Meet The Team

Below you’ll find all the people that make our company function on a daily basis. Provisions International’s team has a combined experience of over 75 years in International Business. We encourage you to read our team profiles below,  whom without, our business would not be where it is today.

Jose L Castillo Jr. | Managing Director

International Sales & Marketing executive with over 20+ years experience in the International markets. Fully bilingual (Spanish & English). Previous work experience on management positions for Empresas Castillo (Large family HBA distributor in Puerto Rico), Bristol Myers Squibb Caribbean (Consumer Products), Gillette (Writing Instruments Division), American Home Foods and Acosta International. Extensive knowledge of International Trade Pacts and Legal procedures in the region.

Karla Garcia | Senior Export Coordinator

Karla Garcia joins the team with extensive prior experience in the exporting industry. Currently, she has a B.S. from  Florida International University with a Major in Psychology. She is also pursuing her Master’s Degree. Karla is strongly bilingual in both English and Spanish.

Jorge M. Vega | Export Manager

Has over 25+ years of export sales and marketing experience with world class organizations managing a network of distributors in Canada, Caribbean, Central America, South America and the USA. A solid experience in Customer Business Management, Multi-channel and Market Sales Development in the consumer packaged goods industry in a variety of segments ranging from personal care, household, OTC and food and beverage. Extensive working experience in strategic distributor partnership and alliances focused on brand sales development. He started his export career managing and building major brands with Alberto Culver, Unilever and Noxell. Initiated his business career as product manager for Kresto- Denia a Div. of V. Suarez & Co. in Puerto Rico. He has an MBA degree from Long Island University / Brooklyn Center in New York.

Francisco Lopez Stefanoni | Sales Manager, Mexico

He has an MBA in Corporate Finances. Francisco has over 12 years in with international corporations and resides in Mexico. He has a strong commercial background for all classes of trade within the México market. His background includes a position of Trade Marketing Sr. Executive for Kellogg’s Mexico. His working knowledge of operations, trade marketing and managing accounts will help us optimize trade distribution.

João Pauluk | Territory Manager South America

Joao Pauluk has over 20 years of experience in sales with large corporations. He is located in Brazil, which possesses an excellent network of large distributors and retailers. Joao is our Territory Manager in Brazil responsible for the new business and to expand our presence in region. He is fully bilingual (English & Portuguese), Graduated in Business Administration and Strategic Management in Small and Medium Enterprises and he is a Technical Agricultural and has an MBA on Business Management.

Danny Castillo | Multi-Media Digital Designer

Danny is very creative and designs our digital product catalogs and email campaigns.

Henry Gomez | Managing Director

Henry Gomez has over 20 years of executive management experience traveling and managing a network of International Distributors in Mexico, Latin America and Far East. He started his international career development managing and building major brands with American Home Foods, International Home Foods, and ConAgra. He has a Bachelors of Science degree with a concentration in Marketing from State University of New York. 

Dennis Dale | Sales & Operations Manager

Dennis Dale, started his career in El Salvador working in his family business in the trucking and logistic industry for over 20 years. Dennis is fully bilingual (English & Spanish) and studied at University of Southern Mississippi with a Bachelors of Science degree from the Universidad de Matias Delgado in El Salvador. Dennis continues to work with many well known distributors in Central America and use these contacts to expand our presence in this region. Dennis is responsible for sales in Latin America.

Ernesto Gonzalez | International Manager

Ernesto Gonzalez has over 20+ years experience in Sales & Marketing in the International markets and is fully bilingual (Spanish & English). Previous work experience include management positions in Walmart Puerto Rico working with the buying team, Empresas Castillo Large family Pharmaceutical and H.B.A. product distributor in Puerto Rico as Sales Manager, Kellogg Caribbean and Snyder’s Lance Inc. as the International Sales Manager with experience traveling and managing a network of International Distributors in Latin America, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

Vel Vengco | Territory Manager Asia, Europe and Middle East

Has over 30 years of experience in International Trade, Economics, Marketing and International Diplomacy. After working for the Diplomatic Community, from the Yugoslav Embassy, Australian Embassy and the United Nations, she worked as the International Sales and Marketing Manager for Chew International Group in New York City (at the World Trade Center). She conducted activities worldwide promoting products at International Trade Shows, in-store promotions and other promotional activities in the International arena.

Katelyn Suastegui | Assistant Export Coordinator

Katelyn is currently attending Florida International University completing her Bachelors of Science degree in communications and business administration. Katelyn is a web tech certified.

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