Helmut Castaneda

Helmut Castaneda

President/Business Finance Consultant

Las Vegas, NV 89121, United States

About

I am a business owner professional with over 35 years of experience spanning aviation and finance, currently serving as President and Business Finance Consultant at DFS Worldwide, LLC since 2006. My background includes aeronautics education and extensive flight operations experience, combined with leadership in financial consulting and client services. My work involves managing funding arrangements and matching client needs with appropriate financial programs. I utilize tools such as Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and have experience in marketing, advertising, and web hosting. I have also operated various aircraft and drones, and supervised flight operations in the U.S. Navy.

What I'm looking for

A project manager plans and oversees initiatives, such as a building’s construction or a marketing campaign, ensuring the project is completed on time and within budget. Duties you may want to include in your project manager job description are: creating a work plan and assigning tasks,

Experience

DFS Worldwide, LLC.

President/Business Finance Consultant

Nov 2006 – Present

Manage prospects that call in, e-mail or SKYPE that have clients or are direct principals of companies that are need of securing funding arrangements. Matching client’s needs with appropriate programs to present prospects to landers and funders. Supervise, educate and monitor consultants that collaborate with DFS Worldwide, LLC. On matters involving programs that are written about on company blog site, company website, business social media websites that the company uses to market the various programs and services that involve processes and procedures. Customer service and customer satisfaction play an important role. The Better Business Bureau has offered DFS the opportunity to display its logo on the DFS Worldwide, LLC. Company website. Research Private Placement programs, funding programs as well as loan programs are offered to provide prospects with the most up to date and successful programs and services available in the finance market.

Funding ArrangementsCustomer ServicePrivate Placement

DFS Worldwide, LLC.

CITIBANK

Loan Origination Team Member

Aug 2010 – Jun 2012

Areas of responsibilities included working with loan officer, processor as well as underwriter as part of the loan origination team to prepare and confirm loan refinance and or purchasing of residential properties scheduled to close. Interfaced with several internal departments as well eternal organizations including title company representatives to coordinate closing appointment dates with the borrower. Average 59 retail mortgage closings a month.

Loan OriginationMortgage ClosingUnderwriting

CITIBANK

Education

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide Daytona Beach Florida

Bachelor of Science · Aeronautics

2018
Sierra Academy of Aeronautics

Sierra Academy of Aeronautics

Aircraft Dispatcher training

1988

Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California

Associate of Arts · Aeronautics

1984

Certifications

PADI Open water certified scuba diver

PADI

Nov 2015 – No expiry

Gyroplane F.A.A student Sport pilot

F.A.A.

May 2015 – No expiry

I.C.A.O. Rated local air traffic controller

I.C.A.O.

May 1990 – No expiry

F.A.A. Licensed Aircraft Dispatcher

F.A.A.

Feb 1988 – No expiry

Skills

AccountantWebhostingAdvertisingMarketingPowerPointExcelMicrosoft Word

Languages

SpanishEnglish