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Alfonso Hernandez
Chairman & CEO
Argus International
305 888 4881
Born in El Salvador, Mr. Hernandez served on several Boards of Directors of commercial, service, and financial institutions in that country. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of Denver, and a Master of International Management at the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird). He is the recipient of the Thunderbird Distinguished Alumni Award for Entrepreneurship for 2001.
In the United States, Mr. Hernandez worked as a Senior Consultant with the Strategy Group of Kurt Salmon Associates. There he became a leading strategic planner for the development of the apparel industry in Central and South America. He is a former member of the Advisory Board of the Bobbin's Apparel Show of the Americas, as well as of the Textile and Apparel Summit of Central America. He is currently a member of the Executive Committee, as well as past President and Chairman, of the American Apparel Producers Network.
Since 1991, Mr. Hernandez is the co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of The Argus Group, an award winning apparel vendor. Argus has 6 manufacturing facilities in El Salvador and Nicaragua, and a service office in Miami, with over 7,000 employees. Argus serves the sourcing needs of Lacoste, Reebok, VF Jeanswear, Williamson Dickie, Hanes Brands, and others, with cutting, CMT, and full-package services. All of the Argus facilities are WRAP certified and C-TPAT approved.