Juan Casillas Managing Director 52.555.5281.8297 Campos Eliseos 345, Piso 5 Col. Chapultepec - Polanco Mexico, D.F., Mexico 11560 Phone: 52.55.5281.8297 | Fax: 52.55.5281.8298 Professional Experience Mr. Casillas, based in Mexico City, provides consulting services to international corporations regarding their activities in Mexico as well as to Mexican businesses on their operations and initiatives overseas. He is a seasoned participant in the Mexican market who has worked in both Mexico and the United States and has substantial experience in business development, strategic planning and analysis as well as government relationship development and consulting in both countries. He is fluent in Spanish and English. Prior to joining ManattJones, Mr. Casillas served as General Manager for STR, a software development company. There, he supervised a project that produced the Institutional Maintenance System for the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico's equivalent to the Social Security system. The project was undertaken jointly with the National University UNAM. In 2000, Mr. Casillas founded Colegioweb, an Internet company dedicated to providing Extranet services to schools and educational institutions in Mexico City, Jalisco and Guanajuato. Colegioweb continues to provide service to over 25 institutions and is now providing Extranet work environments for small and medium-size companies and organizations. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Casillas served as the Assistant General Director of a hologram manufacturing company in Mexico, where he was instrumental in moving the company from virtual bankruptcy status to a multimillion-dollar sales business. |