Mr.
Miguel Thodde, a senior level sales and marketing executive,
has great national and international experience in Business
Administration. He received his Bachelor’s of Science in
Business Administration from Emporia-Kansas State University
and his Masters in Business Administration from California
State University. In 1990, he worked in Banco
Italo in Caracas, Venezulea as the Principal Director
and member of the board.
His responsibilities included, but were not limited
to, representing the Central Bank of Venezuela and
developing modern marketing tools. He also increased the
institutions market value by 400% and created the
re-launching of the Visa Credit Card. Mr. Thodde stayed in
Banco Italo for three years.
Also,
from 1990 to 1994, Mr. Thodde was an airport authority in
Maiquetia, Venezuela. He served as the Director of
International Marketing and Foreign Affairs. During these
four years, he was responsible for creating the master
marketing plan for seven major Venezuelan Airports and
developing and producing market research analysis.
From
1994-1996, he worked as a Franchise Administrator,
generating sales and client retention in the Ft
Lauderdale/Miami Territory and setting up the franchise
business structure. He then worked in Bitor
America and Florida Power and Light as the Project
Manager and the Senior Marketing Consultant, respectively.
Here, he helped to develop direct mail informational
material in the F.P.L. consumer database, assisted in
strategy design, research, and analysis regarding the
introduction of a new electricity and heat energy source,
and represented Bitor
America in many interviews with environmental groups. He
stayed here until 1998.
For
two years, starting in 1998, Miguel Thodde worked as a
Senior Packaging Specialist of Machinery and Equipment in
Tampa, FL. He rebuilt critical client relationships, he
developed the Latin American market for packaging equipment
and material, and he assisted in the trouble shooting of
problems for packaging equipment. He also represented Associated
Packaging in several conventions and seminars throughout
the country.
Then,
from 2000 to 2004, Mr. Thodde worked in Amalgamated
Credit Counselors, Inc. as the Branch Manager and Grant
Administrator. Here, he directed all marketing and business
development activities; he interacted with the Office of
Community and Economic Development and the Dade County
Overall Tenant Council to bring effective solutions to
housing deficiencies. He coordinated presentations for
Government Executive Board of Directors in order to obtain
government grants, he increased the agency’s revenue by
45%, produced 24, half-hour television shows, to include
free broadcasting four times a week, and conducted two
weekly, half-hour radio shows in English and in Spanish.
Currently,
Miguel Thodde is an Independent Consultant, a Small Business
Counselor at Florida Atlantic University, and a member of
the Enterprise Community Center and SCORE. However, his
occupations don’t stop here. He is also a Professor at FAU
certified to teach Small and Micro Business Development, an
independent T.V. Producer producing cable T.V. programs that
touch financial, entrepreneurial, and community issues, and
is a recognized leader in the non for profit South Florida
sector.
These
are just a few of Miguel Thodde’s achievements among his
vast list of knowledge and experience.