Marcelo’s experience with the Internet dates back to 1995. Some of his first projects were with Coca Cola, Lloyds Bank of London in Ecuador, and the Ecuadorian Tourism Ministry.  Marcelo relocated to the US to expand his knowledge base and establish business connections.

Emely Grisanty supports Grupo Parada’s efforts of business development providing exceptional client services as well as maintaining key client relationships by developing strategic partnerships and exceeding the clients needs and expectations.

Max Paredes began his career with the Ecuadorian Census Administration as an intern and he escalated positions until he was the one in charge of designing and coordinating the Census of 2010 in Ecuador.

Milton has been instrumental in client development and project management for Grupo Parada. He won a contract with the city of Quito to develop their web presence, Defense Ministry, and World Heritage Fund in Ecuador.

With over 20 years of experience in content marketing, branding, community health communications and ESL (Education, Information and Communication),  Walter has worked with many health organizations such as office of Communications at the Pan American Health Organization in Peru (PAHO, UN) to support the Ministry of Health, Social Security Institute in Peru.

Currently, Oscar Acero serves as Director of Technology, taking in charge the development of the technology for projects of Grupo Parada. Oscar’s work includes advanced e-commerce sites, complex online communities, sophisticated intranets to connect employees from different clients.

An entrepreneur and philanthropist, Ronald Bautista is the Director of Digital Media Strategies at Grupo Parada. At Grupo Parada, Ronald acts as a consultant to clients and media teams, and has been responsible for leading the strategic communications planning for clients like the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Hispanic Educational Technology Services, Organizacion Juventud Ecuatoriana, and the Association of Hispanic Healthcare Executives. Bautista has worked with various teams to develop integrated, innovative strategies to connect these education and health institutions with the US Hispanic Market.

Silvia Echeverría is the Communications Strategist at Grupo Parada. She analyses and promotes new ways to optimize and promote the client’s product or services through integrated marketing and communications campaigns. Silvia also integrates core practices of Public Relations to the client’s strategic plan – this approach combines search engine optimizationit´s a marketing and technical process in which the goal is improving the visibility of an specific web page. For good results, keywords must be relevant for the consumer not to the search engine. (SEOit´s a marketing and technical process in which the goal is improving the visibility of an specific web page. For good results, keywords must be relevant for the consumer not to the search engine.) and public relations (PR), enabling clients to generate sales and leads.

Joaquin Pradas has an extensive and broad experience in the travel industry with over 30 years of service in management and senior executive positions in the airline, tourist board, tour operator, and retail travel businesses.