Dual Citizen with extensive and diverse work experienceWhat type of job are you looking for? My strongest skill sets are in commercial real estate finance, real estate development, high end hospitality and Caribbean villa rentals. Most importantly I am a fast and attentive learner with exceptional sales skills and appropriate and enviable interpersonal skills. What field do you currently work in? Hospitality What fields have you worked in before? Caribbean Villa Rentals Restaurants (busser, line cook, server, bartender, manager, promoter/PR) Real Estate Development and construction site management Commercial Real Estate Finance and brokerage What qualifications do you hold? My strongest skill sets are in commercial real estate finance, real estate development, high end hospitality and Caribbean villa rentals. Most importantly I am a fast and attentive learner with exceptional sales skills and appropriate and enviable interpersonal skills. These are in addition to having attended a selective preparatory school and a double major in English and Communications. I was the youngest ever invitee to the Boston College Real Estate Club (10 spots typically held by senior partners and CEOs). I am a member of the Boston College Executives Club (youngest by at least 15 years) I have started and am continuing with the CCIM program which is Certified Commercial Investment Manager. For the first course set I received the New England CCIM scholarship of which only one is given per region and I scored a 98% on the test to pass on to the next level. Which do you consider more valuable? Formal education or skills and why? Skills. And this answer may seem ironic considering my detailed and successful academic career. Prior to graduating from Boston College I was being given the tools so to speak for success but it has been my ability to learn new skills, use them concurrently as necessary and pick up a sort of business acumen that my education could not inspire though works together with quite well. Furthermore, I started my first business Profound Productions LLC in college and came to realize quickly that marketing CLASS is much different than actually marketing. I feel fortunate to confidently say I have both formal education and skills. Describe the benefits of working with others I am inherently outgoing and love working towards a common goal. My only concern is group synergy. A good leader will be able to rally a wide swath of personality types and maximize the skills of the individuals in the group to create potential that is greater than the some of the parts. Describe the benefits of working alone I work well alone because I have great faith in my abilities and the results I deliver. As much as team work creates a sense of unity in its accomplishment, working alone is where you show and reaffirm your capabilities. What was your worst working experience? Working for a family member. Certain things that seem to go without saying or being documented for that matter as they would in a strictly professional relationship can lead to severe abuses later if the family member is not who you thought or even not who you thought in business. What is the most important lesson you have learnt throughout your career? Documentation is king (after cash of course:). I have found little need to resolve disputes or resort to verbal sparring or strict leadership when I have the documentation (order forms, time sheets, warranties, receipts etc) to resolve things in a professional manner. What unique skills do you have? I have grown up internationally as a result of my father being a US Diplomat so I have great ability to adapt quickly to to new surroundings, cultures and people. What excites me the most is that I was born in Colombia but left before many if any memories formed. I want to discover the country I where I was born. I also speak: English - with significantly above average written and verbal command Spanish - I was fluent when I was younger with my father being assigned to Paraguay, Spain, Colombia and Mexico. I now am taking a course to bring it back to fluency or at least respectable aka non-tourist levels. French - 8 years of study and living in Luxembourg and Belgium left me with average writing skills and very strong verbal skills. They have fallen latent but those too are in the process of being resurrected. What would you consider as your 'dream job'? A people and results oriented job with a sales aspect that either allows for or requires international travel. At the same time committing to the job at hand is key and brought me to where I am now. For instance it would be great to use my finance and lending skills to secure funds for a new hotel or resort, participate in the construction and then shift gears to hospitality to potentially work or manage the project for which I helped secure financing, build, perhaps design and know intimately. Very few people can do this, I can. What are the most interesting aspects of your field? Hospitality: Its the people. I have spent most of my life in a strange land and have great sympathy for the road weary, confused or, my favorite, those who offer me the chance to advise their vacation, meal, and lodging not to mention relying on my sense for people to add a little twist, hidden gem or just generally share local knowledge. Real Estate: From developement, to construction to finance I have found two things that keep me coming back: I have met some of the smartest people working in the Boston/New York corridor who challenge me to perform and at the end of the day in real estate there is a tangible, assessable product that even on the financial side was something in which I took pride. What are the least interesting aspects of your field? Hospitality: Every day you make a first impression and it can be emotionally draining. But once that is done and I can take my guests subtly under my control my love of people kicks in and I set myself the challenge of creating the experience they came for and showing them something a little beyond. A little exotic. | 
