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MIGUEL DUHALT

B.sc. From INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE MONTERREY , Pursuing MBA from DUKE UNIVERSITY, Have been worked at GBM Brokerage House as Trading Senior Operator. Presently Working as Co-founder at FREEPUBLIK Since 2003

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Skills: Business, Design, English, Human-Computer Interaction, Languages, Leadership, Management, Product design, Public Relations, Spanish
Interested in: Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup
Schools: Duke University, Tecnológico de Monterrey, University of Houston System

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL, Mexico City.
Position: Regional Trainee
Time period: January 2004 - Present
Description: Developed a regional Supply Chain plan to reduce expired medical stents by 15%.
Proposed a plan to strengthen the relationship with Mexican cardiologists.

Employer: FREEPUBLIK, Mexico City.
Position: Co-Founder
Time period: January 2003 - Present
Description: Proposed a Business Plan that raised US $150,000 from venture capital to produce the first batch of Men’s personal care products and to launch the marketing campaign.

Employer: ICAP, Mexico City.
Position: Operations and Sales Manager
Time period: January 2004 - December 2008
Description: Developed and implemented the first, and now largest 100% electronic trading platform for the Mexican Fixed Income Market, which trades 70%+ of all daily volume, equivalent to US$ 15 billion.
Restructured and led a desk of 6 brokers which included members with twice as much experience than me.
Strengthened relationships with customers and increased customer base by 30% which resulted in an increase in company annual revenues by 10% in 2007.
Awarded "Most Willing to Help and Teach" recognition by ICAP’s CEO for Latin America.

Employer: INTELIGENT CREATIVITY, Mexico City.
Position: Founder
Time period: January 2003 - December 2008
Description: Introduced a line of four organic products through Walmart and commercialized men's and women's fragrances.

Employer: GBM Brokerage House (Grupo Bursatil Mexicano), Mexico City.
Position: Fixed Income Institutional Sales and Trading Senior Operator
Time period: January 2003 - December 2008
Description: Developed and implemented a business plan to include a Sales and Trading Department for institutional customers which led an increase of 20% customers and penetration into a new market.
Led a strategic partnership with ICAP Mexico to be its clearing house for its Fixed Income Trading Platform; resulted in 30% increase in trading volume for both companies.
Developed an algorithmic trading platform for GBM’s Fixed Income customers, which would lead to a 20% increase in revenues.

Employer: GILLETTE, Mexico City.
Position: Intern, Customer Logistics Analyst
Time period: January 2003 - December 2004
Description: Developed forecasting and supply demand models that reduced safety stock inventory by 20% at each Walmart Store in Mexico.
Offered a full time position in Gillette as a Key Account Manager after my internship.

EDUCATION

University: Duke University
Time period: 2011
Degree: Finance, MBA

University: Tecnológico de Monterrey
Time period: 2004
Degree: Industrial Engineering, BSc

University: University of Houston System
Time period: 2002 - 2003
Degree: Exchange Student Program

INFORMATION

Clubs: Member of the Entrepreneurial and Venture Capital Club,
Finance Club,
General Management Club
Latina American Association and the Outdoor Club
Counselor in Towering Pines summer camp in USA.
Awards: Awarded the Chapa O'Quinn Full Scholarship out of 10,000 students due to academic performance.
MIGUEL DUHALT

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