Torsten Bäuerlen

Project management of a >EUR 5 Mio. gondola project in Brazil: Central link between customer and internal departments, contract negotiations, solving technical problems, training on special technical parts, preparation of technical documentation for local accreditation, assembly planning, supporting regulatory approval process and at customs; monitoring of milestone achievement; optimization of internal recourses;

• Supporting Austrian companies in the Mexican and Central American mar-ket concerning business development and matching im-/export partners • Market studies, identifying market opportunities • Project management for commercial missions and trade fare participations • Elaboration of various sector reports: renewable energy, plastic industry, automotive • Responsible for the following sectors: (renewable) energy, plastic, environ¬mental technology, automotive • Website management local contents

• References: Mexican Agriculture Authority SAGARPA (interpretation at two trade fares in Germany), KRAL AG, Austria (client magazine), Austrian Embassy – Commercial Office, Mexico (various trans¬lations), Dr. Martins da Cunha GmbH, Austria (business plan), etc.

• Development and management of two small processing plants in Mexico for the production of organic beverages from green coconuts • Administration; hiring and management of personnel (15 employees) • Provider development; export preparations • Coordinating organic certification • Representation before authorities

• Project organization, customer contact and translations during the development and introduction of a Peruvian organic product to the German market

cross-media communication, inter cultural communication, etc.

Academic exchange year, Monterrey, Mexico (scholarship from German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD))