1.
Jorge
Arturo
Acevedo
Alarid
Ph.D.
Jacevedo72@me.com
1
Over
more
than
20
years
ago
Dr.
Jorge
Arturo
Acevedo
Alarid
has
been
a
visionary
in
socio-­‐economic
development
projects.
Author
of
the
“Holistic
Infrastructure
Model”
Him®
and
“Holistic
Vision
Model”
Hvm®,
he
makes
dreams
and
business
projects
become
reality.
An
entrepreneur,
this
creative
young
man
with
recognition
and
extensive
experience
has
consolidated
his
career
in
the
public
and
private
sectors
based
on
results
and
value
added
services.
As
Executive
Director
of
GTO
Inland
Port
(
March
28,
2006
–
August
31,
2012),
he
fulfilled
the
objective,
making
of
GTO
Inland
Port
the
first
dry
port
in
Mexico
and
one
of
the
best
in
the
world.
In
only
six
years
of
work,
sixty-­‐three
national
and
international
companies
decided
to
settle
in
this
complex;
a
total
investment
of
two
thousand
million
USD
with
twelve
thousand
new
jobs
created.
Due
to
his
broad
experience
in
logistics
platforms
in
other
countries,
Jorge
Arturo
Acevedo
Alarid
designed
and
strengthen
GTO
Inland
Port
as
a
unique
company
in
its
kind,
one
that
provides
the
investors
with
tools
to
reach
the
competitiveness
that
the
international
market
requires.
http://puertointerior.com.mx/eng/
Dr.
Acevedo
is
currently
working
as
an
International
Business
Development
Consultant
in
CentrePort
Canada
(
www.centreportcanada.ca
)
CentrePort
Canada
is
the
country’s
first
and
largest
tri-­‐modal
inland
port
and
Foreign
Trade
Zone
with
direct
access
to
national
and
international
rail,
truck
and
air
cargo
operations.
Strategically
located
in
the
heart
of
North
America
–
Winnipeg,
Manitoba
–
the
20,000-­‐
acre
transportation
hub
is
only
one
hour
north
of
the
United
States
and
a
consumer
population
of
100
million
people
living
within
a
24-­‐hour
drive.
CentrePort
offers
prime
industrial
land
for
any
size
of
development
including
manufacturing
and
assembly,
warehousing
and
distribution,
agribusiness,
food
processing
and
packaging,
and
transportation-­‐related
logistics.

2.
Jorge
Arturo
Acevedo
Alarid
Ph.D.
Jacevedo72@me.com
2
CentrePort
provides
unparalleled
access
to
major
transportation
assets
including
three
Class
I
railways,
an
international
trucking
hub,
and
a
24/7
cargo/
passenger
airport
with
worldwide
connections.
To
further
enhance
service,
CentrePort
is
now
developing
a
new
rail
park
with
co-­‐location
opportunities
for
rail-­‐intensive
businesses.
Jorge
Arturo
Acevedo
Alarid
holds
a
PhD
in
Management,
a
Master’s
Degree
in
Global
Marketing
and
also
a
Master’s
Degree
in
Customs
Laws.
He
has
participated
actively
as
member
of
the
Board
of
Directors
of
NASCO
(North
America
Super
Corridor)
and
of
AMPIP
(Asociación
Mexicana
de
Parques
Industriales).
He
is
a
member
of
the
Mexican
Institute
of
Executives
in
Foreign
Trade
(Instituto
Mexicano
de
Ejecutivos
en
Comercio
Exterior,
IMECE)
and
a
member
of
the
Mexican
Association
of
Intermodal
Transportation
(Asociación
Mexicana
del
Transporte
Intermodal)
With
a
deep
knowledge
of
business,
he
is
the
Chairman
of
JAGroup
(http://jagroup.com.mx/ingles/index.html
),
a
corporation
made
up
of
SIPCODI,
INDESIFRA
and
IMPROINN,
all
of
which
are
companies
focused
in
the
development
of
new
businesses,
planning,
logistics,
infrastructure
and
trade.
He
is
the
founder
of
the
Logistics
Regional
Council
(Consejo
Regional
de
Logistica,
CORRELOG)
which
acts
as
model
for
the
design
and
development
of
infrastructure
along
the
logistics
supply
chain
in
several
states
of
Mexico;
furthermore,
and
he
is
also
the
founder
of
the
Socio-­‐Economic
Development
Intermunicipal
Council
(Consejo
intermunicipal
para
el
Desarrollo
Económico
de
Guanajuato,
CIDEG).
He
is
the
author
of
the
National
initiative
for
the
creation
of
the
Federal
Customs
and
Migration
Agency
(Agencia
Federal
de
Aduanas
y
Migración,
AFAM),
which
would
be
similar
to
the
Customs
and
Border
Protection
(CBP)
in
the
U.S.A;
he
is
also
the
author
of
Mexico’s
Worldwide
Logistics
Platform
project.
He
is
the
Chairman
of
the
Mexican
Logistics
Institute
(Instituto
Mexicano
de
Logística,
IML)
and
he
is
the
President
of
the
foundation
NINJI
AC.

3.
Jorge
Arturo
Acevedo
Alarid
Ph.D.
Jacevedo72@me.com
3
Today
he
participates
in
the
development
of
different
logistics
platform
in
several
states
of
Mexico;
furthermore
he
is
involved
in
the
implementation
the
“Holistic
Vision
Model”
Hvm®
in
other
countries.
He
is
consultant
of
the
Inter-­‐American
Development
Bank
(IADB).
Being
teaching
one
of
his
passions,
he
has
been
a
professor
at
the
undergraduate
and
Master’s
Degree
levels
since
2001.
He
has
also
been
a
member
of
the
Board
of
Governors
of
the
University
of
La
Salle.
A
former
editorial
advisor
of
CNN
Expansión.com,
Dr.
Acevedo
continues
to
exert
an
outsized
influence
by
writing
columns
on
newspapers
and
delivering
speeches
at
numerous
international
organizations.
Aware
of
the
influence
he
has
on
young
people,
Jorge
Acevedo
is
committed
to
the
youth.
In
March
2011,
he
published
his
first
book
dedicated
to
them
entitled
“Tu
Futuro”
(Your
Future).