Education
Long Island University, Brookville, New York December 2009
Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business
Experience
Nobis Enterprises, Inc. January 2010 - Present
Miami, FL
Intern
Worked closely with operations and business in Ecuador including a power
plant, sugar mill and real estate project.
Assisted in negotiations with General Electric Industrial Solutions
regarding their representation and distribution in Ecuador.
Interacted frequently with suppliers and end-users and facilitated
procurement of mission critical components and equipment ranging from
1000lbs torque reducers to sugar fondant.
Initiated a redesign of internal and external documents such as
letterheads, invoices and memos.
Currently heavily involved in the refresh of the company website using CSS
and XHTML.
Palacios-Martinez June 2009 - August 2009
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Intern
Researched the details of offshore real estate funds.
Worked heavily with Microsoft Excel generating cash flow projections for
three separate closed community housing projects.
Actively participated in meetings with partner companies.
Interacted with investors during tours to the companies teak plantations.
Hawesko Holding AG May 2007 - July 2007
Hamburg, Germany
Intern - Marketing, Purchasing, I.T. and Wholesale
Participated in a rotating internship program at Hawesko, currently the
largest Wine and Champagne direct mail-order and whole-seller in Germany.
Worked together with associates in Marketing, Purchasing and in the I.T.
department, as well as with their sister company Champagner und Wein
Distributionsgesellschaft (CWD) which in charge of wholesale.
Analyzed ad campaign impact on sales.
Decided which wines and champagnes to order from various vineyards
according to previous sales statistics working heavily with Microsoft Excel
and SAP.
In the I.T. department I worked with Hawesko's online store and inventory
management software to keep the online store updated.
Simply Wine and Liquor
August 2007 - December 2007
Jericho, New York
Part Time - Cashier and Sales Associate
Worked part time as a cashier and was also in charge of assisting customers
who were looking for specific products.
Developed customer service and electronic point of sale skills through
customer interaction.
Skills
Fluent in written and spoken German and Spanish
Proficient in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Access and Adobe Dreamweaver
Proficient in Microsoft as well as Macintosh and Linux environments
Working knowledge in HTML, DHTML and CSS
Working knowledge in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator
Preliminary knowledge of SAP