The Foundation of Little Village announced the hiring of Gregorio Gutierrez, a multilingual, strategic business development expert and entrepreneur, as the new Program Director. Greg will bring decades of invaluable business relationships and experience in entrepreneurship, business development and community relations, economic development, and strategic planning to the Foundation of Little Village. Greg Gutierrez has held global management positions with multiple companies that have exposure in the Latin America and Hispanic markets, highlighted by his 15-year tenure managing the Latin America and Caribbean McDonald’s account at The Marketing Store. At The Marketing Store, Greg spearheaded multi-supplier process improvement teams that focused on attaining operational and quality gains. He also boosted operational efficiencies by identifying areas of improvement, integrating best practices, and optimizing decision-making by analyzing market trends and providing supply and sales forecasts to reduce potential risks. He also oversaw the end-to-end development, implementation, and sales of the online ordering software service that achieved 100 percent implementation and adaptation for the whole Latin America and Caribbean Region.  Gutierrez earned his Bachelor of Marketing and Administration and Logistics and Warehouse Management from Universidad Panamericana in Mexico and his Master of Business Administration in International Business and Marketing as well as a Certificate for Small Business Development at Western Illinois University.