator.

·Evaluated the profitability of existing businesses and new projects, suggesting new strategies to improve current results.

·Made weekly and monthly presentations, about Todito´s  development, Budget and projects to the board of directors and mayor stockholders.

07/02 – 11/02

Realty World – Inco/Valle                                                                                 Monterrey, Mexico

Real state franchise leader in north-east Mexico. (http://www.rwmexico.com)

Real state Agent                                                                                                                   

·Sales Leader in number of operations by third month on the company.

12/98 – 07/01

Corporativo Cydsa                                                                                             Monterrey, Mexico

One of Mexico's leading textile and petrochemical conglomerates. (http://www.cydsa.com)

Head Shareholders Attention                                                                                               

·Participated on a multifunction team involved in the sale of four subsidiaries in order to reduce the outstanding corporate debt.

·Provided personalized attention and paid dividends to 80 of the company’s largest non-corporate stockholders and informed them about the development of Cydsa and the Mexican stock market.

·Oversaw US$150 million in currency derivative contracts for all of Cydsa’s subsidiaries.

·Organized the 1999, 2000 and 2001 stockholders meetings and achieved an attendance rate of 98.9%, the highest in the company’s history.

·Evaluated and proposed new alternatives to cover Cydsa’s exchange-rate exposure saving the company US$ 300,000.

12/97 – 11/98

Cash Flow Forecast Consultant                                                                                         

·Forecasted cash flows for all of Cydsa’s subsidiaries. Minimized the need for outside financing by recommending in-house financing alternatives among the subsidiaries and the holding company.

·Built a computer-based model that forecasted future financial expenses, which were included in planning the short and long-term budgets.

04/97 – 11/97

Ponds de Mexico                                                                                                  Tampico, Mexico

Unilever’s Personal Care Division and market leader in Mexico.  (http://www.unilever.com)    

Regional Sales Executive                                                                                                   

·Directed a team of seven sales representatives of personal health products and achieved sales of US$300,000, surpassing the sales goal set by the Divisional Director by nearly 20%.

·Developed motivational and compensation strategies for the sales team.

Activities

University of Texas at Austin.

·Member of the Graduate Finance Association and the Mexican Business Network Association.

Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey.

·Member of the Business Administration Student Association.