LGA Consulting


	Vincent Lencioni Nora Galvez Carlos Noriega Norma Lopez Gina De Leon Maria Fernanda Ortega Yerina Rangel Celeste Santiesteban Alejandro Vega

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Vincent Lencioni – The founding partner of Lencioni, Galvez y Asociados, LGA Consulting was born and raised in Bakersfield, California. He received his undergraduate degree from Occidental College in Los Angeles. While at Occidental, Mr. Lencioni received a Richter Fellowship and completed a six-month study of the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) in Mexico City, Monterrey, and Hermosillo. He received his Master’s Degree in Latin American Studies from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), with focuses in business administration and economics. Part of the Master’s Degree was completed in the Economics and Accounting Faculties at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) during a year of study abroad in Mexico City. Mr. Lencioni completed his legal studies in 1997, earning his Mexican Law Degree from the Universidad Tecnológica de México in Mexico City.

Prior to founding the company, Mr. Lencioni worked for TraTec of California, a maquiladora shelter Company, as a Marketing and Operations Specialist in San Diego and Tijuana, and at Price/CostCo in San Diego, as Assistant to the Vice President, in charge of export sales to Mexico. Since 1990, Mr. Lencioni has resided and worked in Mexico City. During his first three years in Mexico City, he worked as the Sub Director of International Commerce and Investment at the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico. Ten years ago, Mr. Lencioni was contracted by the State of Wisconsin to open and run its largest and arguably most important trade office, which he has been managing ever since. In 1998, Mr. Lencioni was elected President of the Association of US State Offices in Mexico (ASOM), and in 1999-2000, he served on the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce – Mexico (AmCham).

Mr. Lencioni is a fully certified Mexican attorney. Prior to LGA Consulting, he was an Associate with the corporate law firms Peyton & Asociados, Garcia Barragan y Villela Abogados, and Connell and Associates. He has considerable experience with investment, corporate, and commercial law and operations matters, and in government procurement procedures, standards certification, and lobbying for American companies in Mexico. Mr. Lencioni is completely bilingual and bicultural, with native fluency in English, non-native fluency in Spanish, and coursework and some proficiency in Portuguese.

Nora Galvez – Nora is a Mexican certified public accountant and completed her studies and certification at the Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo. She has extensive experience working within companies and accounting firms on individual and corporate and income tax issues. She worked for several years in the Mexican IRS (the Mexican Treasury and Tax Secretary) as an outside auditor, before moving to Tijuana to become the head accountant at Ensambles Magneticos, a Mexican maquiladora company with several plants in the Baja California area. She later went on to work for Ruiz Urquiza/Arthur Andersen for six years in their budget and accounting division. Nora is bilingual and bicultural, married to a US citizen, and has participated in training and work seminars within Arthur Andersen’s training facilities in Lake Charles, Illinois. Nora is one of the founder partners of the firm. Nora offers fiscal consulting assistance for LGA Consulting and accounting services for companies as an associate within the Mexico accounting firm of Grupo A´Cont.

Carlos Noriega – Carlos joined LGA in 2008. He graduated from The University of Texas at Dallas and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management. He also has completed continuing education studies in the areas of Marketing and International Commerce both from prestigious private universities in Mexico City.
Carlos’ professional experience includes work in the United States, Mexico and several other countries in the American Continent and Western Europe working or doing consulting work for multinationals such as: Xerox, IBM, Telcel, Schlumberger, DAC Software, Krups-Moulinex, Ogilvy & Mather and Starmedia Network as well as a variety of others in the following industries: Feed ingredients, food additives, government offices, chain stores, fast food, construction, real estate, telecommunications and advertising agencies.
Carlos also has training and coursework in various subjects such as: sales management, sales techniques, telemarketing, leadership, lobbyng, negotiation, public relations, process reengineering, ISO 9000 , direct marketing , market research, real estate, card electronic devices and warehousing.
Mr. Noriega resided in the United States for over ten years and is completely bicultural and bilingual, with native fluency in Spanish and close to native fluency in English.

Norma Lopez – Norma has a B.A. in Public Relations and an MBA from the Universidad del Valle de Mexico. She received her Masters in International Business from Alliant International University and has postgraduate studies in Marketing and International Business from ITESM, one of the most recognized universities in Mexico. She is also an Associate Professor of International Business at the ITESM. Norma joined LGA in 2006, having worked on projects with the LGA Director for several years while she served as trade specialist, administrator, and eventually the Deputy Assistant Director of the Ohio Trade Office in Mexico. After six years with Ohio, Norma joined Testrite, a Taiwanese-Mexican company dedicated to the sale of Taiwanese and Chinese products to the major retail outlets, DIY, office supply, and club stores in Mexico. At the end of her four years with Testrite, Norma held the position of Commercial Director, and was responsible for sales of over $40 million US to Mexican retail outlets. Norma is a bilingual and bicultural Mexican national with more than 10 years of experience working with Americans and Asians in Mexico and with travel assignments in Asian and the United States.

Gina De Leon – Gina was born and raised in California. She received her BA in Business Administration from Woodbury University. Following her studies, she worked at Walt Disney Studios first in Accounting and later in Promotions and Merchandising in charge of research, bargaining, and approval of promotional items for television and motion pictures. She then moved on to Southern California Presbyterian Homes where she worked in Human Resources and as Fundraising Coordinator. Gina came to Mexico in 1997 and began working for Grupo Logistics, a logistics and customs broker firm with several offices in Mexico and U.S. border areas. She held the position of Office Manager in charge of human resources, public relations for U.S. accounts, logistics, and in charge of research on customs laws and regulations. She received Technical Training from Grupo Logistics and from the Universidad del Valle De Mexico in International Commerce. Before joining LGA Consulting, Gina worked on projects and assignments for the Mexico Trade Offices of Wisconsin, Arizona, Kentucky, and Arkansas. Gina is completely bilingual and bicultural, with native fluency in English and non-native fluency in Spanish.

Maria Fernanda Ortega – Maria Fernanda graduated from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), also known as the Tec de Monterrey, in 2006 with a degree in International Commerce. She is bilingual in Spanish and English and has bicultural skills. Maria Fernanda deals with product registrations and import permits at Health and Natural Resources Secretaries.

Yerina Rangel - Trade Specialist. Yerina graduated from the Universidad del Valle in 2006 with a degree in International Business and extensive coursework in English, including studies at Middlesex County Collage in New Jersey. Following her graduation, she worked for a year with Axis Cargo Systems, Inc. in New York. Yerina has traveled and studied extensively in the US and is completely bilingual and bicultural. Yerina began working at the company in 2008.

Celeste Santiesteban - Office Administrador. Celeste graduated from the Universidad ETAC with a negree in Administration and IT Studies in 2006, She has experience in preventive and corrective system maintenance, the administration of Networks, and administrative and accounting asistanse. Celeste handles all administrative matters and works with staff accountants to deal with resolve all types of internal and client accounting, fiscal, and administrative issues. She started with LGA in 2006.

Alejandro Vega - Alejandro joined LGA earlier this year as a Trade Specialist. He graduated from the Universidad del Valle with a degree in Business Administration in 2007. Alejandro is bilingual and bicultural, and his workload is focused on B2B product projects.