RESUME
Victor A. Almandoz
Summary
Latin American visionary entrepreneur, pioneer in many IT new technologies with more than
twenty five years of full regional engagement. Victor has been part of Strategic and Planning
teams with Country-Regional responsibility, Director, CEO and Board of Directors member in
several organizations.
Professional Skills
Visionary IT executive with long experience in Business Development in Mexico and LATAM.
Strong in Planning, Organization, SLA s, Budgets, Forecasts, P&L and involvement in
implementing best practices, data analysis and Business Process Transformation.
Pioneer in many new technologies in Mexico such as 4th. Gen languages, EDI/EFT, EndPoint
Security, IT Compliance and BigData/Data Analysis.
Conferences in different topics to large audiences, written articles for magazines and
newspapers and in 2005 published a book.
Education
• BA in Management Information Systems (MIS) from New York University.
• Graduate studies in Finance at Florida Institute of Technology, at Melbourne, Fl.,
• Training in “Business Transformation and Process Re-engineering” in USA and Europe.
Personal Data
Fully bilingual: English and Spanish. Read and understand Portuguese and Italian.
Mexican Permanent resident, Peruvian born and US citizen by naturalization.
Email: *********@*****.***, Cell: (521**-****-****
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Astron Consulting LLC - Mexico City
Indian Services Outsourcing company
Regional Director – Latin America
September 2013 to present.
In charge of developing business in the region focus in Mexico, providing Services in areas
such as Telecom Carrier Solutions, Business Intelligence, Market Data Analytics & Big Data, ERP,
Information Security, Data Center Visualization and Staffing.
Major accomplishments were creating partnerships between Astron and major IT Houses such as
IBM, CISCO, Softtek and HP. Currently working in expanding associations to Deloitte and
Ericsson. Several government institutions are currently analyzing teaming with Astron. All these
results were obtained in less than six months period.
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Almandoz Asociados - Mexico City
Big Data Analysis and Security consultants.
Founder and CEO
July 2012 to September 2013.
IT consulting firm specialized in:
- Latin America Business Development for US, European and Russian IT suppliers companies.
- Focus on Mexico and Brazil with extended exposure to Perú, Colombia, Chile and Caribbean.
- Expertise in large IT infrastructures
- Security and Compliance.
- Banking and Finances strengths.
- Expertise in startups.
• Business Development for USA and European IT suppliers companies for the LA region.
• Focus on Mexico and Brazil with experience in Peru, Argentina, Chile and Caribbean.
• Expertise in large IT infrastructure (mainframes) as well as Distributed systems.
Splunk – San Francisco-Mexico City
Data Management and Big Data solutions.
Director LA Operations – April 2011 to July 2012.
• Managed Operations for the Latin America region with emphasis in Mexico and Mercosur.
• Creation of strategy and its implementation of the new operation.
• Create a strong reseller network in Brazil and Mexico supported by training programs as well
as using technologies such as Sales Force.
• Brought region from Pre-IPO to a Public company.
INDRA – Mexico City
Spanish Outsourcing Company.
Manager Banking Mainframe Applications – October 2008 to March 2011.
• Manage mainframe applications with off-shore development factories across Latin America.
• Quality Control Apps using Personal Software Process and Team Software Process
methodologies to improve Financial Application Development.
• Creating workflow processes to determine weaknesses in the large Mexican bank
applications.
GSI Software Solutions – Mexico City
Provider of Software and Services on IT Security and Compliance.
Founder and CEO - January 2002 to October 2008
• Security IT sales consultant and reseller for USA, German and Irish solution providers in End-
point security, SOX & PCI Network Compliance, Network Auditing, Network Configuration
Change Management, Critical Data and Image risks.
• Service more than 25 thousand seats within Corporations such as BBVA -Bancomer,
Wal*Mart Bank, Zurich Insurance, Volkswagen, Nissan, Ford, ADO, ITESM etc.,
• Partner to IBM, MICROSOFT, HP, SUN and DELOITTE.
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Attachmate/WRQ - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Latin America Director - October 1998 to January 2002
• Thirty to forty solid and dotted line reporting and around two dozen partners in Mexico,
Brazil, Chile, Peru, Argentina and Colombia.
• Host Integration Systems: Conversion of legacy systems (Mainframe applications) using
company and third party products. Winner of large projects in the Cities of Sao Paulo and
Santiago de Chile.
• Responsible for Strategies, P&L, Budgets, Hiring and Compensation Plans. Training and
creation of a new Service Level Agreement in the region.
Digital Equipment Corp., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and Mexico City
Mexican Country Director Consulting & Outsourcing – 1997 - 1998
Latin America Global Account Manager – 1995 to 1997
• In charge of Citibank Latin America, USD$10M per year projects deployment across 19 cities
in South America, Caribbean and Florida.
• Forty people solid line reporting and manage dozens resellers and partners in the region.
• Developed strategy & SLA s using “virtual teams” and partners throughout the region.
• In charge of DEC major practices in Mexico.
IBM - Mexico City
Mexico Financial Solutions Manager – 1993 to 1995
Business Transformation Manager - 1992 to 1993
• Lead a group of 25 project leaders in offering B2B solutions to Mexican market.
• Integrating third party foreign solutions on Payment Systems, Clearing House, EFT, etc., to
major Mexican Banks, Insurance and Government institutions.
Grupo PISSA (ISSA, PISSA and CVS) – Mexico City
Founder & CEO 1985 to 1992
Representative of major US and Canadian software houses: Candle Corp., Micro Focus, Sterling
Software, Tempus Link, four main EDI/EFT software companies, etc.,
CA (Computer Associates) Los Angeles, CA
Latin American Account Manager - 1982 to 1985
First US employee in charge of the region, open markets in Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia,
Chile, Ecuador and Peru.
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