Experience

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  Impacto Americas, LLC

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • International Business Development Manager

    • Feb 2018 - Present
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Trilingual Business Development Manager, specializing in marketing products and services to Latin American markets

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  Malone Solutions

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • International Business Development Manager

    • Jun 2017 - Feb 2018
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    I managed a project marketing medical services to hospitals, clinics, medical laboratories and physicians throughout Brazil and the rest of Latin America for a major medical-industry client. The project involved extensive telephone contact, followed up through email correspondence in Portuguese ...

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  Impacto Americas, LLC

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • President

    • Jan 2011 - Jun 2017
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Represented Brazilian out-of-home advertising company in seeking North American clients. Translated literature and website into English. Translated an American manufacturer’s website into Spanish and Portuguese.

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  Everfresh Food Corporation

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Brand Manager

    • Mar 2012 - 2016
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Developed and brought to market a new style of snack food products tailored to the Hispanic market.

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  Clearr Corporation

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • President and CEO

    • Jan 1972 - Nov 2010
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Developed products and a dealership organization in the materials handling industry. Developed, manufactured and marketed a comprehensive range of backlit, edgelit and nonlit point-of-purchase advertising displays, both static and sequential image, for interior and exterior use. Served retail, g...

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  Distec Americas, LLC

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • President

    • Jun 2006 - Sep 2010
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Partnership between Clearr Corporation and a German firm that supplied exterior advertising displays to out-of-home advertising industry.

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  1 Potato 2, Inc.

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Founder and President

    • Mar 1978 - Apr 1983
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    I Potato 2 is the restaurant chain that pioneered the concept of baked potatoes with toppings as a fast food meal in North America. The concept has since been utilized in simpler forms by such industry giants as Arby's and Wendy's.