Experience Built Across
Businesses, Borders and Industries.

Alvaro earned a Master’s Degree in European Gastronomy and Hospitality Management from Academia Aiala in Spain, then built his early career inside the controlled chaos of restaurant openings.

The work covered costing, purchasing, operations, vendor negotiations and team management — disciplines that taught him how margin, culture and execution intersect on a daily basis.

At Intram Investments / Bistro Cloclo in Orlando, he helped open and manage a French-inspired restaurant, coordinating a team of approximately fifteen people. Through supplier negotiations and tighter operational control, he helped reduce food cost to roughly 22% without sacrificing the quality that defined the guest experience.

Alvaro later owned and operated La Calle Restaurant in Orlando. Running the business end-to-end — from staffing and P&L to customer relationships and daily decisions — gave him a first-hand education in risk, resilience and what it takes to make a venture succeed.

He managed a team of eight before ultimately selling the restaurant, taking the lessons of ownership into every engagement that followed.

As a consultant for Chimiking Restaurants, Alvaro focused on the infrastructure required for growth. He helped standardize recipes and procedures, improve food costing, develop operational manuals and plan a centralized production kitchen that would serve six restaurant locations.

The work reinforced a principle that now runs through his broader practice: rapid growth is only sustainable when operations, people and financial controls are aligned first.

Alvaro transitioned into real estate and spent six years with Coldwell Banker as part of the ATR Luxury Homes Team. During that period, the team completed approximately $175 million in transaction volume.

He participated in multiple high-value residential and commercial transactions, including assisting with a $38.5 million single-family home sale. The experience sharpened his ability to navigate complex deals, high-net-worth clients and cross-border expectations.

Today, through eXp Realty, his work increasingly focuses on foreign investors and clients relocating to South Florida. Relationships developed across Mexico, Spain, Guatemala and Colombia continue to shape how he connects people, assets and opportunities.