Ryder
Binational Member, represented by Eugenio Sevilla
Ryder is a FORTUNE 500® commercial fleet management, dedicated transportation, and supply chain solutions company. Ryder’s stock (NYSE: R) is a component of the Dow Jones Transportation Average and the S&P MidCap 400® index. Ryder has been named among FORTUNE’s World’s Most Admired Companies and has been recognized for its industry-leading practices in third-party logistics, environmentally-friendly fleet and supply chain solutions, and world-class safety and security programs. Inbound Logistics magazine has included Ryder in its “Green Partners” listing for 10 years in a row. Ryder was also recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a 2014 SmartWay Affiliate Challenge award and SmartWay Excellence Awards in 2017, 2014, and 2013. Ryder is a charter member of the NGV Fleet Forum and a member of the Department of Energy’s National Clean Fleets partnership. Ryder is also a recipient of the 2011 NGV Achievement Award. A member of the American Red Cross Disaster Responder Program, Ryder is proud to support national and local disaster preparedness and response efforts.
Ryder has a strong presence in North America, optimizing logistics networks to make them more responsive and able to be leveraged as a competitive advantage. Globally-recognized brands in the automotive, consumer goods, food and beverage, healthcare, industrial, oil and gas, technology, and retail industries rely on Ryder’s leading technologies and world-class logistics engineers to help them deliver the goods that consumers use every day.
Operating 319 facilities with 50 million square feet of warehouse space, Ryder offers flexible solutions as well as end-to-end visibility – no matter how challenging or diverse the storage and distribution needs may be. Ryder currently provides comprehensive logistics and supply chain management solutions to companies with operations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and contracts with more than 3,100 carriers in all modes of transportation in the markets it serves.
ABANCA USA
Regional Member, Represented by Monica Vazquez
Briefly describe our business and its value for the clients. What is our competitive advantage?
ABANCA is an innovative bank committed to its clients, corporations and families. We are already the largest bank in north-west Spain with more than 800 branches. We help our clients by providing financial solutions tailored to their needs and their projects. We have presence in 11 countries, so our clients can operate with the comfort of the same entity. Also ABANCA USA Miami Branch has a comprehensive banking license that allows us to work with our clients in any country and any currency. Our core values are Reliability, Responsibility, Innovation and Quality.
Do we have clients in the United States?
ABANCA has many clients in the country, both individuals and companies, residents and non-residents and we are always looking to expand and establish long lasting relationships. We are also actively looking to provide credit through short term and long-term credit facilities to SME, commercial real estate and offer other financial solutions to companies and high net worth individuals.
Why did we decide to stablish your company in Miami?
ABANCA USA’s main mission is to join and support its clients and their projects in the United Sates and LATAM region. Many companies even before and especially after the global crisis of 2008 realized that geographic diversification was fundamental in a growingly interconnected global economy. In particular, Florida has attracted a significant number of Spanish Companies and many other international business that see Miami as a key entryway to the US and hub for Latin American markets. In 2017 stock of FDI from Spain to the United States reached USD 73.2 Billion, up from USD 55.78 Billion in 2013. ABANCA USA would like to have a remarkable presence among the business community and continue to expand its activities and support our clients’ growth with a long-term view.
Why did we decide to become a member of the Mexico-US Chamber of Commerce?
The Chamber is a key institution for the community and an excellent platform to collaborate with Mexican and non-Mexican companies. The chamber offers the opportunity to participate in many activities and network, exchange views and ideas and generate business opportunities. Being a member provides us an excellent opportunity to inform fellow members of our capabilities and disposition to support their businesses and help them achieve their financial goals.
Website: www.abancausa.com
Video (youtube): https://youtu.be/Oqud34mMuFs
Actuarial Factor
Regional Member, represented by Esperanza Borja Mead
Actuarial Factor is an independent actuarial consulting firm specializing in property and casualty insurance companies and captive insurance companies, which provides actuarial services at the highest level of expertise for all lines of business, and in all jurisdictions in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Actuarial Factor assists clients with these critical aspects of their business:
- New product development and filing
- Product pricing
- Reserve adequacy analyses
- Expert testimony
- Profitability analyses
- Peer reviews
- Mergers and acquisitions evaluations
Alvarez & Marsal
Regional Member, represented by Alvaro Araujo
Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) when conventional approaches are not enough to make change and achieve results. Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm that provides tax and financial advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services.
With over 3000 people across four continents, we deliver tangible results for corporates, boards, private equity firms, high net-worth individuals, law firms and government agencies facing complex challenges. Our senior leaders, and their teams, help organizations transform operations, catapult growth and accelerate results through decisive action. Comprised of experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators and industry authorities, A&M leverages its restructuring heritage to turn change into a strategic business asset, manage risk and unlock value at every stage of growth.
Baja Ferries
Regional Member, represented by Oscar Ruano
Baja Ferries is the National logistics and shipping leader for cargo and passenger transportation in México. Baja Ferries offers integral and multimodal logistics solutions for commodities and raw material transportation and an unforgettable traveling experience for passengers.
With five modern vessels connecting the state of Baja California Sur with the Mexican Mainland and operating two routes in the Sea of Cortez: Topolobampo-La Paz and Mazatlán- La Paz; carrying 2 million lane meters and 300 thousand passengers every year. Through their Ferries, Baja Ferries transports over 75% of the goods, products and basic freight and supplies for all of Baja California Sur.
Baja Ferries will also continue to expand its Maritime and multimodal logistics service in 2019, to include a new cargo route servicing the Yucatan Peninsula between Progreso and Veracruz.
BDO
Regional Member, represented by Andre Robledo
BDO is a leader in accounting, tax, and advisory services bringing world-class resources and exceptional service to each and every one of our clients. BDO delivers assurance, tax, and financial advisory services to clients throughout the country and around the globe. BDO offers numerous industry-specific practices, world-class resources, and an unparalleled commitment to meeting our clients’ needs. We currently serve more than 400 publicly traded domestic and international clients. BDO serves US clients through our 60+ offices located throughout the United States. BDO USA is a member of BDO International, the world’s fifth largest accounting network.
Boston Scientific
Regional Member, represented by Mariano Linares
Our Mission: Boston Scientific is dedicated to transforming live through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients around the world.
Delivering on our brand promise: Our commitment to transforming live through meaningful innovation is more than a goal, it’s how we’re advancing science for life. We’re fullfiliing our brand promise by focusing on solutions than matter most, pursuing excellence and collaborating with healthcare professionals.
Florida East Coast Railway
Regional Member, represented by Mr. Nate Asplund
The Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) is a Class II regional railroad that owns all of the 351-mile mainline track from Jacksonville, FL, down to Miami. It is the exclusive rail provider for PortMiami, Port Everglades and Port of Palm Beach.
FEC Railway connects to the national railway system in Jacksonville, allowing it to provide rail service in and out of Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina, into and out of Florida’s east coast. Based in Jacksonville, FEC provides end-to-end intermodal and carload solutions to customers who demand cost-effective and premium quality transportation solutions.
FedEx Express
Regional Member, represented by Jorge Esteban Gómez.
FedEx Express Latin America and Caribbean serves more than 50 countries and territories and employs more than 26,000 people committed to total customer satisfaction. FedEx Express LAC offers a broad portfolio of transportation and logistics solutions, acting as a pillar of growth for the region, and continues its commitment to small, medium and large exporters by offering innovative ways to access the global marketplace.
Greenberg Traurig
Regional Member, represented by Antonio Peña
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, multidisciplinary law firm with over 2,000 attorneys and government law and policy professionals in 39 locations worldwide. Our experience in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia enables us to guide our clients through any legal issue that they might experience.
Greenberg Traurig encourages attorneys to organize the cross-practice teams required to meet the needs of our clients. We provide our services with the dedication and responsiveness of a boutique firm, but with the breadth, depth, resources and operating efficiencies of one of the largest law firms in the world.
In 2017, Greenberg Traurig was named the largest law firm in the United States by Law360, has been ranked among the top 20 global firms in the American Lawyer Global 100, and has been recognized by leading legal publications such as Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, IFLR and Best Lawyers.
Greenberg Traurig offers its clients several significant advantages, including:
- An Integrated Approach: GT provides integrated legal services for clients worldwide. We offer a multi-disciplinary team with the strategic business, legal and political experience required to address the increasingly complex needs of companies today.
- Fast-Moving Service: Our culture promotes innovation and fast-moving dedication to our clients, resulting in practical, business-focused legal services.
- A Commitment to Efficiency: Greenberg Traurig builds teams around client needs, ensuring lean staffing, front-end planning, and flexible billing where appropriate.
- Firm Reach: Our offices are in key commercial centers in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, offering both an intensely local and global reach to our clients. We have been ranked among the Top 20 global firms in The American Lawyer’s Global 100 listing and our attorneys and international practices are regularly regarding in leading positions.
Helm Bank USA
Serving the World from the Heart of Miami
For more than 30 years, Helm Bank USA has created a financial connection to the United States for multinational companies and foreign national individuals seeking their own dreams of business opportunities and real estate investments.
Helm Bank USA offers multiple products and services to customers from over 60 countries around the world, providing:
- Personal and Business accounts
- Personalized attention for corporate and personal banking needs
- Personal and Business banking solutions
- Online Banking Services
- Residential and Commercial Lending
- Automobile Loans
- Credit Cards
- Trade Finance
We know technology is a driver of continuous modernization, and are proud to continue our journey embracing digital technology to facilitate banking relationships with a convenient user experience.
Helm Bank USA is a Florida chartered full service bank supervised by the State of Florida and a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). We are an Equal Housing Lender.
Headquarters: 999 Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL, 33131
The European Institute of Efficient Intelligences (IEIE – Instituto Europeo de Inteligencias Eficientes) Instituto Europeo de Inteligencias Eficientes
Regional Member, represented by Estrella Flores-Carretero
The European Institute of Efficient Intelligences (IEIE – Instituto Europeo de Inteligencias Eficientes) is concerned about entrepreneurship in education and works designing lines of action to improve training in values to achieve a better and more committed society.
Their leadership model allows shifting traditional structures and implementing a new educational form with more social impact and sustainability.
They are constantly researching to have the best tools for people and teams to increase their efficiency.
“We don’t just create leaders. We care about the leadership model.”
Programs in the Americas are:
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- Academia de Emociones – Miami (Emotion Academy – Miami) February 2020. An intensive three days course where Estrella Carretero-Flores, Ismael Cala and their team of experts will teach you how to lead your emotions using the most effective techniques.
- Academia de Emociones La Experiencia en Jerez, España (Emotion Academy – The Experience, in Jerez (Spain) from June 28 to July 4th, 2020. During a week you will enjoy while experimenting a vast of activities to confront your own emotions, all this by the hands of Estrella Flores-Carretero, Ismael Cala and a group of experts.
- MasterMind Latino from October 22nd to 24th, 2020. This is the most desirable class for every entrepreneur! Ten CEOs from leading companies throughout the Americas and Spain became teachers for three days to show you their management models, their personal challenges and more!
- Mujer Alfa (Alpha Female) May 17, 2020. This is a movement created by IEIE in association with Cala Enterprises to empower Latin American women, while promoting their values and strengths to enhance their quality of life.
Inbound Logistics
Regional Member, represented by Guillermo Almazo Garza
Inbound Logistics is not just about magazine advertising. It’s a fully integrated content platform to match any marketing goal, or any marketing budget.
Today’s logistics, transportation, and supply chain managers are always on the move.
They want Inbound Logistics with them wherever they go, and we deliver: executive summaries in newsletter format, digital issues, networking sites, in-depth articles both on the Web and in the best-qualified magazine edition in the segment. IL delivers and takes your important sales message along.
INBOUND LOGISTICS READERS:
Corporate Management Logistics, Transportation, and Supply Chain Management.Purchasing, Operations, Marketing.
INBOUND LOGISTICS READERS BUY:
» Transportation, Logistics & Supply Chain Services » Supply Chain Technology Services
» Outsourcing Services
» Equipment
» Materials Handling Systems
» Site Location / Logistics Real Estate Services » Warehousing & Distribution Services
» Fleet Services
» Global Shipping Services, and more and Inventory Management Manufacturers, Retailers, Wholesalers/ Distributors, Transportation Carriers, and 3PLs
» A mix of Fortune 1000, mid-sized, and smaller companies.
Grupo IUSA, S.A. de C.V.
Regional Member, represented by Luis Garcia-Fanjul
Grupo IUSA operates as a conglomerate of diverse companies. The Company offers diverse products for construction including fluids conduction, electrical power, control systems, and metering. Grupo IUSA provides its products internationally to the manufacturing, automotive, publishing, telecommunications, and construction industries.
Llorente & Cuenca
Regional Member, represented by Alejandro Romero
LLORENTE & CUENCA (LL&C) is the leading public relations, communications and reputation management consulting firm in Latin America, Spain and Portugal. It gathers 21 partners and more than 600 professionals who provide strategic consultancy services to companies from all sectors with operations in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.
With offices in Argentina, Brazil (Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), Colombia, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Spain (Madrid and Barcelona), and the United States (Miami, New York and Washington, DC), LL&C also offers services through partner agencies in Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The top two industry publications rate LL&C among the most important communication firms in the world, ranking 44th in terms of global revenue according to PRWeek’s Global Agency Business Report 2018 and 49th in The Holmes Report’s Global Ranking 2018.
At LL&C, we strive to improve the world around us, firmly believing honest, intelligent, innovative and efficient communications foster confidence and understanding among people, companies and institutions—in other words, the foundations of economic and social progress. In this way, we contribute to solving many of the challenges of our times.
LL&C has won several awards for its client reputation and business results, including Communication Consulting Firm of the Year in Latin America in the 2018 International Business Awards and in the 2018 Latin American Excellence Awards.
Lovers Not Haters
Regional Member, represented by Roberto Lastra
We are a storytelling, technology and strategy-loving boutique advertising agency that hates low standards and bad advertising.
LNH Agency reel:
https://vimeo.com/302950703
Global – General Market – US Hispanic – LATAM projects
Our hipspanic SM approach:
When Latin Culture meets Pop Culture.
What happened in the 80s and 90s with hip hop and African-American culture is happening now with Latin Culture. We are influencing pop culture. Dictating what the mainstream is wearing, drinking and watching. Sometimes in English, sometimes in Spanish. Sometimes in both. It’s a blend of cultures. It’s not only about the first generation trying to adapt to a new country anymore. It’s also about their cool, in the know, trend-setting children and grand-children. We know how to connect with them.
What we do: From a logo to a Super Bowl commercial to a creative solution that hasn’t yet been invented.
Capabilities: Ideas. Strategy. Branding. Corporate identity. Copywriting. Graphic Design. Web Design and Development. B2B. Marketing. product Innovation. Content. Brand Activation. Illustration.
Merrill A Bank of America Company
Regional Member, represented by Carmen Richards.
Merrill a Bank of America Company. Bank of America Corp. is a bank and financial holding company, which engages in the provision of banking and nonbank financial services. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Banking, Global Wealth and Investment Management, Global Banking, Global Markets, and All Other. The Consumer Banking segment offers credit, banking, and investment products and services to consumers and small businesses. The Global Wealth and Investment Management provides client experience through a network of financial advisors focused on to meet their needs through a full set of investment management, brokerage, banking, and retirement products. The Global Banking segment deals with lending-related products and services, integrated working capital management and treasury solutions to clients, and underwriting and advisory services. The Global Markets segment includes sales and trading services, as well as research, to institutional clients across fixed-income, credit, currency, commodity, and equity businesses. The All Other segment consists of asset and liability management activities, equity investments, non-core mortgage loans and servicing activities, the net impact of periodic revisions to the mortgage servicing rights (MSR) valuation model for both core and non-core MSRs, other liquidating businesses, residual expense allocations and other. The company was founded by Amadeo Peter Giannini in 1904 is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.
Port Everglades
Regional Member represented by Jim Pyburn.
Caribbean cruise vacations and international trade are what makes Port Everglades an economic powerhouse and one of the most diverse seaports in the United States.
With its proximity to the Caribbean, Port Everglades is the third busiest cruise homeport in the world. It is a leading container port in Florida and among the most active cargo ports in the United States. Port Everglades is also South Florida’s main seaport for receiving petroleum products, including gasoline and jet fuel. A foreign-trade zone and available office space inside the Port make Port Everglades a highly desirable business center for world trade.
Additionally, the Florida East Coast Railway’s 43-acre international and domestic intermodal container transfer facility makes it possible for cargo shipped to Port Everglades to reach Atlanta and Charlotte within two days and 70 percent of the U.S. population in four days.
Port Everglades follows an aggressive, comprehensive Master/Vision Plan that is updated every 2-4 years to reanalyze and update market trends, changes in the cruise, cargo shipping and petroleum industries, local planning initiatives and evolving technology to strategize for upcoming capital improvements. During 2020, Port Everglades will unveil its most recent Master/Vision Plan Update, which will include a 5-year Master Plan for fiscal years 2019 to 2023, and Vision Plans for the next 10 and 20 years.
Port Everglades has $1.6 billion in infrastructure improvements planned in its intensive capital investment program.
Underway is a $471 million berth expansion, the largest infrastructure project in the Port’s history. The Southport Turning Notch Extension will add new cargo berths by lengthening the Port’s existing turn-around area from 900 feet to 2,400 feet.
Part of this effort includes installing crane rail infrastructure for new Super Post-Panamax gantry cranes. Three Super Post-Panamax container-handling gantry cranes are currently being manufactured and the Port has an option to purchase three additional cranes within five years.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the preconstruction engineering and design phase of deepening the Port’s navigation channels from 42 feet to 48-50 feet and widening narrower sections of the channel for safe vessel passage.
Nationally recognized commercial developer CenterPoint recently broke ground on a state-of-the-art international logistics center at Port Everglades that will replace the Port’s outdated foreign-trade zone facility.
These projects, once completed and fully functioning, will significantly increase cargo and cruise passenger numbers, and is anticipated to generate 7,000 direct jobs in Broward County and 135,000 jobs statewide.
Port of Miami
Regional Member represented by Eric Olafson
PortMiami, among the nation’s busiest ports, contributes approximately $43 billion and more than 334,000 jobs annually to the South Florida economy. Its sustained performance propels Miami to be recognized as a growing Global Gateway.
Mexico, with a population of 127 million, is a key market for expanded bi-lateral trade with PortMiami and the port seeks to be a major link for imports of Mexican produce and manufactured goods headed to Florida, the South Eastern US and beyond. The Mexico/PortMiami all-water route provides an ideal express highway for USMCA products, avoiding congestion, insecurity, and costly delays common at land border crossings.
PortMiami is committed to expanding our Mexico trade, which has a significant opportunity to grow now that the Florida East Coast railroad has been purchased by Grupo Mexico, the largest railroad in Mexico. This purchase will allow Grupo Mexico to promote among its existing corporate clients the all-water route for imports/exports to PortMiami as a gateway to the US market.
PortMiami has recently invested over $1 billion in infrastructure improvements to ensure its competitiveness in the international marketplace. These critical projects allow PortMiami to benefit from its strategic position in the region. Its on-dock rail and tunnel connection to the interstate highway system allows PortMiami cargo to reach 70% of US market within 1-4 days, providing Mexican products with a faster and more cost efficient route to the US consumer base. In addition, the world’s largest container shipping alliances have made PortMiami their preferred port – further solidifying its position as a world class global gateway.
PortMiami’s logistics community extends to include over 75 Foreign Trade Zones under PortMiami’s license (FTZ 281). It also has daily shuttle trains with intermodal service to container yards near the FTZs and the local warehouse district in Miami-Dade County.
The PortMiami team is continuously looking at ways to enhance its and is committed to continue offering optimum infrastructure combined with impeccable customer service, for expanding markets such as Mexico.
Sophós Advisors
Regional Member, represented by Jorge Carstensen
Sophós Advisors is an independent advisory firm specializing in risk management and international insurance.
Insurance products and tailored programs to cover property, casualty and specialized risks, as well as captive insurance and alternative risk transfer mechanisms.
Independent, conflict-free advice and representation in the insurance marketplace.
Seasoned Wealth Management professionals with more than 25 years of combined experience serving the needs of global High and Ultra-High-Net-Worth families.
Squire Patton Boggs
Regional Member, represented by Jose Martin
Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world’s strongest integrated law firms, providing insight at the point where law, business and government meet. We give our clients a voice, support their ambitions and are committed to working alongside them to achieve successful outcomes.
We are a full-service, multidisciplinary global law firm of 1,500 lawyers with one one of the largest global footprints of any law firm in the world, with 17 offices in the US and Central America, 14 offices in Europe, four in the Middle East and 9 in Asia Pacific. This presence, coupled with informal relationships with a network of independent firms across the globe and country desks, means we can advise our clients wherever they do business. Our client base spans every type of business, both private and public, worldwide. We advise a diverse mix of clients, from Fortune 100 and FTSE 100 corporations to emerging companies, and from individuals to local and national governments.
Our Latin American practice structure revolves around three Country Desks: Brazil, Caribbean/Central America and Mexico. A team of Country Specialists from the Practice monitors and manages the Firm’ relationships in those countries where we do not have an office or Country Desk.
A sampling of our recent accolades include:
- Ranked in the top 10 law firms that have the “global expertise to handle complex cross-border matters spanning multiple time zones” for the sixth consecutive year by Law360.
- Most recommended by legal decision-makers for more than five consecutive years in the BTI Most Recommended Law Firms 2018.
- Ranked in 15 categories across 11 countries, with 27 lawyers individually recognized by Chambers Global 2018.
- Recognized for leading work in Latin America in the 2019 edition of Chambers Latin America, with four lawyers highly ranked for their respective practice areas.
- Top 32 firm globally by lawyer headcount and 14th largest geographic footprint by Am Law Global 100 2018.
- Named a top 20 international arbitration firm by Global Arbitration Review 2019.
UBS
Regional Member, represented by Jorge Hoyos
As the world’s largest wealth manager, UBS Global Wealth Management provides comprehensive advice, solutions and services to wealthy families and individuals around the world. Clients who work with UBS benefit from a fully integrated set of wealth management capabilities and expertise, including wealth planning, investment management, capital markets, banking, lending and institutional and corporate financial advice. Clients have access to a wide range of products from the world’s leading third-party institutions that complement UBS’s own offerings.