Mexican Economic and Automotive Industry Outlook Conference

Rafael Amiel

Regional Manging Director, Latin America & Caribbean

Amiel is Regional Managing Director for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Country Intelligence Group. He is responsible for coordinating the analysis and forecasts of IHS economists and analysts who cover 42 countries in this region, including the Caribbean islands. He holds a PhD in economics from Florida International University (FIU), where he also served as adjunct professor of economics and was a research associate in FIU's Latin American and Caribbean Center.

Lic. Jose Luis Berlanga

Profesor, Universidad de Monterrey

Bio coming soon.

Gregory Daco

Principal US Economist, US Macroeconomics, IHS Global Insight

Raul Dary

Sales Manager, Latin America

Raul Dary is Sales Manager responsible for the commercial development of the Insight businesses in Latin America for IHS (CERA, Global Insight, Herold and SRIC). Dary joined IHS in 2003 and has since taken roles of increasing scope in the commercial development of Latin America. As part of his role, Dary coordinates the Mexico Economic and Automotive conferences 3 times a year in Mexico and participates in other IHS events in the region.

A native of Spain, he has acquired over the years significant Latin American experience after having lived and traveled extensively in the continent.

Dary holds a degree in Business Administration from Suffolk University, Boston and is fluent in Spanish, English and French.

Paul Robinson

Senior Economist, Pricing and Purchasing Group, IHS Global Insight

Paul Robinson is an economist in the IHS Global Insight Pricing and Purchasing group. He is a graduate of the George Washington University, where he earned a BA in economics and international affairs with a concentration in international economics.  He currently works in the ferrous metals division, specializing in raw materials and assisting on the Steel Monthly, Steel Industry Review and Weekly Pricing Pulse publications.

Paul has spoken about commodities at a number of conferences, including IHS conferences in Monterrey, Mexico (Commodities Outlook: Will Renewed Economic Growth Bring Higher Costs? ) and Mexico City, Mexico (Commodities Outlook: Purchasing Strategies for 2011), as well as the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) conference in Anaheim, CA (Economic Risks To Consider Before Bidding Your Next Contract).

Dra. Laura Zúñiga Valero

Directora del Programa Académico LEC, Universidad de Monterrey

Bio coming soon.

Guido Vildozo

Associate Director, IHS Automotive

Vildozo has over 10 years of experience at IHS Automotive and its predecessor companies. At IHS Vildozo is responsible for managing the automotive vehicle sales forecasts in Latin America. His primary responsibility is oversight of industry trends in the region and developing forecasts for the market. His area of expertise is product planning and strategy and their effect on vehicle demand. Vildozo has also worked in the automotive areas of manufacturers' product cycles, production capacity constraints, investment on capacity and import/export strategies. Finally, Vildozo puts his economics background to work by analyzing the political/economical landscapes of the Americas and their role on vehicle demand.

He has a graduate degree in economics from Suffolk University in Boston.