Juan Ramirez is the Founder and President of Grupo Avance, LLC a business that specializes in helping companies expand their sales into Mexico, Latin American, and the U.S. Hispanic markets.

A native of Mexico, Juan Ramirez studied business and marketing at the Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico, Miami University, and the Carlson School of Management University of Minnesota.

Prior to founding Grupo Avance, Juan worked at IBM, GE, and other technology consulting firms, as a sales and marketing executive where he managed key clients such as 3M, Carlson Companies, General Mills, Donaldson Company, BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota, and others. Juan also launched sales and marketing initiatives of e-commerce solutions in Mexico and has been a featured speaker at Latin American conferences including SAP Sapphire in Argentina and Brazil.

Grupo Avance is led by Juan's strong Hispanic marketing and cultural knowledge along with his extensive corporate business development experience and management training. He —and his team of international executives— have a passion to advance commerce with the U.S. Hispanic, Mexican, and Latin American market places.

Juan Ramirez is a member of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Minnesota, Minnesota Minority Supplier Development Council, and teaches International Business and Corporate Strategies at Northwestern College in St. Paul, MN.

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