SAUL S. MERCADO, DVM

***** **** **** ****. ******** Springs, Texas 78620, USA, Tel./Fax: 512-***-****

Cell: 512-***-****. abpqx9@r.postjobfree.com

RESUME

PROFESSIONAL STUDIES:

Universidad Nacional Aut noma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico D.F. Mex. (1969

1974): Doctor in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

International Agrarish Center (IAC), Wageningen, Holland (1977)

Dairy cattle husbandry training.

Other courses:

Public Speaking, 1996.

Money Management, 1995.

How to Listen Powerfully, 1987.

Powerful Writing Skills, 1987.

Performance Appraisal Seminar, 1987.

Manejo del Tiempo (Time Management), Mexico, 1984.

Administraci n de Usted Mismo (Administration of yourself), Mexico, 1983.

Econom a Mundial y sus efectos en la Agricultura de Mexico (Effects of the World

Economy in Mexico s Agricultura), 1977.

Situaci n de la Industria Lechera de Cuba (Dairy Industry situation in Cuba), 1976.

Producci n y Manejo de Conejos (Production and Management of Rabbits), Mexico,

1974.

Cirug a y Anestesiolog a de Equinos (Surgery and Anesthesiology in Horses),

Mexico, 1974

Diagnostico de Gestaci n en Bovinos (Pregnancy Diagnosis in Bovines), Mexico,

1972.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Consultant on International Marketing, (1993 present), for organizations such as:

Five Nations Beef Alliance (US, Can, Mex, Aus, NZ)

Aova Technologies Inc., Madison, Wisconsin

National Cattlemen s Beef Association, Denver, Colorado.

United States Potato Board, Denver, Colorado

IMI Global Inc., Denver, Colorado

44Farms in Cameron, Texas.

Texas Farm Bureau, Waco, Texas

United States Livestock and Genetics Export (USLGE)

American Brahman Breeders Association, Houston, Texas.

Colorado Department of Agriculture, Denver, Colorado.

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Farmland Industries, Kansas City, Missouri.

Northeast Texas Farmers Coop., Sulphur Springs, Texas.

Southern US Trade Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

Texas Beef Council, Austin, Texas

U.S. Grain & Feed Ingredients, San Antonio, Texas.

Voluntary Purchasing Group, Bonham, Texas.

USDA, Foreign Agriculture Service, Washington, D.C.

Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania.

Other positions:

Five Nations Beef Alliance. Secretariat (May 2008 to present)

AgInfoLink, Inc., Longmont, Colorado. Manager for Latin America (1/1999 4/2008)

International Desco Inc., Austin, Texas. General Director (11/1997 5/2002)

Specialty Trading Corporation, Austin, Texas. Vice President (1993 5/1997)

Texas Dept. of Agriculture, Austin, Texas:

Director for Latin America (1989 2/1993)

Vice President of the Mexico-Texas Exchange Commission (1989 2/1993)

Deputy director for Latin America (1987 1989)

FAO - World Bank, National Dairy Project, Mexico D.F., Mexico. General

Coordinator (1985 1986)

Comisi n Nacional de la Leche (National Milk Commissi n), Mexico D.F., Mex.

Executive Secretary/Treasurer (1978 1986)

Secretaria de Agricultura y Recursos Hidr ulicos, Mexico, D.F., Mexico. Deputy

Director for Livestock (1983 1984)

Instituto Nacional de la Leche (National Milk Institute), Mexico D.F., Mexico.

Director for Dairy Industries (1979 1983)

Head of Marketing Department (1978 1979)

Head of Dairy Zones Coordination (1975 1976)

Federaci n de Peque os Propietarios (Small Producers Federation), Estado de

Mexico, Mexico. Chief Veterinarian (1974 1975)

OTHER ASSIGNMENTS:

International Stockman s Education Foundation (ISEF). Member of the Board

(1/2009 to present)

International Livestock Congress (ILC). Member of the Committee (7/2008 to present)

Texas A & M University, School of Agriculture, College Station, Texas. Member of

the Advisory Council for the Mexico-Texas Initiative (1993 2000).

Unidad Nacional Veterinaria, Mexico, D.F., Mexico. Member of the Board of Directors

(1988 1993)

International Goat Association, Member of the Board of Directors (1982 1992)

ALICA (Latin American Association of Food Industries), Montevideo, Uruguay.

Member representing Mexico (1979 1986)

Coordinator and speaker in numerous seminars, committees and trade missions in

the United States, Mexico, Central and South America.

LANGUAGES:

Spanish and English (100%)

Portuguese (70%)

Here is a brief description of some of my current professional activities:

Five Nations Beef Alliance (FNBA):

I act as an Executive Secretary of this group.

The Alliance is formed by the National Cattlemen s Associations of Australia, New

Zealand, Canada, Mexico and the United States.

W e are in the process of incorporating the organization from Uruguay. They have

accepted to participate in an Observer Status in our next Conference.

The Alliance meets every 18 months to discuss issues of interest to the beef industry.

The next Conference will take place in September 2011 in Mexico. In the meantime I am

in charge of coordinating a monthly conference call where we discuss current issues of

importance to the beef industry. Among other important issues:

FNBA request to FAO to become an organization appr oved by FAO to

participate in an Observer Status in International Forums such as Codex

Alimentarius, OIE, etc..

Animal Welfare standards

Activists groups vs. beef.

Climate change

Animal Health emergencies (BSE, FMD, TB, etc)

Beef world markets

Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Law in the United States.

Young Ranchers Program

Sustainable beef production

Traceability systems and Animal ID programs

International Standards

National Cattlemen s Beef Association (NCBA):

My main responsibility is to coordinate communications and the relationship with NCBA

counterpart in Mexico, CNOG. Among other actions, I coordinate, organize, moderate,

translate periodical meetings of the NCBA-CNOG Cross Border Bi-lateral Group. We

meet about every 3 months alternatively in Mexico and the United States to discuss

issues of mutual interest, from animal health to trade/marketing issues.

This group has been meeting since 14 years ago and has been able to build a strong

relationship between our two national organizations.

I am also involved in any other issue related to Latin America.

W e have organized several meetings with the National Cattlemen s Organizations of

Central America.

Aova Technologies Inc.

Aova Technologies is a private company based in Madison, WI. They produce a na tural

feed supplement for poultry, swine, fish and cattle.

My job is to develop a market and to find distributors in Latin America.

One of our objectives is to establish experimental trials in those countries to demonstrate

the benefits of the products. We just completed trials in Argentina and Chile and we are

working on establishing trials in Mexico and Brazil. Currently working on trials in Peru.

United States Potato Board (USPB):

I work in the seed program of the USPB where we promote the exportation of US potato

seed varieties to several Latin American countries.

W e are currently working in Nicaragua, Uruguay and Dominican Republic. In the past few

years we worked in Honduras, Panama and Venezuela as well. The first two markets are

now considered mature and Venezuela is in a stand by situation because of political

reasons.

W e establish contact with local producer organizations, governmental institutions,

importers, research entities, and establish experimental trials to test different varieties in

different environments within the country. The purpose is to find varieties that are better

than the ones currently used by the local growers in order to improve their yields and

their profits.

W e also organize trade missions taking US growers to those countries and reverse trade

missions bringing producers/importers to the US to visit potato seed areas. A Symposium

and Seed Tour is also organized every two years in the US where we invite several

producers/importers from those countries to participate.

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