Communication Skills: Is fully bilingual and bicultural; possessing native-speaker proficiency and fluency in oral and
written skills, in both English and Spanish. Rafael is an accomplished public speaker who has offered conferences, seminars, and workshops, in person and electronically, on topics spanning law, business consulting & information technology.
 Multi-Industry Experience: Has provided consulting to organizations in technology, telecommunications, higher learning,
sales & distribution, utilities, petrochemicals, government, religious, health management, banking, & pharmaceuticals.

Provides legal and consulting services for both profit and non-profit organizations.

Contract Negotiation & Budgeting: Negotiated and closed multi-million-dollar technology and service deals. Negotiator of servicelevel, operational-level, and entertainment agreements. Over 10 years’ experience in planning, management, and governance of multi-million-dollar budgets.

 Project Management: Formally trained to apply project management methodologies, tools, techniques, and skills. Led and
coordinated multiple projects; meeting objectives within strict time and budget constraints.

Corporate Law: Drafted resolutions for incorporating profit and non-profit enterprises. Defined strategies to procure tax
waivers under Federal Tax Code Section 501(c)(3) for a non-profit institution. Prepared corporate by-laws & institutional
policies to address conflicts of interest.

Real Estate Law: Defending debtors before courts of law and in mediation cases regarding mortgage executions; procuring
mediation, debt modification, or loan restructuring for debtor clients, whenever possible.

 Business Consulting: Drafted Business Plans and negotiated exclusive international distribution contracts for introducing
beauty products from Latin America to Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Florida state markets. Drafted non-disclosure
agreements and representation contracts for the licensing of locally produced technology to nationwide corporations.

Audit & Compliance: Audited financial institutions, information systems & technology practices for compliance with
relevant laws, regulations, and best industry practices. Served as liaison between government entities & Puerto Rico
Comptroller’s Office. Recommended & implemented policies to align internal practices with regulations & standards.

Personal Injury & Torts: Represent plaintiffs in cases before the Puerto Rico Courts of Law involving accidents, property
damage, personal injury, breaches of contract, collections, and product liability.

Intellectual Property Law: Conducted prior art research for clients desiring to register patents and/or trademarks.

Registered trademark names in the Puerto Rico Intellectual Property Registry. Filed trademark of corporate logos and names
with the Puerto Rico Intellectual Property Registry.

Entertainment Law: Negotiated and drafted 360° management contracts, publishing contracts, and booking contracts;
representing a local singer during the negotiations.

Strategic Planning: Designed & implemented corporate initiatives, business plans, technology plans, and budgets.

 

 Voluntary Services: Authorized superficial rights deed for neighbors of the Vistas de Loíza Community through the Puerto
Rico Notary College’s Notarios por Puerto Rico program. Offered legal counselling to indigent clients of the Puerto Rico Bar
College’s Pro Bono Inc. in the areas of probate law and protections available under law 122 of June 9, 1967, against financial
exploitation of elderly people.

Human Resource Management, Supervision, Service Levels: Overseen department staffs of up to 42 people. Redesigned
information technology departments. Implemented & conducted succession planning. Developed capacity plans & career
growth plans for direct and indirect reports. Implemented operation- and service-level agreements practices for data centers
to ensure adequate service to technology users.

Business Reengineering: Used business process reengineering and value stream analysis techniques to achieve process
improvement with minimal investment and high impact to corporate clients within the Health Care and Utilities industries.

Administrative Law: Represent consumer and litigate cases before the Department of Consumer Affairs (“DACO”, by its
Spanish acronym) in claims that range from vehicle malfunction, building construction contracts, and through Horizontal
Property Law. Rafael has represented Condominium Board of Directors before DACO, as well as municipal police officers
facing disciplinary reviews, employee claims before the Puerto Rico Labor Department, and claimants before the Social
Security Administration.

Notary Law: Notarize sworn statements. Authorized building acts, deeds, donations, wills, and living powers of attorney,
among other public instruments.

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CERTIFICATIONS & AFFILIATIONS

Member of the Puerto Rico Notary College, # 4,551, since 2013.
Member of the Puerto Rico Bar College, Collegiate # 19,512, since 2012.
Certified Data Professional, American Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals, 1987.

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EDUCATION

University of Puerto Rico, School of Law, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico. JURIS DOCTOR (cum Laude).
University of Phoenix, Guaynabo Campus, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. MASTER’S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, Majored in
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (Grade Point Average: 4.00).
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. BACHELOR DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, Majored in COMPUTERIZED
INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Magna cum Laude).
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