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The Mike Fernandez Global Business Leadership Series will present guest speaker Odilon Almeida on Feb. 27 at 9:45 a.m. at the The Idea Center<\/span><\/a>, 315 N.E. Second Ave., Room 8503. <\/span><\/p>\n

Odilon Almeida, president of Western Union Global Money Transfer<\/span><\/a>, will explain the Western Union\u2019s business model of success, and how it has adapted through stock market needs and technological advancements throughout the company\u2019s last 160 years. <\/span><\/p>\n

In his 17-year run with Western Union, he\u2019s negotiated contracts with more than 200 countries and is currently non-executive chairman director of the Compliance and Business Conduct Committee at Millicom International. <\/span><\/p>\n

The presentation is free and open to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information, contact Isabel Artime at (305) 237-3960 or \u00a0<\/span>iartime@mdc.edu<\/span><\/a><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mike Fernandez Global Business Leadership Series will present guest speaker Odilon Almeida on Feb. 27 at 9:45 a.m. at the The Idea Center, 315 N.E. Second Ave., Room 8503. 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