Business with Mexico is big business!
Join us on September 27th at the
Austin Small Biz Operations & Gorilla Finance Group to learn how you can get involved.
Mexico is the USA third largest trading partner after Canada and China. In 2011, the USA exported over $198,000 million dollars of goods to Mexico and imports more much each year. American businesses have been doing business with Mexico successfully for decades. Texas based businesses have a sideline seat to much of this opportunity, so join us for a panel discussion on how Austin companies can begin doing business in Mexico now.
This month the Austin Gorilla Meetup group will host a lively panel discussion on how Austin businesses can engage with a growing Mexican economy. Come to this free meeting and find out how to start doing business in Mexico. Learn about the business culture, the Mexican industries that are seeking American partners and goods, and how Austin businesses can participate on both sides of the border to grow markets and revenues.
This meeting will host a distinguished panel of speakers.
Join An International Panel of Business Professionals
Estuardo Robles – Vice President, Americas, Toopher
Mr. Robles is a native of Guatemala. He specializes in marketing and international expansion of technology companies. In his current role Mr. Robles supports Toopher’s growth and go to market strategy in the mobile security category for North and Latin America. He’s also a frequent speaker on a variety of economic development topics.
Juan Pablo Mondragon, Owner, Liquid Capital Resources
Mr. Mondragon is a native Mexican with formal education in both Mexico and the US. He was a Trader of agricultural commodities with global leader Louis Dreyfus Commodities for 14 years based in Wilton, Connecticut and Puebla, Mexico. He now owns and operates Liquid Capital Resources, a financial services company based in Austin, TX that specializes in factoring. He and his wife chose Austin for its quality of life and opportunities to raise their two children. Juan Pablo has an active lifestyle, practices running and mountain biking and enjoys the outdoors.
Adam Bates
International Business Development Manager for IC2 the University of Texas Global Commercialization and Incubator program.
Adam Bates manages the commercialization of products and services from South Korea. Adam brings to the table 13 years of management experience and 5 years experience commercializing technologies across international borders. His background spans multiple industries including tourism, real estate, software development, industrial equipment, energy, and advanced materials. He uses this background to assess the market potential of emerging technologies and take new products to the market.
Before joining the Gyeonggi program, Adam managed business development for over 35 companies in the TechBA program and authored dozens of market analyses. During his tenure in the TechBA program, he managed a market research team in addition to providing business development services to companies in the program. Over the course of three years, he helped his clients achieved over $3M in international sales by developing and executing market entry strategies. Adam holds a B.A. in History from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and a Master of Science in Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Luis Medina, CEO of TechBA
TechBA is an initiative of the Government of Mexico in partnership with the IC2 Institute of The University of Texas, to help Mexican technology companies enter the US market. Dr. Medina has an extensive career in the business world as well as in academia both in Mexico and the US. Dr. Medina founded two successful technology companies in Mexico. For five years he has been the CEO of TechBA Austin, and he has interviewed almost 500 companies from which TechBA selected and trained over 100, of which 60 have successfully implemented their business plans entering the US market in a variety of segments. Dr. Medina graduated from the National University in Mexico as a mechanical-electrical engineer and earned a PhD in Information Sciences from the California Institute of Technology (CalTech).
Reserve a seat today.
This panel of world class businessmen will discuss doing business in Mexico and offer their firsthand experiences on the opportunities and challenges that face American businesses doing business in Mexico – and Mexican companies doing business in the United States.
Austin Small Biz Operations & Gorilla Finance Group
September 27th – 11:30a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
9012 Research Blvd, Austin, TX
Invite a colleague and reserve your seats now.
