Prof. Octavio Flores

Country Consultant: paysafecard.com Mexico Territory Management and Development. Manage Distribution Partners, Local Merchant Acquisition, International Merchants territory development

Invited as partner by ACR´s founder and main investor as Sales and Marketing Strategist. Chief post-investment officer in charge of developing and implementing sales strategies to reach financial objectives at companies with large growth potential in which the Venture Capital fund invested -Hands-on manager with experience in: international sales, marketing, business channel development, P&L projections, assembling teams, business planning, distribution network, negotiating and selling to key accounts

As Business Unit Manager for Hershey's Hispanic Market trade devised business proposals to introduce the hispanic product line among major retail trade accounts such as Walmart, Walgreens, Target, CVS Office Depot etc. Worked with master distributors and Hershey's sales and marketing teams developing manufacturing and distribution plans to further penetrate the hispanic market with new extensions of the Pelon branded product line

Started sales & virtual distribution of Software for the USA, Mexico, Caribbean and South America. Responsibilities included full P&L, providing software applications through distribution network. International channel management devised pricing strategy by country segments with a tactical sales approach. Established head regional office in Miami; recruited and mobilized management team (Director of Sales, IT Manager, Sales Executives, Marketing); directed start-up of office in Mexico

Sales of Outsourced eMail Applications for Latin American Web Merchants. Commtouch Inc., Miami, FL USA (Nasdaq: CTCH) · Directed sales and marketing initiatives in Latin America for an Application Service Provider (ASP) of outsourcing mission critical solutions to Latin American web merchants and Spanish video content providers such as Esmas.com (Televisa), Wau.com (Television Azteca), Citaris.com (MVS Television). Administered $2M sales budget; prepared bids & proposals for government and corporate accts.

International Business Development Summer Term at Archamps Campus in France

Marketing