Accomplished bilingual, bi-cultural executive with extensive international experience in business discovery and development; sales, promotion,relationship building, strategic thinking and pragmatic problem solving.
Thrive in dynamic and fluid environments requiring enthusiasm, creativity and flexibility, and organization.
Actively seeking business development and promotion projects involving Mexico and the USA.
Weblogs:
Lee Iwan Accumulated Experience http://leeiwan.wordpress.com
Business South of the Border http://businesssob.blogspot.com
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Lee Iwan
International Business Development and Promotion
Leon - Mexico
Schools attended |
Since 2008: The Iwan Consulting Group |
President - Owner
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International business development and promotion consultancy. Communications, liaison, match-making, project management and coordination, relationship building, cultural "know how" and "know who". Training and mentoring of foreign executives working in and with Mexico. Agent, broker, representative or consultant for products or projects in Mexico or internationally | |
Sector: Consulting and Services |
Since 2005: Quimica Central de Mexico |
Strategic Business Development
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Worked directly with CEO and Board of Directors. Fully responsible for the visualization, research, creation, communications, follow-through, analysis, project planning and implementation of new business development and corporate strategic diversification projects. Projects included: •Joint-Venture, Swiss/Mexico pharmaceutical industry •Agencies, Representations, Market Development; Paints and Coatings (USA), Speciality Extracts (Mimosa - South Africa), Chemicals (BASF-Germany) •Market research and investigation for the various products in the chemical industry Computer Experience: Enterprise Resource Planning ERP (Solomon), Microsoft Office Suite; Microsoft Office Suite 2000, 2003 y 2007 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook); Mind Mapping (Mind Manager, MindJet); Organization (Evernote, Copernic); Communications Web (Microsoft SharePoint, Firefox, Adobe Document, Skype, Explorer, Windows Live, Wordpress, Blogger); Social Networking (LinkedIn, Plaxo); Operating Systems (Windows 2000, XP, Vista). | |
Sector: Chemical industries |
Since 1993: Independent Projects |
Independent Consultant and Writer
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Independent projects related to; marketing, organization, strategy, web logs, writing, promotion, translation, promoting cultural understanding between Mexico and other countries, export related marketing and promotion, start-ups, new projects and business development. Business South of the Border http://businesssob.blogspot.com Lee Iwan Accumulated Experience http://leeiwan.wordpress.com | |
Sector: Organization and Strategy |
2000 - 2005 : Quimica Central de Mexico |
Business Manager, International Operations
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Global sales and marketing, supply chain and logistics, all international negotiations with clients and suppliers for specialty chemical company. Directed export sales, market development and international supplier strategic alliances; export sales distribution and agency network; cross-functional team participation; business intelligence; strategy and market development for Asia Pacific and Latin America; global logistics and supply chain management; cross cultural communications, “globalization” of company culture, public relations and special projects. | |
Sector: Chemical industries |
1998 - 2000 : Quimica Central de Mexico |
Export Manager
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Sales, distribution, marketing and management of 20 countries, agents and representatives, including Latin America, USA, Europe, Korea and Taiwan. | |
Sector: Chemical industries |
1993 - 1998 : NuVida |
President, Owner, Entrepreneur
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Founder-President for start-up specialty service business, 70 employees, private industry and government clients. | |
Sector: Consulting and Services |
1986 - 1993 : Flowers Flowers Inc. |
President, Owner, Entrepreneur
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Founder-President for start-up innovative luxury consumer goods and service business. Received national industry attention and worked with industry innovators. | |
Sector: Luxury Goods and Cosmetics |