Additional Experience as an Entrepreneur and Consultant
My entrepreneurial and consulting experience extends across international trade, healthcare, automotive, marine, e-commerce, franchising, and television production.
For example, I worked with a New York trading corporation on international oil transactions. With the Pritzker family of the Chicago area, I worked through APELCO International on turnkey hospital supply projects in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru. I also served as a representative for Jeep in Colombia for government bids. I represented marine companies including Chris-Craft, Wellcraft, Hatteras, Bayliner, and Tempest Marine.
As a consultant to LatinoShopping.com, I supported the provision of products and services to markets throughout Latin America. I established a network of franchised weight-loss centers.
My television experience was as a producer with many international TV networks, such as Channel 5 in Spain, Silvio Berlusconi’s TV companies in Italy, Venevisión in Venezuela, and others. I helped sell different types of products through direct-response companies and home shopping networks, including QVC and HSN in the United States, QVC in Japan, Ideal World in England, and many others around the world. Altogether, my international business experience spans 107 countries.
Throughout my career, I have served on the boards of companies, professional associations, and governmental entities in various countries around the world.