Reydel Santos

Reydel Santos

Miami, Florida, United States
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Experience

  • Veteran Housing Corp.

    Miami, FL

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    Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

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    Miami, Florida

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    Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

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    Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

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    Miami, Florida, United States

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    Miami, Florida, United States

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    Miami, FL

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    Miami, Florida

Education

  • St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law Graphic

    St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law

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    Activities and Societies: ACHIEVEMENTS: Dean’s list, five of six semesters; Delta Theta Phi law fraternity Vice-Dean; Scholarship recipient; Student Bar Association Graduation Speaker Committee Chairman; American Jurisprudence Award in Labor Law and Labor Arbitration; Charter Member of Alumni Association; Nominated to who’s Who in America’s Law Schools by faculty and staff; Charter Member of Moot Court Board; and currently Vice-President of the St. Thomas University Law School Alumni Association.

    Emphasis on: labor law; labor arbitration; legislation; zoning; land use planning; zoning; municipal corporation law. Also studied torts, agency and partnership and corporation law; anti-trust and commercial transactions; constitutional law; criminal law and procedure; and family law.

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    Activities and Societies: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

    The mission of National Paralegal College is to provide quality Internet-based education and training for students seeking careers in the paralegal field. NPC seeks to enable those students whose lifestyles lead them to opt for distance education to obtain comprehensive paralegal training and meet their educational goals without having to compromise on interactivity and academic quality.

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    Global University is a fully accredited non profit Christian University based out of Springfield, Missouri. As a worldwide online and distance education pioneer, the university integrates education and service through a network in 150 countries, including the United States.

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    Activities and Societies: ACHIEVEMENTS. Dean’s List; Religious Studies Department Chairman Scholarship recipient; active in student campus organizations.

    Emphasis in philosophy, religious studies, and ethics, including course work in: accounting, photography, religious values and ethics, faith and ethics, revelation and science, psychology, and French.

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    Activities and Societies: ACHIEVEMENTS: Dean’s list; member Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society of Junior Colleges, Omicron Tau Chapter; Outstanding Achievement Certificates for Academic Excellence; Charter and Founding Member of the Miami-Dade Community College Alumni Association; Past President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and currently Chairman f President’s Council of the Alumni Association.

    Emphasis on fire science technology and emergency medical services. Coursework included: fire and building codes; hazardous materials; supervision and leadership; technical report writing; and emergency medical services medicine and paramedic certification.

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    Activities and Societies: International Studies and Economics Major. Coursework included: physics chemistry, calculus, analytical geometry; naval engineering; naval science; navigation; professional and human development; history; physical education; foreign languages; English composition and grammar; literature; economics; and physical education.

    ACHIEVEMENTS: Active member of Yard Patrol Squadron; Fellowship of Christian Athletes; Jr. Varsity Squash Team; Jr.; Varsity 150-pound Football Team; Officer’s Christian Fellowship; Manager of the Naval Academy’s Sailing Squadron and Varsity Dinghy Team; Class Company Commander (rated 2 out of 36 by peers).

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    Activities and Societies: ACHIEVEMENTS: Founder and Charter Member of 100% Eagle Scout Explorer Post - Ship 961 (First in the school’s 59 year history); President of the Print Club; Platoon Commander (responsible for thirty men); recipient of Special Merit Award from the Commandant of the U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School; Top one-third of class; Secretary of the Navy Appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy.

    Certificate of Graduation, Emphasis on: physics; analytic geometry; calculus; vocabulary; English composition and grammar; and reading comprehension. Participated in intramural football, bowling, sailing, and track.

Volunteer Experience

  • Education Director

    Florida Legal Center

    - Present 15 years 6 months

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    Florida Legal Center is a nonprofit unincorporated educational and training organization that is affiliated with Veteran Housing Corp and committed to helping veterans access the justice system and providing resource and other information to veterans to help them obtain benefits they may be entitled to from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Matters requiring the services of an attorney are reviewed by the General Counsel for Veteran Housing Corp for review and referral to outside counsel…

    Florida Legal Center is a nonprofit unincorporated educational and training organization that is affiliated with Veteran Housing Corp and committed to helping veterans access the justice system and providing resource and other information to veterans to help them obtain benefits they may be entitled to from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Matters requiring the services of an attorney are reviewed by the General Counsel for Veteran Housing Corp for review and referral to outside counsel, as may be appropriate.

Projects

  • Appointment of Republic National Distributing Company as Exclusive Florida Distributor

    Appointed Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) as the exclusive distributor of all Premium Blend and Santos brand products (www.premiumblend.com). Premium Blend will no longer self-distribute its products in Florida. Directly responsible for getting RNDC to add all Premium Blend and Santos products to their portfolio. Managed the transfer of all existing Premium Blend customers to RNDC increasing RNDC's sales of Premium Blend products by over fifty percent.

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  • Foreign Trade Zone Facility Designation

    Directly responsible for applying for and obtaining approval for Alpha Marketing Network, Inc. d/b/a AMN Distributors - Premium Blend, to obtain approval of its Miami warehouse facility as a foreign trade zone.

    Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ) allow businesses within the zone to receive, warehouse, and re-export products duty-free, thus reducing costs and helping businesses become more globally competitive. Thousands of businesses each year use foreign trade zones to coordinate foreign and…

    Directly responsible for applying for and obtaining approval for Alpha Marketing Network, Inc. d/b/a AMN Distributors - Premium Blend, to obtain approval of its Miami warehouse facility as a foreign trade zone.

    Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ) allow businesses within the zone to receive, warehouse, and re-export products duty-free, thus reducing costs and helping businesses become more globally competitive. Thousands of businesses each year use foreign trade zones to coordinate foreign and domestic shipments.

    Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs) help U.S. companies improve their competitive position over their counterparts abroad. FTZs are most useful to firms that: Import products and pay U.S. Customs duties; Import large numbers of shipments – whether or not duties are paid; Export domestic products on which federal excise taxes are paid; Maintain large dollar value inventories subject to State and local ad valorem taxes; Maximizes use of sites throughout Miami-Dade County that already accommodate businesses of all sizes that are already engaged in international trade

    In addition, the Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) program allows U.S.-based companies to defer, reduce or even eliminate customs duties on products admitted to the zone.

    Deferral of duties

    Reduction of duties

    Elimination of duties

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  • New Distribution Center

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    Responsible for initiating and managing the move of all corporate office and warehouse facility and operations from our Hialeah location to a much larger corporate office and distribution center. The company is tripling the size of its current corporate offices, warehouse and distribution center. The company's new corporate headquarters will be at the Sunshine State International Park at 16290 NW 13th Avenue, Miami, Florida, 33169.

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Languages

  • Spanish

    Full professional proficiency

  • English

    Full professional proficiency

  • French

    Limited working proficiency

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