Beginnings
Avans Corp is founded in 2014 in order to facilitate the food suppliers acquisition to Asian importers. Thanks to the work done, the company expanded its networking due to its eastern suppliers demand of enhancing their sales or expand their brands in the Americas.
In an early stage Avans Corp generated not only a wide and diverse data base of buyers and suppliers, but also established alliances with private companies like custom agents, logistic enterprises, traders, brokers, distributors, among many others.
Avans Corp is proud of being the first Colombian company formally doing businesses in Vietnam and the first entrepreneurship from Colombia in its type with direct presence in South Korea and the Latin American Country.
Thanks to the experience of its 5 founders as Marketing, Finance, Online Sales and International Education consultants, Avans Corp has a diverse and flexible background with an exponential learning curve.
Today, Avans Corp is turning into a comprehensive internationalization and global supplies acquisition service for enterprises in several sectors, covering, thus, with the same infrastructure Marketing, Distribution, Global Supply Chain, Logistics, Customs, Negotiations, Positioning and Finances activities taking the products from the manufacturer to the final consumer managing all the processes in the middle.
Founders
Daniel F. Villa Camacho
Chief Executive Officer
Business Administrator with studies done at Universidad EAN (Colombia), Université de Quebec (Canada), Universidad Central (Chile) and Babson College (USA). In the last years has lived in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Vietnam and South Korea.
He was a lecturer at the International School of Thái Nguyên University, Vietnam, teaching Enterprising Management and Marketing.
Daniel has worked in the Music, Education, Massive Information and International Trade industries.
Karen RodrÃguez Pirajón
Chief of Operations
Graduated as a Industrial Engineer at Escuela Colombiana de IngenierÃa Julio Garavito in Bogotá, Colombia. With vast experience in the international trade sector managing the Latin American exports department of Chinese factories. She has worked in the regianl congresses in the United States and the sales department in the education sector.
Karen studied Chinese language at Shanghai University of Engineering Science.
Juan David Arias González
Chief Finances Officer
Graduated from the Universidad EAN in Colombia and the Université du Quebec at Chicoutimi, Canada, with additional studies in Quality Management, Human Resources Management, NGOs Management and Gastronomy.
David has work in financial charges at companies such as Citibank, Belcorp and Diageo, among others; as a consultant, he has worked for NGOs and Restaurants.
Awarded with the highest GPA in his BA.
Leandro Buzeta Paniagua
Chief of International Sales
Marketing and Sales Expert, he has built up his career as an entrepreneur in the fashion, entertainment, digital markeeting and network marketing sectors.
He made his studies in International Marketing, Fashing Trends, Digital Marketing, Programming and Sales in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Leandro has co-founded start-ups and coordinated raw material supplies between Asia and America in the las years.
