LAURA IBANEZ
***** ***** *** ***, ******* FL ****0
Cell 703-***-**** Fax: 571-***-**** Email: ad3xh2@r.postjobfree.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE: Management Consultant
SUMMARY: Financial executive with broad experience in all aspects of financial management. Real
estate broker experience for 33 years in property investments and property management.
Marketing and Sales:
Licensed Insurance Agent, Qualfon USA (10/10/22 to 12/15/2023)
Location: Orlando, Florida
*Responsible for enrollment of customers in Blue Cross Blue Shield (Arkansas)
*Responsible for enrollment of customers from client companies (E-Health) in various health insurance plans from October to December, 2022 (52 states plus Washington DC)
*Responsible for customer service support for AIG/NUFIC policy holders from February 2023 to present
*Active health and life insurance license in the state of Florida
Benefit Advisor, Willis Towers Watson, Via Benefits (09/08/15 to 09/23/22)
Location: Orlando, Florida and South Jordan, Utah
*Responsible for enrollment of customers from client companies in various health insurance plans
*Active health and life insurance licenses in the state of Florida
Associate Broker/Realtor/ Virginia (1990 to present)
* Active Broker’s license in the Commonwealth of VA with 26 years sales experience
* Lifetime Member and Top Producer, Northern Virginia Association of Realtors Multi Million Dollar Sales Club
* Member of a team who sold and exceeded sales quota expectations when the team auctioned $31 Million of real estate (savings and loan bank portfolio) in one night during the S&L crisis
* Negotiated contracts in residential and commercial real estate and closed personal sales of over $25 million from 2005 to present
Agency Manager, Virtual Financial Group (04/01/2016 to 03/30/21 )
*Life insurance license in the state of Utah
Account Executive, ADT Security Inc (07/2005 to 01/2008)
* Security & Alarm systems marketing for residential and commercial accounts in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC. Negotiated and closed 664 contracts in 48 months.
Financial Management:
Loan Operations Processor/First Virginia Bank
* Processed loan payoffs and issued Certificates of Satisfaction for the 96 bank branches in Virginia
and assisted in home equity loan applications
* Member of team who exceeded sales quota production by 300% with a monthly group sales volume of US $15 Million and an average daily team production of 50 home equity loan approvals and daily loan payoffs of US $100 Thousand to US $ 200 Thousand
Consultant to the CEO/Ed Peete Company
* Worked as Comptroller for a new homes builder and improved building volume 296% in eight (8)
months with units selling at an average sales price of US $350 K to US $500K
* Prepared financial projections; handled staff budget and salary requirements; dealt with banks and lenders
in obtaining financing for multi-million dollar projects (Bromptons at Ballston/$18 Million and Churchill
Court/$5 Million)
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* Reviewed sales contracts for individual homes and pre-approved them prior to construction of units; and
dealt with suppliers in contract negotiations and payments for services rendered
Personal Financial Analyst/ Citigroup, Inc.
* Represented Primerica Financial Services life insurance in the states of Virginia and Maryland
* Trained in Life and Health Insurance; Securities, Series 6 and Series 63
Corporate Planning:
Planning Assistant/ International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT),
Washington, DC, USA
* Developed databases for the satellites in the Pacific & Atlantic Regions and improved satellite planning
by effecting the smooth transition of data from the IBM mainframe to Local Area Networks (LANs)
International Management Positions:
President and CEO, OakCrest Enterprises LLC, Fairfax VA, USA
*Business owner and enterpreneur, real estate property management, investments and estate administration in the Phillipines, UK and USA
Corporate Planning Manager, Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Inc., Manila,,Phillipines
*Managed operating departments for the Office of the General Manager and Cable & Wireless (UK).
Consultant, Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), Manila, Philippines
* Prepared policy papers for the Office of the President and Project Team evaluated the UN Law of the Seas (UNCLOS) for the Philippine government
Consultant, Ministry of Natural Resources, Quezon City, Philippines
*Represented Philippine government in ASEAN conferences
Seasonal Positions:
Sales & Leasing Consultant, Rosenthal Infiniti
Location: Vienna, VA
* Certified Consultant in 90 days and improved sales closing ratio of team by 41%
Area Coordinator and Managing Consultant/Excel-Teleglobe
Location: Lorton, VA
* Responsible for opening new accounts
Consultant /Verizon Communications
Location: Falls Church, VA
* Exceeded sales quota expectations by 441% with sales production of 530,125 Achievers Points
Professional Telesales/ MCI WorldCom
Location: Arlington, VA
* Exceeded sales quota expectation by 250% with Call Center production of 5 million lines in four months
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Boston University, Boston, MA Humphrey Fellow
Degree Equivalent: Masters Field of Study: International Business and Advanced Economics
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University of Asia and the Pacific, Philippines, Master of Arts in Business Economics
University of the Philippines. Bachelor of Science Zoology
Harvard University, JFK School of Government, Cambridge, MA
Accepted as Mason Fellow; studies deferred until later date Field of Study: Government
TECHNICAL SKILLS
* Highly skilled in the use of personal computers and the following softwares: Windows 8, Lotus 123,
Quickbooks, Quattro Pro, D-base III, insurance software (Call Atlanta), software for residential telephone systems (BOSS, SOACS, SN4), Metropolitan Regional Information System (MRIS) for real estate analysis, SSC and Right Now for health insurance
* Developed satellite database systems using D-Base III and spreadsheets using Excel
* Worked with a variety of operating systems including IBM, Windows NT, Windows 98 and DOS
* Able to converse, read or write in the following languages: English, Filipino, German and Spanish
* Able to travel internationally as a US Citizen
REFERENCES
* Available upon request
PUBLICATIONS AND TECHNICAL PAPERS
A Strategy for the Development of Rural Telecommunications in the Philippines, University of Asia and the Pacific, 1988
Mother and Sons, ISBN 10: 075******* and ISBN 13: 978-0759631847
A Tale of Survival, ISBN 10: 146******* and 13: 978-1469138558