MANUEL ORTUNO

MIAMI, FLORIDA

CELL: 305-***-****

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Business administrator and developer with over twenty years of experience as senior executive with proven figures and results. Vast experience as strategic planner, executive leader on multicultural environments, manager of a very significant number of human capitals at all levels, including information technologies. Change management, mergers, startups, and acquisitions. Sales and Marketing specialist.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Demonstrated special skills on integration of high performance teams.

Project management.

Development and integration of corporate culture focused on the total satisfaction of both external and internal customers.

Functioned with national and multinational companies within the top 100 companies worldwide.

Experienced investor, business designer and supervisor in multiple USA projects.

WORK EXPERIENCE

MR2 Investments and Management LLC

CEO 2010 – Present

Position Summary:

Has been leading, maintaining and investing in numerous companies adding value through growth, organization, and profits for the last 7 years. Coaching and managing diverse projects and startups, including direct work with the FPL, Custom Craft, Italian Kitchen and Bath, Granite and Marble Inc, Banco Santander Central Hispano, Lideramis-USA and more

Core Responsibilities:

•Investing and managing companies developing new technology and international patents (HRCM, CNG and others).

•Real estate investments, assets management and executing different projects with FPL, Custom Craft, Italian Kitchen and Bath and others.

•Full deployment of different projects from their very beginning (Start Up, selecting and training the human capital, potentiating their skills, getting all goals on sales and profits)

•Developed all Security Schemes of the OSHA regulations and startup of all kinds of measure systems (BSC), increasing the PBIT in more than 90 percent and sales in 50 percent.

VPI Investments LLC and VPI Solutions LLC

Vice President 2004 – 2010

Position Summary:

For more than five years, invested, orchestrated and redesigned several companies to add value and profit, not only in terms of economic resources but also focused on the organization of their management model. As an example, deployed an aggressive plan of action for the United Nations, to supply all kinds of products and services (Logistics, Central Kitchens, Hospitality, Food Collective Projects, Support Services, etc.) for their missions in West Africa, with a budget exceeding 520 Million Euros

Core Responsibilities:

•Real Estate NYC and Bahamas / Travel Agency in NYC.

•Purchasing and managing of five different buildings and a complete Resort.

•Leading different "management buy-out" and Startup.

•Creation of 4 different newco from 0, arriving into a total sale of more than 100 million USD and with a PBIT of 25 percent.

•Supplier of products and services for UN Peacekeeping Missions, achieving 500 million USD in contracts in West Africa

Compass Group PLC

VP and Development Director 1984 – 2004

Position Summary:

Started in 1984 while accomplishing a first degree in Madrid and Palma de Mallorca. Over the course of twenty years, promoted to Director and CEO of the Spain Division of Compass Group (Eurest Inflight Services and Eurest Colectividades SA). Afterwards, ascended toward an Executive Vice President position of the Parent Company as the Development Director. Demonstrated leadership skills, growth strategy, corporate synergies. Mentored the Commercial Development Branch of all the companies of the Group. As a result, the turnover of the Holding grew into 15 percent on Sales and 25 percent on PBIT.

Core Responsibilities:

•Leading the development and growth strategies, synergies, and sales growth for all companies of the Holding.

•Increase of 15 percent on sales and 25 percent on PBIT with a total turnover around 1B USD and more than 40.000 employees.

•Member of the Board of Directors of all societies of the group in Spain: Select Service Partner SA, Eurest Colectividades SA, Aldeasa, Transmediterránea, Servair (Madrid / Barcelona)

•Consolidation of all companies in a 15 percent increase on sales and more than 20 percent on PBIT.

•New development of managing tools (Baan, SAP).

•Reporting

•Development of Corporate Management Values.

•Ongoing Training Schemes.

•Developed new sectors and penetration into new markets.

General Manager (Food Collective, Support Services and In-flight Catering) - Europe

Position Summary and Core Responsibilities

•Once more the best economic results of the company were obtained, together with an excellent global satisfaction of the external and internal customer with an Ongoing Training Schemes.

General Manager Eurest In-flight Services. Air Catering Company, onboard sales and handling - Europe

Position Summary and Core Responsibilities

•During a four-year period, not only did the best quantitative and qualitative results of the company compared to other countries, but also the world-wide sector

•Managing Director of EisMarítimo - Aldeasa, Duty Free firm, Catering and logistical supply boats and cruises.

•New way of doing management was implemented, always joining the Corporate Mission and Vision. Increase on sales dramatically

Unit Manager of several centers of different volume and complexity in Spain.

Position Summary and Core Responsibilities

Unit Manager of seven different Units (Gerona, Tenerife South, Tenerife North, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Palma de Mallorca)

The best results achieved ever, qualitative and quantitative, of the company and comparative with the global sector.

SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND OTHERS

University Professor and collaborator at the IES Universidad San Pablo CEU and at the Rey Juan Carlos University. Giving the subjects of:

oStrategic Leadership

oCorporate Values

EDUCATION

2003-2004: AVIRA MBA at INSEAD; Fontainebleau, Paris

2000-2002: MBA, IESE University of Navarra, Spain

1996-1997: Values Management Course, IE, Barcelona, Spain

1990-1994: Management and Business Administration, CEU, Madrid, Spain

LANGUAGES

English: Proficient

Spanish: Proficient, mother language.

Italian: Proficient

REMARKS

Author of four published books:

1.“Rompiendo Barreras”, Economics and Management Strategies - 1999

2."La Nueva Cruzada", Historical Novel and Fiction - 2001

3."Amor Feroz", Philosophy – 2006

4.“Meditando en el camino”, Philosophy – 2010

REFERENCES

Antonio Señas; VP Banco Santander Central Hispano USA. Miami, FL.

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o305 539 5157

Tarsila Rico; Sales Excellence SMB at N3: Miami/Fort Lauderdale, USA

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o786 587 9194

Jorge Arrastía; Writer and Consultant. Miami, USA

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o305 281 7647

Patricia Campa; Senior BDM. Sourcing Solutions, Miami. USA

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o3053259911

Jose Luis Moreno, President Nextc group, USA – Spain

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o305 926 6047

Mª José Hidalgo; CEO Air Europa – Globalia Group. Mallorca – Spain

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