After 10 years in the transportation industry, Mr. Marquez founded Marleon International as a forward-looking transportation and supply chain management firm focused on utilizing leading technologies to drive cross-border business opportunities. Prior to Marleon, Mr. Marquez was a Logistics Executive for a successful start up Logistics Company where he developed the Kansas City-Lazaro Cardenas I-35 corridor and built sales and marketing capabilities driving significant revenue growth. As a Business Development Manager for Conway Central Express, Mr. Marquez was responsible for growing the regional account base and revenues by more than 30%. Mr. Marquez has played an active role promoting Kansas City trade opportunities with Mexico through work with the International Business Committee for the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the International Trade Council for Kansas City, where he helped organize several U.S. ? Mexico focused conferences such as the ?NAFTA Conference? and the ?U.S. - Mexico Immigration Conference.? Mr. Marquez is also actively involved with Kansas City?s SmartPort initiative and Park University?s International Business Development Series. As a native of Laredo, TX, Mr. Marquez has strong ties to the city through his family as well as several tight relationships with U.S. and Mexican Customs brokers.