Porfirio Linares

CFO and Subdirector 

Sep 2001 – Apr 2014

Turbines Division. Oil & Gas Ind. Turbinas Solar, S.A. (Veracruz, México) CFO and Subdirector. Responsible for the finance, administrative, legal and some commercial and operational functions. Reporting to San Diego, Cal. And Peoria, Ill USA. Clients served, Pemex - crude handling, heavy oil, water injection, cryogenic plants, liquid nitrogen - industrial applications in Colgate, Basf, TransCanada, Cargill, Innophos, GasdeFrance, Suez, etc. Frame work agreements, long term service agreements, EXIM Bank export credit agencies, overhaul, refurbishing and Original Equipment Manufacturer issues. Implementation of Treadway – COSO- SOX- FCPA, Critical Controls Checklist, Global Controls Toolkit. Board oversight and governance, enterprise risk management. Price management. Pricing policies. Price realization. Booking multipliers. Price escalation. Incoterms expert. Understanding and hands-on application of local and international logistics in its different modals. MEX and USA GAAP-IFRS. Hyperion + Baan-LN.

Chief Accounting Officer. 

Oct 1999 – Aug 2001

(México City). Oil & Gas Industry.Responsible for the finance and administrative functions. Reporting to Paris, France and Houston, USA.

Co-founder - Family business. 

Jun 1998 – Sep 1999

Co-founder/owner of International Training and Testing Center, Anli, S.C. in 1989 www.inglesespecializado.com and Unificados Holistic Center www.unificados.com. Family business. Non-stop servicing customers since 1989 to 2017 on going concern chiefly driven by my wife. I am acting as councelor and pro-tempore executive.

Managing Sub-director. 

Sep 1997 – May 1998

Responsible for preparation and release of Group’s financial informationTo shareholders, authorities and media. 64 companies, 17 overseas companies.

Finance Director. 

Nov 1996 – Aug 1997

Responsible for financial and administrative functions of this rapid-growing company.

Audit Senior Manager 

Jun 1992 – Oct 1996

PRICE WATERHOUSE (México City). Responsible for servicing segments as industry manufacturing technology, retail, chemical, telecommunications, real state and banking. Major clients served, Cifra Group, Ericsson Group, Reckitt & Colman Group, Byron Jackson, Quaker State, Fruehauf, Guerlain, Universidad Latinoamericana, Westinghouse, Dresser Industries, Western Union, MSA. 17. Strategic selling – conceptual selling - selling of professional services, virtual selling.

Chief Accounting Officer for Xerox Mexicana and Copicentro. 

Jan 1990 – May 1992

Chief Accounting Officer for Xerox Mexicana and Copicentro.

Internal Control Manager. 

Dec 1988 – Dec 1989

Internal Control Manager. Responsible for the Company's internal control system, in terms of maintenance, enhancements, Xerox Corporation requirements and special requests.

Field Audit Manager, Corporate Audit and Operational Analysis. 

Nov 1986 – Nov 1988

Reported directly to headquarters, Xerox Corporation. Managed six auditors for audit development in the Caribbean, Central America and some South American countries. Operational auditing practiced in Xerox is rated world-class.

Audit Manager 

Mar 1979 – Oct 1986

Started as part-time Auditor, with last position as Audit Manager. Major clients served, Cia. Nestle, Hoteles Presidente, Salinas y Rocha Group ( Grupo Azteca ), Bimbo Group, Carl Zeiss, Cerveceria Moctezuma, Banca Cremi, Cheesbrough Ponds.

Diplomas and certificates of participation. Finance, administration, treasury, internal controls, compliance, risk management, accounting, mgmnt 1980 - 2014

International training received in USA ( Xerox Corp,- Xerox International Traning Center for Management Development, Office Depot, Caterpillar University-Solar Turbines, Spain ( Xerox Corp. ) and France ( Compagnie Generale de Geophysique ).

Extensively trained in México by E&Y, PWC, CitiGroup, and above companies.

Activities: In some cases I attended courses, worshops, congress, conferenes, etc in others I provided training in GAAP, management process, auditing, both financial and operational, finance, motivation, etc.

Lic. en Contaduría Finanzas, Económicas, Administrativas, Contraloría, Gobierno Corporativo, Inglés, Francés 1979 - 1982

Tésis profesional : Determinación del resultado monetario y no monetario ( B-10 ) en la determinación de estados financieros consolidados y combinados.

Activities: Comité financiero para la re-construciión de la Ibero Sta. Fé.

Bachillerato Económico'Admin Vocacional 5 Ciudadela < Voca 5 > 1975 - 1977

Activities: Estudiantina de la ESCA.

Certificado de secundaria  1973 - 1975