JOSE ANTONIO GAGO

**** ******** ****** *****. *****, Fl 33129

Tel: 917-***-****. E-mail: abmxad@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE:

ORINOCO INVESTMENT COMPANY LLC, Miami, Fl

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Investments Associate

Prepared real estate investments strategies tailored to high net worth

individuals overseeing daily operations of portfolio of properties valued

at +$20 millions.

Performed valuation of real estate loan portfolio of local Fl bank valued

at $300 millions proposing new write-downs in the order of $20 millions

given market value of collateral assets.

CITI PRIVATE BANK LATIN AMERICA, New York, NY

2008

Strategy Associate

Led competitive analysis of regional players identifying value

proposition, brand architecture, product offering, and organizational

structure employed to address different market segments.

Performed banker profitability analysis estimating optimal number of

clients per banker per market segment obtaining potential cost savings of

10% while increasing banker efficiency.

HSBC PRIVATE BANK SUISSE, Geneva, Switzerland

Summer 2007

Summer Associate, Investment Advisory Group Americas International

Performed and implemented detailed portfolio investment reviews, asset

investment projections, strategic asset allocations, and wealth transfer

analyses for high net worth clients.

Prepared and delivered analysis to relationship managers detailing the

effect of leveraging clients' positions in Hedge Funds on return, risk,

and overall portfolio performance.

CEMEX, Caracas, Venezuela

2002-2006

Venezuela Competitive Intelligence Manager

2006

Performed industry, market, and environmental analysis to identify

potential operational risk and presented and implemented strategic action

recommendations to senior management.

Caribbean and South American Trading Unit Competitive Intelligence

Manager 2005-2006

Developed strategies to mitigate imports into Caribbean markets

guarantying annual sales of $5 million.

Regional Project Coordinator

2004-2005

Coordinated development and implementation of Competitiveness Project in

South-Central America and Caribbean, coordinating multi-disciplinary and

-cultural teams in eight countries.

Performed benchmark analysis of operations within the region; implemented

more than 80 improvement projects resulting in savings of $12 million

plus working capital reductions.

Executive Development Trainee program

2002-2004

Selected among top university graduates to participate in a comprehensive

executive training program that consisted of an 18-month rotation through

each of the organization's functional areas.

PEPSICOLA DE VENEZUELA (Empresas Polar C.A), Caracas, Venezuela

2001

Designed a methodology to estimate rotation times, failure rates and size

of returnable bottles.

EDUCATION:

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York, NY

Master of Business Administration, Specializations in Finance and

Strategy, May 2008

UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA ANDRES BELLO, Caracas, Venezuela

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering, June 2001

Departmental honors and recommendation for publication of Thesis Research

and Defense

ADDITIONAL:

Interests include biking, photography, international travel, cars

Eligible to work in USA and European Union

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