Michel A.

I hold a master's degree and an undergraduate degree in International Business from the Florida International University (FIU). At 39 years old, I manage and owns a family-owned industrial business. I am an experienced Business Developer with good experience and knowledge, a demonstrated history of work in the industrial field of clothing, apparel and textile manufacturing, both in Haiti and the United States. I have been an integral part of the development and growth of our family business for over 21 years which employs over 4,000 people and manufactures over 1,000,000 garments per week. In addition to my financial responsibilities for the business managing budgets and projections, in January 2018 I took over the start-up and supervision of the construction of a new industrial park at the Santo Dujour Free Zone (ZFSD – Zone Franche Santo Dujour) in Croix des Bouquet Haïti. This Park, in an effort to stimulate the Haitian economy and help reduce Haiti's high unemployment rate, is expected to create 12,000 new jobs over the next 3 years. Also, in late 2018, we embarked in major agricultural projects with me overseeing the management and planning of all aspects. The first Stevia project started in 2019 with Propagation, Plantations, Production and Harvesting in St Michel and extraction to powdered sugar. In addition, in late 2022 the 2nd project was launched with the plantation of avocados. In addition to my work, I am very pationate about video games, tennis, and remote controle RC car racing and am always up for chatting about these topics and my work. Finaly, I believe I have a very strong relationship with my wife that is founded on strong communication skills and have always been a good sounding board for relationship advice for my friends in their relationships. Looking forward to making new connections.