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www.negociosnow.com 18 Abril 2023 Age: 34 Title: Manager, HR Business Partner Organization: United Airlines Juan Ortiz-Rivera was born and raised in Ciales, Puerto Rico. He majored in social sciences and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus. After graduating from col - lege, Ortiz-Rivera complet- ed a master's degree in ad- ministration and cultural agency and supported dif- ferent educational and cul- tural organizations before he joined the military. At age 24, Ortiz-Rivera joined the U.S. Army Re- serve as a human resourc- es specialist and went to boot camp in Columbia, South Carolina. Back in Puerto Rico after his mili- tary training, Ortiz-Rivera was assigned to the 271st Postal Company. Illinois became home to Ortiz-Ri- vera in 2015. He fell in love with Chicago, and with support from his leaders was assigned to the Army Guard and Reserve in Chi- cagoland. He transitioned to a civilian job with United Ground Express, a United Airlines subsidiary, in 2017 where Ortiz-Rivera devel - oped his career as a human resources professional. Ortiz-Rivera became the HR business partner for United Airlines at O'Hare International Airport in September 2021. Age: 33 Title: National Schools Account Manager Organization: American Massage Therapy Association Belem G. Paramo Vela is a passionate, energetic, warm-hearted, and extro - verted queer Latina. She was born in Mexico, and her family moved to Chi- cago's Little Village neigh- borhood when she was 1. In 2012, she received DACA status, and she became a U.S. citizen in 2019. Paramo graduated with an associate's degree from Richard J. Daley College in 2012 and completed a medical assistant certificate program from the Illinois School of Health Careers in 2008. Paramo is currently the national schools account manager at the American Massage Therapy Associa - tion, the largest nonprofit association serving mas- sage therapists, massage students, and massage schools across the country. She serves as a liaison to over 575 massage schools in the United States and Puerto Rico and leads a team of two who oversee student engagement and relationships with schools. Paramo is one of two Latinas in leadership at AMTA. In 2015, she iden - tified an opportunity to expand AMTA into Puerto Rico. In eight years, AMTA built a market of over 20 massage schools, over 700 students, and over 500 therapists in that market. Age: 39 Title: Chief of Staff to the CFO of International Sales Organization: Lenovo Perez is a results-oriented strategy professional, with 14-plus years of experience in finance strategy, corpo - rate strategy, management consulting, and operations. As a chief of staff to the CFO, Perez is responsible for driving the strategy of the finance organization by working closely with the different business teams, as well as developing new frameworks and analyses to move thinking forward. Perez joined Lenovo in 2018 as part of the Motor - ola Global Strategy team (a Lenovo company), where he focused on driving growth strategy. Prior to joining Lenovo, Perez spent five years in management consulting. During this time, he worked for Strategy& (part of Price - waterhouseCoopers) and Argo Consulting (a boutique management consulting firm), where he helped his clients win a competitive advantage across multiple industries and countries. He has done this through operating model redesign, process and cost optimiza - tion, project leadership, and change management. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, a bach- elor's degree in mechani- cal engineering from UPM in Madrid, the Six Sigma black belt certification and the project management professional certification. Juan Ortiz-Rivera Belem Paramo Javier Perez Using deep experience Advocating for foster children Driving business forward Alan Radevski Creating a future rooted in the past Age: 35 Title: Sales Manager Organization: CDW Alan Radevski looks to his past and uses it as motiva - tion. He was born in Chicago and grew up in Chicagoland, but his mother was born and raised in Cuernavaca, Mexico. She and her four sisters grew up poor and without a father. Radevski's abuelita per- severed and worked hard to provide for her daughters. When they came to Chi- cago in the early 1980's, his mother used the persever- ance she had learned and went to college at the Uni- versity of Illinois Chicago where she earned a degree in chemical engineering. His father was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after his grandfather im- migrated to Argentina from Macedonia. His grandfa- ther's journey motivates Radevski to succeed. Radevski believes him- self lucky to have worked for CDW for 11 years. The culture of diversity at CDW has moti- vated him each day to be the best that he can be. He is cur- rently a sales manager in the healthcare academy segment and is a proud member of the Hispanic organization for leadership and achievement, a business resource group, and serves on the profession - al development committee.

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