Martin Hansen

Connecting Global Talent with Opportunity | Making Global Hiring Seamless | Passionate About People

Bogotá, Capital District, Colombia

About

Experienced Operations Executive with a demonstrated history of working in the consulting and tourism industry. Skilled in Project Management, Communications, Recruitment, Sales, Revenue, Hospitality, Event Management, Management, and Marketing.

Experience

  • Account Executive at Vanteo
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Lead in securing H-2B visa opportunities to place foreign nationals in temporary, seasonal roles across industries such as hospitality, landscaping, and construction. • Develop and execute strategies to maximize opportunities for employers impacted by the H-2B cap. • Ensuring all placements meet H-2B program regulations, including the Department of Labor's Temporary Labor Certification process and USCIS requirements. • Collaborate with operations and recruitment teams to ensure that all placements are successfully fulfilled with high-quality candidates. • Monitor trends in seasonal workforce needs and H-2B cap limitations.

  • Palladium: Make It Possible (4 yrs 1 mo)
    • Head of Outreach
      Sep 2022 - Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Lead, manage and supervise the outreach team and coordinate the outreach and marketing activities to advertise Salvadoran workers to U.S. businesses and potential employers for the H-2 visa program and other type of visas that will allow Salvadoran to work abroad in a legal and temporal manner and expanding the H2 Visa Program in El Salvador, under the USAID Economic Competitiveness Project. Consultant to the management of the Labor Mobility Program at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of El Salvador

    • Outreach & Marketing International Coordinator
      Jan 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Coordinate the outreach and marketing activities to advertise Salvadoran workers to U.S. businesses and potential employers for the H-2 visa program and other type of visas that will allow Salvadoran to work abroad in a legal and temporal manner and expanding the H2 Visa Program in El Salvador, under the USAID Economic Competitiveness Project. Consultant to the management of the Labor Mobility Program at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of El Salvador

    • H2A/B Surge Support Expert
      Jun 2021 - Sep 2021 · 4 mos

      Promote and grow the Guatemalan temporary workers program in the US under the H2 visa programs.

  • Independent Consultant at Freelance
    May 2018 - Nov 2020 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    • Communications Consultant at Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) • Technical-, Literary & General-Translations (Danish & English) • Human Alignment Annotation & Automatic Translations Evaluation (Danish, German & English) • Revenue Consulting for Hospitality Industry • Hotel Development Consulting

  • Operations Executive - River Cruise at Conference & Touring
    Feb 2017 - Jan 2018 · 1 yr

    • Preparation and implementation of land excursions • On-spot handling for Key Account Client • Communication and contract negotiation with service providers • Rating partners, supplier communication and customer management • Operational support for Swiss pre- & post-programmes • Regular emergency support for all shipping companies in our portfolio • Regular quality checks throughout the area of operations (Rhine, Main & Mosel)

  • Comwell Hotels (5 yrs 1 mo)
    • Acting Front Office Manager
      Aug 2015 - Nov 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Comwell Aarhus • Responsible for all Front Office operations, overseeing 20 employees • Contract negotiations and sales in cooperation agreements with tour operators, OTA’s and wholesalers, revenue and pricing strategy, sales strategy, client care, booking flow, event management and organization. • Drafting and compilation of sales statistics, competitor and market analysis • Branding, online- & local-marketing • Internal support and business development, in cooperation with the other departments & executives • Financial manager, including payroll records • Staff planning, roistering and scheduling

    • Revenue Manager
      Apr 2014 - Aug 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Comwell Aarhus • Responsible for the staff and sales in the booking department – Including task as: Signing and sales in cooperation agreements with tour operators, OTA’s and wholesalers, revenue and pricing strategy, sales strategy, client care, booking flow, event management and coordination • Drafting and compilation of sales statistics, competitor and market analysis • Establishment of customer portfolio in cooperation with HQ-sales

    • Front Office Agent & Reservations Assistant
      Nov 2011 - Mar 2014 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Comwell Kellers Park Hotel & Spa • Responsible for group bookings • Branding and developing of concept and bundling sales • Responsible for cooperation with travel agencies • Front office tasks, including customer service, cashiering, sales, guest reception, guest communications, ad hoc tasks