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Sion Ventures, LLC
Look forward to and thrive working with the most difficult to achieve projects.
Miami, USA
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ABOUT
- Goals and results oriented, self-starter, versatile, partnership developer.
- Accomplished negotiator reaches mutual agreements.
- Leads by consensus and finds staff strength in coaching, delegating.
- Proven results in investments, finance, HR, marketing, IT and operations.
- Executive presence and personable at C Suite level.
- Excels in challenging projects, adapts to continuous change.
- Persistent, punctual, relentless and fast paced.
I have a particular interest in assignments that are almost impossible to achieve or the most difficult to accomplish, opening new markets, getting regulatory approvals, having access to Fortune 100 companies, obtaining exceptions to established policies, launching private placement fundraising activities among many other activities.
Looking to assist, advise and add value to start up, seed, high growth, expanding and mature companies. Open to consider any reasonable schemes that provide a return for my services. I am looking to connect with companies that are considering to do fundraising through private placements in the US, the EU, Latin America
and other areas of the world.
- Accomplished negotiator reaches mutual agreements.
- Leads by consensus and finds staff strength in coaching, delegating.
- Proven results in investments, finance, HR, marketing, IT and operations.
- Executive presence and personable at C Suite level.
- Excels in challenging projects, adapts to continuous change.
- Persistent, punctual, relentless and fast paced.
I have a particular interest in assignments that are almost impossible to achieve or the most difficult to accomplish, opening new markets, getting regulatory approvals, having access to Fortune 100 companies, obtaining exceptions to established policies, launching private placement fundraising activities among many other activities.
Looking to assist, advise and add value to start up, seed, high growth, expanding and mature companies. Open to consider any reasonable schemes that provide a return for my services. I am looking to connect with companies that are considering to do fundraising through private placements in the US, the EU, Latin America
and other areas of the world.
LANGUAGES
English
Native or bilingual proficiency
Spanish (Latin America)
Native or bilingual proficiency
Spanish
Native or bilingual proficiency
SKILL DETAILS
Coaching
Executive Coaching
Management Coaching
Financial Coaching
Senior Executives
CEO
Deputy CEO
VP Business Development
VP Operations, COO
Sales & Marketing
Public Relations
General, Other
Business Development
Business Consulting
Capital Raising (Private, VC)
Placement, Recruitment, HR
Feasibility Study
Translation
151 ₪
/ 250 words
English Translation
I have translated business papers, legal contracts, shareholders agreements, management contract agreements among other documents.
Spanish Translation
I have translated many types of business and legal contracts from English to Spanish and vice versa.
Writing & Editing
Academic Papers & Reports
Business Plan Writing
Creative Writing
Transcription, Typing & Data Entry
Editing & Proofreading
Fundraising Writing, Grant Writing
Technical Writing
Article Writing
Shadow Writer
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
April
2019
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Today
Operating Manager/Partner
Sion Ventures, LLC- • Sion Ventures, LLC is operated by Mr. Vidaurre that devotes some time to his Real Estate, however, he dedicates most of his time to his consulting.
- • Mr. Vidaurre consults in Private Equity fund Structuring, Pipeline building, Due Diligence, and Valuation using as one of the options Private Placement Memorandums in the US, also in Europe, and Latin America. He has a team of specialized consultants that work with him in delivering these services.
- • Mr. Vidaurre is able to work with Foreign and US companies that want to have access to US qualified investors through Private Offerings, Corporate Finance, Venture Capital, Road Show Set Up, Start Up formation and launching among other Corporate advisory areas.
May
2005
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April
2019
Executive Vicepresident and Board Director
Credifactor, S.A.- • Advised the President and directed the restructuring of the balance sheet, due to external adverse macroeconomic conditions that have deteriorated the book of loan receivables.
- • Developed a new corporate presentation, having structured the complete concepts of three IT systems that are an important intellectual property asset for the company.
- • Conducted meetings with New York investment bankers that could provide an option for restructuring liabilities and provide new funding to generate the growth of the loan receivables.
- • Advised the President with regards to the structure, communications and negotiation strategy and for the repayment terms renegotiated with 130 bondholders.
- • Secured board approval of $500,000 equity investment from Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the InterAmerican Development Bank that facilitated and secured bank lending to promote international investments for this multilateral agency.
- • Lowered financing cost by over 15% that enabled higher growth and access to additional social impact international investments and financing.
- • Focused on corporate development and strategic direction keeping financial growth and international corporate governance standards as required by multilateral agencies.
- • Approved and promoted with technical assistance from the MIF the implementation of a mobile IT system for microcredit lending to very small neighborhood groceries.
October
2010
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May
2018
Executive Vicepresident - COO
Financia-Versatec- • Devised, developed, implemented innovative development projects with comprehensive attention to: external clients, CEO, board directors, committees; internally: to sales/marketing, credit/finance, operations, IT/infrastructure and compliance/internal controls. Worked extensively cross functionally. Directly and indirectly managed staff of over 70. Drove this group to a $700-million-dollar value.
- • I executed the sale of a software license for $3.0 MM in revenue, as a stock contribution, after closing on a deal valued at $90 MM, to form a new credit card processor of Visa/MC to process in Costa Rica only.
- • Executed M&A, new ventures, new funding market strategies with goals to create/increase equity/assets value but with a focus to plan, develop, and execute essential international corporate governance, financial modelling to generate international direct investments in internal companies.
- • Secured $1.0 MM credit line at 8% interest from Symbiotics a global social impact European firm that manages $1.4 billion. I planned, developed, executed through cold calling and started this relationship. Also directed the financial analysis, projections and valuation.
- • Innovated with business models and market facts that convinced top executive of Visa LatAm to approve major exceptions to their Principal memberships reserved for banks only, such membership was approved for Versatec, a small Panamanian Visa and PCI processing company, it took 13 months to get approved.
- • Negotiated with Visa a $375,000 reduction in country fees waivers to make the project feasible for this small processor. Visa created a new Vice presidency to grow.
- • Restructured, implemented new AML policies to comply with US AML laws. Without AML compliance experience.
- • I directed the restructuring and managed the hiring of the right manager to implement the very complex IT migration of all the credit card processing systems from client/server based to web based (.NET and SQL Server).
January
2007
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January
2008
Founding Managing Director
Infrastructure Fund for Central America - IFCA- • Structured and sold to institutional investors a $100 MM private equity fund for poverty reduction infrastructure projects.
- • Obtained preliminary verbal commitments of $50 MM from CDC, DEG, FMO and Finn fund from the EU.
- • Directed and supervised the preparation of the marketing presentations, terms and placement memorandum.
- • At the end of my contract, Mr. Volio would not match a required $1MM investment, so I ended it.
- • Cold called and met investors, CDC, DEG, FMO, Finn fund, IFU, and Triodos Fund from the EU. Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Citibank, Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Standard Charter and Morgan Stanley from the US.
November
1999
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November
2004
Founding Managing Director, Board Secretary and Coordinator of Investment Committee
CASEIF Corporation- $15.75 million start-up private equity fund, CASEIF Corporation. Now in its 3rd fund (www.lafiseinvestment.com/lafise-lim/lim-caseifIII_e.aspx).
- • Secured the closing of $10.25 million CASEIF’s shareholder agreement between the MIF/IDB, Norfund and LIM, as well as the management contract. Hired and trained as investment officer the actual Managing Director. Later on, secured the closing on a second capitalization for $5.5 million,
- • Founded from zero an SME PE fund for Central America, Panama, after being in paper for over 1 year.
- • Closed 7 deals with 20 contracts for $6.8 million and generated pipeline of 10 new deals for $5.0 million.
- • Generated loan income of over 50% of the operating costs on the second year, $171,326 the third year, when losses were expected the first five years. Fund’s legal representative of all countries and companies.
- • Executed, as director and minority, growth strategies of investee revenues in plastic manufacturing, fish processing, fiber optic/data transmission, ISP, faucet manufacturing, and hotel/tourism in 4 countries.
- • Created innovative legal contracts used over 3 contracts per deal to make quasi-equity structures fully enforceable. Approved and signed on over 20 legal contracts for the first 7 deals in four different countries.
COURSES & CERTIFICATIONS
May
2005
Annual Global Private Equity Conference
International Finance Corporation- A well know Global Private Equity conference arranged and sponsored by the IFC a member of the World Bank group. Wide range of topics related to the most critical aspects of Private Equity in the different areas of the World.
January
2005
. Corporate Governance in the Family Business
National Associtation of Corporate Directors- Focused on the many challenges the family businesses were and are facing with. In regards to Corporate Board Governance, the difficulties of families to open up their corporate boards to independent directors and to put together and allow professional run and administered corporate boards within the family business.
May
2003
IFC Annual Global Private Equity Conference
International Finance Corporation- One of most prominent Global Private Equity conferences put together by the IFC, a member of the World Bank group. Covering developed and emerging markets such as Africa, Latin America, and Asia.
June
2001
First Annual Practitioners Forum
Institute for SME Finance- Some of the main issues covered "How do equity and equity-like instruments help to develop growth-oriented SMEs and what are the performance prospects for SME risk capital investment? What are the exits to date telling us about the prospects for and future direction of the industry?
November
2000
SME Private Equity Management Program
MIF/IDB and Babson Col- Extensive private equity management program designed by the Multilateral Investment Fund and Babson College. I Paticipated as a Speaker and Presented “Deal Structuring in Central America” in an audience of over 30 LatAm MIF private equity fund managers.
November
2000
Risk Capital Financing For SME
Shorebank Advisory Services- Debt and Quasi-equity instruments workshop. Extremely well put together and hands on workshop designed to enhance the private equity and venture capital professional skills of those who participated.
May
2000
Environmental Management Training Course
Inter-American Investment Corporation- Covering environmental risks, hazards, occupational and safety concepts, management tools and policies.
EDUCATION
August
1992
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August
1993
Master of International Management
Thunderbird Global School of Management, Glendale, Arizona- A truly international program back when not many Ivy League universities offered international business masters degree.
- Thunderbird School of Global Management’s specialized Master of Global Management degree earned the No. 1 Master in Management ranking in the Times Higher Education/Wall Street Journal 2019 Business Schools Report released Dec. 5. In total, 114 business schools from 24 countries were ranked in the full
January
1989
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June
1991
Bachelors of Science in Business Administration
University at Albany, SUNY. Albany, NY
VOLUNTEER WORK
March
1993
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August
1997
Head of Professional Placement
CFA Institute Chapter of Miami, Florida- - To assist existing CFA Institute Miami Chapter find new jobs.
- - Canvass and contact potential employers in the financial industry of Miami to better assist with my
- responsibilities of professional placement.
- - Successfully placed 7 members in new professional positions.