Multilingual International Manager

Country, Area or Region Management or Business Development

Halliburton 2000-Present


Manager, Operations and Business Development, Latin America Security/DBS Division
Start-up and turnaround for drill bit, down hole tools and coring sales, rental and service operations in Latin America.
• Established effective sales and operations teams throughout Latin America

Enron 1999-2000
Director, Business Development, Southern Cone (Brazil, Argentina) , Azurix Division
Identify, develop and implement water and water treatment projects, including acquisition candidates, turnkey and asset monetization opportunities, for industrial sector of Brazil and Argentina. Perform due diligence and develop strategy and coordination within Enron’s business development organization, including accounting, tax, finance, engineering and legal departments.


Compressor Systems Incorporated 1998-1999
Business Development Manager, Latin America

Responsible for starting up operations in Latin America. Sales and rental of natural gas compressor and electrical generation equipment, strategic planning. Negotiate agent agreements, employ country managers, and supervise sales and rental for natural gas compression systems, including direct customer negotiations.

Smith International 1984-1998
Region Manager, Latin America, Smith Tool Division (1994-1998)

• Established and expanded new business in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia
• increased market share in Venezuela and Colombia,
• turned around losing entities in Mexico and Argentina. Formed management and technical support team,
• recruited all managerial and technical support personnel in Latin America, Increased revenue 175%.
• Increased EBIT 300% in three years
Country Manager Smith International – Southern Cone (Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and Chile) (1991-1994)
• Won directional drilling and down hole tool contracts in Brazil and Bolivia worth over $40M for drilling equipment and engineering services
• Won inspection service contracts with Petrobras worth over $12M
• Established new machine shop service in Macae, Brazil and Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Area Sales and Field Engineering Manager – United Arab Emirates and Oman (1989-1991)

Drilling and Service Co.-NL Hycalog 1981-1984
General Manager North and South America

Baker/Milchem 1979-1981

BS Geology University of California
BA Spanish University of California

Multilingual executive with significant success in international and domestic P&L management, country management, region management and business development. BS in Geology, BA in Spanish, University of California. Latin America Country Management and Business Development experience. Expatriate experience in United Arab Emirates (Dubai), Venezuela, Brazil and Mexico. Middle East experience in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Sharja, Dubai and Oman. Product and service experience includes drilling fluids, solids control equipment, down hole tools, natural gas compressors, directional drilling, inspection, machine shop, coring and drill bits. Accustomed to working with people from a variety of cultural and educational backgrounds. Skilled at managing people, direct customer, agent and distributor negotiations and maximizing financial performance. Thoroughly fluent in formal Spanish and Portuguese, recoverable French, German, Polish, and Arabic.