Santex Group Company's Executives & Team

Who works for and with you at SGC? 

Curious about who works at SGC and how they can support you? Below, a handful of our executives and employees. We have also shared in brief, their background and what they do for you at SGC.

• Executives
• Business Development
• Operations and Client Services
• Account and Program Management
• Human Resources

Executives 

Juan Santiago | President & CEO

In 1999, Juan Santiago, co-founder of Santex Group Company, had the vision to create an organization based on the highest business standards and ethics. He attended Business and Law School at the National University of Córdoba in Argentina.

Juan works with the conviction that success is the result of constant effort in improving existing processes. He believes what we do well today can always be improved. It is that pursuit of improvement that motivates us to continue to grow.

Under Juan's leadership, SGC currently serves more than 100 clients around the world. We have been awarded 11 international prizes and maintains 98% client retention. The company develops in more than 21 languages with teams working in 3 countries.

Juan believes that all is negotiable, except family, ethics, quality, integrity and respect.

According to Juan, the future is today, and those organizations that share the same human and business values are the future.
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Annett Koegler | Vice President

Co-founder of Santex Group Company, Annett Koegler is the model of quality and an invaluable contributor to the company's business culture. Her meticulous approach to the development process has served as a guide and benchmark for all team members. Annett attended business school at the Technical University Berlin and computer classes at the FH Hof, Germany.

Annett firmly believes dedication and professionalism should be applied throughout the development process. Her objective is to ensure a quality experience for each client, which she accomplishes by implementing world-class procedures every step of the way.

Annett believes ordinary people are capable of producing extraordinary things. She does not settle for less than absolute perfection.
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Business Development 

Charlotte Jacobs MBA | Executive Development Officer

Charlotte is a dynamic business leader, who has embraced technology throughout her career to solve complex business problems. She comes to SGC with more than a decade of managing companies from startups to well established companies who are leaders in their market space. She is a creative and skilled problem solver and understands the drivers of market dynamics and the role played by technology in our rapidly changing global landscape.

Charlotte’s ability to lead both matrixed global marketing and technical teams have resulted in high impact, high revenue achievements. She has conceptualized and brought to fruition strong strategic partnerships that have spanned multiple continents and languages.

Charlotte received her Bachelor of Science from Chapman University in California, and MBA from Pepperdine University in California. Additionally she has completed course work certification from both Wharton School of Business and Oxford University in Global Business Strategy.
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Operations & Client Services 

Dave Smith | Director of Operations & Client Services | North America

Dave joined SGC in early 2006 with a multi-disciplined background in web design and digital marketing. He received a Bachelors Degree from San Francisco State University in Multimedia Communications in 2001 and extended his education shortly thereafter at UC San Diego with a specialized certificate in Digital Design.

Dave’s well rounded experience in design, marketing, and web development allow him to translate ideas into tangible goals through both time-tested and new, innovative solutions. He uses his experience combined with critical thinking to forge a clear path to guide the daily operations of SGC and its highly skilled team.
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Eduardo Coll | Director of Operations | South America

Eduardo joined SGC in 2008 after graduating as a Systems Engineer from National Technological University. Eduardo is currently the Director of Operations for the software development facility located in Córdoba, Argentina. He assures all projects are delivered on time and on budget. His mission is to create the best team of engineers working toward excellence and continuous improvement. He lends expertise to internal teams and task forces while enforcing standard company policies and procedures.

Eduardo thinks that teamwork is essential to succeed. That is why he reinforces team approach throughout practice both on client projects and internal initiatives. He also supports and solicits input from team members at all levels within the organization.
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Account & Program Management 

Greg Wall | Account & Requirements Manager | North America

Greg started with SGC in November 2007 and has worked closely with the company's partners throughout San Diego and the US. In his current position he applies his Interpersonal Communication, Project Management & Web Development skills daily. He works specifically as a liaison between SGC , their clients and the dedicated development teams of HTML/CSS, Drupal, .NET, PHP, JAVA, JavaScript, & Flash in Cordoba, Argentina.

He graduated from California State Unioversity San Marcos with his bachelors in Business Administration and a focus in High-Technology Management. Greg also holds certifications in Project Management, Visual Basic for Applications and server administration that supports him in his activities at SGC working with clients and developers.

Greg is a Microsoft Office Specialist (Master Level) in Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word. In the past he specialized in delivering high end applications courses including Microsoft Project, Windows SharePoint Services, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Visio, Crystal Reports & Dreamweaver. During the year 2005 he performed as a classroom champion, placing 9th on the annual list out of all 270 New Horizons locations throughout the world. That puts him in the top 99th percentile out of approximately 1100 world wide instructors.
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Sebastian Pereira | Program Manager | South America

Sebastian received his B.S. in System Engineering from the Universidad Tecnologica Nacional (National Technological University) in Cordoba, Argentina. At SGC, over the last two years Seba has managed developers, testers, business analysts and UI/UX experts that utilize a variety of technologies including JAVA, .NET, Flash/Flex, PHP and Objective C. Sebastian has a strong background as an information systems engineer as well as being a senior .NET software engineer. At SGC he has managed projects that have spanned from small at 150 hours to enterprise at 2,500 hours and has the ability to build and maintain very strong, effective teams.

Seba is an expert in the creation of quality standards and controls as well as their implementation. Sebastian utilizes all of his past experience and skills on a daily basis for clients at SGC. He also has a deep working knowledge of software requirements analysis and system design in many programming languages and frameworks that are utilized at SGC. Sebastian is pragmatic and practical, but with an entrepreneurial spirit. He is a mentor to his team members and assists them in achieving their goals and maximizing their potential. He enjoys solving problems and working through challenges; Sebastian takes our client’s ideas and turns them into real life technology solutions.
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