MARIOSANDOVAL isthe Global Real Estate Manager for Halliburton. Mario has a BBA in accountingfrom the University of Houston and a MBA in Finance from the University of St.Thomas. Having joined Halliburton as an accountant back in May of 2000, he workedin the Finance department for the first 7 years and in the Real Estate departmentfor the last 7 years.  Halliburton’sProcurement group and Real Estate group created a partnership in early 2012 tomanage Halliburton’s global staff housing strategy. Currently, he representsthe Real Estate group, with his colleague representing the Procurement group.The purpose of the partnership is to insure checks and balances from eachdepartment.