Augusto "Gus" Francia

Sought out market opportunities and developed strategies for international product introduction for companies interested in expanding overseas. Developed comprehensive business plans, supporting international marketing initiatives in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East in the food and industrial products.Key Accomplishment: ▪Identified markets for non-traditional exporters, finding niche segments and developing introduction strategies, creating business relations of $20,000,000.

▪Created and develop international sales plan, supporting distributors programs and customizing plans per region, increasing sales by 41%

▪Improved support level to sales organizations, motivating individuals to be accountable for weekly/monthly objectives, improving services sales calls effectiveness 33%.

•Planned and developed an international sales/marketing strategy, supporting distributor efforts, motivating sales personnel and customizing plans per region, increasing sales from 300K to 6 Millions dollars in 5 years.•Spearheaded and directed management team for new product development, analyzing market trends and testing new products, increasing annual revenues by 8%.

Key accomplishments:•Planned and developed a business turnaround, reducing personnel and re-orienting sales /production, resulting in profits for the first time in 4 years.•Created and managed an international sales/marketing plan for product introduction, analyzing market trends and positioning, generating first-year sales of $ 4M.

Finished school in 4 1/2 years instate of the regular 5 years.