Guillermo Biondolillo

                                                      Guillermo Biondolillo

Profile:

International management experience in Marketing and Business Development. Strong cross-cultural communication, team-building and leadership performance. Entrepreneurial spirit. Bachelor of Business Administration and Master in E-Commerce. Tri-lingual: English/Spanish/Portuguese.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Managing Director, Spain & Latin America                                      February 2001 – August 2001

Wines of Argentina S.A.                                                                                    Mendoza, Argentina

(Independent portal promoting the Argentine wine industry)

• Planned and executed market entry into Spain and Latin America with full responsibility for strategic planning, business development and marketing
• Developed business model for the English, Spanish and German Websites in collaboration with the Managing Director Europe & USA.
• Led daily operations of the Spanish Website in a team of four
• Developed the Websites «vinosdeargentina.com«, «www.winesofargentina.com» and «www.weineausargentinien.com» in collaboration with a programming team

Marketing Manager                                                                              August 2000 – January 2001

Online Partners S.R.L.                                                                                 Buenos Aires, Argentina

(Portal for the gay community)

• Planned and executed market entry into Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru with full responsibility for strategic planning, business development and marketing
• Acquired 127 new customers in 4 months
• Developed strategic alliances and new partnerships with «bricks and mortar» companies in Latin American, Spain and the US.
• Acquired 2 partners for content sharing in Argentina in 4 months (including AOL and Ciudad Internet – a leading local Internet portal)
• Lead a team of 5 programmers in order to develop an e-commerce platform Assembled the product portfolio for the online-shop

Export Manager                                                                        November 1999 – August 2000

Viñas de Lunlunta S.A.                                                                               Mendoza, Argentina

• Promoted and sold 17,000 cases of wines in Brazil, Chile and Peru and hereby increased exports into those countries by 35 per cent
• Built up the brand «Viñas de Lunlunta» in the above countries as well as in Columbia, Ecuador and Venezuela

Regional Manager                                                                            October 1998 – October 1999

Lagarde S.A.                                                                                                     Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(Leading Argentine winery)

• Expanded business into Brazil: opened a new office in Rio de Janeiro
• Implemented an administrative system in order to control invoices, payments and stocks
• Built up the sales-team
• Organised promotional wine-tastings in exclusive hotels and restaurants in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo

Salesmanager                                                                                           February 1997 – September 1998

Lagarde S.A.                                                                                                 Buenos Aires, Argentina

(Leading Argentine winery)

• Independently executed market entry into five new sales regions in Buenos Aires with full responsibility for business development and marketing
• Acquired 43 new customers (wholesalers) in four months
• Sold 300 cases of wine per month worth $15,000

Assistant to the General Manager                                                          July 1994 – February 1997

Lagarde S.A.                                                                                                       Mendoza, Argentina

(Leading Argentine winery)

• Sold 200 cases of wine per month worth $10,000 in the province of Mendoza
• Full responsibility for all accounting activities, Public Relations and Institutional Relations
• Developed the monthly reports

Education

Master in E-commerce                                                                                 Buenos Aires, Argentina

University of Palermo                                                                          April 2000 – November 2000

• Specialisation: «E-commerce”
• GPA: 8.73/10.00 => «A»

Bachelor of Business Administration                                                               Mendoza, Argentina

University of Aconcagua                                                                               April 1994 – July 1998

• Major: «Information Technology»
• GPA: 8.38/10.00 => «A»

Language skills

• Spanish: native speaker
• English: fluent
• Portuguese: fluent

computer skills

MSWord, MSExcel, MSPowerPoint, Html

international experience

• Argentina (school, university and employment)
• Brazil (employment, 10/1998-10/1999)
• Brazil (2 week student congress, 10/1992)
• Peru (3-week excursion programme, 05/1997)
• USA (2-week excursion programme, 02/1995)

Extracurricular activities

• Flamenco-teacher in a dance studio
• Aerobics
• Lead-singer in a tango band
• Music

Associations

• First Tuesday Network (firsttuesdaybuenosaires.com): 2000 – present