Oakland, California, United States
Business development leader with experience building partnerships, negotiating contracts, and facilitating market entry and expansion in the United States and Latin America. Fluency in Spanish.
Led field-marketing initiatives to enhance the brand identity and affinity for Staples’ contract furniture division with architecture and design and commercial real estate communities and identified, developed, negotiated and closed strategic business deals in excess of $2M.
Launched and managed sales operations of the first cross-border mobile banking company in the US. In the first six months, I hired and trained a team of 12 retail managers, 50 account executives and 100+ field agents that registered 2000 active users and received $4M in customer deposits and $2M in transfers to Haiti.
Led a consulting team in Mexico that created a business plan for a cell phone distribution company to fully support one of the Foundation's homes. Negotiated terms with telecommunication service providers Telefónica and Iusacell/ATT México.
Presented digital marketing workshops throughout Brazil for 300 organizations that attracted $200K for programming initiatives and increased GlobalGiving's membership in the country by 73%. Developed social media plan that enabled a NGO to raise over $75,000 in one month.