Julian Huerta brings over 25 years’ experience with Mexico and U.S. companies
CANCUN August 16, 2018 –Cobalt Holdings, Inc. today announced the appointment of Juliana Huerta to serve as Controller for Cobalt Broadband Services S.A. de C.V. and its subsidiaries. Ms. Huerta has over 25 years of accounting and finance experience, including financial reporting, budgets, tax planning and reporting, financial systems, payroll management, and day-to-day financial administration management. Her experience includes numerous companies in Mexico operating as subsidiaries of U.S. and British corporations, utilizing Mexico, US GAAP, and IFRS accounting and financial reporting standards.
Most recently, Ms. Huerta was Controller for two manufacturing companies in Monterrey, Mexico, each with U.S. parent companies. Her responsibilities included responsibility for VAT, invoicing, accounts payable and receivable, and monthly and annual financial reporting. Prior to that she was Finance Manager for a major printing company in Mexico – reporting to financial executives in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. She prepared and delivered all financial statements and tax reports, implemented CRM and CRP systems, and interfaces with the Company’s major independent auditors.
As an Administrative Manager, her experience includes implementation of systems and procedures that emphasize time optimization for personnel, robust internal controls, and internal and external audits. She is a Certified Public Accountant in Mexico, with additional education and licensing in tax and corporate finance.
Cobalt Broadband Services is a telecommunications provider licensed in Mexico that is building a 180-kilometer fiber-optic broadband network targeting the hospitality industry. This region – from Cancun to Tulum – is one of the fastest growing tourism areas in the world, with over 160,000 hotel and resort rooms with more 80% year-around occupancy, 23 million annual airport visitors, and an estimated US$20 billion in annual economic impact from tourism, air and cruise travelers.
Larry Malone, Cobalt Holdings President, said, “We are very pleased to add Juliana to our team in Cancun. Her proven finance and administrative qualifications are very timely as we are in the process of building our local team to service major hospitality customers from Cancun to Tulum. She has been very successful in the past managing company growth while maintaining a lean and efficient financial and administrative organization – a perfect fit for our operations.”
About Cobalt Holdings: Cobalt Holdings, Inc., through its Mexico operating subsidiaries Cobalt Broadband Services S.A. de C.V. andSanalto Redes Peninsular, S.A.P.I. de C.V. is a licensed telecommunications provider in Mexico. The Company is building an advanced fiber-optic broadband network in the Mexican Caribbean, one of the largest and fastest growing tourism destinations in the world, with over 160,000 hotel rooms and over 23 million annual airport visitors.
Contact: Phil Allen pallen@cobaltholdings.net +1.303.898.0625
Cobalt Holdings, Inc.
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