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2012
Award program · Verified
Finalist — EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® México
Toptel was named among the 40 finalist companies selected from 200 nominations in EY's 2012 México program.
2025
Conference · Verified
Panelist — “Safe expansion”, European Economic Congress
Daniel joined the European Economic Congress in Katowice, Poland to discuss safe cross-border expansion (25 April 2025).
Today
Institution · Verified
Director & Head of the Expansion Program Division, USFTI
Listed on USFTI's team page, where he leads the Nearshoring Business Expansion Program.
2015
Press release · Self-published recognition
Recognized by Worldwide Branding for excellence in company strategic development
A press release distributed via 24-7PressRelease. Worldwide Branding is a paid personal-branding service, so this is listed as a press release rather than an independent award.
Media kit
Everything an editor needs.
Short bio · 50 words
Daniel Santos Cori is a cross-border CEO, operator and author. He built and ran a Mexican government-services company for two decades, leads the Nearshoring Business Expansion Program at the U.S. Foreign Trade Institute, and wrote Designed to Survive, Destino USA and El Último Turno.
Topics
- Strategic Entropy™
- Entering the U.S. market
- Nearshoring
- LATAM expansion
- Investor readiness
- Leading in the age of AI
- Cross-border operating
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