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MEXICO TABLE OF CONTENTS 3-4 Agenda 5-26 Presenters/Speakers’ Biographies 27 List of Companies 28-34 Company Descriptions CLICK HERE to access the meeting Mexico Aerospace Market Aerospace is the best prospect industry sector in Mexico. Click here for more information from the US Commercial Service Mexico including an in-depth, up-to-date overview of the market. 2 | CALIFORNIA GLOBAL CONNECT @kallmanewc #DigitalTradeMission Trade Mission Agenda AGENDA PDT time WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 08:15 – 08:30 Log-on Registration / Trouble-shooting 08:30 – 08:35 Call to Order / Delegate Instructions Jamaela Malhotra, Project Coordinator, Kallman Worldwide 08:35 – 08:38 Event Inauguration Carlos Valderrama, Latin American Trade and Investment Representative California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) 08:38 – 08:42 California State Welcome Remarks Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis, Lieutenant Governor of California 08:42 – 08:45 Kallman Worldwide, Inc. Welcome Remarks Tom Kallman, CEO, Kallman Worldwide 08:45 – 08:50 U.S. Embassy Welcome Remarks Stephen E. Alley, Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs, U.S. Embassy Mexico City 08:50 – 09:03 Mexico Market Briefing Carey Arun, Commercial Officer, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Embassy Mexico City 09:03 – 09:15 USMCA Effects on Aerospace and Defense Industry Braeden Young, Commercial Officer, Standards Attaché, U.S. Embassy Mexico City 09:15 – 09:25 Q&A 09:25 – 09:35 Opportunity: Mexico – “Inider Insights”, Mexican Federation of Aerospace Industry (FEMIA), Luis Lizcano, Director General. Moderated by Tom Kallman, CEO, Kallman Worldwide 09:35 – 09:45 Q&A 09:45 – 10:10 Plans, Priorities and Process, Agencia Federal de Aviacion Civil (AFAC), Rodrigo Vasquez Colmenares, Director General. Moderated by Tom Kallman, CEO, Kallman Worldwide 10:10 – 10:20 Q&A 10:20 – 10:50 Plans, Priorities and Process, Mexican Air Force (FAM), Col. Jose Luis Zamora Silva, Logistics Chief of FAM. Moderated by Barbara Reyes, Managing Director, Kallman Worldwide Latin America 10:50 – 11:00 Q&A 11:00 – 11:45 Plans, Priorities and Process, Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA), Mtro. Mauricio Arellano Villavicencio, Coordinator of Business Units and Director of Fuels. 3 | CALIFORNIA GLOBAL CONNECT @kallmanewc #DigitalTradeMission Trade Mission Agenda AGENDA PDT time WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 (CON’T) Spotlight: Aeropuerto International Queretaro (AIQ), Marco A. Del Prete Tercero, Secretary of Sustainable Development of the State of Queretaro. Moderated by Barbara Reyes, Managing Director, Kallman Worldwide Latin America 11:45 – 11:55 Q&A 11:55 – 12:35 Refreshment - Lunch Break 12:35 – 01:00 Plans, Priorities and Process, TAR Aerolineas Ricardo Baston, Chief Executive. Moderated by Barbara Reyes, Managing Director, Kallman Worldwide Latin America 01:00 – 01:10 Q&A 01:10 – 01:30 Plans, Priorities and Process, Mexicana MRO, David Gutierrez Camargo, Commercial Director; Alejandro Torres, VP Logistics; Ricardo Gordillo, Director of Procurement. Moderated by Barbara Reyes, Managing Director, Kallman Worldwide Latin America 01:30 – 01:40 Q&A 01:40 – 01:45 Ongoing Business Support from the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, Diana Dominguez, Special Advisor for Export Development, Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). 01:45 – 01:50 Closing Remarks Peter McKenna, Vice President, Business Development, Kallman Worldwide, Inc. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 09:00 – 3:00 Break-Out Sessions – One-on-One Business Discussions Pre-arranged by appointment 4 | CALIFORNIA GLOBAL CONNECT @kallmanewc #DigitalTradeMission SPEAKERS’ BIOGRAPHIES Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis Lieutenant Governor of California State of California Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis was sworn in as the 50th Lieutenant Governor of California by Governor Gavin Newsom on January 7th, 2019. She is the first woman elected Lt. Governor of California. A native Californian, she visited each of the state’s 58 counties during her historic campaign. From 2010 to 2013, Kounalakis served as President Barack Obama’s Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary. Kounalakis was the first Greek-American woman – and at age 43 one of America’s youngest – to serve as U.S. Ambassador. Her highly acclaimed memoir, “Madam Ambassador, Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties and Democracy in Budapest” (The New Press, 2015), chronicles the onset of Hungary’s democratic backsliding. Governor Jerry Brown appointed Kounalakis to chair the California Advisory Council for International Trade and Investment in 2014. Kounalakis was a Virtual Fellow at the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) between 2014 and 2017, specializing in international trade and immigration. She is currently a director of the Association of American Ambassadors and a National Democratic Institute (NDI) “Ambassadors Circle” advisor. Prior to her public service, Kounalakis was president of one of California’s most respected housing development firms, AKT Development, where she worked for 18 years. She built master-planned communities and delivered quality housing to the Sacramento region’s working families – recognizing her as one of the capital region’s most prominent businesswomen. Passionate about early childhood development, Kounalakis served as a member of California’s First 5 Commission and the California Blue Ribbon Commission on Autism. Eleni Kounalakis graduated from Dartmouth College in 1989 and earned her Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from U.C. Berkeley’s Haas School of Business in 1992. She holds an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the American College of Greece. She is married to Dr. Markos Kounalakis and the couple has two teenage sons, Neo and Eon. 5 | CALIFORNIA GLOBAL CONNECT @kallmanewc #DigitalTradeMission SPEAKERS’ BIOGRAPHIES Tom Kallman President & CEO Kallman Worldwide, Inc. Thomas J. Kallman is the President and CEO of Kallman Worldwide, Inc. an international marketing and exhibition management firm headquartered in Waldwick, New Jersey, with affiliate offices in Washington, DC; Charleston, SC; Dallas and Houston, TX; Santiago, Chile; London, UK and Tokyo, Japan. In 1989 Tom joined the predecessor company, Kallman Associates, founded by his father Jerry Kallman Sr. in 1963, and created the Aerospace Division. Under his direction, the company succeeded in organizing the largest-ever U.S. Pavilions at the Paris Air Show in successive events beginning in 1997 through 2019. Similar marks were set at the Farnborough Air Show from 1998 through 2018, and at other aerospace industry events spanning the globe. Over the last three decades, Tom has applied the same successful formula for portfolio growth to other industry sectors, recruiting and assisting U.S. companies in healthcare, environmental, mining, oil and gas, renewable energy, water, maritime & security, agricultural equipment and food. Kallman Worldwide presently supports nearly 1,500 companies each year in destinations around the world, often partnering with the U.S. Department of Commerce and other federal and state government agencies. Kallman Worldwide’s work with the aerospace industry grew out of Tom Kallman’s love of flying nurtured during four years at the U.S. Air Force Academy. A graduate of the Class of 1981, he went on to tally over 1500 flying hours in the T-33 and nearly 1000 hours as an F-15 instructor pilot over his nine- year tour of duty. Tom is married with four children and four grandchildren. He is active in the International Association of Exhibition and Events, the Society of Independent Show Organizers and The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI). 6 | CALIFORNIA GLOBAL CONNECT @kallmanewc #DigitalTradeMission SPEAKERS’ BIOGRAPHIES Carlos J. Valderrama California Trade & Investment Representative in the Americas at the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development GO-Biz Carlos J. Valderrama is the California Trade & Investment Representative in the Americas at the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Go-Biz). He is responsible for strengthening and promoting California’s economic and industrial presence in Canada, Mexico and Latin America. Promoting exports to these country partners and attracting foreign investment into California is one of his key priorities. Prior to joining Go-Biz, Carlos was the President of the Center for Global Trade & Foreign Investment at the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. He was responsible for developing and implementing programs to create employment and economic growth by fostering global trade and investment for the Los Angeles Region. In the private sector, Carlos served as the Director of Latin American Operations for two prominent law firms in Los Angeles. He was responsible for structuring joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, exporting, importing and investment business relationships between U.S., European, Pacific Rim and Latin American firms. Mr. Valderrama was appointed by and represented Governors George Deukmejian and Pete Wilson as the California Trade Representative in Mexico and Latin America. He was assigned with the opening and organization of the California Trade and Investment Office in Mexico City where he promoted state exports and joint ventures between California and Mexico. He also served as the Director of the Office of Export Development, managing programs promoting California products and services worldwide, in addition to overseeing the operational activities of the state’s overseas trade