Technology Issues in Doing Business with Latin America

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“Technology Issues in Doing Business with Latin America”

A Breakfast Program

Conducted by

Jorge Garcia
Practice Manager
E|Architecture Consulting Practice
Sprint E|Solutions

Friday, March 30, 2001

8:00 a.m. - Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Briefing
Plimsoll Club, 30th Floor
2 Canal Street, New Orleans

Free validated parking in the WTC Garage

Jorge (George) Garcia is a Practice Manager leading the E|Architecture consulting practice at Sprint E|Solutions. His practice provides advisory services to CxO level executives, helping them make strategic decisions about enterprise architecture to ensure proper alignment of IT strategies with business goals.

Mr. Garcia has been in the IT and Telecommunications Industry for over 12 years, where he has held a number of key management and strategic consulting roles. He has carried out extensive work in Project Management and Technical Architecture Consulting for the Manufacturing, Software Publishing, Supply Chain Management, IT and Telecom industries. He is an effective and fluent communicator in three languages (English, Spanish and Portuguese).

Mr. Garcia has served as a strategic consultant to RACSA and ICE (Costa Rica’s Telecom and Internet Service Provider) in developing the architecture for establishing a Central American NAP (Network Access Point) in Costa Rica. Most recently, he was a lead strategic marketing consultant to Intelig Telecommunicações, Ltda. (previously Bonari Holdings, Ltd.) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Intelig is Brazil’s second largest Telecom Service Provider and the only licensed competitor to the recently privatized Embratel Telecomunicações. Intelig provides next

generation Data, Voice, Long Distance and Wireless services to the Brazilian marketplace.

Mr. Garcia has done extensive work in developing cross-cultural organizational leadership to help companies develop and implement communication and empowerment strategies that transcend cultural and language barriers. He regularly presents seminars at Sprint’s Applied Technology Centers and other IT related industry forums in the U.S. Latin America and Brazil. Additionally, he has published internal seminars and white papers regarding Enterprise Network Architecture, Wireless Data Networks, Network & Systems Management, ISP/ASP SLA Development, Maturity Mapping and Organizational Efficiency Metrics.

Mr. Garcia holds several enterprise level industry certifications from Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, 3Com, Cabletron, Nortel, Netscout and Concord Communications.

Sponsoring Organizations

Fowler Rodriguez
Internet Coalition
Louisiana Department of Economic Development
Louisiana Technology Council
Louisiana Technology Journal
New Orleans Aviation Board
New Orleans U.S. Export Assistance Center
Sprint
World Trade Center of New Orleans

In Cooperation With

Baton Rouge Center for World Affairs
City of New Orleans, Office of International Relations
Consular Corps of New Orleans
Foreign Relations Association of New Orleans
International Freight Forwarders & Customs Brokers Association
International Trade Council/Red River Region
Louisiana District Export Council
Louisiana International Trade Center/SBDC
Louisiana International Trade Commission
Louisiana Tax Free Shopping
New Orleans Media Center
Louisiana Technology Council
United Nations Association of Greater New Orleans
World Trade Club of Greater New Orleans

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