Lara Bersano

Grupo Empresarios - IT and Communications. President.

Argentina

Current
  • Director, International Editions at Revista Competencia
  • President, Communication Strategies at Grupo Empresarios
Education
  • Universidad de Palermo
  • Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
  • Villa Devoto School
Connections
166 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Lara Bersano’s Summary

Grupo Empresarios is an IT and communications’ company based in Argentina with operations in all of Latin America and the US Hispanic Market. The company was founded by Gustavo Flamerich in 1998 in Caracas, Venezuela, and in 10 years it has grown and developed more than a dozen projects and programs; web based solutions for medium and small companies in the Americas.

As President of Communication Strategies at Grupo Empresarios, I am the first person to talk with the client and identify its needs and I lead an expert team of communication, technology, editorial, design and media experts.

My business approach includes working together with the client's executive team, identifying every single piece of important (or irrelevant) information, and in particular:

1.- Identify the company's needs and goals.
2.- Listen to the market, and what it is saying about the client.
3.- Consider every person in the company as a potential spokesperson.
4.- Create a comprehensive Public Relations' plan that includes every person as a valuable asset for the company.
5.- Plan for the short, medium, long and very short term.
6.- Evaluate the actions taken and their consequences and reconsider positions.

Grupo Empresarios has been a blessing for my professional career. As a communications’ and e-government expert I have the opportunity to use technology solutions to help clients in various industries: government, manufacture, editorial, media, commerce, international, and many more. I can be coordinating an editorial agenda for a client in Chicago today and developing an IT solution for a local government tomorrow, or preparing an international business agenda with another client while flying back home from an event in Miami. I always dreamt of leading a multi-tasking, multi-lingual, multi-cultural endeavor and having had the opportunity to lead a professional and committed group of professionals has been a blessing.

Lara Bersano’s Specialties:

Understanding the client’s goals and needs and developing communications’ solutions based in technology to provide accurate, timely and reliable information for the day-to-day decision-making processes. Developing a comprehensive strategy and understanding the company’s key-players and allies will exponentially increase the chances for success in business.

Our Specialties: IT solutions for communications and decision taking.


Lara Bersano’s Experience

  • Director, International Editions

    Revista Competencia

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

    August 2002Present (7 years)

    In 2002 I joined the Latin American business magazine “Competencia” as Project Director for Latin America and USA.

    Today I am Director of International Editions.

    Over the years I managed and coordinated the magazine’s international editions which included the following special reports: Washington DC in 2002, El Salvador in 2003, Ecuador in 2004, Miami in 2004, Panama in 2002 and 2005, and Georgia and Houston in 2005.

    I wrote several articles about the city of Washington, Medellin, El Salvador, Asunción del Paraguay, and dozens of company reports and interviews.

    My work includes coordinating the international editorial agenda of the magazine as well as interviewing the leaders of the region.

    Among other leaders, I interviewed Mayor Manny Diaz of Miami, former Editor of The Miami Herald Alberto Ibargüen, Minister of Foreign Affairs Leila Rachid of Paraguay, Governor Sonny Perdue from Georgia, Vice-president Daniel Scioli of Argentina.

  • President, Communication Strategies

    Grupo Empresarios

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    February 1998Present (11 years 6 months)

    Grupo Empresarios was founded in Venezuela en 1997 and since then we have grown our network of clients and in the Americas and Europe. Among others, we delivered results for:

    The City of Buenos Aires Government, Chief of Staff Office: September 2008 – Present: As communication specialist I develop and update technology tools that manage media information. We prepare reports on media issues and media affairs daily and we follow public issues.I coordinate the chief of staff's public website content.

    Latin3 - Public Relations' Strategists and international media adviser.

    The World Bank – Buenos Aires Bureau: institutional books about the $10 million youth programs in South America.

    Porsche Latin America: Spanish content for Latin American specialized media during the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the operation in Latin America.

    E-Healthcare – Madrid, Spain: In 2006–2007 we supervised the company’s public relations campaign in Europe.


Lara Bersano’s Education

  • Universidad de Palermo

    Program Certificate , Marketing in Entertainment and Media Industries. , 20082008

    Professor Al Liberman was responsible for the Marketing in Entertainment and Media Companies at the University of Palermo. Mr. Liberman is the Director of this program at NYU.

  • Universidad de Buenos Aires

    BA , Public Policy and Communications , 19922006

    My thesis was the first comprehensive study of the best practices on e-government in Latin America.

  • Universidad Católica Andrés Bello

  • Villa Devoto School


Additional Information

Lara Bersano’s Websites:

Lara Bersano’s Interests:

Painting in Ceramic and Porcelain. Attending seminars and conferences that are NOT related to my field of expertise (example: best practices in harvesting or storage capabilities in the web 2.0 era). Reading Public Relations and Politics books. Photograph. Bed Time Stories with 7-year-old son Gustavo.

Lara Bersano’s Groups:

Rotary International Argentina, Woman in Cable Telecommunications USA, Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires, PRO

  •    Rotaract
  •    Women 2.0
  •    A U.S. Government Relations & Public Affairs Group
  •    BusinessWeek Group
  •    UBA Universidad de Buenos Aires Alumni
  •    New Media Hire
  •    Online Marketing Latam
  •    Villa Devoto School
  •    HACED Entrepreneurship Network

Lara Bersano’s Honors:

Golden Circle Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2005. The Marriott Golden Circle Awards are presented annually to journalists who have demonstrated excellence in tourism reportage; whose body of work has contributed to promoting worldwide understanding of travel and tourism as potent vehicle for economic development and peace.


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