Manuel Perez IV
Miami
Owner & Consultant
Loki Consulting Group
July 2012 – Present (6 months)Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area & Greater Boston AreaL.O.K.I. (Leveraging Opportunities Knowledge and Innovation)
Specializing in the development of startups
• Studied logistics and costs to help a local recycler bid a contract to a City of Miami Contractor for a collection route of over 1000 sites
• Assisting a startup in Boston with their Kickstart campaign merging physical and ecommerce components resulting in product that will revolutionize how people network for business
o Sourcing components and product in China for mass production
o The Twitter admin and Facebook campaign contributor, and are assisting with the presentation at the Cambridge Innovation Center's Venture Café on 11/29/2012
• Sourcing of manufacturers for a Miami based small "onboard" sign producer's new product line concept, tailored to young military families and worked with them through the intellectual property process
• Created new strategic direction for a Boston based ecommerce fashion company that donates a portion of the proceeds to individuals with breast cancer
o Company is presently negotiating with the American Cancer Society for licensing
o Worked with founder to create new product lines and growth plan