Tiede, Valdés & Company, LLC (TIVALCO) was founded by Kornelia Tiede and Ricardo Valdés. They worked together for years as part of the team running Hapag-Lloyd's business in Latin America before joining forces to meet growing demand in the region.
Kornelia Tiede
Co-Founder
Kornelia brings more than 20 years of maritime transportation experience. Prior to starting TIVALCO, she was Director of Product Management & Marketing for Hapag-Lloyd in Latin America — responsible for pricing, new services, marketing, conference participation, and product performance across operations, logistics, marketing, and product management.
Kornelia holds a degree in Maritime Transportation from the Staatliche Handelsschule Berliner Tor in Hamburg, Germany, and is a magna cum laude graduate of Florida International University with a bachelor's degree in economics. She has been a member of the Miami-Dade County Freight Transportation Advisory Committee (FTAC) since 2007, elected Vice Chair in 2009, and is a member of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) and the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA).
Ricardo Valdés
Co-Founder
Ricardo has more than 25 years of diverse financial experience, most of it in shipping and third-party logistics. Prior to starting TIVALCO, he was responsible for Hapag-Lloyd's financial affairs in Latin America as Director of Finance & Administration.
He is a graduate of the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, majoring in Accounting. His career began in Texas oil and gas as an internal auditor, advancing to Mergers & Acquisitions Analyst and Supervisor of regional market forecasts. He later joined a natural gas trading company as Controller before relocating to South Florida, entering the logistics sector in 1991 as Controller for Stair Cargo Services in Miami.