Placido Valdes

Responsible for the overall operations in the regions which included 7 start-up operations.

Founded company to continue representing Protek in the Americas, then began to expand in the services and construction end of celular industry in Mexico and Brasil until contracted directly by Trylon to represent them in the same region.

Responsible for operations in 7 countries in the Caribbean, Central America and North Andes region. Expanded business in the region by 300% in second year, expanding customer base for this €400M a year company based in Madrid.

Responsible for growing the region’s business by 550% in a 3 year period. Reduced and controlled overhead expenses to be at or below budget. Established new operations and processes in 7 new countries for this tower manufacturer and construction service provider headquartered in Ontario, Canada. Manned operations properly with well experienced personnel, rendering EBITDA earnings higher than budgeted. Developed new business with industry giants such as American Movil and Millicom International.

Began as the VP of Sales & Marketing, responsible for starting the Operations in the Caribbean and Latin America, for this software company headquartered in the United Kingdom. Developed the Sales and Marketing team for the region and opened offices in Mexico and Brazil. Took over responsibilities for the United States and Canadian operations as GM of The Americas Region effective September 2001.

Responsible for the Sales and Business Development in Central America and Andean Regions, as well as the account management of Telefonica de España, and Bell South International, accounting for yearly revenues in excess of US$250M/year.

Developed operation, including sales and marketing for all Latin America and the Caribbean Obtained contracts with Avantel, MetroRed, Northern Telecom (Nortel), and TelMex for over US$100M for Mexico’s operation Acietel Mexicana. Arranged local financing for these contracts enabling the operation to stand on its own. Served as COO of MasTec’s Brazilian Subsidiary developing its complete business infrastructure including establishing financial controls and project administration/management for a US$150M/year operation.

Purchased Butler Telecom de Mexico during 1995 Mexican economic crisis and rebuilt business to a leading contractor in the telecom industry in Mexico, before selling business to Mastec, Inc in 1997.

Responsible starting the entire operation from the ground-up, creating a customer base, recruiting, establishing company procedures, P&L, accounting, financial planning.