JOSE ANTONIO GAGO
**** ******** ****** *****. *****, Fl 33129
Tel: 917-***-****. E-mail: ****.****@******.*****.***.***
EXPERIENCE:
ORINOCO INVESTMENT COMPANY LLC, Miami, Fl
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