Miami - Perez Trading Company, a global leader in the marketing of paper, packaging and print technologies to Latin America, the Caribbean and Southeastern United States, announced the appointment of Jaime M. Escudero as Vice President of The Printing Technology Group.

Mr. Escudero, a 28-year veteran within the printing Industry, has held various leadership roles with leading manufacturers such as Xerox Corporation, Océ N.V. and Canon Incorporated. The Printing Technology Group, headquartered in Miami, Florida sells and services printing and converting solutions into Latin America and the Caribbean through direct sales and an expanding dealer network.  All sales are supported by a fully staffed customer service department and in-country service technicians.  The diversified product line is supplied by leading global OEM’s.

“I am very pleased to welcome Jaime Escudero as Vice President of our Printing Technology Group” stated John David Perez, President of Perez Trading Company. “Jaime’s vast experience in leading teams and winning customers, in addition to a solid track record of year-over-year sales growth in emerging markets, allows us to continue penetrating new markets, while supporting existing customer relationships.”  In this position, Mr. Escudero will have full P&L responsibilities for the group and report directly to John David Perez.

Mr. Escudero spent 22 years at Oce/Canon Inc. and most recently served as President of Oce, Mexico.  In this role, he managed the strategy and execution of all functions within the organization including finance, direct dealer sales (including Latin America and the Caribbean), marketing,  customer service and human resources.  Under his leadership the organization experienced consistent double-digit growth from 2007 to 2013 in spite of the very difficult and challenging business environment.  Mr. Escudero has a B.S. degree from the University of Southern California and completion of an Executive Program at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in April of 2003.