EXPERIENCE

Continental Enterprises - Indianapolis, Indiana 2008- Present

Director of South American Operation

Responsible for Brazil investigations and investigators - making cold calls

to potential clients, manage South American sales operation, developing

relationships with retail companies and intellectual property attorneys,

attend trade shows and client meetings.

o Handle Civil and/or criminal cases, investigate and document

information on counterfeit and infringing items; provide

intelligence to legal counsel for prosecution and civil

actions; perform undercover operatives in the office and field;

procurement of evidence; create investigative reports.

Selecting & attracting new clients, Preparing proposals,

Following up on proposal/ongoing sales efforts, Coordinating

speaking engagements, trade shows, etc, travel, logistics,

preparation of materials. Responding to client questions re.

procedural & substantive issues related to IP management &

enforcement including research, correspondence w/

counsel/investigators, preparation & submission of memo.

> Administrative

o Tracking expenses & income

o Reviewing & approving invoices from outside vendors

(investigators & attorneys).

o Conducting trainings.

> Trademark registrations

o Finding attorneys in new countries; obtaining information on

filing requirements & fees; documents needed. Preparing

templates of documents needed.

o Preparing client-specific documents: PoAs;

affidavits/statements of activity/other country-specific

documents. Getting documents signed by client & submitted to

attorneys.

o Managing timeliness of filings; ongoing oversight of status of

registrations; pushing registrations to be completed.

> Licensing

o Working with current licensees to expand distribution in Brazil

. Finding distributors/retailers

o Developing new licensees

o Identifying projects & attracting clients

Brazilian Grill - Indianapolis, Indiana 2007-2008

Owner/Partner

Responsible for 15 Employees

Customer and vendor relations

Marketing and Administration

Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Indianapolis, Indiana - May 2007

Public Relations/Pit Reporter for the Indianapolis 500

Public relation responsibility to various media outlets in US and Brazil

Preparation of press releases & history to various newspapers, magazines,

miscellaneous publications and online news

Organized autograph sessions and events to achieve a greater exposure of

each driver with the Indianapolis Brazilian Community

Wood-Mizer Products, Inc. - Indianapolis, IN 2005-2006

International Administration 2005-2006

Entered parts performs/orders for international reps/customers

Obtained freight quotes from shipping, sending completed information for

their review

Invoiced part orders, created necessary documents for shipping

Track backorders to verify shipment and invoicing

Review Letters of Credit

Direct contact for shipping regarding all international shipping matters

Answered emails, telephone and fax requests for information in English,

Portuguese and Spanish

Posted and applied payments to accounts

Tracked commissions owed to reps for direct sales, issue credit memos

Worked with Sales Representatives to research and grow new market

opportunities

Backed up requests and process orders from WM Poland, Canada and Brazil

as operations as needed

Researched international shipping issues

Radiobr s (Brazilian Communications Company) - Brasilia, Brazil 2001-

2003

TV Nacional (National TV)

News Anchor, Reporter, Producer

Researched and developed news stories, turned live shots, reported

breaking news, gave in-depth reports, created daily packages, set up

interviews, prepared interviewees for interview, conducted live and

taped interviews for newscast, and researched several feature stories.

Responsible for short and long-range planning

through conduct of daily story conferences, editorial meetings and

inter-departmental conferences, worked on special project production

and planning such as elections, sports and news specials. Managed news

crews for daily stories and breaking news

Radio Nacional (National Radio)

Radio Announcer

Gathered facts, wrote, edited and produced programs, reported live news

and interviews and did voice-overs

OTHER

. Portuguese Instructor for Indianapolis-based language training center

. Production Assistant and Reporter for Brazilian Press Newspaper and

Magazine

. Assistant /Producer/ Reporter for TV Comunit ria (Community TV)

. Owner / Partner for dental and medical insurance company

. Writer for Brazilian community television

LANGUAGES

English (fluent)

Portuguese (native language)

Spanish (conversational speaking; reading and comprehending at median

level)

EDUCATION

IESB- Instituto de Educacao Superior de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil 2003

Bachelor of Science Degree in Telecommunications and Journalism

Superior Institute of Education, Brasilia, Brazil

IPEP-(Pedagogic Institute of Professionals) 08/2002-12/2002

Prepared for news reporting, practiced voice inflection, correct postures

Trained how to get the most out of interviews (Writing and composure for

Live

Television) and operated teleprompter

University of Bras lia 2001

International Communication Seminars

Attended various communication seminars on journalism and human rights in

the era of globalization, investigative journalism, and how to discover

the true piece of information

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Established United States Citizenship 2009

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