Armando J. Tirado

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Armando J. Tirado American, is the General Counsel, Latin America and the Caribbean, for Tyco International. He has practiced law for more than 15 years, as in-house counsel with multinational corporations, and as a private practitioner.

[edit] Career

Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Tirado worked as Vice President and General Counsel for DHL Worldwide Express, Regional Counsel for FedEx, Director and Regional Counsel for Ingram Micro, and as Chief Legal Officer for the start-up predecessor of AT&T LA&C.

He started practicing law in 1988 with PdVSA, at the time one of the largest energy consortiums in the world. He practiced in New Orleans for two years as of counsel to an international firm, and in Miami, with Gunster Yoakley Valdes-Fauli & Stewart.

He is a Solicitor, member of the Law Society and licensed to practice in England and Wales, an Attorney at law in Florida, New York and Louisiana, and admitted to the practice of law in Venezuela as a member of the Colegio de Abogados del Distrito Capital. He is the first (and so far the only) Florida attorney at law to be certified by the Florida Bar as a Certified Foreign Legal Consultant.^{[citations needed]}

Mr. Tirado currently serves as Co-Chair of the Corporate Counsel section of the Inter-American Bar Association and as a member of the steering committee of the South Florida Group of Regional Counsel.

[edit] Education

Mr. Tirado has master of law degrees from the Columbia Law School and the London School of Economics, a Juris Doctor with honors from the Tulane Law School, and an undergraduate LL.B. with honors from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB).

[edit] Family

He is married to Virginia and has two children: Daniel and Sylvia.