Staff

Vince 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. Vince 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, Vince 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, he has resided and worked in Mexico City. During his first three years in Mexico City, Vince worked as the Sub Director of International Commerce and Investment at the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico. Vince 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, Vince 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).

Vince is completely bilingual and bicultural, with native fluency in English, non-native fluency in Spanish, and proficiency in Portuguese. He has been married to a Mexican national for 19 years and has two bilingual and bicultural children. Vince ran track and cross country in college and he and his children are huge Minnesota Viking, Boston Celtic, Wisconsin Badger, and Notre Dame Fighting Irish fans.

Nora is one of the founder partners of the firm. She 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. She supervises all accounting operations and provides fiscal consulting assistance for LGA Consulting and its clients.

Accounting positions within companies and accounting firms

2004- 2007    LGA Consulting –Administrative Manager - Partner
2003- 2004   Senior Accountant - Grupo Account, SC
1991- 1996   National Manager - Budget and Finance – Ruiz Urquiza/Arthur Andersen
1988 -1991   Accountant & Internal Auditor– Ensambles Magnéticos, SA de CV
1984 -1988   Auditor – Hacienda, Federal Fiscal Administration – Federal District
1982 -1984   Head Accountant - Comision Contructora Estatal
1981 -1982   Accountant – Secretary of Finance – State of Hidalgo

Areas of Experience

Working within companies and accounting firms on individual, corporate and various income tax issues, invoicing, payroll, harmonizing US and Mexican accounting and fiscal systems and requirements.

Holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations and a Masters Degree in Business Administration at the Universidad del Valle. In 2001, she completed her second Masters Degree in International Business at Alliant International University (former United States International University). Norma has post graduated diplomas in Marketing, International Trade & Human Resource Management from the ITESM University. She has taken several courses in finance and economics, leadership, sales and negotiation in well recognized Institutions. She has also participated in house training programs with Nestle Company for Customer Business Plan and Time Management.

Since 2006, she has been a part-time professor of International Negotiations at ITESM University, one of the most recognized universities in Mexico and Latin America. She has more than 14 years of experience working with Americans and Asians in Mexico and with travel assignments in Asia, the United States, and throughout Mexico.

Currently, Norma is in charge of retail business consulting for LGA. Her main activities are to assist US & foreign retail product companies in business development in Mexico & Latin America, and to carry-out strategy and implementation consulting and services for Mexican-based foreign subsidiaries.

Alejandro graduated from the Universidad del Valle with a degree in Business Administration. Alejandro is bilingual and bicultural, and his workload is focused on B2B and water product projects, water bids analysis, and regulatory work.

Claire graduated from the Instituto the Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, State of México campus, with a degree in International Relations. At the moment, she is taking graduate coursework in Quality and Productivity at the Universidad Tecnológica de México. She has traveled extensively in the US and lived abroad, and is completely bilingual and bicultural.

 Her workload is focused on B2B and water product projects, water award analysis, and water intermediary list development.

She graduated from the Universidad ETAC with a degree in Administration and IT Studies. She has experience in preventive and corrective system maintenance, the administration of networks.

She handles all administrative matters and supports staff in all facets.