Adan Canizales

Education : Economist

Experience:  Marketing, Sales, Operations, Logistics, General Management. Automotive, General Products Distribution, Purchasing, Import-Export, Real Estate.

Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese

Work experience in Brazil, USA, El Salvador, Panama Serbia-Montenegro and Uruguay.

USA citizen.

Member of::

• National Association of Realtors ( NAR - USA)

• Florida Association of Realtors ( FAR )

• Greater Miami and the Beaches Board of Realtors ( RAMB )

• Realtors Commercial Alliance of Miami and the Beaches ( RCA )

• International Council of Real Estate Associations ( ICREA )

• Transnational Referral Certified ( TRC )

SKILLS

Marketing:  Market analysis and strategies, Pricing, Promotion, Brand and institutional development.

Sales:   New business and sales network development, Self motivated, Goal oriented, Well organized.

Financial:   Financial analysis, budgeting, P&L. 

Strategic:   Sound research, planning, implementation and problem solving skills.

Technical:   Proficient use of multiple software applications.  

Managerial:   Strategic vision, Leadership, planning and implementation.

Other:    Speak, read, and write English, Spanish and Portuguese fluently. Problem solver, positive attitude, hands on, interpersonal skills, team player, multitask, dedicated, self-driven, big picture approach down to details, make and motivates people to work with little supervision, good judgment.

Character:  Honest, Loyal, Friendly, Trustworthy.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

·         Aggregate Real Estate sales exceeding $16 million in the past five years.

·         Worked with the team responsible for sales of more than 70,000 automobiles in Latin America in a 10-year period.

·         Created the first brand identity campaign for Lada automobiles in Latin America.  Started up the first automobile importer in the Brazilian market, which      had been closed to auto imports for almost 30 years.  Efforts resulted in approximately us$300 millions in sales revenues in a 5 years period. Founder and Director of the Brazilian Association of the Automobile Importers ( ABEIVA ).

CAREER HISTORY

Real Estate Broker/Agent (2002-Present).                                                                                             Miami and Fort Lauderdale area, Florida, USA.

Broker and Sales agent at Coldwell Banker, RE/MAX,  and Coral Shores Realty. Responsible for leading to the closing of over $16 millions in sales transactions.

Rusia Automotriz, S.A. (4/99 – 01/02)                                                                                                                                          Montevideo, Uruguay.

General Manager and Vice President.

Sales and operations of the Latin America headquarter for Lada Automobiles.  Successfully developed a sales network for the brand throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Built relationships with a variety of dealership owners and managers, factory executives, and government officials.

Eberhard International Distributors, S. A. (11/98-03/99)                                                                                                           Podgoriça, Montenegro.

General Manager

Importer and distribution for home appliance brands Daewoo and Sharp in Serbia and Montenegro, including wholesale warehousing in the port of Bar. Sales, strategy, planning, supervision, exec

 Trade Point, Inc. (07/96-11/98)                                                                                                                                                      Miami, Florida, USA.

Owner-Manager

Purchasing agent and exporter of auto parts and industrial equipment. Oriented to customers in Latin America.

Lada do Brasil Ltda. / Subaru do Brasil Ltda. (05/90-11/95)                                                                                                              São Paulo, Brazil.

Director and Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer.

Instrumental in the starting up of Lada do Brasil, Ltda., who became the largest auto importer in Brazil from 1990 to 1994.  Assisted the company’s CEO in his daily responsibilities and directly responsible for logistics and operations in Brazil, and sales to Argentina.  Founder and Director of the Brazilian Association of Automobile Importers ( ABEIVA ).

Motores Internacionales S.A. (3/1980 - 3/1989)                                                                                                                                         Panamá City.

Marketing and Operations Manager for Latin America.

Marketing research, advertising and promotional campaigns, trade shows, Institutional Identity, pricing , logistics, Institutional Image and sales policies for Latin America and the Caribbean.  Relationship with  business owners, managers, advertising agencies and government officials.     

EDUCATION & ACADEMIA

• BS, Cum Laude, Economics.

Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil. 

• Assistant Professor, National Economics Accounting I & II

Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.

• Professor, Marketing I & II

Universidad Catolica Santa Maria La Antigua, Colón, Panama.

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