Miami-Dade County Community Councilman 10
President &
Founder
Ponemus Group
Miami-Dade County Community Councilman 10
President & Founder
Ponemus Group
Dariel Fernandez is a Cuban American business owner , investor, Talent Host,
Producer, Reporter , author and philanthropist. He founded the Ponemus Inc a
boutique technology Software Development firm with over 15 years of combined
experience in the field of marketing and consulting businesses in
technology.
Dariel expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. Some
of our innovations includes Adsione (a marketing platform) and Owletu (a
platform that connects people around the world with marketing
centralization).
Market Director
Chase Bank
CEO
Sun City Strategies
Eduardo González was born in Cárdenas, Cuba, and moved to Florida in 1971.
He attended Miami-Dade College, studying business management and
administration. González was elected to the Hialeah City Council in 1999 and
was re-elected in 2001 and 2003.
Representative Gonzalez currently serves as the Chairman of the Miami-Dade
County Legislative Delegation, a role he has held since November 2012.
President & CEO
Center for Financial Training
Connie Laguna is the President & CEO of the Center for Financial Training, Southeastern also known as CFT. CFT is the educational arm of the American Bankers Association. CFT, Southeastern is housed at Miami Dade College. CFT is a non-profit 501©3 organization that is dedicated to providing training and education to financial services professionals, pre-career students and the community at large. CFT is dedicated to promoting financial services education, financial management and financial literacy. CFT is very focused on assisting minority students that are from low to moderate income areas explore the world of banking and financialservices. Connie joined CFT in March of 1982. She is a member of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools' Academy of Finance Executive Board. She sits on The Beacon Council, One Community One Goal, Banking and Finance Committee, and is an Executive Committee member for the CFT national board. She is also a member of the Great Miami Chamber of Commerce, Banking & Finance and Workforce Committees. She regularly speaks on financial awareness and the role of financial management in our schools and communities. Connie has lived in Miami for the past 54 years and has been activein numerous community development and professional groups in South Florida and nationally. Connie has undertaken extensive outreach and research initiatives within our community relative to financial education, literacy, management and micro-finance.
Senior Vice President/Head of Preferred Business Banking, Credit Cards, and Branches Ocean Bank
Senior Vice President/Head of Preferred Business
Banking, Credit Cards, and Branches
Ocean Bank
Pedro Max has been with Ocean Bank since 2007. He oversees the Preferred
Business Banking, Credit Cards, and Branches divisions and reports directly
to Macedo.
Before joining Ocean Bank, Max was senior vice president and remedial
manager in credit-risk management for Citibank’s Commercial Business Group,
where he received an award for excellence in sales. He also held senior
level positions at Union Planters Bank and Barnett Bank. He has a bachelor’s
degree in business administration with a concentration in management from
the William Paterson College at American Intercontinental University.
Managing Director
Triangle Partners, Inc.
Managing Director
Triangle Partners, Inc.
501 Brickell Key Drive, Suite 602
Miami, Florida 33131, USA
Office: +1 305 371-6756
Fax: +1 (305) 374-2919
http://www.triangle-partners.com
Mr. Torrego has over twenty five-year experience in international Mergers &
Acquisitions, Merchant Banking and Private Equity transactions in the US,
Latin America and Europe. During this time, Luis has advised leading family
businesses and large corporations on a variety of industries including food
and beverage, outdoor advertising, manufacturing, mining and financial
institutions among others.
Prior to joining Triangle Partners, Luis served as a Managing Director in
the Latin America M&A Group of Standard Bank. As part of his duties, he
originated and executed a number of M&A assignments in Central America and
the Caribbean. Previously, Luis worked for Royal Bank of Canada in the
Corporate Finance Americas Group where he co-leaded RBC’s investment banking
group for the Bank’s high-net-worth clients in Latin-America. In addition,
Luis participated in RBC’s restructuring of its private banking
branch-network in Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to that, Luis
worked in the Latin America M&A and Merchant Banking Group of Banc of
America Securities where he was involved in numerous merchant banking
investments, privatizations and M&A transactions.
Luis serves as a director of various international and domestic companies.
Some of his past and present corporate involvements include: Director of
Promodif, S.A. Spain; Director of Mare Brokers, Spain; Director and Member
of Executive Committee of Medline, Brazil. Luis holds a B.S. in Accounting
and Finance from Saint Louis University. Luis is fluent in Spanish, English
and Portuguese.
Director Outreach & Local Affairs
Clerk of the Court and Comptroller
Miami-Dade County
Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships
BIOREFERENCE LABORATORIES
Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships
BIOREFERENCE LABORATORIES
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President Miami-Dade College
Co-Founder
Chairman & CEO
Republica Havas
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