EDUCATION:       

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Master of Business Administration, concentration in Finance, August 1997 - December 1997; August 2001 - December 2002
GPA: 3.69/4.00

Catholic University, Quito, Ecuador
Bachelor of Business Administration in General Business, December 1996
GPA: 3.20/4.00

EXPERIENCE:

Realtor
Clave Inmobiliaria, Quito, Ecuador
June 1996 - December 2002, March 2004 - Present
- Market, advertise, and negotiate real estate properties
- Real estate market studies
- Directed marketing campaigns
- Manage and market construction, preconstruction projects
- Real estate projects conceptions
- International real estate
- Real estate consulting: loans, mortgages, appraisals, legal environment
- Designed and maintained the company's web site

Management Training Program
Walgreens, Houston, Texas
March 2003 - February 2004
- Store management
- Customer service
- Build and maintain displays
- Receive, store, and display warehouse and vendor merchandise
- Process refunds and exchanges
- Supervise employees
- Process pickups and checkout employees
- Generate financial reports

Tax Division Assistant
Arthur Andersen & CO., Quito, Ecuador
May 1994-May 1996
- Worked with a team in tax and finance consulting
- Enhanced social and interpersonal skills in dealing with executive chief managers, managers and peers
- Developed accounting skills
- Maintained and enhanced customer relations
- Worked with Ecuadorian taxation
- Strengthened the ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure
- Acquired skills in communications, computers, research and marketing

Germatex, Quito, Ecuador
June 1991-April 1994
- Owned and operated a small retailing business
- Sold quilts, spreadsheets, bed sheets, pillows, jeans, trousers, shirts, T-shirts
- Improved accounting, finance and marketing techniques learned in class
- Dealt with suppliers and customers

RELEVANT SKILLS:    

- Spanish and English proficiency
- Proficient in MS Office, presentation software MS PowerPoint, spreadsheets MS Excel, databases MS Access, and word processing MS Word
- Internet, web design and publishing knowledge, MS FrontPage

ACTIVITIES & HONORS:

- Beta Gamma Sigma, The Honor Society of Business, Texas Tech University
- Good Neighbor Scholarship, Texas Tech University
- Wagley Scholarship, Texas Tech University
- Finance Association, Texas Tech University
- Business Graduate Student Society, Texas Tech University
- October 1996-December 1996, Microeconomics Assistant Professor, University of the Americas, Quito, Ecuador
- High School Statistics Teacher for 11/2 years