Posted by Elena del Valle on May 11, 2006
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Daniel Ayala, senior vice president and business unit manager, Wells Fargo Global Remittance Services group
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A podcast interview with Daniel Ayala, senior vice president and business unit manager, Wells Fargo’s Global Remittance Services group, is available in the Podcast Section of Hispanic Marketing & Public Relations, HispanicMPR.com. During the podcast, Daniel discusses marketing financial services to Hispanics with Elena del Valle, host of the HispanicMPR.com podcast.
As senior vice president and business unit manager for Wells Fargo’s Global Remittance Services group Daniel is responsible for developing, executing, and managing the bank’s global consumer remittance strategy. His team is primarily focused on the product development and management of consumer remittance product operations for Latin America and Asia. Daniel and his team manage the InterCuenta Express, Dinero al Instante, and other products focused on consumer remittances to India, the Philippines, Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
Daniel is a global payments systems expert with more than 15 years of experience. Previously, he was responsible for product management, marketing, and sales management activities for Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, and Bank of America.
He graduated from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and received his master’s degree in business administration from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Daniel is also a Certified Cash Manager (CCM) with the Association for Financial Professionals. He and his family live in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
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Posted by Elena del Valle on May 11, 2006
Robert E. Bard, president, Latina Style magazine
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Latina Style magazine with the participation of the U.S. Small Business Administration, will host the 2006 Latina Style Business Series from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, May 12, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque Hotel. Admission to the advertorial event costs $60.
The event centers on exhibits and presentations from sponsors American Airlines, ExxonMobil, McDonald’s, New York Life Insurance, State Farm Insurance, Wal-Mart and Wells Fargo. The registration fee includes seminars, networking opportunities in the exhibit area, breakfast, lunch, a commemorative gift bag and a two-year subscription to Latina Style magazine, a lifestyle magazine for professional Hispanic women.
“The emergence of the Latina entrepreneur as a catalyst for prosperity is a welcome change in our community. Latinas are starting and succeeding in business all across the country,” said Robert E. Bard, president, Latina Style magazine. “Latinas are outpacing all other business startups three to one.”
Event topics include “Access to Capital” with Kim Sanchez Rael, venture capitalist, Fly Wheel Venture Capital, as moderator and Ed Cadena, acting district director, U.S. Small Business Administration and Cathy Sorenson, lending coordinator, New Mexico Community Development Loan Fund as panelists. “SBA Certifications/Facilitating Teaming Agreements/Federal & Prime Contractor’s Contracting Opportunities” with Anna Muller, president, NEDA Business Consultants, as moderator and Geraldine Garcia, assistant director, U.S. Small Business Administration; Theresa Armijo, chief, Contracting Division U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bonnie L. Apodaca, director, Supply Chain Management, Sandia National Laboratories and panelists.
Another discussion will be about “Basic of a Business & Developing a Business” with Patricia Chavez, PLC Enterprises as moderator and Lillian Apodaca, attorney, Bingham, Hurst, Apodaca Wile; Valerie Borrego, certified public accountant; Adam Roberts, Webmaster technology, ABQ Hispano Chamber of Commerce and Theresa Saiz-Wilmert, Agent, State Farm Insurance, as panelists. “Taking Control: A Session for Latina Professionals and Entrepreneurs” will feature Carla Aragon, anchorwoman, KOB-TV as mistress of ceremony and Maria Marin, president, Voice of Empowerment will present the keynote address.
During “Latina Entrepreneur Panel: Lessons Learned” Maria Elena Alvarez, president, Primetime Monthly News will be moderator with Ana Segura, president, Stubblefield Screen Print Co. LLC; Debbie Harmon, president, US Supply & Distribution and Kimberly de Castro, president, Wildflower International Ltd., as panelists. A networking reception will follow. More information is available online at LatinaStyle.com
