Andres Porras: in Glendale, AZ

- Responsible for the ongoing data preparation, automated reporting system, analysis and issuance of key reports for two mobile apps, providing support to the sales and marketing management teams. - Worked with finance and commercial management teams to understand business processes such as financial planning, CRM, profitability, customer segmentation, and how data is generated/inter-related and the impact on the transactional workflow. - Developed market data analysis required to evaluate business performance and identify market opportunities to provide informational insights to the sales and marketing management teams.

- Analyzed, defined, and managed requirements of more than 15 multinational companies starting up operations in the southwest region of Colombia generating USD 350 mm in FDI and 4.000 jobs from companies such as Unilever, Pricesmart, Furukawa, Aptar Group, and Transcom. - Planed studies and analyses of business obstacles of more than 50 multinational companies established in the southwest region of Colombia such as SABMiller, Tesa Tape, Johnson & Johnson, Reckitt Benckiser, Colgate, Unilever, Baxter, and DirecTv, interviewing key stakeholders in the companies, gathering and organizing information, analyzing data and preparing reports that summarized findings. - Produced management reports, tracked and monitored financial metrics, kept the Minutes up to date, and signed legal and bank documents as Secretary of the Corporation and Substitute of the Executive Director.

- Started up and administrated a delivery business of raw chicken increasing customer base by 20% and sales by 30% yearly, developing its brand, using CRM software, and implementing commercial strategies.

- Acquired and managed a retail store of health and nutrition related products that was in a loss and turned it around to a net profit of 15% re-launching the store, developing a new commercial strategy, changing and positioning its new image, setting new competitive prices and improving customer service. - Optimized product stock and rotation creating sales dashboards and an inventory control system.

- Performed market research and resolved information inquiries for more than 20 multinational companies exploring investment opportunities in the southwest region of Colombia. - Kept information databases and sectorial presentations updated according to information released periodically by primary or secondary sources.

- Formulated and executed the consulting strategy of the company in areas of due diligence, property management, debt collection, and legal proceedings optimizing the response time to clients by 50% creating customer databases, document forms and standardizing procedures.