About Us

Since 1979 Texas International Import Export (a d/b/a of Huntington Operating Corp.) has been a leading trusted source of genuine designer fragrances and leading skin care products. When you buy directly from us, you can be assured of fresh, authentic products.

We take pride in our reputation and work with our customers as true partners. 

Our very strong long-term relationships with customers and our professionalism sets us apart from other distributors in our industry.

For many of the products we sell, we are the low-cost provider of them which is why we have retained as customers industry leading retailers and wholesalers.

Thriving on a solid customer service system, we aim to please our customers at all times. 

 

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 Management Team:

Pictured above is Nathan, Founder of Texas International making a presentation to the late Senator John McCain at an awards dinner for a Houston-based museum.

 

 

Nathan A.- Chairman, Founder, and Chief Financial Officer

Nathan is Texas International's founder.  He started the company in 1979. Nathan’s unusually strong people skills were responsible for the company’s success. About 25 years ago he turned over management of the company to his son, Larry.  Nathan now focuses on the financial management of Texas International.  

 

Larry A.-President

​Larry, as president and chief executive officer, leads the overall management of Texas International.  He maintains company relationships with key suppliers throughout the world and also manages the relationships with several key customers.  Before joining Texas International in 1992, Larry worked for several years in corporate finance (including helping PetsMart raise over $20 million of expansion financing when it was only 2 stores and 6 months old).   He also has been a guest lecturer at Columbia University Graduate School of Business in New York. Larry is happy to report that he received 2 U.S. patents for freight security systems that he developed.   Larry holds a MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and is a Phi Beta Kappa economics graduate of Brandeis.

 

Vinod M.- Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer

Vinod is in charge of operations and sales and customer management. In that role he maintains direct and personal relationships with many of texas International's key customers. His ability to develop strong interpersonal relationships has helped the company add many customers.  He has been an integral part of the senior management team since joining the company in 1994. He holds a bachelors of commerce degree from Osmania University of Hyderabad (A.P.), one of the oldest and largest institutions of quality higher education in India.

 

Karen A.- Executive Vice President

Karen works with and supervises the members of the company's creative team, including those responsible for branding, marketing, design, media outreach, and message development.  She works at bridging the gap between the business and creative sides of the company and is a social media expert.  Karen is an Emmy-nominated Producer/Director and graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where she studied film.

 

Alan F.- Chief Marketing Officer

Alan is in charge of marketing and special projects.  He joined the company in 2010 after working for a decade for Assante Asset Management in Winnipeg and 5 years with Zip-Trek, a leading Zip eco-tourism company in Whistler.  Alan also maintains many of the company’s customer relationships.  He is an honors graduate of the University of Winnipeg (Canada).

 

Clayton A.- Vice President of Sales

Clayton is the company’s vice president of sales, and he takes after his grandfather (the company’s founder), Nathan, with his exceptional ability to make connections between and among our partners in the industry with ease.  He maintains and expands the large portfolio of customers and partners of Texas International.  Clayton volunteers much of his personal time working as a youth advisor to local students. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from The University of Maryland - College Park and a Sales Leadership Certificate from the University of Houston Bauer College of Business. He and his wife Jessica are parents of twin boys, Eli and Reed.

 

Mary B.- Customer Service Manager

Mary coordinates national sales and customer service for wholesale accounts throughout the United States.   Her attention to the details that ensure customer satisfaction and her professional follow-up are highly appreciated by all of the company’s customers.   She has been with the company since  2003. She holds an associate degree in Psychology from Prairie View A&M University and is currently working on completing her Bachelor's Degree.

 

Frank D.- Marketing Analyst 

Frank is the company’s marketing analyst where he interacts with customers to provide and process information in response to inquiries, concerns and requests about products and services. He has been with the company since August of 2014. Frank holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Political Science and International Relations (Cum Laude) from St. John's University, New York.

 

​Gabriel A.- Information Technology Advisor (part-time advisory)

​Gabe advises on the company's information technology including data analysis.  He is well-versed in computer programming and complex data manipulation and related analysis, having set-up much of the company's software.  He earned a computer science masters degree from the University of Texas at Austin and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)  in their Engineering Honors Program.  Gabe has cutting edge data science skills learned which he learned at leading IT companies.