Juan Ricardo Buenaventura

Past

Director at Expense Reduction Analysts
Professor of Financial Modeling in Excel at Universidad del Rosario
Director at Synergy Investments

Financial Analyst at Corfes

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Education

Harvard University
IE (Instituto de Empresa)
Universidad de Los Andes

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Juan Ricardo Buenaventura’s Summary

Versatile professional, results and teamwork oriented with strong problem-solving capabilities, sound analytical, negotiation and communication skills, experience in recruiting, training and leading teams. Consultant with extensive experience in business and financial analysis, project management and investment management.

I am always looking for the opportunity to learn and apply my skills into decisions that improve dramatically the results of my company.

Juan Ricardo Buenaventura’s Specialties:

Experienced building and presenting results from business, marketing, investments and financial analysis.
Advanced user of Excel, SPSS, SAS, MindManager.

Juan Ricardo Buenaventura’s Experience

Director

Expense Reduction Analysts

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

December 2004 — April 2008 (3 years 5 months)

I worked as Director with Expense Reduction Analysts for the Greater Boston Area territory. Prior to that, I started and managed the Expense Reduction Analysts business in Colombia for three years where I:

• Developed the business plan, obtained financing and started the franchise
• Built and coached a team of 8 top tier consultants and analysts
• Sold 2 franchises and coached franchisees during their development
• Built a supplier database to establish market benchmarks
• Attained and developed 22 corporate clients with 28% savings on overheads
• Implemented over 30 expense reduction projects

Expense Reduction Analysts implements cost management solutions for clients covering over 50 different practice areas.

I am a partner and the company is growing under the direction of Mauricio Buenaventura.
Professor of Financial Modeling in Excel

Universidad del Rosario

(Education Management industry)

June 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 1 month)

I developed an Excel course for under-graduate students, with the following main subjects:
Montecarlo Simulations
Analysis of Complex Databases
Portfolio Optimization
Director

Synergy Investments

(Financial Services industry)

January 1998 — December 2004 (7 years )

As Founder of Synergy Investments I:

• Advised corporate clients and high net-worth individuals about investments
• Developed the company’s sales, marketing and operational strategies
• Supervised 15 financial planners and attained 30 corporate plans with over 4,000 clients
• Achieved over $50 Million AUM (Assets Under Management)
• Developed advance Excel tools to manage portfolios and evaluate scenarios

The company is still growing under the direction of Juan Pablo Varon
Financial Analyst

Corfes

(Financial Services industry)

January 1996 — January 1997 (1 year 1 month)

As Financial Analyst in Corfes I performed corporate and sector analysis. I also developed tools to facilitate the analysis

Juan Ricardo Buenaventura’s Education

Harvard University

Project Management; Business and Organizational Comunication , Management , 2007 — 2007
IE (Instituto de Empresa)

MBA , Finance and Entrepreneurship , 2002 — 2003
Universidad de Los Andes

BA in Economics , Finance , 1991 — 1996