Mr. Kevin Schroeder

Council Member Biography

Mr. Schroeder is Managing Partner of Portal Commerce & Logistics. He provides consulting and advisory services for clients in the areas of US - Brazil trade and investment, maritime transportation and infrastructure, and local government affairs. Kevin has 12+ years of professional consulting experience in Brazil and Latin America. He serves on the Infrastructure Committee of the Brazil-US Business Council in DC and he is an active member of the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce and the Brazilian Association of Science Parks (Anprotec). His firm serves as in-country Representatives of the Port of Houston and the Greater Houston Partnership (GHP) promoting Houston and its $10b annual trade with Brazil. In 2009, Kevin was Project Manager for the USTDA's largest Definitional Mission involving Brazil logistics and maritime infrastructure. He divides time between NYC and Portal's offices in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (subsidiary: Portal Consultoria em Logistica Empresarial). (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2006 - 2009

Adjunct Professor, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

2005 - 2009

Adjunct Professor, Quinnipiac University

2003 - Unspecified

Managing Partner and Founder, Portal Commerce & Logistics LLC

1997 - 2003

Research Assistant, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN