Speakers 2015

All speakers are subject to change.
Annise D. Parker
Mayor of Houston
City of Houston
Ramanan Krishnamoorti Ph.D.
Chief Energy Officer 
University of Houston
Miguel Di Vicenzo
Director
Instituto Argentino del Petroleo y Gas (IAPG)
Pablo C. Ferrante 
Partner 
Corporate & Securities practice 
Mayer Brown
James Row
Co-founder of OFSCap, LLC & CEO for Producers Energy, LLC
Sebastián Borgarello
Vice President 
Latin America Upstream Consulting 
Wood Mackenzie
Kevin Keller
Vice President & Senior Professional Associate 
HDR Engineering
Nick Tillmann
Director Energy Acceleration
Houston Technology Center
Bill Gottfried
CEO & Broker
Gottfried International Estates Inc
James Baker
Vice President 
Supply Chain Western Hemisphere Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation
David Alexander
Director
Rice Space Institute
Deborah Mansfield
​Director Life Sciences Acceleration
Houston Technology Center (HTC)
Julian Flores
Regional Head of Energy Solutions
​Panalpina
German Cubas
Assistant Professor Department of Economics
University of Houston
James Taylor
Co-founder and Director
CHR Solutions, Inc
Mark Swift
Vice President
Weatherford
Pete Garcia
Executive Director
U.S. Mexico Chamber of Commerce
Glenn Outerbridge
CEO
Cybersoft North America
Wade Adams
Director of the Center for Nanoscale Science
& Technology
Rice University
Arturo Machuca
Houston Airport System’s (HAS) General Manager
Ellington Airport
Rex Koontz
School of Art director
University of Houston 
Guillermo de los Reyes
Associate Professor,
Latin American Culture and Literature
Department of Hispanic Studies 
​University of Houston
Carlos Lara
Chairman
The Houston Technology Center (HTC Americas/ HTC Global)
Jose Perez
Partner
Foster Global Immigration Solutions
Walter Ulrich
President and CEO
Houston Technology Center
Christian Bruns
​CEO
​Estafeta USA
Luis Luarca
​President
Greater Houston Manufacturers Association (GHMA) 
Bruce Godzina
Associate Attorney
Gonzalez Olivieri, LLC
Keith Meyer
President and CEO
​LNG America
Rafael Jaramillo
​VP and General Manager
Emerson
Amb. Juan B. Sosa 
Consul General of Panama
Consulate of Panama in Houston
David Anderson
Professor and Extension Economist
Department of Agricultural Economics
Texas A&M University
Francisco Robles
Assistant Professor and Master of Science Program Coordinator
University of Houston
Luis Aviles
​Senior Executive - Air
Service Development
Houston Airport System
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Ray Brimble
​President & CEO
Lynxs Group, LLC
Alex Metcalf, PhD
President 
​Transportation Economics & Management Systems, Inc.
Jeff Moseley
Commisioner - Transportation Committee
​State of Texas
​Horacio Licon
​Vice President of International Investment & Trade 
Greater Houston Partnership
​Eric Andrews
Chairman
American Logistics Business Network
(ALBN)
Honorable Alejandro Moreno Cardenas
Governor of Campeche, Mexico
Juan Felipe Arjona
Group Technology & New Ventures Manager
Offshore Segment
Technip
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Carla Arimont
Partner
Amrop Seeliger & Conde
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Roger Woolsey
CEO
Million Air
Genaro Pena 
Partner
Amrop Seeliger y Conde
Evelio Fernandez
​Vice President 
Goya Foods Texas
Jason Miura
Director of Business Economic
​Development 
Port Freeport
Claudia Rojas
Founder & Executive Director
The Colombia Texas Chamber of Commerce
John Haba
Senior Associate
Gensler
Reg Pecen
President and Professor
North American University (NAU)
Al Zapanta
resident and CEO
U.S. Mexico Chamber Commerce
Andy Meyers
Commissioner Fort Bend County
Highway 36A Coalition
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Michele LaNoue
CEO
Headworks International
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Michelle Godoy
Economic Integration Advisor
SIECA
Walter Roberts
Commissioner of Agriculture
for Legislative Affairs
and External Relations
Honorable Consul Roberto Furian Ardenghy
​Consul General ​
Federal Republic of Brazil
Joseph Perez
Senior Vice President 
Goya Foods 
Jorge Franz
​Senior Vice President of Tourism 
Visit Houston
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Arthur (Tim) Garson, Jr. MD, MPH
Director, Health Policy Institute
Texas Medical Center

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Ariel Sztern
President
​TISA Software

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T.J. Raguso
Executive Vice President, International Division Manager
Amegy Bank N.A.
Steven Otillar
 Partner
 Akin Gump 
Duaine Priestley
International Trade & Investment Consultant
Mc COY Global
Gerald Seidl
Co-Founder and Senior Vice President Headworks International
Patricia Herrera
Executive Director
Mexico Tourism 
Daniel Palomo
Director, Global Sales
Houston First Corporation
Manuel de Oyarzabal
Advisor, International Strategic Planning Southwest Airlines
Shane Williams
Forein Trade Zone Administrator 
Port of Houston Authority
Allyson Tjoelke
Executive Director
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Carlos Rodrigo Casillas 
Director & Founder
SBF Produce SA
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​Alfredo Mejia 
​Business Development Advisor
Americas Logistics Business Network
 (ABLN)
Robert Veazie
Program Manager
Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments (H-GAC)
Yolanda Parra
Commercial Manager Leasing Bolivar (Colombia)
Honorable Consul Alberto E. Massa
​Consul General 
Republic of Perú
Marisela Gonzalez 
Proinvex

Camilo Muñoz
Founder & CEO
Translation Source
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​Jaime Ortiz
​Vice Provost Global Strategies and Studies
University of Houston
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