“CURRICULUM VITAE”

 

 

Name: Rogério de Mendonça Mendes

Date of Birth: 8/21/1950

Portugal: Rua dos Mareantes, 74 -5.A

2750-426 Cascais, PORTUGAL

Telef. 351 309 989 326

Cel. 351 917 621 546

Email: rogermendes1@yahoo.com

 

 

 

PERSONAL

INFORMATION:                  Portuguese and US citizenship. Seeking business opportunities compatible with the diversified professional fields and personal experience, related to business administration, marketing, public relations, human resources, culture exchange, sales, broadcasting, etc. and subjects related with Portuguese-American culture and language.

 

PASSPORTS:                        Portuguese and American

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:        Jun. 2005 to Present- PORTAL Tourism,

Create and organize from ground up, the wholesale tour operation of a tour company. Market, promote and implement all products to Portugal, Spain, Morocco, South Africa, Brazil and Israel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan. 2001 to Present-Adega da Covilhã USA,

President of local office for Portuguese winery producing 5 million litters of wine/yr. Consultant and exclusive representative for the USA, Canada and South America. Develop the product, sales, marketing and promotion. Leader and creator of the only Portuguese Kosher wine project in the USA.

 

Jan. 2003 to Present-Penazeites, Olive Oil producers in central Portugal.

Consultant, exclusive representative for the USA and Canada markets. Develop the product, sales, marketing and promotion, including the only Portuguese Kosher olive oil in the USA.

 

Jun. 2005 – Portuguese Foundation for Culture and Education,

Producer and Assistant Director of the play "DISOBEDIENCE" (life of the diplomat Dr. Sousa Mendes) by Luis Francisco Rebello. Taken to stage at The Center for Jewish History in New York on June 8th. The Portuguese Foundation in cooperation with American Sephardi Federation and The Center for Jewish History staged this play for the first time in English and in the United States.

 

Jan.2003 to Present-Portuguese Foundation for Culture and Education

President, create the necessary mechanisms to develop the cultural exchange between Portugal and the USA in a fashion where this country would receive the benefit of the rich cultural heritage of 900 years of history and all the other inherent interest in the historical connection between both.

 

Jan.2000 to Jan.2003–Portuguese National Tourist Office

Private Consultant, leading a global project to promote the Portuguese Jewish Heritage in the USA and aiming at creating incentives to tourism, trade, finance and investment in Portugal. Covered audiences of over 1,500

 

 

 

 

 

people and promoted Portugal in market niches never reached before.

 

Jan.1997 to Jan.2003-PORTEL- Hotels of Portugal. President of Hotel representative company. Local office for Portuguese hotels in charge of promotion, sales, marketing and public relations for the USA territory and Canada.

 

Jun.1994 to Jul. 2005-Tender Care Enterprises,

Day Care and School. President in charge of all operation of a 100 students’ day care and school and 15 employees.

 

Jun.1993 to Jun.1994-MACROLANDA, Ltd. Lisbon, Portugal. Industrial and agricultural machinery and equipments. Market consultant in charge of research and recovery implementing new sales dynamics based in international patterns and philosophies.

 

Oct.1992 to Jun.1993-ANTE VER DESIGN, Ltd. Lisbon, Portugal. Design and marketing. Partner in charge of marketing and administration. Consultant in developing new markets and areas of operation.

 

Nov.1989 to Dec1991-MEMO Management & Consulting Image Consultants.

Owner and Vice President for the Portuguese ethnic market. Administration of medium and small local companies. Services of interpreter and translators for different fields of business, official and personal activities. Management of 3 schools in Newark. Consulting Portuguese language studio recordings. Decoration and image.

 

Dec.1981 to Nov. 1989-MEMOTOURS, Inc.

National Tour Operator to Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Israel, Italy and Brazil. Owner and Vice president in charge of sales, marketing, public relations, human resources and general accounting. In charge of the groups, conventions and incentive’s department. Design and creation of

 

 

 

 

 

brochures and promotion of company’s product through the USA territory.

 

Apr. 1981 to Dec. 1981-R.N. Tours, Inc.

Tour operator to Portugal, Spain and Morocco. Director of individual reservations’ department as well as special operations. In charge of hotel and airline allotments, department’s accounting, ticketing and telecommunications. Department’s human resources, brochures and special projects.

 

Jan.1979 to Apr.1981-TAP Air Portugal

Portuguese national carrier. NYC office. Reservation’s agent for individuals and groups. Special projects of daily flights’ investigation. Groups and control agent for charter flights dealing with space allotments. Support all the sales needs of the district sales offices in the whole US territory. Reservation’s agent for the tourist department, dealing directly with Tour Operators with programs operated in conjunction with TAP. Advertising department consultant, broadcasting several adds for the ethnic market.

 

May1981 to Aug.1981-TV, Channel 41

Co-producer and anchor man of a TV program in Portuguese for the local community of Newark and parts of New York. General program structure, production of news casts and editorial programs. News casts.

 

Jul.1980 to Aug.1980-RÁDIO CLUB PORTUGUÊS, Newark (USA).

Broadcaster substituting anchorman at the Newark studios. Live broadcasts, news, radio contests and advertising. Recordings of different commercials.

 

1976 to 1977-National Weather Service Bureau, Portugal.

Observer of  1st. category in aeronautical meteorology. Stationed at the observation tower of Lisbon International airport. All weather reports, readings of temperatures, runway visibilities, barometrical pressures and contact

 

 

 

 

operations with airline crews for all kinds of weather forecasts.

 

1975 to 1976-SETENAVE, Shipyards, Portugal

Officer in charge of parts’ stock inventory. Import/export documentation, manuals, processing of flyers, etc. In charge of six employees and dealing with foreign crews.

 

1972 to 1974-Armed Forces, Portugal

24 months carrier of duty as Infantry Lieutenant with special courses of mine’s and explosives engineer. 7 months in Portugal, 3 months in the Azores Islands and 13 months in Mozambique, Africa. Discharged with honors.

 

1970 to 1972-C.SANTOS, Lda. Portugal

Mercedes Benz dealership in Lisbon. Accounting employee. Invoicing at the parts department and stock inventory.

 

EDUCATION:                       Passos Manuel High School in Lisbon.

7years

Subjects: Mathematics, physics, chemistry, natural sciences, geography, Portuguese literature, political studies, French, English, German, Latin, philosophy and universal history.

 

Classical University of Lisbon, Law School.

3 years

Subjects: Constitutional Law, Portuguese Law History, Latin law, Philosophy of the Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law, International Law, Forensic Law and History of Constitutional law.

 

National Weather Department, Lisbon

Course of Meteorologist Assistant

Course of Meteorologist Observer 1st. class

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAP Air Portugal

Reservations course, TAPmatic computer course in ticketing, rates, air fares, etc.

Knowledge of Microsoft Word XP Professional, Quick Books, Word, Publisher and Outlook.

 

LANGUAGES:                      Spoken, read, written-

Portuguese, French, English, German and Hebrew (read)

Spoken-

Spanish (and some writing)

Understand-

Italian, Some Hebrew

 

AFFILIATIONS:                   Associate of American Sephardi Federation at Center for Jewish History, New York

Member of the Sephardic Temple of Cedarhurst.

Associate with The Spanish Portuguese Synagogue of Manhattan..

Member of United States Republican Party

                                                Member of Republican Jewish Committee of New Jersey

                                                Member of United States Golf Association

                                                Member of  Friends of Professional Golf Association

                                                Member of Portuguese Social-Democratic party (PSD)

                                                Member of Royal Portuguese Association

Knighthood of the Portuguese Chivalry Order of São Miguel da Ala

 

 

HOBBIES:                             English and Portuguese prose read and write

                                                English and Portuguese poetry, read and write        

                                                Classical music, jazz, folk and blues

                                                Golf

                                                Tennis            

                                                Horse back riding

                                                Jogging, weight lifting and swimming

                                               

 

RELIGION:                           Jewish

 

 

 

 

Roger de Mendonça Mendes