Marcos Perez
CFO & VICE
PRESIDENT, FINANCE
As the Vice President of Administration at Florida International University, Marcos Perez supervises the general administrative functions of the university at all campuses. He is a member of the Executive Committee which is responsible for all strategy, policy, and operations decisions for the university.
Marcos began pursuing his Ph.D. in Leadership in the Fall of 2003 and accepted the position of the Chief of Staff for the President. In this role, he served as liaison for the President, maintaining a high level of public relations and interaction with university and community contacts.
Before joining the university community, Marcos worked in the beverage industry as Vice President and Director of the Bacardi Beverage Company (a strategic alliance with the Anheuser-Busch company). Previously, from 2001 to 2003, he headed up the group of strategic planning and business development. Prior to that, Marcos served as the Vice President and Commercial Director at Bacardi Corporation (Puerto Rico), where he was responsible for all commercial operations for 24 countries in the Caribbean.
Marcos holds an MBA and Bachelors degree in Marketing and International Business from Florida International University. He is currently working on his Ph.D.