STARTUP OLÉ AMBASSADORS
Christine Michaelis| Founder at Creative Startup Academy
Christine is a trained Coach and NLP Practitioner.
She has worked in marketing and advertising for more than 10 years before she decided to start her own business as a Marketing and Creative Start-Up Coach. Now she is mentoring start-up students at universities throughout Europe as well as working with individuals and small businesses.
With her hand-on approach, she has helped hundreds of individuals validating their business idea and creating a successful start-up.
She is the founder of the Creative Start-Up Academy, online courses for start-ups and small businesses. She has published two books ‘The Start-Up Formula – 6 easy steps to start your own business’ and ‘The Marketing Formula – 6 steps that will make marketing easy for you’.
You can find out more about Christine at www.creativestartupacademy.com
Christine Michaelis
Founder
Creative Startup Academy
U.K. Ambassador
Philippe Szombat | Founder at The Brightbiz
Philippe Szombat is an entrepreneur, sales expert, sales trainer and coach specialized in entrepreneurship, startups and scale-ups. He has worked 15 years for Fortune Global 500 companies such as XEROX, HP, Unisys and Oracle.
He co-founded TweetWall Pro now known as SocialWall Pro and made its success worldwide with clients such as The Voice, Mobile World Congress, Obama and the co-founder of Twitter Biz Stone.
He founded BrightBiz in 2013 where he helped hundreds of startups to reach success. He uses to be jury members of international startup contests and is renowned as a sales guru in the startup eco-system.
He speaks 5 languages, among them Spanish.
Phillippe Szombat
Founder
The Brightbiz
Belgium Ambassador
SUSANA HILLENBRAND | CEO at Nordic Capital Gateway
I am BBA, going to my MBA studies in Finland this year.
I started as an entrepreneur when i was 20 year old and when i reached 26, my former company was AAA-ranked and I feel like I want to inspire women to do business and get inspiration.
I want to introduce Start Up Ole especially to Finnish women-entrepreneurial associations, societies and networks. Women networks are growing here in Finland and I want to be part of helping the women- lead companies to network globally.
Susana Hillenbrand
CEO
Nordic Capital Gateway
Finland Ambassador
SPEAKERS
Maximilian Strotmann | Communication Adviser of Cabinet for Vice President Andrus Ansip
Maximilian Strotmann is a member of the private office and communication adviser of Andrus Ansip, European Commission Vice-President in charge of the Digital Single Market. His main areas of responsibility in Mr Ansip’s team are e-government, digital industrialisation, interoperability and startups.
Working for the Commission since 1997, Max could look into quite a range of interesting stuff: tourism and enterprise policies, audit and anti-fraud issues first; later communication and institutional IT issues as well as maritime transport, logistics and intelligent transport systems.
Max studied a helpful mix of sociology, psychology and economic and social policies at Augsburg University (Germany). The 1989 fall of the Berlin wall was a unique opportunity to expand his university studies with extensive trips around central and Eastern Europe, into Europe’s political, historical, economic, cultural past and present without borders. Max is a happy father of one and feels married.
Maximillian Strotmann
Communication Adviser of Cabinet for Vice President Andrus Ansip
European Commission
MARÍA SANSIGRE | Investment Director at Demeter Partners
Maria Sansigre is an industrial engineer with experience in technology including wind onshore, district heating and cooling networks, biomass , energy efficiency, data center projects and a particular expertise in Green IT. She is specialized in energy technologies from Escuela Politécnica Superior Universidad Carlos III of Madrid and holds a specialization in venture capital from IEB (Instituto de Estudios Bursatiles).
Maria possesses both engineering and investment talents. Currently, she is Investment Director at Demeter Partners. Her investment experience also includes assessing start-ups and companies across Europe and Israel for public subsidies and holds a position as an external investment expert on the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 R&D program. Before joining Demeter Partners, Maria has worked 11 years as engineer and consultant in the energy and IT sectors, in companies and technology centers such as Iberdrola, IBM and IREC (Catalonia Institute for Energy Research), among others.
María Sansigre
Investment Director
Demeter Partners
Mary Lortiz
Data Analyst & Editor
Tech.eu
PABLO ZALBA | Chairman of ICO (Instituto de Crédito Oficial)
ablo Zalba Bidegain, appointed Chairman of ICO by Royal Decree 537/2016 of 18 November. He holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from the University of Navarre and an executive MBA from the London Business School. He has also studied economics at the University of Leicester (UK) under the Erasmus programme.
From 2009 until his appointment as Chairman of ICO, he was a Member of the European Parliament in Brussels and Strasbourg. Since 2011, he has been Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
Prior to being a Member of the European Parliament, he held different management positions in private companies, namely SIC Lázaro, COMANSA and Arcelor Mittal.
Since 2014 he has also been the Coordinator of “European Dialogue” at the University of Navarre.
Pablo Zalba Bidegain
Chairman
ICO
Aviv Zeevi | Head of Division at Israel Innovation Authority
• In-depth experience in planning, organizing and executing large scale projects from all technical aspects, as well as selling and implementing projects to third parties.
• Accomplish coordination between R&D and Marketing/Sales in order to tailor the right solutions to our customers.
• Quick learner of new business and technologies.
• Extensive experience in managing complex and long sales cycles.
• Excellent team player. Strong communication and presentation skills.
Aviv Zeevi
Head of Division
Israel Innovation Authority
MATEUSZ NOWAK | Partner at Mazovia Capital
Responsible for growing VC arm of the business at Mazovia Capital
Mr. Nowak for most of his professional career was an advisor with PwC Advisory services, where he supported his clients in Commercial Due Diligence, Corporate Strategy Development and Innovation Strategy development and R&D commercialization efforts.
Mr. Nowak flagship project at PwC was serving as initiator and leader of PwC Startup Collider, a corporate FinTech resident acceleration program run across 5 countries in CEE.
In 2015, Mr. Nowak co-founded Technology Entrepreneurship Foundation which obtained a license to run MIT Enterprise Forum Poland acceleration program directed at supporting deep technology startups. The Foundation still runs MITEF Poland accelerator and plans to expand to a more regional program with MassChallenge.
From 2010, Mr. Nowak was an activist in an innovation ecosystem running events for the community via TEDxWarsaw, TEDxWarsawPresidentialPalace, Ignite Warsaw and TechCrunch Let’s meet up events. During this time, over 250 innovators and thought leaders were promoted by different teams with Mr. Nowak’s’ support.
Mateusz Nowak
Partner
Mazovia Capital
Álvaro Zancajo
Director
Canal 24 Horas – RTVE
DIANNE PARK | Accelerating Specialist at Global Entrepreneurs Foundation
Dianne Park is an accelerating and contents specialist, and the head of Scale-Up Center at Global Entrepreneurs Foundation(“”GEF””) based in Korea.
GEF is an officially-approved foundation and accelerator by Korean government. It runs an accelerator named HSR EPICENTER. Before GEF, Ms. Park has worked at several companies including Sejong Center for Creative Economy and Innovations, a public incubation center, SK communications, one of the leading IT companies in Korea, SK Coms, one of the leading IT portals in Korea, and others as well.
She has involved with several well-known web portals and mobile applications as a project manager or program director. Some of the projects have gone nationwide.
With her specialties, she is now focusing on scale up of startups.
Dianne Park
Accelerating Specialist
Global Entrepreneurs Foundation
IAN NOEL| CoFounder & General Partner at K-Fund
Ian Noel has been active in the Spanish VC industry for over 13 years.
He was Portfolio Manager in VCs like Bonsai Venture Capital (and participated in exits like Softonic, Wuaki or Toprural) or Simbiosis Venture Capital, and has now started a 50 MM€ VC called K Fund along with Iñaki Arrola and Carina Szpilka.
K Fund is a VC based in Madrid that aims to change how we do VC in Spain. It targets entrepreneurs with proven track record and global ambition that tackle business models like marketplaces, SaaS and Mobile in Seed and Series A.
K Fund is a VC based in Madrid that aims to change how we do VC in Spain. It targets entrepreneurs with proven track record and global ambition that tackle business models like marketplaces, SaaS and Mobile in Seed and Series A.
Ian Noel
CoFounder & General Partner
K-Fund
Harry Davies
Head of Investor Relations
Wayra UK
Scarlett Ha | Accelerating Specialist Global Entrepreneurs at Foundation
GEF is an officially-approved foundation and an accelerator by Korean government. It runs an accelerator named HSR EPICENTER. Before GEF, Scarlett worked at a MICE conference to organize a global-level conference.
Scarlett is enthusiastic to learn new areas, such as blockchain, AI, IoT, and etc.
Scarlett Ha
Accelerating Specialist
Global Entrepreneurs Foundation
PERE VILA | Director of Planning and Technological Innovation at RTVE
Doctorate Degree in Telecommunications by University Politècnica de Catalunya, Master in Bussiness Administration (MBA) by ESADE Barcelona.
Director of Technological Planning and Innovation of the Spanish Radio and Television Corporation (RTVE). My main responsibilities include the production technology and the broadcasting system from all the television group, and the coordination with radio, internet and other systems.
Member of the Standing Committee of the Telecommunications Advisory Council (Ministry of Science and Technology).
Member of the Technical Committee of UER.
Member of the Steering Borad of the DVB.
I have collaborated in the assessment of the proposals from the programme Ten Telecom´2000 of the European Commission (Directorate-General Information Society) and as e-Content Reviewer.
Pere Vila
Director of Planning and Technological Innovation
RTVE
MARÍA DEL PILAR | Consejera de Economía y Hacienda at JCyL
María del Pilar del Olmo
Consejera de Economía y Hacienda
JCyL
GEORGE ZVIADADZE | Chairman at Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency, Mr.
Passionate about innovation. Project management expert: products, processes and services. His professional career began in HR, before developing the Innovation department for his company.
He loves developing new ideas in line with business strategies, putting them into practice and adding what he learns to his personal and professional development.
He believes that life is a new challenge everyday and that everyone must try to improve with every new step in life.
George Zviadadze
Chairman
Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency
Juan Carlos Suarez-Quiñones | Consejero de Fomento y Medio Ambiente at Junta de Castilla y León
Joined the Judicial Career in 1987, first as Judge and then as Magistrate, he has been assigned to jurisdictional bodies of Benavente (Zamora), Getafe (Madrid) and León (Provincial Court and Court).
Elected Judge Dean of León since December 20, 2002, he held this position until February 10, 2012.
He was a member of the Government Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of Castilla y León, from November 2004 to November 2009.
He has served as Associate Professor of Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law of León, in the period 1997-2007 and 2013-2015.
Appointed sub-delegate of the Government in León, he holds this position from February 10, 2012 to April 10, 2015.
Appointed Delegate of the Government in Castilla y León, he holds this position from April 10, 2015 until July 8, 2015.
Juan Carlos Suarez-Quiñones
Consejero de Fomento y Medio Ambiente
Junta de Castilla y León
Enrique Sánchez-Guijo
Councilor for Economy, Employment and Sports
Salamanca City Hall
LEENA PISHE THOMAS | Director & Principal Consultant at Global Business Inroads
Leena Pishe Thomas: International Business, Climate Change Mitigation, Finance, Technology and Project Management Specialist
Leena has almost two decades of experience in the field of International Business, Technology and Project Management in the Climate Change Mitigation, Energy, Environment, Transport, Biotech and ICT sectors working with various US, European and Indian organizations.
Leena established Global Business Inroads (GBI) in September 2009 to assist and serve Government, NGOs, Financial Institutions, and Private Sector organizations with their technology, sustainable energy, environment project development and international business needs. Leena’s unique approach to developmental sector consulting, business strategy, technology and innovation management across borders, combined with business model and financing strategies have focused on tech deployment and ecosystem development. GBI has worked with 100+ technologies – managing their commercialization into India and helping Indian start-ups access US and EU markets. In June 2017, GBI launched the www.globaltechinterface.com online platform – a global market place for technology showcase and collaboration. This innovation platform supports start-ups and technology companies connect with technology scouters globally.
GBI has been appointed as:
India representative of the European Business & Innovation Network (EBN), Brussels
Global Ambassador – India, of the International Business Innovators Association (InBIA), USA
India coordinator for USMAC, Silicon Valley, USA
India expert by Swissnex to mentor their start-ups
India Cluster Partner of the Global Cleantech Cluster Association(GCCA), USA
Global Coordinator of the Global Lifescience Development Corporation’s International Cluster of Cluster Program for biotech innovation
Leena was selected by the US State Department in April 2011 for the US Government’s International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) as a leader in the Clean Energy and Climate Change category and between 2010 – 2014 appointed by the EU Commission to strategise and develop a program focused to transferring EU clean technologies into the Indian market. Leena was presented the Award for Woman Achiever of the Year 2015 by ISBR, Bangalore. Ms. Thomas has completed her business management from ICFAI, Hyderabad, has successfully completed the Certified Energy Manager’s Course from Atlanta, USA, graduated from Lady Shriram College, Delhi.
Leena Pishe Thomas
Director & Principal Consultant
Global Business Inroads
UT RAO | Chairperson at MICA Incubator
Prof. U T Rao is an entrepreneurial enthusiasts and currently he is the chairperson of MICA Incubator.
Having taken over the Incubator operations, he build from scratch the Incubator operations to sync/work better with the new paradigms in venture & startup sector and building the startup ecosystem of tomorrow.
Ut Rao
Chairperson
MICA Incubator
LAURA HOCHLA | Foreign Service Officer at US Embassy in Madrid
A career Foreign Service Officer since January 2006, Laura has served in Kosovo, Colombia, Georgia, and the Office of Russian Affairs in Washington. Before joining the State Department, she was a Spanish teacher. Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Laura holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Wellesley College and a master’s degree in education from Harvard University. A former Fulbright Scholar in Granada, Laura also met her madrileño husband on the Camino de Santiago. They have two children.
Laura Hochla
Foreign Service Officer
US Embassy in Madrid
FERNANDO DE PABLO MARTÍN | Chairman at Segittur
I have worked for both the private and public sector (telecommunications, urban traffic control systems, pollution control systems, tax management, e-government and public administrations reform plan, Tourism sector ) in order to achieve more effective organizations through innovation, cooperation and intensive use of ICT.
Specialties: e-Government, Digital Transformation, information systems, tax management, urban traffic control systems, pollution control systems, telecommunications, information society, innovation and public administration reform strategy, Tourism Innovation and technology.
Fernando de Pablo Martín
Chairman
Segittur
Sabela García
Program Manager
Next Media Accelerator
PEDRO JAREÑO | Startups Lead - Innovation & Emerging Business at Microsoft Spain
Pedro Jareño
Startups Lead – Innovation & Emerging Business
Microsoft
JOE HASLAM | Executive Director, Owners Scaleup Program at IE Business School
I am a startup founder, professor, investor, board member, mentor, speaker & parent. I was born in Ireland but I´ve lived in Spain for the last 14 years.
At IE Business School in Madrid, I am the Executive Director of the Owners Scaleup Program (OSP) which helps startups to scale. Also, I teach an elective in the MBA program titled “Scaleup Your Startup” and mentor startups in the IE Venture Lab.
As a co-founder, I´m Chairman of Hot Hotels. Hot grew to become Europe´s leading last minute, mobile only, hotel room booking App offering hotels in 54 countries & 320 cities. Hot was accelerated by Techstars Boston as one of the Summer 2015 intake.
I am a judge for the Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Poland editions of Innovadores Menores de 35 organised by the MIT Technology Review. I was also a judge for the PITCH competition at Dublin Web Summit in 2013, 2014 & 2015.
Joe Haslam
Executive Director, Owners Scaleup Program
IE Business School
MILTON COHEN-HENRÍQUEZ SASSO | Panamanian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain
Milton Cohen-Henríquez S. Presently, Panamanian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain and former Minister of Government (Interior) of Panama during 2014 to 2017 and member of the National Assembly between 1990-1994. Where Mr. Cohen-Henríquez presented and got approved of the Civil Service Law in Panama, as well as promoted the creation of the Office of the Ombudsman.
Sustains vast experience within panama´s political and social realm. Bearing an MBA in Law & Political Science from Universidad Santa María La Antigua, Panama (1992), that furthermore bestowed him the post as Director before several Authorities such as Transportation, Civil Aviation and Passports of Panama. Married to a renowned journalist Alexandra Ciniglio and father to five children, Milton, Alejandro, Ana Esther, Victoria and Emmanuel. A leader and active participant within the Popular Party of Panama (formerly Christian Democratic Party), wherein he was reelected it´s President after the successful 2014 general elections, a post he has occupied ever since the year 2009 to present.
Result oriented in Panama’s sensitive social matters and hence commissioned as Project Director the UN Sponsored Improvement of the National Penitentiary System Project since 2002 to 2005; he also headed the “Yes vote” committee for the National Referendum to Expand the Panama Canal in 2006 and the Civil Services Appears Committee (1995 – 1997). Throughout of his career he has held several important posts within the media including the press, T.V. and radio, such as: Deputy Director of the newspaper “El Panama-America” (2003 – 2005); Director of the daily newspaper “El Universal” (1997 – 1998); News Services Manager at RPC T.V. and radio (1995 – 1996); Director an Anchor of the TV show “Perspectiva” (1994-1996); currently anchor and joint owner of the radio program known as Info-Analysis since 2005 to date.
He also presided in the National Assembly the committees of Commerce, Industry and Economic Affairs (1992-1993); as well as the Budget Council (1990-1992).
Milton Cohen-Henríquez Sasso
Panamanian Ambassador
to the Kingdom of Spain
CARLOS MIDENCE | Nicaraguan Ambassador in Spin
Carlos Midence
Nicaraguan Ambassador
in Spain
NORMAN GARCÍA PAZ | Ambassador of Honduras in Sapin
Norman García Paz
Ambassador of Honduras
in Spain
FERNANDO MOLINA GIRÓN | Ambassador of Guatemala in Spain
Fernando Molina Girón
Ambassador of Guatemala
in Spain
JORDI ALTIMIRA | General Partner at Lánzame
General Partner at Lanzame Capital. #ProudInvestors in Kantox, Novicap, Momit, Lingokids, 21 Buttons. Serial Entrepreneur. Founder of Altirnergy, BMF Business School, UpBizor and Academia Ceus. Ex-investment Banker at Credit Suisse UK.
Alumni of University Polytechnic of Catalonia (UPC), Ecole Polytechnique Paris, École Spéciale des Travaux Publics (ESTP), CASS Business School, IESE Business School.
Joorge Alberto Palencia
Ambassador of El Salvador
in Spain
IGNACIO FERNÁNDEZ SOBRINO | Regional Director at Onda Cero & Antena 3 TV
He has developed all his career in both media, especially in Antena 3, an issuer of which he is founder and of which he has been director in Palencia, Canarias, Andalusia and Aragon. Among the awards he is awarded is the Golden Antena Award
To the career path (1997).
Married and with two daughters.
Resides in Valladolid, great lover of the trip and of the reading, declares deeply in love of its land to which returned in 1999 to found Antena 3 Television in the region. In Palencia, he was editor of Antena 3 radio and its director (1985/1987). Later
He moved to Canarias, an archipelago whose stations he took over for two years and later became regional director of Antena 3 Television and Radio in Andalusia (1989/1993). In this period he had the opportunity to take charge of the operation
Of the Universal Exhibition of 1992. Later, he was appointed head of the company in Aragon, where he had the task of developing a specific project of Antena 3 for that Community.
He is currently responsible of Atresmedia in the Community. Specifically, regional director of Ondacero and responsible for the Delegation of Antena 3 Televisión in Castilla y Leon
Ignacio Fernández Sobrino
Delegate
A3 Media
Paloma Barreiro
Manager
SeedRocket
ANEESH ZUTHSI | Assistant Professor at Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Dr. Aneesh Zutshi is an academic at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He has a background of Research and Industry Experience in all the areas of Digital Entrepreneurship. He was the coordinator of Startup Europe Project DIGISTART and currently involved in Project MYGATEWAY, also aimed at developing Entrepreneurial Education. His main focus areas are Business Models, Blockchain and its applications, Tokenization and ICO crowdfunding, Leadership, Digital Marketing and Community Management Strategies. He applies a multidisciplinary approach to his research and teaching combining areas of Leadership, Technology, Management, Strategy and Behavioral Psychology . He has been involved in Entrepreneurial Education and developed curriculum for students, so that they develop awareness of the fast changing world of digital technologies and groundbreaking Business Models. But more importantly they develop the leadership skills and the creative talent to develop innovative solutions and technologies. He has also been lecturing on topics related to Strategic Management and how to help organizations evolve dynamic organizational structures, coherent strategies, collaborative technologies and motivating work environments.
Aneesh Zutshi
Assistant Professor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
DIANA PIEDRAHITA | Regional Director for Europe at Interacpedia
Diana Piedrahita
Regional Director of Europe
Interacpedia
Rodrigo del Prado
Deputy CEO
bq
JORGE GÓMEZ | Startup Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services
I have over 16 years of hands-on experience designing, producing and selling state-of-the-art multiplatform solutions, including definition and development of end-to-end platform architectures, specifically in B2B environments where data services played a major role, including enterprise transformation, fine tuning the business strategy, and improving the operating model.
I also have extensive experience forging strategic partnerships, forecasting growth, assessing risks and keeping all relevant stakeholders informed of the progress.
My business sectors include IT, Telecom, New Media, bio-pharma, oil&gas, air & railroad transportation, consumer goods, retail, services and security.
Jorge Gómez
Business Development Manager
Amazon Web Services
ÒSCAR CANTALEJO | Investment Manager at Iberdrola
With an engineering background Oscar has developed his career in the energy sector, joining Iberdrola in 2000. Since then, he has participated in different areas and projects, always related with energy.
Nowadays he works in the Innovation department, developing the Iberdrola Corporate Venture Capital Program, so called PERSEO, to invest in innovative technologies. In this team, he is responsible for managing the deal flow and look for new opportunities.
Óscar Cantalejo
Investment Manager
Iberdrola
GONÇALO AMORIM | Executive Director at Building Global Innovators
Gonçalo Amorim
Building Global Innovators
Executive Director
Andrehyna Caringella | General Director at Cranius
Before working in Cranius. Andrehyna worked as Director General of Strategy and Content for The Web in Caracas, helping clients such as Nestlé, Savoy, Nestea, Polar Brewery, Polar Foods, Movistar, Fundación Telefónica. Previously, Andrehyna helped consolidate the Research & Planning team at ArsDDB, as a planner, leading the strategic work of brands such as Toyota, Regional Brewery, Plumrose, Clorox, Banco Mercantil. Andrehyna has professional experience and international training. He has studied and worked in Spain, Miami, Italy and Venezuela. From an early age she learned the power of observation: being a blonde in a Caribbean country has its flats. She has a degree in Social Communication. He studied Strategic Planning at Miami Ad School. He has a Diploma in Creative Writing by ICREA from Andrés Bello Catholic University and recently completed a PDD in EAE, Madrid Spain.
Andrehyna Caringella
General Director
Cranius
ANDRÉS DULANTO | Director of Digital Content at EFE
Journalist at EFE. Director of Digital Content Dept. In EFE and EFEempresas, EFEemprende, Corporate Social Responsibility (RSC) and Motor departments. “Companies” news wire deparment chief in the news agency.
Degree in Information Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid, having also studied journalism at CEU-San Pablo University and in the USA. As a journalist Andrés has worked the majority of his career at the news information agency EFE, the fourth largest news agency in the world and the leading one in the Spanish language.
EFE distributes almost 3 million pieces of news a year in various news formats: text, photographs, audio, video and multimedia, reaching more than 2,000 news media organizations in the world every day.
In addition to Agencia EFE, Andrés has worked at several magazines; mainly related to computer and music; at the Spanish Navy’s Press Office; at the Institute of Business Development; at infoempleo.com; and as head of International Communication at the Mapfre insurance company.
At EFE, Andrés has been posted to Oviedo, Zaragoza and Madrid, being part of the International, Sports, National, Documentation, and Economy Deparments. After writing about health and social affairs, defense, events and law and politics, since 2005 he has focused on business news.
At the Economy Deparment, he was head of the Companies, Finance and Markets sections and multimedia coordinator of the department during the crisis. He has had a leading role in the digital transformation of EFE, creating websites such Efeempresas.com, Efeemprende.com and Efemotor.com. He is a board member of the Association of Economy Journalists (APIE) and co-author of the economics book “Diccionario de Finanzas Claras” (Finance Dictionary).
Andrés Dulanto
Director of Digital Content
EFE
LILIA STOYANOV | CEO at Transformity
2017 First Women Award Winner
2013 Coca – Cola Enterprises Finance Excellence Award Winner
Transformify is backed by Virgin, ranking in Startups 100 Index in the UK, a member of the Digital Coalition of the European Commission and Social Enterprise UK. Trusted by Red Hat, Experian, SB Tech, Automattic, and many more, Transformify has registered job seekers from 150+ countries.
Lilia Stoyanov
CEO
Transformify
Basilio Simoes | Bussines Angel at Centro Business Angel
Basílio Simões, b. 1967, is a serial entrepreneur and business angel with more than 25 years of professional experience. He founded more than 10 technological startups, being the most relevant ISA (Intelligent Sensing Anywhere), back in 1990, that became an award-winning international high-tech company, listed in NYSE Alternext Lisbon (ALISA) and specializing in Telemetry and Remote Asset Management solutions for Oil & Gas industry, with more than 100 employees and 100.000 equipments deployed in 35 countries.
With the goal of developing an Innovation Technological Ecosystem and sharing his knowledge concerning funding and growing high-tech international companies, he became a Business Angel coordinating the Center Business Angel Club and managing seed capital and early stage funds that invested in more than 12 technological startups. These startups are growing in the last 5 years with a CAGR of above 40%, some of them have gone through additional large funding rounds and 3 exits with valuation multiples from 3 to 20 have been accomplished. He is also Invited Professor on Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation at the Science and Technology Faculty of the University of Coimbra.
He holds a PhD in Technological Physics and over 25 years experience in the areas of electronics, telemetry and remote control (Internet of the Things), innovation management and entrepreneurship. He is author or co-author of several dozens of scientific publications in international refereed journals, managed several European projects and developed and patented several innovative remote management systems. Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Managing High-Tech, High-Growth Companies, Engineering and Innovation Management, Electronics, telemetry and remote management, Internet of the Things, SaaS
Basilio Simões
Bussines Angel
Centro Business Angels
Roberto Sánchez
General Director of Innovation and Promotion
City of Madrid City Councyl
KATHARINA MILLER | 3C Compliance at Founder
Katharina Miller es licenciada en Economía y Derecho (2004, 2006), tiene un Máster en Derecho de la Unión Europea por las Universidades de Luxemburgo y Estrasburgo (2007) y de Mujer y Liderazgo por la Escuela de Negocio ALITER (2015) y hizo curso certificado en Mujeres en Consejos de Administración por la Escuela de Derecho y Economía de Berlín (2016).
Cuenta con más de 15 años de experiencia profesional en el asesoramiento mercantil, societario, laboral y de la Unión Europea en el Tribunal de Justica de la Unión Europea y en varios despachos de abogados en Alemania y en España.
Es socia fundadora de 3C Compliance y de Paridad en Acción.
Es miembro del Panel asesor de negocio responsable de Telefónica, presidenta del Consejo de Administración de Kokoro Capital Investment Sicav y consejera independiente de PANDA GMBH en Alemania.
Katharina es miembro del Consejo del European Law Institute (ELI), con sede en Viena y preside la Asociación Europea de Mujeres Juristas con sede en Bruselas.
Es ponente en eventos como la cumbre W20 y ha organizado varios eventos sobre Mujeres en los Consejos.
Katharina Miller
Founder
3C Compliance
PHILIPPE SZOMBAT| Founder at Brightbiz
Philippe Szombat is an entrepreneur, sales expert, sales trainer and coach specialized in entrepreneurship, startups and scale-ups. He has worked 15 years for Fortune Global 500 companies such as XEROX, HP, Unisys and Oracle.
He co-founded TweetWall Pro now known as SocialWall Pro and made its success worldwide with clients such as The Voice, Mobile World Congress, Obama and the co-founder of Twitter Biz Stone.
He founded BrightBiz in 2013 where he helped hundreds of startups to reach success. He uses to be jury members of international startup contests and is renowned as a sales guru in the startup eco-system.
He speaks 5 languages, among them Spanish.
Philippe Szombat
Founder
Brightbiz
GUILLERMO JIMENEZ | Managing Director at Axis
Guillermo Jiménez is Managing Director at AXIS Participaciones Empresariales SGEIC, S.A. S.M.E. He has a degree in Economic Sciences and Business, and a Master´s Degree in Financial Markets (CEU University – Institute for Advanced Studies).
Before joining AXIS, Mr. Jiménez has developed his professional career in different areas of ICO, Instituto de Crédito Official, including Credit Admission processes/Wholesale portfolio, Investment Banking or Project Financing. In addition to this professional activity, Mr. Jiménez has also been Board Member in different companies (AXIS, COFIDES…) and a member of the Investment Committee of several funds.
Guillermo Jimenez
Managing Director
AXIS – ICO
MARÍA VICTORIA SECO FERNÁNDEZ | Director General of Telecomunications - Junta Castilla y León
PhD in Biology with Extraordinary Award. Professor in the University of León. She has taught various subjects in the Higher and Technical School of Agricultural Engineering and in the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences. She has participated and directed more than 30 national and European research projects.
She has published more than 100 scientific articles and presented more than 60 papers at international congresses. Vice-rector at the University of León for 7 years (2008-2015), with a wide range of competencies including planning, development and management of Information and Communication Technologies as well as the direction of the area of Technological Innovation of the University of León, both in terms of teaching and research, the management of the Green Office, the Publications Service, university libraries and the infrastructures of the Vegazana and Bierzo Campus.
Member of several Foundations such as Fundación Las Médulas, Fundación Santa Barbara and Fundación Centro de Supercomputación de Castilla y León since its creation in 2008.
Since July 2015, she is Director General of Telecommunications in Junta de Castilla y León.
Mª Victoria Seco
Director General of Telecomunications
JCyL
MATT KUPPERS | Founder & CEO at Startup Manufactory
Matt Kuppers is the founder and CEO of Startup Manufactory Ltd. The London-based consultancy provides Startup Consulting, Capacity Building, and Economic Development. He is also teaching entrepreneurship at the London School of Economics (LSE Start-Up Academy) and acts as an Independent Expert at the European Commission where he advises on the Horizon 2020 – Research and Innovation Framework Programme. Matt has been working in the startup industry since 2008 where he worked in venture capital, co-founded businesses, provided start-up consulting, taught entrepreneurship, spoke globally, and advised governmental organisations. His clients comprise governmental organisations, top-tier educational educations, Embassy organisations, and multiple HNWIs.
Before becoming an entrepreneur, Matt was a PhD student at LSE after having spent three years in the Social Sciences. He also completed a certificate in Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford plus trained at a Military Academy.
Before becoming an entrepreneur, I was a PhD student at LSE after having spent three years in the Social Sciences. I also completed a certificate in entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford plus trained at a Military Academy.
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO
Startup Manufactory
ISAAC CHOCRÓN | Business Development Director Iberia at OurCrowd
Outstanding TIC and HLS professional with 26 years of experience in Business Development, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. During my professional career I have occupied different responsibility positions in the areas of executive vice-presidency, commercialisation, technology management, operations, sales, client service and technical support management. In the last 7 years I have been involved with connecting the Innovation Israel ecosystem with the Spanish market at the governance, institutional and sector (clusters) levels as well as across managerial areas.
Isaac Chocron
Business Development Director Iberia
OurCrowd
JAVIER MARTINEZ DE IRUJO | Principal/Investor at Axon Partners Group
Javier has more than 12 years of experience in venture capital, corporate development and capital markets.
He started working at PwC in the Auditing department and after he joined Banesto (Banco Santander), where he spent 2 years in the capital markets division.
During 2008–2014 he worked at Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), global leader in the development of renewable energy assets, as head of the Structured Finance/M&A division in Spain and Corporate Development in Africa
Previously to Axon, Javier was responsible for Corporate development and investor relations at Playthe.net, a startup dedicated to digital signage.
He holds a bachelor in Business administration from San Pablo CEU University and an Executive Program in Structured Finance and Private Equity and EMBA from IE Business School.
Javier Martinez de Irujo
Principal/Investor
Axon Partners Group
ALENA FRICOVÁ | Project Manager at Czech Invest
Alena Fričová
Project Manager
Czech Invest
SUSANA HILLENBRAND | CEO at Nordic Capital Gateway<
I am BBA, going to my MBA studies in Finland this year.
I started as an entrepreneur when i was 20 year old and when i reached 26, my former company was AAA-ranked and I feel like I want to inspire women to do business and get inspiration.
I want to introduce Start Up Ole especially to Finnish women-entrepreneurial associations, societies and networks. Women networks are growing here in Finland and I want to be part of helping the women- lead companies to network globally.
Susana Hillenbrand
CEO
Nordic Capital Gateway
JUANJO SANTACANA | Deputy editor at El Economista
Juanjo Santacana is deputy editor of the economic daily ElEconomista. elEconomista.es is the most prominent financial website and newspaper in the Spanish-speaking world with over 15,2M unique visitors per month.
elEconomista.es reaches an audience of international businesspeople and true decision-makers from all over Spain and Latin America. The company promotes the equality of women in the working world, informing on those business actions that mean discrimination of the workers for reasons of gender.
The professional career of Juanjo Santacana has always been linked media´s world. He began his professional career in Arribanewspaper and later worked in the Ministry of Culture. Next, he was the founder of Expansión newspaper and went on to collaborate with renowned international newspapers such as The Economist and Dagens industri. He also founded different magazine like Super Foto, Team Líder, Habla, Emprendedores and Quo, among many other publications. After this stage in written press, he entered television directing Caza y Federación program for Royal Spanish Hunting Federation. In 2005, he returned to the publishing world with elEconomista newspaper where, after one year, he began to hold the deputy editor until now.
He is currently the coordinator of the Motor sector, director of Orus magazine, newspaper design and sections such as Business Management, Evasion.
During 12 years Juanjo Santacana has been part of the team of professionals that make up the Economist, he has managed to overcome great challenges with a lot of effort, hard work and enthusiasm for each new project.
Juanjo Santacana
Deputy editor
El Economista
GIACOMO MATTINO | Head of Unit - Enterprise Europe Network and Internationalisation of SMEs at European Commission
Giacomo Mattinò is a permanent official of the European Commission since December 1993.
He has held several positions within the Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, where he is now Head of the Unit responsible for the Enterprise Europe Network, Erasmus for Young entrepreneurs and SMEs internationalization, leading directly a team of 20 staff members and with policy responsibility for a budget of more than 60M€/year for actions under the EU programme supporting the competitiveness of SMEs and up to 500M€/year for actions under the EU programme for Research & Development – Innovation in SMEs component.
Giacomo Mattino
Head of Unit – Enterprise Europe Network and Internationalisation of SMEs
European Commission
GRÉGORIE DE LESTAPIS | CEO at Lendix Spain
Grégoire is a member of the Management Board of Lendix and CEO of Lendix Spain.
With over 30 years of banking experience in Asia, Africa, Europe and Americas (Northern and Southern), Grégoire has worked in over 8 countries worldwide. After holding various positions for Société Générale and Banque Indosuez, he was Director of the UK subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Carr Futures and then successively responsible for European markets and Asia sales activities at BBVA.
He then took the head of the Corporate Investment Banking activities of BBVA in Latin America. More recently he was General Manager of BBVA in France. Grégoire holds a Master degree in International Finance from Paris Dauphine University.
Grégorie de Lestapis
CEO
Lendix Spain
MARILIANA RICO | Genneral Secretary at FIADI
Doctora en Derecho mención Cum Laude por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, (máxima
calificación otorgada por el sistema universitario español).
Especialista en Derecho Mercantil
por la Universidad de Carabobo (Venezuela).
Título de Abogado otorgado por la Universidad
Católica del Táchira (Venezuela), homologado a Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de
Alicante (España).
Mariliana Rico
Genneral Secretary
FIADI
IAN LUCEY | Funder & CEO at Lucey Fund
Ian is the founder of the Lucey Fund, a Venture Technology firm that build, sell and finance products for early-stage startups. The Lucey Fund has offices in 6 countries including the USA, Ireland, UK & Spain.
They have invested in over 70+ startups over the past 3.5 years. In 2015 alone the Lucey Fund invested in 30 new projects and plan to invest in 50+ in 2016. See www.lucey.fund for details of some of the companies we have invested in to date. Ian spoke and judged numerous events at DCU, DTI, UCLA, Startup Ole!, Web Summit, Uprise Festival, Trinity College, etc. Previously Ian has been Sales Director with Relate Software, a Deloitte Fast50 company, board member of the Irish Internet Association and numerous startups, managed the Accountants Division in Sage Ireland and was Ireland’s youngest National Student Union officer.
Ian has experience building and selling SaaS, ERP, Accounting, Time & Billing, CRM and Payments systems around the world.
Ian Lucey
Founder & CEO
Lucey Fund
ESTEBAN MAYORAL CAMPOS | Head of the Innovation Center Management Unit at RTVE
Esteban Mayoral is in charge of Impulsa Visión, the audiovisual entrepreneurs´ support program of the Public Corporation. RTVE´s LEAR before the European Commission for the Research & Development H2020 Programs and member of the RTVE-Royal Engineering Academy Permanent Commission for the Observatory of Digital Transformation in the Audiovisual Industry.
Esteban Mayoral Campos
Head of the Innovation Center Management Unit
rtve
GINÉS CLEMENTE |Chairman at Fundación Caja Burgos
Presidente de Fundación Caja de Burgos desde octubre de 2016, principal entidad social de carácter privado en Burgos y una de las más importantes de Castilla y León. es consejero delegado y accionista único de Aciturri Aeronaútica, fundada en Miranda de Ebro en 1977 y que hoy cuenta con seis centros de trabajo en España (Castilla y León, Madrid, País Vasco y Andalucía) y uno en Oporto, así como oficinas comerciales en Seattle y Shanghai.
Ginés Clemente, líder de una plantilla superior a 2.000 empleados, ha recibido varios premios durante su trayectoria empresarial como son Mejor Ejecutivo del Sector Aeronáutico por El Economista (2012), Fae de Oro, Mejor Empresario de Castilla y León por Castilla y León Económica y Premio Innovación por Actualidad Económica.
Anteriormente ha ocupado diferentes cargos de representación empresarial tales como Presidente de Empresa Familiar de Castilla y León, Vicepresidente del Consejo Regional de Cámaras de Comercio de Castilla y León, Presidente de la Comisión de Formación del Consejo Superior de Cámaras de Comercio de España y Presidente de la Cámara de Comercio de Miranda de Ebro.
Ginés Clemente
Chairman
Fundación Caja Burgos
JEAN MICHEL | Project Manager at Capital Cell
Responsible of connecting Life Sciences startups and investors.
After a PhD in Molecular Biology and a wide experience in the startups and entrepreneurs ecosystem, he is now in charge of analyzing Life Science startups (Biotech, Pharma, Medtech, e-Health, Cleantech) and help them raising funds through equity crowdfunding (between 200k€ and 2M€).
Connecting top entrepreneurs with VC, Business Angel Networks, Family office, etc…
Jean Michel Terme
Project Manager
Capital Cell
CRISTINA ARANDA | Co-Founder & Director at MujerresTech
Cristina Aranda is Director of Marketing at Intelygenz, a company dedicated to the development of Software and Technologies with impact on business with social networks in Madrid and San Francisco Cristina has more than 16 years of experience in marketing, communication and digital transformation with companies from.
In addition, she is a co-founder of Mujeres Tech, increases her presence in the digital sector, and, at the same time, establishes ties with men willing to generate the Social Innovation Scholars of the Meridian Meridional International Center and Member of the Association of Women of Madrid, member of the Committee of Women and Team of Experts of Technology Based Companies, Startups and Talent of the Community of Madrid, In addition, Aranda is a consultant on Diversity in Victims of different public and private interest groups.
Cristina is passionate about applied linguistics. She holds a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from UAM and IUI. Ortega y Gasset, graduated in Hispanic Philology by UAM (she started these studies at the University of Zaragoza, in the Huesca Campus), Master in Internet Business by ISDI and a Business Digital Technology Program by IGZ Academy.
In his free time he is deepening his knowledge about the natural processing of language for its application in the Internet of things and artificial intelligence.
Cristina Aranda
Co-Founder & Director
MujeresTech
JUANMA ROMERO | Editor & Host of the TV Shows at Emprende RTVE
Editor and host of the TV shows “Emprende” and “Emprende Digital”, in La 1 and Canal 24 Horas. Juanma Romero is specialist in social skills and personal magnetism. Between 2004 and 2016 he has received 23 national and international awards because of his entrepreneurship support. Romero, in addition, is co-author of ‘Píldoras para emprender’.
He also imparts workshops, seminars and presentations about personal magnetism, personal brand, public speaking, mass media visibility, successful entrepreneur and spokesperson training. His knowledge of the mass media has let him to have been interviewed in more than one thousand radio stations, one to one, during two years.Juanma Romero is Professor of the Master’s Degree in Digital Innovation and Technology (Innovación Digital y Tecnología) at IE Business School. He is also Professor at Deusto Business School training spokespeople and communication in radio and television.
“I fervently recommend Startup Olé, I think it is a magnificent initiative that gives life to Salamanca, with many experts in their respective fields, which is essential.”
Juanma Romero
Editor & Host of the TV Shows
Emprende rtve
JAVIER MEGIAS | CEO & Co-founder at Startupxplore
He is currently the CEO of STARTUPXPLORE, the largest startups and investors community in Spain, and one of the most active across Europe. Unexperienced and time-savvy investors use Startupxplore to diversify their portfolio by co-investing with a group of top-level investors with a proven track record on startup investment.
For the past 5 years he has been advising and acting as a board member on several organizations, ranging from startups and VC funds to institutions like the European Commission. He is also an active business angel investor, has co-authored the Spain Startup Manifesto and is member of the Big BAN board, the largest independent angel investor network in Spain.
Javier also writes on the blog http://javiermegias.com/blog, winner of the 2011 award to the best business Spanish-speaking blog of the world.
“Startup Olé gives you a great opportunity to network with people at the top level across Europe”
Javier Megías
CEO & Co-founder
Startupxplore
NIKHIL MALHOTRA | Head at Makers Lab - TechMahindra
Nikhil Malhotra is the head of Maker’s Lab, a unique Thin-q-bator space within TechMahindra with over 16+ years of experience in a variety of technology domains. Nikhil has been working with TechMahindra for the past 10 years and is now leading the growth of Digital within the organization.
Nikhil has a vast experience as a consultant and as an enterprise architect and has an extensive experience in interacting with clients across the world.
In his present avatar he is leading the development of innovative IPs around customer experience , solutions that include artificial intelligence, augmented reality, emotions tracking to name but a few. Nikhil has also designed an indigenous robot in his lab, as a personal assistant.
Nikhil Malhotra
Head
Makers Lab – TechMahindra
TEHEREH NODEHI | Post-Doc. researcher at Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Tehereh Nodehi
Post-Doc. researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Mercedes Fernández Gutiérrez| Gerente de Innovación at Telefónica España
Mercedes Fernández Gutiérrez
Gerente de Innovación
Telefónica España
LUCA FRACASI |CEO and Co-founder atAdenddio
Luca Fracasi
CEO and Co-founder
Adenddio
Kate Strong | Business Coach & Ethical Entrepreneur at Kate Strong
From an early age, Kate Strong set out to question everything and prove that living within society’s comfort zone doesn’t always create inspiring and extraordinary results.
Travelling the world working as a Divemaster, engineer in aerospace and eventually buying a guesthouse & restaurant in Australia, Kate was no stranger to hard work. Yet, even with this ‘success’, she had a restlessness to find balance in her life and a means to ‘give-back’.
The journey led her to taking up sport and becoming World Champion in long-distance triathlon for her age-group and developing a successful Business Coaching service that serves clients across the globe.
Today, Kate Coaches and creates profitable businesses that positively impact people, communities and the planet.
Kate Strong
Business Coach & Ethical Entrepreneur
Kate Strong
RENÉ DE JONG | Investor at René de Jong Inversiones
René de Jong
Investor
René de Jong Inversiones
ALBERTO BARREIRO Creative Strategy at Barrabés
Creative, Design and Digital Strategist with more than 15 years of international leadership experience helping people and businesses to think better on how to build value, in order to make a world that is slightly more useful, beautiful and meaningful.
Specialties: Digital Strategy, Experience Strategy, Digital Media, Omni-channel strategy, Innovation, Product Strategy and Development, Product Management, Branding, Advertisement, Creative Direction, Art Direction, VOD, Online Broadcast Media, User Experience, Social Media, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Design Management, Product Development processes and methodology.
Alberto Barreiro
Creative Strategy
Barrabés
ANDREW MCCARTHY |Founding Academic Director, Master in Customer Experience and Innovation at IE School of Human Sciences and Technology
Andrew Peter Wallace McCarthy is a designer, facilitator, consultant, and educator. He studied philosophy, political science, and the history of science and mathematics before developing professional and academic art and design experience and becoming a creative director… as one does.
Andrew has worked in his beloved New York and internationally as an art director and creative consultant in multinationals and advising corporations on creativity, strategy, innovation processes, user experience, and design.
He teaches design thinking and strategy, visual communications, creativity, and entrepreneurship as an Associate Professor at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain and collaborates on educational ventures with TeamLabs/, Impact Hub, Teamlabs, and Studio Banana.
Andrew is fascinated with exploring current neuroscientific understanding of the phenomenon of individual and team learning and creativity and the relationship between innovation development and disruptive ideation techniques. Andrew is an innovation, design, or user advocacy officer with various companies and mentor or advisor to a quite a few startups, encouraging groups and individuals to err on the side of novel solutions and developing rhythm, as well as consultant to working artists and creatives.
Andrew enjoys improv, playing guitar, reading voraciously, speaking and moderating at conferences, and his voice has been featured in ads and audiobooks, at his daughters’ bedtimes, and to the startlement of animals great and small.
Andrew McCarthy
Founding Academic Director, Master in Customer Experience and Innovation
IE School of Human Sciences and Technology
IGOR TASIC | CEO at Startup Euro Week
I am a seasoned entrepreneur and startup advisor active on economic empowerment causes worldwide, in particular, strengthening the business environment for entrepreneurs in local ecosystems and innovation hubs (e.g. Founder/CEO Startup Europe Week in partnership with the European Commission, Member of the World Economic Forum’s Digital Leaders Network, Advisor on multiple acceleration programs / startups).
Igor Tasic
CEO
Startup Euro Week
RAFAEL ANI | Intelligent Mobility Acceleration Programme at Wayra UK
Raphael leads the Intelligent Mobility Acceleration Programme at Wayra UK. Wayra UK is a leading digital accelerator that is part of Telefónica Open Future_, the open innovation programme that integrates the different initiatives of the whole Telefónica Group related to entrepreneurship and innovation.
Prior to joining Wayra, Raphael carried out a wide variety of technical, sales and deal origination roles for various blue-chip organisations. As Head of Africa Business Practice at KPMG, he was responsible for setting up the Practice in the UK, which focused on providing advice and practical assistance to UK companies wishing to explore opportunities in Africa, as well as African entities that wanted to do business or invest in the UK.
Carlos Sánchez
Senior Innovation Manager & Corporate Venturing Consultant
Barrabes Next
CARLOS SÁNCHEZ| Head Of Innovation at Iturri
From observation to exploration, development and explotation of new tech-based business models. Focused on conceiving and developing new relationship models that help workers to solve problems at or improve their workplaces by improving relationship and collaboration of people with people, people with their employers, companies and suppliers and people and the objects and equipments they use.
Carlos Sánchez
Head Of Innovation
Iturri
LUIS BUZZI| Head of Innovation in Management Consulting Spai at KPMG
Luis is the Partner-in-charge of KPMG Innova Valley, the innovation ecosystem which connects big corporations, startups and innovative institutions with the objective to develop transformational programs in a collaborative way
On the other hand, Luis is leading our innovation consulting offering bringing last trends, services and technologies to our top clients in order to help them innovating and transforming their business models and organizations. Luis has more than 25 years of experience advising top companies on strategic planning and decision making processes, commercial strategy and operations model
Luis Buzzi
Head of Innovation in Management Consulting Spain
KPMG
ISIDRO LASO | Head Startup Europe at European Commission
Isidro had his first taste of entrepreneurship at university, where he created a junior enterprise. After graduating as an Engineer from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, he moved into engineering activities, working with Geographic Information Systems and design tools before becoming a strategic consultant to high-level executives (CEOs of large corporations), mainly in the telco and media sector.
Isidro’s objectives for the Policy Fellowship are to share views on policy measures to strengthen the environment for web entrepreneurs in Europe; to learn new ways of policy making better adapted to an era of extremely rapid change that characterise the web startups; and to access international knowledge and best practices related to policies for web startups.
“Without doubt one of the star events that we support from Startup Europe initiative of the European Commission”
Isidro Laso
Head of Startup Europe
European Commission
DOMINGO ASUERO | Head of Innovation at Gas Natural Fenosa
Domingo Asuero is a Mining Engineer (Energy and Fuels) by the UPM, Master in Advanced Structural Materials, by the UPM and MBA by IE Business School.
He has 25 years of experience in the electricity and natural gas sectors, especially in electricity generation, where he has worked in nuclear power plants and in project development, construction and commissioning of coal, hydraulic, combined cycle and wind farms. He is currently responsible for the Department of Promotion of Innovation of the Gas Natural Fenosa Group, where he develops a work of promoting cultural transformation, digital transformation and development of new business ideas and is responsible for the Open Innovation initiatives of the Group as well as the intra-entrepreneurship project of Gas Natural Fenosa.
Domingo Asuero
Head of Innovation
Gas Natural Fenosa
ÁNGEL MANUEL UZQUIZA | Director of Innovation at Santalucía Impulsa
Passionate about innovation. Project management expert: products, processes and services. His professional career began in HR, before developing the Innovation department for his company.
He loves developing new ideas in line with business strategies, putting them into practice and adding what he learns to his personal and professional development.
He believes that life is a new challenge everyday and that everyone must try to improve with every new step in life.
Ángel Manuel Uzquiza
Director of Innovation
Santalucía Impulsa
KIM BALLE | CEO at Global Startup Awards
Kim Balle has an educational background as Master of Science in IT from Copenhagen Business School. During his studies, he was involved in the Startup community-related activity as well as started his own company in this period. Kim Balle was one of the first organisers of Startup Weekend events in Copenhagen, Hamburg and Islamabad. In 2012, he founded the Nordic Startup Awards together with partners, a company that has developed into Global Startup Awards covering 3 more regions besides the Nordic. As a founder, he has started 3 other companies. One of them is drobe.video, which is an active and successful video agency with projects within Europe.
Kim Balle
CEO
Global Startup Awards
RAPHAEL ANI | Intelligent Mobility Acceleration Programme at Wayra UK
Raphael leads the Intelligent Mobility Acceleration Programme at Wayra UK. Wayra UK is a leading digital accelerator that is part of Telefónica Open Future_, the open innovation programme that integrates the different initiatives of the whole Telefónica Group related to entrepreneurship and innovation.
Prior to joining Wayra, Raphael carried out a wide variety of technical, sales and deal origination roles for various blue-chip organisations. As Head of Africa Business Practice at KPMG, he was responsible for setting up the Practice in the UK, which focused on providing advice and practical assistance to UK companies wishing to explore opportunities in Africa, as well as African entities that wanted to do business or invest in the UK.
Raphael Ani
Intelligent Mobility Acceleration Programme
Wayra UK
GEMA ESTEBAN GARRIDO| Digital Strategy & Analyst Relations Director at Telefonica
Gema is Computer Science Engineer from the Universidad Pontificia de
Salamanca in Madrid and an Advance Management Degree from IESE
Business School.
She is Digital Strategy & Analyst Relations Director in Telefónica, with
over 20 years of experience in high technology areas ranging from the
banking industry to big data and business intelligence where she held
seniors positions. She has been strongly involved in the strategic process
of Digital Transformation of Telefónica towards an Online Telco.
She is an expert in technology & industry trends as well as digital business
being able to develop future strategic insights and find new growth
engines while analysing the impact in the business.
She is part of the Telefónica Corporate University Advisory Board as well
as member of the Telefónica Disruptive Council and was awarded in 2010
with MAKE award (Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise).
She is also a board member of “”Global Women Telecommunications
Network”” and co-founder of “”Women For Good”” , supports and advises
young entrepreneurs.
Gema Esteban Garrido
Digital Strategy & Analyst Relations Director
Telefonica
MARIANA BOADELLA| Entrepreneur at Sabiotec
Mariana Boadella
Entrepreneur
sabiotec
BEATRIZ JACOSTE| Corporate Relations at Future Food Institute
Beatriz has worked in the Gastrodiplomacy field as she believes in the power of food for bringing people together and fostering intercultural understanding. She has also explored food as an educational tool, and has developed her own food-based methodology to enhance creativity and entrepreneurial skills.She has conducted Design Thinking projects for companies like Barilla and Tetra Pak. Currently, she is managing corporate relations for the organization and leading the Global Mission’s agenda which is a 60-day tour around the world researching the impacts of trends and technologies that will shape the future.
Beatriz Jacoste
Corporate Relations
Future Food Institute
BORJA PASCUAL|President at Nerea Association of New Companies
Borja Pascual
President
Nerea Association of New Companies
JULIO RODRIGUEZ| Director at Red de Mentores de España
Julio Rodríguez
Director
Red de Mentores de España
ALFONSO PONCE DE LEON| Debt Advisory at Grant Thornton
He holds a bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, a Master’s Degree in International Relations (MSFS) from Georgetown University, an MBA from Université Libre de Bruxelles (Solvay) and post-graduate studies in futures and options contracts from the London School of Economics (LSE). Alfonso has worked for more than 12 years in different cities, such as Madrid, Washington D.C. or San Francisco.
Alfonso Ponce de León
Debt Advisory
Grant Thornton
NICOLAS BREIN |Executive Director at France Digitale
He was a senior government advisor from 2012 to 2014, before joining TNS Sofres as Director of Studies.
Nicolas Brien holds a master degree in International Economics from Sciences-Po Paris and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University in New York.
Nicolas Brien
Executive Director
France Digitale
JESÚS HERNÁNDEZ GALÁN |Director of Universal Accessibility at Fundación ONCE
Jesús Hernández Galán
Director of Universal Accessibility and Innovation
Fundación ONCE
JAVIER GARCIA HIDALGO| Public Institution at Diputación de Salamanca
con Agricultura y Ganadería, desde las que se desarrolla el proyecto Salamanca en Bandeja
Javier García Hidalgo
Public Institution
Diputación de Salamanca
LUCA ZURLO|Managing Partner at Voluntres
Luca brings extensive business management expertise thanks to his executive international experience within EMEA Management roles in Technology companies such as Candle Corporation, IBM, INTEL, Jaspersoft and TIBCO. In particular, he successfully built teams and partner ecosystems from scratch in Europe and at Global level; in all these roles he contributed to increase substantially the value of company’ assets and revenue streams leading to successful future merges or acquisitions.
Luca holds a Master of Law from “Alma Mater Studiorium” Bologna University, and an Executive Global Master in Management with Honours from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) where he also actively collaborates in a variety of Entrepreneur initiatives.
Luca Zurlo
Managing Partner
Voluntres
EMILIO GALÁN| CEO at Beonprice
Emilio Galán
CEO
Beonprice
RUBÉN SANCHEZ|CTO at Beonprice
Ruben Sanchez
CTO
Beonprice
ANA LUISA SILVA |Co-founder and Marketing & Communication Director at RI-TE
Ana Luisa Silva
Co-founder and Marketing & Communication Director
RI-TE
HUGO MAGALHAES|Co-Founder & CEO at Helppier
Hugo Magalhaes
Co-Founder & CEO
Helppier
DAN GAILEY | Founder and CEO at Synapse.AI
Gailey founded Synapse, the first decentralized AI and blockchain network with the prospect of building a global autonomous logistics and supply chain. Previously he founded three other autonomous agent and multi-agent system related companies, worked at e.Ventures (a venture fund investing in cryptocurrency companies), led teams at Make Magazine, built algorithms for automatically normalizing ontology entities, and helped design sensors for detecting nuclear weapons testing around the world.
Additionally, he runs the Crypto Builders meetup, and has a weekly podcast called Hack Days where nerds get together to talk about the past, present, and future.
Most recently he was a featured speaker at the Decentralized AI Summit along companies such as Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Nvidia, IBM, Amazon, and more.
Dan Gailey
Founder and CEO
Synapse.AI
María José Bosch| Director at Comiunicados
Maria José Bosch, radio journalist with TV appearances and writer. More than 20 years of experience in the most important media in the country: Onda Cero, Cope, Grupo Intereconomía. Awarded with two Silver Antennas awarded by the “Federación de Profesionales de Radio y Televisión” (Spain) with two Television Awards for the Forum of the Spectator. She teaches communication classes, has published five books and directs the communication agency Comunicados, Business Communication and the Spanish Center of Public Speech CEO.
María José Bosch
Director
Comiunicados
CRISPIN WAYMOUTH / Deputy Head of Unit, Entreprise Europe Network at European Commission
Network and Internationalisation of SMEs since March 2017,
helping set the future direction of the EEN, innovation and
internationalisation support for SMEs and start-ups, and Corporate
Social Responsibility. Before that, he led Commission work on the
2016 Start-up and Scale-up Initiative.
Crispin joined the Commission in 1999 and has carried out a
number of roles including on financial market regulation,
representing the Commission in its Delegation to the United
States.
Crispin Waymouth
Deputy Head of Unit, Entreprise Europe Network
European Commission
ANDRES LEÓN|Manager of Investment Programmes at Panamá Ciudad del Saber
o reinventarse en el mercado, me ha permitido generar empíricamente revelaciones interesantes
sobre lo que implica crear, validar y crecer innovaciones en el mercado ya sea como emprendedor o
una spin-off desde una empresa ya establecida.
Ver en acción y en primera fila a tantos equipos emprendedores lanzando y evolucionando sus
innovaciones en el mercado ha sido indispensable para poder transmitir de forma empírica a nuevos
innovadores sobre las buenas prácticas para exponenciar sus probabilidades de éxito.
Para poder innovar en el mercado, debemos innovar primero en nuestra forma de pensar y actuar
al respecto. Debemos contar con las actitudes, herramientas y metodologías correctas para
desmitificar a la innovación y administrarla, validarla y crecerla con disciplina.
Andrés León
Manager of Investment Programmes
Panamá Ciudad del Saber
PILAR GARCÉS|Director General Research & Universities
Dr. Pilar Garcés García, Associate Professor at Valladolid University.
Doctor in English Philology, BA in German Philology and MA in Japanese Culture and Society has been teaching at the Universities of Valladolid and Salamanca in Spain both undergraduate and graduate courses on Discourse Analysis and Travel Writing.
She has been visiting professor in several universities: University of Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke College, Université de la Réunion, University of Reading, University of Bologna, University of Iceland, Université Libre in Brussels, Kyoto Gaidai, Nihon University, Universität Graz…
Pilar Garcés
Director General Research & Universities
Junta de Castilla y León
CRISTINA ARISTOY | Founding Partner at Singularu
Cristina Aristoy is the founding partner of Singularu, coming from Valencia and about to turn 30 years old. He created Singularu 3 years ago, where he now works with a team of 15 people and that is gradually increasing. Currently they make more than 10,000 monthly shipments to Spain and 5 countries in Europe through the sale of the online channel www.singularu.com, and by the end of this year they expect to exceed 3.5 million euros in turnover.
During her learning journey, Singularu started in the Demium incubator, to continue in the accelerator Connector of Barcelona, where Rosa Tous mentored the first months of Cristina Aristoy, and from whom she keeps a very good memory. The next step was Lanzadera, Juan Roig’s entrepreneur support initiative, which gave him the total quality model and finally, the leap from project to company.
As achievements, highlight that Cristina Aristoy has managed to position itself as one of the fastest companies in delivery times in Europe, in addition to becoming the jewelery brand of Spain that creates more novelties a year. Only in 2017 more than 150 new models were launched onto the market.
After the success with the opening of its first physical store in Valencia last December, Singularu plans to open a second store in the city of Turia this spring, in addition to 90 points of sale in Spain by 2020, including a Flagship Store in Madrid for next summer 2018.
Cristina Aristoy
Founding Partner
Singularu
RAFAEL VIDAL |Managing Director at AEI ciberseguridad
Roberto Vidal
Managing Director
AEI ciberseguridad
TIM HINCHLIFFE |Editor-in-chief at The Sociable
My name is Tim and I am the editor-in-chief at The Sociable, Principle at Publicize, and a pipe-smoking, guitar-playing mushroom hunter. My passion at the Sociable is in documenting how technology transforms societies.
Rather than regurgitate the same news that have been covered by other media, we prefer to go more in-depth into the how and why of the stories, to provide informative and interesting content.
Tim Hinchliffe
editor-in-chief
The Sociable
IVÁN FEITO | Investor at Prosegur
Iván is part of the team of Prosegur Tech Ventures, the Corporate Venture Capital from Prosegur Group, a global leader in the security sector; with operations in Cash in Transit, Security, Alarms and Cybersecurity. The main objective of PTV is investing in companies developing B2B products or services directly or indirectly linked with the security industry.
Before Prosegur, he worked during seven years as VC at Axon Partners Group, where he was responsible for all the growth investments strategies, including generation and screening of deal flow, portfolio management, and exit strategies. Ivan led the development of numerous different markets for Axon, including the Latin American Market.
He has managed very successful exits such as Clickdelivery and Akamon, between others. Before Axon, he worked in the Spanish market planning department of Procter & Gamble, and in Germany for FMI Systems, a company specialized in consulting services and retro-fitting for the automotive industry.
Iván Feito
Investor
Prosegur
FLORENT BERNARD | Inernational Relations Officer at DG RTD. European Commission
Florent Bernard is the International Relations Officer at the Directorate General for Research and Innovation at the European Commission responsible for the R&I cooperation with India.
He is also contributing to the development of the international cooperation in R&I policy.
Florent has been working for the past twelve years in the European Commission where he held various positions among which Innovation Policy Officer.
Florent earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
He did a post-doc at the Universitat de Barcelona in Spain, and studied at the Università di Firenze in Italy and the University of Georgia, USA.
Florent Bernard
International Relations Officer
DG RTD. European Commission
ÓSCAR BAZA | Projects´ Coordinator at the Management Unit RTVE´s Innovation Center
“Óscar Baza, Bachelor of Science with a Major in Business Management and Marketing by the FAU in Miami and Bachelor´s degree in Marketing and Commercial Management by the University ESIC in Madrid.
He is currently working as Projects´ Coordinator at the Management Unit of RTVE´s Innovation Center, but throughout his professional career he has worked as International Sport´s Coordinator in the Sport´s Department of TVE, as Personal Financial Adviser in an Investment´s Company, as Freelance designing and organizing corporate events, as Production and Logistics’ Officer for the EBU in several Olympic Games, and was First Price Winner of the FITUR 2004 Annual Contest of Touristic Innovation with his own startup.
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Óscar Baza
Projects´ Coordinator at the Management Unit
RTVE´s Innovation Center
CRISTINA FANJUL| Director of CEEI Parque TecnológicoAsturias
Miguel is the Partner-in-charge of the KPMG Impulsa, a new business line of KPMG in Spain focused on providing startups, self-employed and small businesses with accounting and bookkeeping, tax and payroll services, through a personal account manager supported by state-of-the-art technology. Attempting to disrupt what is traditionally thought of as professional services for smaller companies, taking KPMG further into the small business space than ever before.
In addition, Miguel is also Head of Global Compliance Management Services group and People Services group in Spain, with an extensive experience advising large national and multinational clients on tax compliance, tax outsourcing, tax management services, accounting, payroll and employment law procedures.
Cristina Fanjul
Director
CEEI Parque TecnológicoAsturias
MIGUEL ARIAS | Head of KPMG Impulsa
Miguel is the Partner-in-charge of the KPMG Impulsa, a new business line of KPMG in Spain focused on providing startups, self-employed and small businesses with accounting and bookkeeping, tax and payroll services, through a personal account manager supported by state-of-the-art technology. Attempting to disrupt what is traditionally thought of as professional services for smaller companies, taking KPMG further into the small business space than ever before.
In addition, Miguel is also Head of Global Compliance Management Services group and People Services group in Spain, with an extensive experience advising large national and multinational clients on tax compliance, tax outsourcing, tax management services, accounting, payroll and employment law procedures.
Miguel Arias
Head
KPMG Impulsa
VICENTE MATELLÁN | Director at SCAYLE - Supercomputing Center
Dr. Vicente Matellán is the CEO of SCAYLE (Fundación Centro de Supercomputación de Castilla y León). He got his PhD in Computer Science from the Technical University of Madrid, was Assistant Professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (1993-1999), Associate Professor at Rey Carlos University (1999-2008). In 2008 he joined Universidad de León where he hold the Telefonica Chair. In July 2017 he was appointed CEO of SCAYLE.
SCAYLE is the regional High Performance Computing center of Castilla y León. It offers computing services to the research and development institutions, operating Caléndula supercomputer with more than 130 Teraflops of computing power that is used by research groups working on genetics, new materials, basic research, etc. . It also offers GPU clusters to projects requiring this type of specialized resources (neural networks training or big data analysis).
SCAYLE operates the Regional Research and Science Network, a dark fibre backbone that provides network services to the universities and research centers in Castilla y León and that can be used by the regional government. SCAYLE also offers cloud services to public institutions.
But above, SCAYLE is a group of highly specialized computer engineers eager to offer advance computing services to researchers and start-ups.
Vicente Matellán
General Director
SCAYLE – Supercomputing Center
TOMÁS DE CASTRO |Chairman at CONETIC
Managing Director at Proconsi, Chairman of CONETIC (Spanish Confederation of ICT Companies), Member of the Board of Directors at ECSO (European Cyber Security Organisation), Chairman of Regional ICT Council of Castille and León, Chairman of AEI Ciberseguridad (Innovative Business Group of Cybersecurity and Advanced Technologies). Experienced RPAS Pilot (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System).
Amongst other honours, the CEL (León Business Association) has awarded him with the Círculo de Oro 2011 thanks to his outstanding career in business. The journal El Norte de Castilla has also awarded him with the Prize to the Best Personal Career in ICT.
Tomás de Castro
Chairman
CONETIC
HERMINIO FERNANDEZ | CEO & FOUNDER of Eurocoinpay
Big passionate with innovation,entrepreneurial expert in bussiness with extensive experience in the offline industry,
combining over the last 6 years with Blockchain and Cryptocurrency technology.
Thanks to Eurocoinpay cryptocurrencies will stop being just a deposit of value to pass to have usability in the daily
buying and selling.
Life is to short to develop the great potential of the human being.
Herminio Fernandez
CEO & FOUNDER
Eurocoinpay
LIUS BORDALLO | CEO at NitroFirex
Luis M. Bordallo is a retired pilot, has logged over 21.500 total flying hours. Fighter Pilot in the Spanish Air Force with over 3.000 combat aircraft hours. He patented the Nitrofirex Operational Concept and founded NF Advanced Engineering. He leads the Nitrofirex team, a group of engineers and pilots that have been working together to achieve the goal of extinguishing forest fires at night from the air.
Luis Bordallo
CEO
NitroFirex
SOFOKLIS KYRIAZAKOS | Professor at Aarhus University
Sofoklis holds the position of Associate Professor in the University of Aarhus, where his activities are focused around Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship. He has managed, both as technical manager and coordinator, a large number of multi-million ICT projects, both at R&D and industrial level. Sofoklis has published more than 100 publications in international conferences, journals, books and standardization bodies and has more than 400 citations.
Sofoklis Kyriazakos
Professor
Aarhus University
TERESA GUTIÉRREZ |Technician of Labor Orientation and Self-employment at SIPPE - USAL
Teresa Gutiérrez
Technician of Labor Orientation Service
SIPPE – USAL
GUIDEON MARKS | Board Advisor at GlobeKepper
Gideon Marks has been active in high tech for 30 plus years, in growth companies from inception through initial public offering and in M&A transactions.
As Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Corporate Development, Gideon oversaw numerous financing rounds, private and public ones including three IPOs on NASDAQ and four M&A transactions.
The companies Gideon took public were Lannet Data Communications which was acquired years later, Radcom and Silicom. Both last ones trade on NASDAQ.
The M&A transactions include Radnet which was acquired by Siemens and Net Optics which was acquired by IXIA. Working with many entrepreneurs in various industries from Europe, Korea, Israel and Silicon Valley led Gideon to share his experience with what makes startups more successful than others and what is needed as far as leadership, traction, funding and technology.
In addition Gideon will cover the topic of innovation and why Silicon Valley and Israel spearhead it.
Guideon Marks
Board Advisor
GlobeKeeper
FERNANDO SANDOVAL | Manager at Enel Madrid Innovation Hub
Since 2008 Fernando has held different positions in the Innovation Area of Group Enel and Endesa, where between 2012 and 2017 he participated in the scouting and development of the relationship with startups and the entrepreneurial ecosystem, having been appointed manager of ENEL Innovation Hub Madrid in 2017.
Previously to Endesa, which he joined in 2001, Fernando worked for 8 years in managerial positions in the areas of Customer Operations and Marketing in the Telecommunications and Food & Beverage Mass Consumption industries.
Fernando holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia (1991) and an MBA degree from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (1996).
Fernando Sandoval
Manager
Enel Madrid Innovation Hub
INÉS HUERTA | Founder at Datatons
Ingeniera Técnica de Telecomunicaciones especialidad en Telemática por la UC3M y Máster en Sistemas Telemáticos e Informáticos en la URJC. Comenzó en el mundo de la administración de sistemas y en 2013 se inicia en el mundo del Big Data participando como Data Science en diversos proyectos de datos.
En 2015 funda Datatons bajo el rol de CEO y liderando el área de Inteligencia Artificial dentro de los proyectos de la compañía. Comprometida con la comunidad desde 2016 gestiona el grupo abierto de Data Science Madrid el cual es un punto de encuentro para todo aquel que desea iniciarse en el mundo de los datos o que quiera compartir sus experiencias con determinadas herramientas o algoritmos.
Comprometida con el papel de la mujer en áreas técnicas en septiembre de 2016 se unió como coordinadora de de R-Ladies, una comunidad internacional STEM que impulsa entre otros fines dar visibilidad a la mujer dentro del mundo de R y de los datos, realizando meetups mensuales, talleres junto con otros grupos de desarrollo Open Source. En 2017 es seleccionada para por el programa de OPEN DATA de la NASA para participar en proyectos de explotación de datos.
Inés Huerta
Founder
Datatons
GUILLERMO SARRIAS| Senior Advisor & Ship2B
Guillermo Sarrias
Senior Advisor
Ship2B
JOSE ALBERTOCORIA | Director de Centro de Innovación & Director de Comunicación de Centros de Innovación at VIEWNEXT
Professional with over 20 years in the ICT field experience and responsibilities in management of companies / departments / projects, business development, account and client representative, IT services, corporate communication, software development, Nearshore Offshore centers, international, innovation, agile approaches Scrum Kanban Lean, institutional relations, startups and training.
Enthusiastic, entrepreneur, multicultural, collaborative, communicator, committed, oriented to action and results, creative, responsable and common sense.
In charge of the setting up and management of the Innovation Center in Salamanca of VIEWNEXT (an IBM subsidiary) with global capabilities of more than 550 employees. We carry out services such as Software Development and IT Infrastructure Management. It has the CMMi 5, ISO9001, ISO14000, ISO20000 and ISO27000 certifications.
Also Director of Communications of the 10 Innovation Centers with a total of more than 1500 professionals.
Jose Aberto Coria
Director de Centro de Innovación
Viewnext
JUANJO CANO | Head of Markets in Spain at KPMG
After a large experience in Audit and Transaction Services starting in 1996, Juan José Cano was appointed Head of Markets in KPMG Spain in July 2016. He has always worked very close with Private Equity Funds, Investment Banks and Companies, and currently his aim is to approach the Firm to the changing needs of the clients, in terms of growth, competitiveness or digital transformation and innovation. All this based on inspiring a multidisciplinary and sectorial approach to the companies, positioning ourselves as the advisor of reference in the market.
Juan José manages a large professional team that, among others, is in charge of the KPMG programs focused on SMEs as well as on Family Business. In that context, he also oversees two new programs for small companies and entrepreneurs with the aim to work together to deal with the new challenges that face the companies, called KPMG IMPULSA, offering services to assure their compliance in accounting, tax and labor issues, and KPMG INNOVA, a new platform to collaborate in innovation.
Javier Villalón
senior lawyer
FPV Proyectos Empresariales
Ana López | Director at KPMG Abogados
Ana began her career at GARRIGUES, where she became associate of the Public Law Department, advising clients in Administrative Law, on national and international projects.
After two years working for the public sector he joined KPMG Abogados in 2012. He has more than thirteen years of experience advising on European and national regulatory compliance.
He has advised large companies on the protection of personal data and regulatory changes from the European Union. It highlights the advice that is being provided in the adaptation of Spanish multinationals to the RGPD. He is also a regular lecturer on this rule: in 2017-2018: CUNEF, GENERALI, SEPI (advisors in listed companies), WCD, El Corte Inglés, Cybersecurity session in KPMG, KPMG ex-Alumni, conferences with specialized journalists, etc.
Ana López
Director
KPMG Abogados
CAROLINA BLASCO | Councilman at City Council of Burgos
“Councilman of the City Council of Burgos with responsibility over the area: “”INDUSTRY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATION AND PERSONNEL””
Councilor-Delegate of “”Environment, Parks and gardens, Municipal Society Aguas de Burgos S.A., Productive Innovation, Industrial Promotion, Trade, Personnel and Internal Regime””, Tourism and Education.
President of the Board of Directors of “”Aguas de Burgos S.A.””- Concejala-Delegada de “Medio Ambiente, Parques y jardines, Sociedad municipal Aguas de Burgos S.A., Innovación Productiva, Promoción Industrial, Comercio, Personal y Régimen Interior”, de Turismo y Educación.
Presidenta del Consejo de Administración de “”Aguas de Burgos S.A.”””
Carolina Blasco
Councilman
City Council of Burgos
MIGUEL ÁNGEL MARTÍN | High Commissioner for Spain World Business Angel Investors' Forum
More than 20 years of experience in international business & investments in Europe, LATAM, CEE & MENA.
High Commissioner Spain at WBAF, World Business Angel Investment Forum (WBAForum.org) an international organisation aiming to ease access to finance for businesses from start up to scale up to exit with presence in 50+ countries and one of largest investors networks as well as partnerships with UNIDO, WAIPA, IASP and largest Business Angels networks such as EBAN, MBAN, ABAN…
Co-Founder & Investor at IMMERXING XR HUB an international network of professional spaces offering specialised education/training, coworking, demolab, events for VR/360/AR immersive technologies, talent, projects and investments.
Partner at INTERCUBA, a new international business & investment soft-landing platform helping foreign investors interested in Cuba.
CEO at ALLIANZING, an investment, projects & partnerships consulting specialised in off-market & first-hand investments/projects/partnerships of foreign investors in Spain & Spanish companies abroad.
Miguel Ángel Martín
High Commissioner for Spain
World Business Angel Investors’ Forum
JAIME CAVERO | President at Mentor Day
Serial Entrepreneur, Business Angel and business financing expert with 20 yerars of experiece. Engineer Industrial Organization specializing in business, MBA from IE Business School.
As a business angel, I analyze over 100 startups per year through DYRECTO or on networks where I participle and accelerator where I act as a mentor.
As I funding expert advising over 120 companies with a cumulative investment of € 1,200 million, seeking funding, partners, sale of businesses and business units valuation.
Since I launched my first company in 91, I have promoted many own projects and also participate in other business ventures, acting in different phases of the project.
Jaime Cavero
President
Mentor Day
SUZANA ALIPIO | Executive Director at ANJE
Suzana has over 18 years’ worth of consulting & senior business management experience, including 3 years developing Digital Marketing consultancy . Utilising and applying her strong background in analytics & insight. She consults on the challenges of businesses and individuals from multiple sectors such as Investment Project for national and EU funding, Business Model, Management, Business
Strategy and Social Media Marketing. Suzana’s career as an analyst has covered a multitude of industries including ICT, Energy, Fashion, Tourism and other sectors. She has managed teams and projects in UK, Spain, Greece, Brasil and US. She holds a degree in Industrial and Management Engineering and a Master Degree in Management from University of Aveiro , and a MBA in International Management from the European University of Portugal.
Suzana Alipio
Executive Director
ANJE
CRISTINA ÁLVAREZ | Non Executive Director at AEDAS HOME
Deep knowledge and proven experience in Telecommunications sector with more than twenty-five years of experience (ALU, Vodafone, Telefónica). Effective management experience: Responsible for relevant budgets in Capex and Opex (700Mill euros) and large teams (2000 FTE). Proven executive experience as part of Spanish Telefónica Executive Board from 2009 to 2017.
Change Agent, with proven effective execution in transformation complex projects and technological challenges. Business-Technology translator. My strengths are leadership mainly in transformation and cultural change with technology as a main driver, collaboration, resilience, managing multidisciplinary teams.
Technology as a way to improve business and society, and Diversity are my passions. Strong supporter of diversity teams.
Cristina Álvarez
Non Executive Director
Aedas Home
PEPE BORREL| Managing Director - Spain at CrowdCube
Crowdcube is a leading equity crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs of start-ups and growing businesses to connect with potential investors. Dedicated to helping European based entrepreneurs raise finance to start or grow their business, Crowdcube gives investors real equity in the companies they fund. Crowdcube uses the web-based notion of ‘crowdfunding’ where a community of like-minded people pool their money and knowledge together to back an idea, business or person.
So far, Crowdcube has raised over €300 million for 590 companies.
Pepe Borrell, Managing Director in Spain @ Crowdcube
Holds a Degree in International Business from the University Pompeu Fabra. He has worked in Corporate Finance based in Madrid, working for SME’s and Private Equity firms.
Pepe Borrel
Managing Director
CrowdCube
CARLOS TOLEDO| R & D Projects Advisor in Advanced Manufacturing at CDTI (Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico
Industrial Engineering by the UPM, Research Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Expert in R & D Management by the UPM.
11 years of experience in CDTI, Public Funding entity for R&D activities, in the areas of Technology Assessment, Project Monitoring and Certification, and currently in the Directorate of Promotion and Cooperation as Technological Consultant in
Advanced Manufacturing and Equipments, in direct contact with companies.
Being pro-active in the different activities, during this period at CDTI I have developed my skills of managing team workings in organizational and innovating processes.
Previously 10 years of professional experience in R & D in companies such as ITT Automotive, GE Power Controls, TESA-ASSA ABLOY and LEGRAND.
Carlos Toledo
R&D Projects Advisor in Advanced Manufacturing
CDTI
JAVIER VILLASECA | Founder & CEO at Socios Inversores
With only 23 years old Javier established a Global Network link between entrepreneurs and Investors. Bringing together those who need capital to investors seeking to participate in business projects is the main goal of SociosInversores, the company he founded seven years ago.
It has become one of the most important figures in the panorama of national startups. His company has been chosen by the Senate of Spain and the Association of Internet Users “Best Internet Company”. The grand prize to a spanish company created on the Internet. SociosInversores have been selected by the European Commission to create the standard platform for Crowd-Investing for all of Europe.
Javier Villaseca
Founder & CEO
Socios Inversores
MARTIN JERCH | Head of Finance & Investor Relations at ICEX Invest in Spain
Martin Jerch is Head of Department at the Division of Finance and Investor Relations at ICEX Invest in Spain Madrid.
He studied Political Science at Hamburg University and holds a Ph.D. on International Studies from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Before he worked as a Portfolio Manager for the Fund for Promotion of Development (FONPRODE), and as Policy Analyst and Advisor for Democratic Governance at the Directorate General of Development Policy Planning and Evaluation at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
He is coordinator of the Module on Governance and Public Leadership: Leadership development at the Master of Public Governance in the Arab World at the University Granada and holds a Lecture on International Relations at the Master of Economic Intelligence at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Martin Jerch
Head of Finance & Investor Relations
ICEX Invest in Spain
FRANCISCO JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ BAREA | Renfe´s Innovation Manager
He holds a Ph.D. in Economic and Business Sciences, with a main focus on the public sector.
He is proficient in operations management, marketing, law, economic management and information analysis, and has extensive experience in project management. In step with the latest technological breakthroughs, he tries to connect to new sources of innovation and disruptive technology, in both professional and entrepreneurial environments.
Francisco Javier Rodríguez Barea
Innovation Manager
Renfe
JOSÉ MARÍA TORREGO | Director at El Referente
José Torrego, founder and CEO of the journal, graduate in Journalism in Francisco de Vitoria University, and with a masters degree in Marketing and Commercial Management in ESIC Business School. He worked in the journals La Razón and As before establishing his own company when he was 25 years old. He successfully managed to allocate El Referente as a journal for university students, in a market niche specialised in entrepreneurs, now leading this sector in Spain. He is responsible for the general management and the commercial area (product and publishing strategy) of the journal.
El Referente is a digital newspaper that has evolved to become the go-to place for news in the spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem. Available through the website or mobile app, the newspaper offers entrepreneurs a new and collaborative way of connecting and obtaining information regarding the national ecosystem. In 2016, El Referente launched the first Startup Guide to investment in Spain.
José Torrego
Director
El Referente
CAROLINA RODRIGUEZ | Responsible for Promotion and Institutional Relations at Enisa
Law degree from University of Vigo, majoring in international trade (USC). Carolina started her international career with an IGAPE1 internship in Morocco in 2003. Afterwards, she joined ICEX’s España Exportación e Inversiones division to promote Spanish investment abroad as coordinator of Investment and Business Cooperation Forums in over a dozen countries. In 2008, she joined Invest in Spain, promoting the country as an attractive destination for foreign direct investment.
Currently, Carolina coordinates the promotion and institutional relations division of Enisa, a state-owned company under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness. ENISA promotes the creation, growth and consolidation of Spanish companies, actively participating in the financing of viable and innovative business projects and stimulating the venture capital market through participative loans.
Carolina Rodríguez
Responsible for Promotion and Institutional Relations
Enisa
MARÍA ASUNCIÓN GÓMEZ PÉREZ| Vicepresident at UPM
Asunción Gómez-Pérez is Vice-Rector of Research, Innovation and Doctorate (2016) at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. She is a Professor (2007) in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, has been director of the Department of Artificial Intelligence (2008-2016), director of the Ontology Engineering Group (OEG) (since 1995) and Academic Director of the Master’s Degree in Artificial Intelligence ( since 2009) and the Doctorate in Artificial Intelligence (since 2009). Asunción Gómez made a postdoctoral stay in the Knowledge Systems Laboratory at Stanford University (1994-1995) on the subject of ontologies. He directs the Ontology Engineering Group of UPM, an international reference research group and a pioneer in our country on the topics of ontologies, semantic Web and linked data of the state public sector. Figure in eighth place in the ranking of the research groups in the UPM.
María Asunción Gómez Pérez
Vicepresident
UPM
JAVIER SÁNCHEZ | Head of Strategy at RTVE's Innovation Center
He is currently Head of Strategy at RTVE’s Innovation Center. Regarding the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), he is Co-Chairman of the Strategic Program on Radio, member of the Spectrum Steering Group and member of the Strategic Programs on Spectrum, Future Distribution and Video Systems. At national level, he is also member of the expert group dealing with ITU World Radiocommunication Conferences at the Spanish Secretary of State for the Information Society and the Digital Agenda.
Javier Sánchez Pérez
Head of Strategy
RTVE’s Innovation Center
ANDRÉS SABORIDO | Country Manager at Wayra Spain
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the National University of La Plata (Argentina) and a Master in Business and Technology from the University of Cantabria (Spain).
He completed his studies at the University of California (USA) and San Andrés (Argentina). Currently he leads Wayra in Spain, with two offices in Madrid and Barcelona.
In 2011 he launched Wayra Argentina and managed it for three years, getting there the first Wayra exit globally. He provided relevant agreements between startups and big companies such as Movistar, TELEFE, MercadoLibre. Previously he had different management positions in the areas of Strategy, M&A and Pricing at Telefonica Group in Argentina and in other ICT companies. In 2006 he participated in the acquisition of Colombia Telecom by Telefónica.
Andrés Saborido
Country Manager
Wayra Spain
LOURDES CARMONA | Journalist & Manager at Educa2020
Lourdes Carmona
Journalist & Manager
Educa 2020
GERMÁN RODRIGO CHAQUÉS | Partner at Grant Thorton
Germán is partner of the tax department of Grant Thornton Spain in Valencia. He has been the partner responsible for the Valencia Office since 2007.
Previously, he held the positions of Director as head of the international team at Deloitte (Comunidad Valenciana and Murcia) and responsible for the tax area of Ernst & Young in Valencia.
He has extensive experience in tax advice and providing with services to all kind of companies regarding all sectors, as well as extensive experience in large groups, M&A and multinational groups.
He has been involved in startup projects in Valencia, working with some public entities and monitoring some projects (i.e. Socialnest).
Germán has a degree in Law and holds a Master’s degree in Business Legal Advising from Instituto Empresa de Madrid (IE).
He is lecturer at Fundación de Estudios Bursátiles, CEU University, Universitat València, FUNDESEM y Escuela de Hacienda Pública.
Germán Rodrigo Chaqués
Partner
Grant Thorton
DANIEL RUBIO | Head of CEO Staff & Innovation Manager at ALSA
I joined National Express Group in October 2012, whilst completing the final stage of my studies in Telecommunication Engineering at the Universidad Politécnica of Madrid. I chose NEG in order to develop and upgrade my practical skills within a challenging environment.
As a member of ALSA Maintenance Division Technical Office, one of my first achievements was being part of the Fuel Consumption Reduction Project team, which was awarded the “Premio a los Valores 2013”.
Since then I have been undertaken several roles and technical functions, giving support to the Workshop Section and the Fleet Department. In this area I have been lately in charge of the Disinvestments of fleet for the whole Group, both in Spain and Morocco.
Now I belong to the CEO Staff, where I am in charge of driving the innovation strategy, promoting business diversification and to coordinate the different areas of the company.
Daniel Rubio
Head of CEO Staff & Innovation Manager
ALSA
CIRO ACEDO BORIA | Head of Open Innovation Ecosystem at Ferrovial
Ciro is an experienced professional with an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset. Currently boosting, improving and making stronger the ecosystem of innovation partners (start- ups, large corporations, research centers, government agencies, etc.) at Ferrovial.
He has also coordinated the FI-C3 project (www.fic3.eu). The FI-C3 programme implemented an accelerator/incubator for innovative Internet based products/services proposed by start-ups in the following business domains: Smart Cities, Media & Digital Content and eHealth.
Ciro has an extensive international experience both living and working abroad and, recently, he has also become an entrepreneur himself. You can check it here: www.waash.green
MSc Degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Universidad de Sevilla, Ciro also holds an Executive MBA, with a concentration in Entrepreneurship, from the IE Business School.
Ciro Acedo Boria
Head of Open Innovation Ecosystem
Ferrovial
MANUEL GAGO | Vice-President at CEDE
Vice-president of CEDE – Spanish Confederation of CEOS and Directors, that comprise 46 professional associations and more than 140.000 key executives of Spanish companies. www.directivoscede.com
President of NEO SOLUCIONES INFORMÁTICAS, S.L. ((Company specializing in development of mobility management software). Project www.workandtrack.es
President of MARKETEAM OPTIONS, S.L. (promotion and loyalty programs)
Chairman of ITM,S.A. and Strategic Business Partner of GLM IT Management – where he has developed his professional career working for several companies in different sectors serving large multinational clients in a variety of industries, with extensive experience in strategy, diversification and development
Manuel Gago
Vice-President
CEDE | Confederación Española de Directivos y Ejecutivos
Fabrizio Porrino | VP Global Public Affairs at FacilityLive
Expert advisor to key decision makers such as CEOs, Commissioners, Ministers and Presidents in the areas of ICT, innovation, startup, tech and policy-making. Today in his role as SVP Global Public Affairs, Fabrizio is responsible for the global positioning of FacilityLive: “The European Search Platform of the Future”
Fabrizio is a regular speaker at international events and he is often invited as an External Expert by various EU Institutions.
Fabrizio fulfills other roles such as Brussels Ambassador of Startup Europe India Network, Member of the Steering Group and Skills Issue Leader of European Tech Alliance (acting also as a Spokesperson during the launch at the European Parliament in Strasbourg in 2015) , Member of the Steering Committee of the European Business Summit, Board Member of the European e-Skills Association. He is also co-founder and VP of Digit@lians – the professional network of Italians working in ICT. Also, Fabrizio is a former Board Member of ANITEC (the Italian Association of ICT services and technologies Member of Confindustria and Board Member of DIGITALEUROPE).
Before joining FacilityLive, Fabrizio worked for the Think Tank of the European Parliament, for the European Commission, and for Yahoo! in Dublin and in California.
He is an Alumni of the College of Europe in which he attended after being awarded a scholarship by the Italian Government. His master thesis on “Web Search Engines and Sponsored Links: A Tale of Two-sided Markets?” was one of the first dissertations produced on the topic, and is currently available at the College of Europe’s library.”
Fabrizio Porrino
VP Global Public Affairs
FacilityLive
FERNANDO MOROY | Madrid Chapter President at Keiretsu Forum
Fernando Moroy Hueto (Bilbao, 1957), Ph.D in Economic Sciences at the University Rey Juan Carlos of Madrid (2016); Graduate in Physics at the University of País Vasco (1979); General Management Program at IESE (PDG-2003-A); Summer Program at Harvard Business School.
He has worked for more than 34 years in the Spanish leading financial institutions (BBVA, Caixabank, etc) in executive positions. Last responsibility as Institutional Relations Director of Caixabank in Madrid. He is the Madrid Chapter President of the Keiretsu Business Angels Network, the largest private business angels network in the world headquartered in San Francisco (www.keiretsuforum.com). He is also the Corporate Vicepresident of Asociación Española de Mentoring (www.amces.org).
Member of the Instituto de Consejeros Administradores. Professor at prestigious Business Schools, Spanish and internationals ones, (CUNEF, Garrigues, ESIC, Fisher College Boston , CESA Colombia, Universidad del Externado de Colombia, CENTRUM Perú, UPC de Perú, Sao Paulo Business School). Assistant Professor at the Finance Department of the University Carlos III of Madrid. Author of Strategy and Finance articles, co-author of the book “Banca Comercial con Talento” (Ed. ESIC) and the book “Cómprame y Vende.20 Píldoras de los Maestros del Marketing” (Ed. Rasche) with other authors.
Fernando Moroy
Madrid Chapter President
Keiretsu Forum
CARMEN MADRID | Policy Officer at Seal of Excellance - European Commission
Spreading excellence and widening participation, policy officer, country desk for Spain, Italy, follow up of regional innovation and research policies in these countries. Follow up of regional policies for these countries. Follow up of Seal of excellence process, representative of Directorate B in industrialisation group.
Carmen Madrid
Policy Officer
Seal of Excellance – European Commission
DORA TRACHANA | Businnes Devlopment at Athens Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ACEin)
Dora Trachana (MSc, PhD Candidate) is working on the Business Development of the Athens Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the incubator of the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece.
She holds a BSc in Management Science and Technology from AUEB and she has received an honorary scholarship for her performance from the State Scholarships Foundation. She has also attended a Graduate Program in Information Systems, where she graduated first and received both a scholarship from State Scholarships Foundation and a titular scholarship from the Department of Informatics of AUEB.
Currently, she is a PhD Candidate on Open Innovation in ELTRUN – the E-Business Center and she has presented her research in International Conferences.
Dora Trachana
Business Development
Athens Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ACEin)
JUÁN IGNACIO ÁLVAREZ GAGO | Country Manager & IT Director at Tech Mahindra
As Director of the IT Delivery & Innovation Centre of Tech Mahindra in Spain, I believe to take advantage of technologies bets such as Cloud, IoT, AI Machine Learning & robotics.
AR & VR, block chain and other technology bets to accelerate digital transformation and to boost our business for a digital world.
I think that the key is to create a new ecosystem with a clear blueprint to build a new modern software factory of future ,which redefines technology role in business and to engage with customer.
Juán Ignacio Álvarez Gago
Country Manager & IT Director
Tech Mahindra
MARCIA GUIDITTA ANELLI | Project Manager for Fashion & Retail projects at H-Farm
Marzia, 24 born and raised in the Milan, dreaming of changing the world since I was 2.
Graduated in politics between Milan and Berlin I work in H-FARM’s accelerator & Open Innovation team since 2015 and currently I am the Project Manager for Fashion & Retail projects, connecting leading brands with top startups.
I’m passionate about the way technology is creating impact in the society and I can’t wait to see whats next.
Marcia Guiditta Anelli
Project Manager for Fashion & Retail projects
H-Farm
IGNACIO PUENTE |Policy Officer - Access to Finance and SMEs at European Commission
Ignacio Puente has been working with the European Commission, DG RTD – Unit in charge of SMEs, Financial Instruments and State Aids since 2012. He is responsible for developing policy actions supporting companies to roll-out their R&I strategy and access to finance, together with specific measures facilitating the supply of capital under InnovFin.
Ignacio has an academic background in Business Economics, broadened during a postgraduate program in Innovation Management at the University of Barcelona. He completed a first Master in Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Barcelona and EAE Business School and a second Master in Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility at UJI-UNED
Ignacio Puente
Policy Officer – Access to Finance and SMEs
European Commission
HEBE SUSANA GONZÁLEZ | Co-Founder & CEO at Startup Europe News
Most of my professional career turns around science, entrepreneurial field, and NGOs in Mexico, Belgium, New Zealand and Germany.
For third time I arrived to live in Brussels after my last experience traduced in failure, trying to set up my business in Berlin. As a young entrepreneur, foreigner and woman was quite tough but never believe that my failure could be converted in something good. Discovering not only the way how to set up a business in Europe, also to co-create with my colleague Imedi, a unique tool for all the ones that take the decision to ride the adventure of a startup. Startup Europe News.
Furthermore paperwork, planning and product development, most of the big dilemma for an entrepreneur is gaining visibility, win the trust of the people and to be listen (plus the elevator pitch). Startup Europe News is the novel innovate news agency and networking events specialised in startups with 39 local medias of the 28 Member States, involving +200 organizations and public authorities in one single channel: http://www.startupeuropenews.com
We have 2 main action pillars:
1. Startup Europe News website, one single channel of communication news of startups, 24/7 new content release.
2. SEN SOIRÉES EXPO GALLERIES the first showcase for startups represented by art. Bringing together startup ecosystem, professional organizations & investors. With a special focus to the woman, SEN WOMAN GALLERIES. These SEN SOIRÉES will be recreated across Europe and worldwide every season.
Hebe Susana González
Co-Founder & CEO
Startup Europe News
JORDI ESCRUELA | Deputy Director of Innovation at Correos
During my career launch of the online store, Facebook store, Telepizza iPhone and Android applications, eDreams travel portal development, store and office systems for Telepizza and Deutsche Bank, Regal Insurance callcenters, eDreams and Telepizza With more than 3000 agents, corporate backoffice systems and CRM, SAP, JDEdwards, Meta4 for Grupo Grifols and Telepizza, SEAT logistics systems and Repsol-YPF commercial systems. I am a Chemical Engineer from the University of Barcelona and PDD from IESE. Bilingual in English, Spanish and Catalan
Booster of new technologies for more than 20 years, with multisectorial experience in companies of multinational scope. Director of Organization and Systems in Telepizza, Director of Organization in Grifols, Director of Software Engineering and Call Center in eDreams, Director of Organization and Systems of Industrial Petit Group, Manager of Deutsche Bank, Director of Software Development of Regal Insurance, Manager From DMR Consulting and over six years of consulting at Accenture.
Jordi Escruela
Deputy Director of Innovation
Correos
MICHAEL FLYNN | Trinity Collegue Dublin
Michael Flynn is the Director of the Trinity MBA & Executive Education in Trinity Business School and a lecturer with a focus on international entrepreneurship and strategy for scaling of SME’s. Michael launched the Trinity Executive MBA in 2011, now the #1 ranked MBA for Executives in Ireland and 6th in Europe with Eduniversal and also ranked #1 in Ireland with QS and CEO Magazine. The programme is also ranked in the top global programmes with The Economist.
Michael is a visiting lecturer at IE Business School and Edhec France.
In addition to his native Australia, Michael also spent many years in Japan, and has worked extensively across the Asia Pacific region and Europe, initially in law and later in technology and management consulting. Michael founded his first business in Australia at the age of 27 and has been involved in entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship ever since. In technology he has been focused in the areas of venture start-up & scaling, especially in relation to new market entry and international growth.
In addition to his work at Trinity Business School, Michael sits on a number of Boards, including both businesses and not-for-profit organisations.
Michael has a BA in Japanese & Economics (Queensland), LLB Law Degree (Queensland), MSt International Relations (Cambridge), MBA (Trinity) and a Graduate Diploma in Education (Trinity).
Michael Flynn
Assistant Professor
Trinity Collegue Dublin
AMPARO SAN JOSÉ RIESTRA | Director at IESE Business Angels and Family Offices Network
For the past 15 years Amparo has actively worked with Latin American entrepreneurship actors and institutions. She is currently a member of the XCALA Advisory Council, an international initiative to promote the development of angel investment in Latin America, she also supports the establishment of Angeles de la Alianza del Pacífico, and coordinates the recent Startup Europe LATAM Assembly initiative and Women Angels for Entrepreneurs.
Prior to joining the IESE, she worked for the Inter-American Development Bank, CEPS think tank in Brussels or the European Commission (Enterprise DG).
With keen interest in research, she publishes the annual report “AEBAN Business Angels – Spain”. Other recently published research includes: “Accelerator Models for Social Entrepreneurship in Latin America: Three Case Studies” (published by FOMIN),
“The cycle of private equity in Europe: Management and Acquisition”, or “Public policy for the development of private venture capital”. Graduated in BA at the University of Oviedo and MA in European Policy at South Bank University (UK).
Amparo San José Riestra
Director
IESE Business Angels and Family Offices Network
ELOY GARCÍA MARTÍNEZ | Comercial 3D at bq
From observation to exploration, development and explotation of new tech-based business models. Focused on conceiving and developing new relationship models that help workers to solve problems at or improve their workplaces by improving relationship and collaboration of people with people, people with their employers, companies and suppliers and people and the objects and equipments they use.
Eloy García Martínez
Comercial 3D
bq
ROALD SCHOENMAKERS | Executive Director & Main Shareholder at Súmate Marketing
Roald Schoenmakers, of Portuguese mother and Dutch father, set up his first company at age 21 – an executive drivers’ agency. Chile, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Portugal have been their homes until they settled in 1994 in Spain. Among his hobbies include paddle or reading. He was the promoter and general manager of Traffic4u, one of the main international agencies of SEO and SEM in Spain, as well as the director of Galileo-Travelport Spain. With extensive international experience in management of multinationals and start-ups of online marketing, education, travel and advertising, he is currently the CEO of Súmate.
Roald Schoenmakers
Executive Director & Main Shareholder
Súmate Marketing
Letitia Seglah | FinTech Startup Consultant at Startup Manufactory
Letitia is an independent consultant providing business management services to clients including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, HSBC, and Blackrock. Specializing in cross-country compliance and regulations, working with numerous regulators globally and across multiple jurisdictions.
Assignments have included delivery and procurement of FinTech and RegTech vendor technology and in-house development of technology solutions. Working in the field of corporate innovation, RegTech, and FinTech, helping startups with all things financial, strategy, and scaleup.
Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Letitia spent her career in equity research and credit risk. Letitia studied towards an MSc in Finance at the London School of Economics.
Letitia Seglah
FinTech Startup Consultant
Startup Manufactory
CLAUDIO MOGILNER | CEO at Internacional Web
Claudio Mogilner, CEO of InternacionalWeb, a born entrepreneur, has spent years dedicated to the world of online business, communication, training and internet marketing strategies. InternacionalWeb is one of the leading companies in Spain in Web design and online marketing that currently has a client portfolio comprised of more than 1,200 companies, which advises on communication strategies on the Internet. InternacionalWeb It has offices in Salamanca, Madrid, Seville and Miami in the United States. InternacionalWeb has received two awards as the best SEO company in Spain.
Claudio Mogilner
CEO
International Web
PALOMA MAS | Startup Relationship Manager at Plug & Play Spain
Paloma Mas Pellicer is graduated in Communications and PR degree by CEU Cardenal Herrera University. At age 14 she began her way in the media sector by collaborating and presenting a radio program in Valencia. Since then, she has not stopped being active and getting ready to be a great communicator. That’s how she became producer at Revista de Sociedad of the regional chain Mediterráneo TV.
Before finishing university, she was already linked to the entrepreneurial ecosystem working for an accelerator program in Valencia. She was soon chosen to create the entrepreneurs community of Campus Madrid, bringing together more than 120 startups in the same building. She is currently Startup Relationship Manager at Plug and Play Spain.”
Paloma Mas
Startup Relationship Manager
Plug & Play Spain
JAVIER CÁMARA| CEO at BeeBee
Javier Camara, Advisor. CEO at beBee (The Collaborative Platform for Professionals). PhD from DU. Ex Oracle.
Expert in software engineering, complex platforms building and managing teams and technical resources.
Entrepreneur with solid background in data mining, data warehouse, complex-project management and Blockchain enthusiast.
Javier Cámara Rica es el Cofundador y consejero delegado de la red social española beBee, nombrada como una de las startups más prometedoras de la UE. Javier estudió Ingeniería Informática en Deusto, experto en Big Data y en construir plataformas de publicidad online. Cámara cuenta con una amplia experiencia en el sector tecnológico, trabajó para Oracle y ha liderado proyectos punteros como Canalmail, vendida por 60 millones de euros en 2008.
Javier Cámara
CEO
BeeBee
ANGEL MARIA VICENTE |Director of Business Development & Marketing at EsapañaDuero
– Chairman of New Products Entity – Secretary of Committee Business Entity – Member of Business Committee MAPFRE-EspañaDuero – Member of Business Committee AVIVA-EspañaDuero – Member of Business Committee Unigest-EspañaDuero – Member of Business Committee CASER-EspañaDuero Areas of Responsibility: – Products, Services and Agreements – Prices and Rates – Advertising and Image – Brand image – Online Marketing – Development of Segments – Payment Methods – Electronic banking – Telephone Banking
Angel María Vicente
Director of Business Development & Marketing
EspañaDuero
JUAN ALFREDO FUENTES | CEO at Hello!! School
Juan Alfredo Fuentes
CEO
Hello!! School
DIEGO ALVIRA | Chairman Crowdworking la estación ( T- ZIR )
Active since 1999, co-founder of MarketReal since 2001, CTO of Soluciones de Geomarketing since 2016 and manager of Crowdworking La Estación since 2017.
I studied Marketing and Computing and I work at Torrevillage ZIR (T-ZIR), which is an innovation in retail center that aims for a unique environment towards the anticipation and creation of the future business the customer wants.
Diego Alvira
Chairman
Crowdworking la estación (T-ZIR)
NOELIA MARTIN |CEO & Founder at Bebes & Signos
Licenciada en Criminología, Detective privado, Director de seguridad, Experta en Protección Civil, Máster en Prevención de Riesgos Laborales con las tres especialidades, Experta en Protocolo e Imagen Corporativa y mamá, siendo este último título el que cambia el rumbo de su vida en todos los sentidos.
Una mamá curiosa que descubre que puede comunicarse con su bebé, mucho antes de que él pueda hablar, a través de los gestos con las manos. Fundadora y Directora de Bebés & Signos, basado en el conocido método BabySign de EEUU. Precursora de la Comunicación Temprana Gestual (CTG) formando a familias y Centros de manera integral en este método, siendo además embajadores de Marca. Inmersa en el diseño del primer Curso Superior Universitario de CTG, aprobado ya por Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid, y en la Cátedra de Diversidad Educativa para el estudio de las ventajas de la CTG a corto, medio y largo plazo en dicha universidad. Actualmente desarrollando un cuento-guía autodidáctico para bebés “Aprendiendo a signar” con Realidad Aumentada, y buscando dar vida a BeSiBOT, un robot de CTG para los bebés. 🌈
Noelia Martín
CEO & Founder
Bebes & signos
CARLOS SÁNCHEZ| Senior Innovation Manager & Corporate Venturing Consultant at Barrabes Next
Focused on designing, implementing, testing and launching Value Creation Projects for Corporates and Institutions Clients in high competitive markets helpings them to innovate from a customer-centric perspective activating new ideas and vision from the strategy, breakthrough technologies & disruptive marketing. Formerly a M&A Director at FOREVAN (Barcelona) and Senior Manager at MBD (Investment Banking) where I managed Corporate Finance Projects and worked as interim manager in order to improve and sell different companies.
Prior to that, Marketing Manager and Business Developement Responsible at ONO (first cable operator in Spain and main competitor to Telefonica and now part of Vodafone Group). Carlos has 20 years of experience in management consultancy, venture building, sales and marketing operations: product development, offer design, pricing, communications, crosssale and nine years experience in M&A and Private Equity. I love to work with hybrid (Clients-Agency) teams as innovation drivers making business more unique & attractives and connecting them in a value modeled network Specialties: Management Consultancy mainly in the fields of strategy, innovation, business growth, results improvement, internationalization, branding, marketing enpowerment, marketing innovation (mobile & web, emotional marketing, product placement, social networks, brand networks, viral markerting, affinity) and sales forces alignment.
Industries: Telecommunication, Entertainment, Consumer Goods, Tourism, Digital Contents and Finances
German Silva
Founder & CEO
Pink Lab
LETICIA CLARAMUNT JULIAN| Abogada at ILP Abogados
Law Degree from the University of Zaragoza and Master in Business Law from the Garrigues Studies Center. Lawyer specializing in advising companies on issues related to general commercial contracts, corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. I have participated in company sales transactions both nationally and internationally as well as in corporate reorganizations. On a regular basis, her professional activity is basically focused on the commercial advice of companies belonging to groups settled in Spain, and she is also the second Deputy Secretary, not a board member of several companies.del .
Leticia Claramunt Julian
Abogada
ILP Abogados
MATHIEU CARENZO | Founder at VentureHub
Mathieu teaches in the MBA; the EMBA and many other executive education programs including Advanced Management Program in 3 different languages (English, Spanish and French) and 4 continents. Mathieu is one of the 3 founding partners of Venture Hub, a consulting firm supporting the scale of high growth start-ups and the development of entrepreneurial skills in the society at large.
He is a Business Angel investing in early stage new ventures (holding board seats) such as MBA&CO, a world leading internet Marketplace disrupting the recruiting industry on a global scale. Mathieu leads the growth of the Global Entrepreneurship Week in Spain since 2008 where the initiative has been endorsed by the Prime Minister and the King. Mathieu worked in different positions in Europe and America mostly in corporate entrepreneur positions. After an experience in Danone to start his career, he worked in the helicopter branch of EADS: Eurocopter.
He led the growth of the company in Mexico, Caribbean, and Central America building his expertise in the settlement of new structures and development of new markets. After completing his MBA, Mathieu took the helm of the IESE Business School Center for Entrepreneurship where he coordinated teaching, research and outreach activities related to Entrepreneurship and innovation during 6 years.
Mathieu Carenzo
Founder
VentureHub
ANA GARCÍA RODRÍGUEZ | Partner at Baker & McKenzie Madrid
Ana García Rodríguez is the Partner heading the Financial Institution Group Team at Baker & Mckenzie.
She is highly specialized in financial services and regulatory banking and insurance.
She has strong knowledge and she is pioneer in developing the Fintech, Insurtech and Digital Banking legal practice area in Spain.
Ana García Rodríguez
Partner
Baker & McKenzie Madrid
DIEGO RODRÍGUEZ ROLDÁN | Director of the IT Risk Advisory Innovation Centre at Deloitte
As Director of the IT Risk Advisory Innovation Centre of Deloitte, Diego takes advantage of technoologies such as Blockchain, IoT, Cognitive, Big Data and Mobility to accelerate innovation for their clients. He finds the key is to collaborate with technical and business counterparts to view innovation from a global perspective of product/service, value proposition and business opportunities.
Diego Rodríguez Roldán
Director of the Innovation Center
Deloitte
PILAR TRONCOSO | Blockchain Entrepreneur at NodalBlock
Pilar Troncoso, Businesswoman, expert in Digital Transformation, innovation and business development in several companies. She holds a degree in ADE from the Villanueva Center, PDD of the IESE Business School and participant in the MIT Global Growth Program. She is a member of the IESE Wa4e initiative (Women Angels for Entrepreneurs).
After spending 12 years in PwC (audit and consulting) and another 4 years in the Aon Gil and Carvajal Group, she was Director of Institutional Relations and Strategic Alliances at YAAP Digital Services.
She is currently responsible for Institutional Relations at Nodalblock, Kubide and Founding Partner of ChainGo Tech, startup based on Blockchain technology for the logistics sector with special focus on the Maritime sector.
Pilar Troncoso
Blockchain Entrepreneur
NodalBlock
BERNARDO MARTÍNEZ | Business Development Manager at New Ventures
More than 16 years’ experience as Project Manager, Consultant and Entrepreneur. He has worked in several sectors such as Energy, Telecommunication and Entrepreneurship. He also has extensive literacy in business start-up and development as well as in new business units.
In addition he has an MBA Degree and I am Senior Communications Engineer with significant international experience.
Bernardo Martinez
Business Development Manager
New Ventures
BRUNO DUREUX | Partner Director at Bal Partners
Bal Partner Managing Partner. Consulting and Startups. President of the Circulo Economia Region of Murcia. Degree in Economics from the University of Valencia, completed his studies at the Manchester Business School. He began his career in the financial sector (BNP Caixa, AB Asesores …). During 6 years he was CEO of Pramac Ibérica (Cogeneration and Generators).
In the past 7 years he has worked as Director General of Real Estate Promoter Group Calidona Resorts (Roda Golf and Corvera Golf), with an average annual turnover of over € 100 MM. It has belonged to the Board of Directors of several industrial companies, leaders in their respective sectors (Pramac Spa, Vidisa, Pando …).
Bruno Dureux
Partner Director
Bal Partners
JAVIER MATEO| Subdirector de Emprendimiento at VIT Emprende
VIT Emprende is Valencia’s network of innovative entrepreneurs launched by the València City Council. Its 4.000 members have the chance to share knowledge, collaborate in R&D activities, transfer technology and create synergies by networking and maintaining contact with prominent bodies in the field of Valencian entrepreneurship.
Javier Mateo
Subdirector de Emprendimiento
VIT Emprende
ANA FERNÁNDEZ | Innovation Manager at Segittur
Ana Fernández
Innovation Manager
Segittur
EDUARDO CARAZO | General Director of the Youth Institute at Regional Government of Castilla y León
His personal trajectory is linked to issues related to youth, which is why he was distinguished with the Award for University Commitment by the Schola Foundation, the University of Valladolid and the Ministry of Education of Castilla y León.
He has been Claustral, a member of the Governing Council, a representative of the students in the Social Council and a member of the Electoral Board of the University of Valladolid and, as a member of Nuevas Generaciones, he has been a representative in the Local Council of Youth in Valladolid , In Castilla y León and in the Youth Council of Spain, as well as national secretary of Youth Councils of New Generations. He is currently president of Nuevas Generaciones in Castilla y León
Eduardo Carazo
General Director of the Youth Institute
Regional Government of Castilla y León
OLGA PADULOSI | Marketing Manager at Lucey Fund
Olga Padulosi manages all marketing activities at the irish early stage investment firm Lucey Fund helping company reach 100 investments and coordinated expansion of the Fund to Germany, Sweden, Holland, USA. Previously, she has been working at the biggest IT open air Geek Picnic that started in St. Petersburg, Russia and later expanded to Moscow, Israel, Helsinki, Barcelona and New York. later, she has been responsible for marketing in Russian mobdev company & developed Russian IT community by organising conferences for mobile marketers MBLT and mobile developers MBLTDev bringing first time to Russia such companies as Foursquare, Twitter, MLOVE, BlaBlaCar, Spotify, HotelTonight, Soundcloud, Airbnb, Realm, Wanderlust, RunKeeper and many others. She also was responsible for online and offline schools for mobile developers in cooperation with Google.
Olga Padulosi
Marketing Manager
Lucey Fund
JOsÉ RODRÍGUEZ | Startup Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services
An experienced entrepreneur, digital specialist and innovation hustler. My background is in Electronic and Telecom Engineering.
After 10 years working in the Telecom industry I went entrepreneur full time. I’m a PMP/PMI and have over 8 years as project director. I have post degree studies in Game Theory and Project Management. I’ve founded 3 companies, went through acceleration programs, raised funds (both privately and public), built teams from scratch and have gone through the sour taste of failure.
Currently, I serve as Startup Business Development Manager for Amazon Web Services for the Benelux and Iberia markets.
José Manuel Rodríguez
Startup Business Development Manager
Amazon Web Services
PETER LINDGREN | Full Professor at Aarhus University
Peter Lindgren holds a full Professorship in Multi business model and Technology innovation at Aarhus University, Denmark – Business development and technology innovation and is Vice President of CTIF Global Capsule (CGC). He has researched and worked with network based high speed innovation since 2000. He has been head of Studies for Master in Engineering – Business Development and Technology at Aarhus University from 2014 – 2016. He has been researcher at Politechnico di Milano in Italy (2002/03), Stanford University, USA (2010/11), University Tor Vergata, Italy (2016/2017) and has in the time period 2007 – 2011 been the founder and Center Manager of International Center for Innovation www.ici.aau.dk at Aalborg University, founder of the MBIT research group and lab – http://btech.au.dk/forskning/mbit/ – and is cofounder of CTIF Global Capsule – www.ctifglobalcapsule.com. He works today as researcher in many different multi business model and technology innovations projects and knowledge networks among others E100 – http://www.entovation.com/kleadmap/, Stanford University project Peace Innovation Lab http://captology.stanford.edu/projects/peace-innovation.html, The Nordic Women in business project
TEDx Speaker. MIB Professor (ISDI)
Peter Lindgren
Full Professor
Aarhus University
Eduardo Díaz | Head of New Technology Based Firms Unit at Madri+d
Eduardo Díaz is a physicist from the University of Salamanca and MBA IE.
He is an expert in Innovation Management and is currently Head of Unit at madri+d Foundation, supporting Science and Technology-Based Entrepreneurship through the search for funding (BAN madri+d), mentoring (Red de Mentores madri+d) and Acceleration Programmes with a technological specialisation, i.e. in Space (ESA BIC Madrid Region) and Health (healthstart).
Eduardo Díaz
Head of New Technology Based Firms Unit
Madri+d
SANDRA BARTOLÍN | Head of Strategy & Technology Business Development at ITENE, the Packaging, Transport & Logistics Research Center
Sandra Bartolín, Head of Strategy & Technology Business Development at ITENE, the Packaging, Transport & Logistics Research Center located in Valencia, Spain.
Sandra holds a MSc in Industrial Engineering, focused on Business Strategy & Management. She gained a fellowship in Environmental Engineering by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) at Idaho State University.
She has over 10 years of experience in marketing, strategy and technology business development, product lifecycle management and corporate finance.
Sandra has a good track record of successful projects focused on innovative technology. Currently, she gives personalised advice on starting up and growing entrepreneurial projects to allow them successful launch onto the market. Responsible for working closely with entrepreneurs on developing their business & running strategies, revenue models, market opportunities, value propositions, technical & economical feasibility and funding requirements.
Sandra Bartolín
Head of Strategy & Technology Business Development
ITENE
FRANCISCO COSTA | Co-Founder at Venture Cup
Francisco Fernandes Costa. PhD in Neuroscience – specialty of neurophysiology. He is a university professor and researcher, both in Galicia and in Oporto.
It develops research in the context of the implication of neurodegenerative changes in movement, especially in Parkinson’s disease. He has been working scientifically in areas with artificial intelligence and machine learning applied to the neurosciences. In the context of computational fluid dynamics, he developed a project for the predictive study of cerebral degeneration at the cerebral level.
Entrepreneur and great promoter of innovation projects, he has been participating in several startups, mainly oriented to IOT applied in smart cities, in a clear study of the dynamics of the brain-machine interface. Diverse participation in conferences and special events. In addition, he is co-founder of the Venture Cup Portugal project.
Francisco Costa
Co-Founder
Venture Cup
NOHELIS RUIZ ARVELO | Positioning Strategist & PersonalBrander at NohelisBsB
Author of the book “Triunfa Haciendo Networking“. Nohelis has a very diverse professional background in different sectors and industries likes some Europeans chambers of commerce and automotive industry.
She is a PR Specialist & Networking Mentor with a degree in Diplomacy and International Relations from the Central University of Venezuela, with focus on negotiation. She has also a degree DEUG in economy from La Sorbonne (Paris IV) in France.
With a Master in Marketing & Product Management from The Institute of Advanced Management Studies (IESA) in Venezuela and completed her Master´s Degree in e-commerce & Social Media at INESDI in Madrid.
She has delivered conferences throughout his career centered on motivation, emotional intelligence, public speaking and leadership, impacting people working Venezuela, Nicaragua and, more recently, Spain.
Nohelis combined her studies with various different jobs. The jobs were always oriented towards public relations and customer service. Her professional profile is transversal and multifaceted, as evidenced by her previous jobs. She collaborates in IDG y Computerworld University, in entrepreneurs radio programme in Cadena SER Madrid Norte 89.6FM and Latin American entrepreneurs podcast in radio Tentación 91.4 FM and also she publishes its articles like a guess blogger in The House of America in Madrid.
As an ecopreneur, Nohelis co-founded Planchic and now she is prototyping platform for her startup. As a “LifeHacker”, she live life in permanent beta.
Nohelis Ruiz Arvelo
Positioning Strategist & PersonalBrander
NohelisBsB
JUAN LUIS SEGURADO | Researcher - Enrepreneurship & Innovation Center at IESE business School
Juan Luis Segurado is Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurship Department at IESE Business School, University of Navarra. He holds a Diploma in Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London.
His field of work includes new venture financing, growth management and entrepreneurship in established firms. He has conducted research on high growth firms and recently on entrepreneurship in family-owned firms.
Juan Luis Segurado
Researcher – Enrepreneurship & Innovation Center
IESE business School
LIUS DE SANDE | CFO & CoFounder at Auara
Lius de Sande
CFO & CoFounder
Auara
Esther Romero
Marketing and Communication
BeeBee
ENRIQUE DOMINGUEZ| CEO at ELParking
Founder of Internet companies like ElParing, ParkingDoor, Restalo, Trovit, ExternalTest, successfully sold to main player on each sector.
Investor at several Internet companies like Escapada Rural, Endado, Chicfy, Holded…
Now working as CEO of ElParking in a new stage, focused con international growth in USA and Latin America.g.
Enrique Dominguez
Director
El parking
SAMAR SINGLA | CEO at Jugnoo
Samar is a physicist by education and has previously worked as a researcher at IBM and CERN. He is an avid traveler and amateur photographer who likes to document the everyday world.
Some of his recent talks include Business for Peace Summit- Oslo, Startup Turkey, New Cities Summit- Korea, Slush Tokyo, Crowdsourcing week Sweden, RISE, TMT Finance and Investment Africa and All About API.
Samar Singla
CEO
Jugnoo
JAVIER GONZÁLEZ-SORIA | CEO at TRAVEL TECH 1 SCR
His career began in 1992 in Mundicolor Iberia, which became the leading Tour Operator in Spain. His beginnings were focused on the financial and management control, as Director of Development & Control, to later add to his duties Business Development and Sales & Marketing responsibilities. He was appointed as General Manager.
Also, he joined Google as Director of the Travel Vertical, but left Google to found and launch ConnectedtoGo. Eurona Telecom acquired ConnectedtoGo. He joined that company as CCO to reorganize and develop the Commercial Area and take care of its Digital Transformation. Then, he created Eurona Digital.
He left Grupo Eurona to launch a new initiative, Club Genteviajera, partnering with Onda Cero y Gowaii. He was MD until March 2016 and now he is member of the Board. He was appointed as EVP, Advisory Board, of Top Seeds Lab and SEGITTUR, focused in the creation of an ecosystem of innovators, investors and travel and digital corporations where start up with technological foundation focused in Travel could flourish. Since April 2016 he is MD of Top Seeds Lan.
Since 2012 he provided consultancy services related to online travel and digital transformation. From April 2016,he is Senior Partner & Head of Travel and Transportation, AVASANT.
Javier González-Soria
CEO
TRAVEL TECH 1 SCR
ELENA RODRíGUEZ | Communications Manager at Startups Spanish Association
She is currently in charge of the communicatios department at the Asociación Española de Startups as well as marketing teacher at the Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca.
For the past 6 years she has been an active member of Charrosfera, an organization of people working in technology in Salamanca. Charrosfera is mainly a networking group that aims to improve the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the city and to provide opportunities of development.
Elena Rodríguez
Communications Manager
Startups Spanish Association
FERNANDO IMPUESTO| General Manager at Enagas Emprende
With more than 14 years of experience in the gas sector, is Director at ENAGAS, the principal Spanish transmission, underground storage and LNG plants operator. He and his team is responsible of the commercialization and logistic operations of the different services provided by Enagás in its LNG terminals, pipelines and underground storages both in Spain and at its international assets.
Also as technical services manager, his team is in charge of the O&M and technical services provision to gas infrastructure management.
Fernando also is coordinating “Enagas Emprende” the Corporate Entrepreneurship and Open Innovation project of Enagas, promoting intrapreneurs in development of new businesses and supporting external StartUps in the gas industry.
Fernando Impuesto
General Manger
Enagas Emprende
ALEJANDRO TOSINA | Director of Digital Economy at red.es
Telecommunication engineer and MBA. Digital Economy Director at red.es.
The new Director of Digital Economy in red.es, Alejandro Tosina, is a licensed telecommunications engineer from the University of Seville, with an executive MBA and master in Economy and Administration from the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
For the majority of his career he has worked in the Centre for Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) where he currently holds the position of Auditor within R&D and Digitalization. Throughout his 12 years in this institution he has participated in the administration of the innovation programs, general strategy and business processes of the Centre, as well as being the Spanish delegate of the 7th “Programa Marco” of R&D in the European Union.
Currently he also is a Senior Assessor in the Royal Academy of Engineering. His main goal within red.es is to guarantee the best performance of their programs to impulse the digitalization of SMEs to boost growth and their internationalization.
Alejandro Tosina
Director of Digital Economy
red.es
ANA DURÁN | CEO at Innobooster
With over 7 years of international experience in the field of innovation and having advised more than 200 start- ups, 300 SMEs and large consolidated companies and more than 40 public entities.
Ana is an expert in strategic innovation consulting, international public and private investment in R & D and business development.
Ana Durán
CEO
Innobooster
DARRAGH KELLY | Founder at Market Driven Products
Darragh is Founder @ Market Driven Products S.L and offers consultancy services to tech startups helping them create and improve their product portfolios and international go-to-market strategies.
He is also Co-Founder @GDPRChecklist which is a service company helping Spanish companies prepare for the new EU Data protection laws. He is Board member at Vigitrust (Cyber Security), Zoom Courier Software (Tech logistics) and Cara (Irish-Basque association).
Darragh was also VP @ Lucey Fund, an Irish Venture Capital Fund, where he was responsible for scaling the groups companies internationally and vetting possible funding opportunities.
Over the past 17 years Darragh has been responsible for positioning and launching over 27 technologies for 8 tech companies internationally.
He also lectures in Spain, Ireland and China.
Darragh Kelly
Founder
Market Driven Products
Ana Ruiz | Programme Director at Unltd.Spain
Ana Ruiz Sánchez leads the area of Support Programs for entrepreneurs of impact and development of Unltd Spain, accelerator of social impact projects. Ana studied Business Administration and Management at CUNEF. Later, he completed an MBA at the IE Business School. Before becoming a Director of UnLtd, Ana worked as a consultant at Accenture leading internal transformation projects in corporations
Ana Ruiz
Programme Director
Unltd.Spain
MILENE PIO | Head of Communication and Public Relations at CEi - Centro de Empresas Innovadoras
Head of Communication and Public Relations at CEi Centro Empresas Inovadoras, Castelo Branco, Portugal
(12/2013 – Present)
Dynamic and supportive help to startups and entrepreneurs.
Organization of several events at the incubator CEi, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Social Media CEi, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Milene Pio
Head of Communication and Public Relations
CEi – Centro de Empresas Innovadoras
JAVIER CID | Manager at Alentia Capital Alternativo
Javier Cid
Manager
Alentia Capital Alternativo
JORDI ALTIMIRA | General Partner at Lánzame
General Partner at Lanzame Capital. #ProudInvestors in Kantox, Novicap, Momit, Lingokids, 21 Buttons. Serial Entrepreneur. Founder of Altirnergy, BMF Business School, UpBizor and Academia Ceus. Ex-investment Banker at Credit Suisse UK.
Alumni of University Polytechnic of Catalonia (UPC), Ecole Polytechnique Paris, École Spéciale des Travaux Publics (ESTP), CASS Business School, IESE Business School.
Jordi Altimira
General Partner
Lánzame
ESTHER MOLINA | CoFounder & CEO at Wilcom
Degree in Journalism from the Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid. Co-Founder and CEO of WILDCom.es. Currently, she combines the direction and presentation of PymeTech in the EFE Radio Agency, with her work as a collaborator of different media: El País Retina, Forbes Magazine or the “Emprende” program in RTVE. His career has revolved around the writing and production of radio and television programs. In addition, it is the advertising voice of the COPE Network.
Esther Molina
Co-Founder & CEO
Wildcom
DIEGO DIÁZ | Head of New Ventures at Iberdrola
Diego is responsible for the management of Iberdrola’s 70 M€ venture capital program – Iberdrola Ventures – PERSEO, aimed at investing in clean energy start-ups.
He joined Iberdrola in 2008 and since then he has contributed to the launch and management of the company’s venture program, engaging its activity with the corporate innovation strategy. Leading a team of investment professionals, he is responsible for the management of the program and the full life cycle of the investments, serving as a director in the board of key portfolio companies.
After graduating, he developed his career in several roles related to engineering, technology development, innovation and entrepreneurship both in the Telco (Telefonica R&D and Eircom) and Energy sectors.
He holds an M.Sc in Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and an executive degree in Venture Capital from the Walter A. Haas School of Business in the University of California at Berkeley.
Diego Díaz
Head of New Ventures
Iberdrola
PALOMA AVILÉS | Communication Coordinator at Relato GT
Pamela Avilés was born in Guatemala. She is a political scientist graduated from the Francisco Marroquín University and is currently studying a Master’s Degree in Political and Corporate Communication at the University of Navarra and the George Washington University.
Since 2014 she has worked in the communication’s field and in more recent years she has specialized in digital communication. Her passion and work in gender issues open the doors for her to be a member of the board of directors of Movimiento Poderosas, where she has worked in different projects of feminine empowerment.
Pamela Avilés
Communication Coordinator
Relato GT
ROBERTO TOUZA | Lean Startup Expert & Business Angel at Startup Inversores
Roberto Touza David, as an expert in Lean Startup as well as in Startups and investments, and at the same time Business Angel, associate professor at EOI, ICEX-CECO and INCYDE is also Director of several Masters in the IEBS entrepreneurship area, keynote speaker in multiple events such as the Entrepreneur´s Day 2015 of the Madrid Region, Innovem Forum, FranquiAtlantico, Salón Mi Empresa 2016 and 2017etc.
Roberto Touza David, as an expert in Startups, has worked for clients such as the Universidad de Navarra,Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Fundación INCYDE, Fundación Madri+d, the Basque Country Government and Telefónica´s Wayra- Accelerator, among others. He has developed complete startups acceleration programs in Barcelona and Madrid (for the Community of Madrid through the Ministry of Economy, Employment and Finance: Lean Startups Acceleration program).
Roberto Touza David collaborates regularly as a mentor in diverse activities, such as the FACE-Entrepreneurship project, which promotes entrepreneurship in the ICT area, supported by the European Union’s H2020 strategy. His task is to help European Startups on their way to the search for a business model and get funded.
In addition, nowadays, above the previous responsibilities, Roberto Touza David runs Startups Inversores PFP, a collective investment platform in Startups registered in the CNMV as an Startups Investment Platform.
Roberto Touza
Lean Startup Expert & Business Angel
Startups Inversores
JOSÉ LUIS CABAÑERO | Founder & CEO at Eatable Adventures
José Luis founded Eatable Adventures with the goal to transform the Spanish Food & Beverage segment, making it more competitive by helping detect and nurture the new set of businesses capable to transform this market. He’s also founder of the GastroEmprendedores community, a market development initiative that currently reach nearly 15.000 entrepreneurs active in this market vertical, these events gather in an online community and in person events that take place in a quarterly basis.
Jose Luis Cabañero
Founder & CEO
Eatable Adventures
ASCENSIÓN FURIÓ| Entrepreneurship and Start Ups Fusions and acquisitions at ILP Abogados
Degree in Law from the University of Valencia in 2006.
I work at BBVA, did internships at the Courts of the City of Justice of Valencia and prepared for access to the judicial career for 6 months.
Initial and Middle Grade (10 years) of Piano at the José Iturbi Higher Music Conservatory in Valencia.
Master in Business Law from the Garrigues Studies Center (Madrid, 2007 – 2008).
His professional career is developed in the law firm ILP Abogados.
He has done multiple courses in commercial, bankruptcy, industrial and intellectual property as well as in tax and accounting and entrepreneurship.
Currently she is working as a Specialist Lawyer in Commercial Law, specifically transactions involving the sale of shares or assets, joint ventures and investment agreements, corporate reorganization operations (mergers, spin-offs, global assignments of assets and liabilities, etc.), holding of secretariats of companies of various sectors and corporate operations (capital increases and reductions, distribution of dividends, etc.), commercial contracts. negotiation and drafting of commercial contracts, financing, legal advice in bankruptcy matters.
Ascensión has participated in company sales transactions both nationally and internationally as well as in corporate reorganizations. On a regular basis his professional activity is basically focused on the commercial advice of companies belonging to groups settled in Spain. He is also a specialist in legal advice to newly established companies (Start Ups), in search of sources of financing and investor entry operations. in the same.
In addition to the above, he also collaborates with the Vice ILP Foundation led by ILP Abogados along with the University of Nebrija, helping more than 300 projects to seek funding and create a solid and sustainable business model, having taken part in the organization of the projects. 2 editions of “ASTURIAS INVESTOR’S DAY” that brought together more than 400 people in Asturias and Madrid respectively.
Ascensión Furió
Entrepreneurship and Start Ups
Fusions and acquisitions
ILP Abogados
LUIS RUANO | Director at Ricari
Senior executive with over 10 years´experience in the Venture Capital and Investment industry. He has worked with management and financial responsibilities as well as he has participated in several board of directors in different industries such as Technology, Clean Tech, Life sciences, Services, etc. He is also a Business Angel and professor in Business Schools and Universities (ICEMD/ESIC, ICADE etc.) Luis Ruano holds a MBA by IE Business School and a degree in Business Administration and forestry engineering, actually he is PdH in process.
Luis Ruano
Director
Ricari
MIGUEL ÁNGEL CASANOVA|Responsable de Desarrollo & Editor at AETICAL
Also, he’s CEO of SIMAC Mundo Digital, SL a Spanish IT enterprise for 20 years ago.
He also have written several technical books and specialised articles and he’s the maker’s community-leader in Salamanca. Academic Studies: Physicist Specialised in Electronics by Universidad de Salamanca (USAL) & ITC Manager Master Degree by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)
Miguel Ángel Casanova
Responsable de Desarrollo
AETICAL
NOELIA LÁZARO | Marketing Manager Spain at Packlink
Noelia Lázaro
Marketing Manager Spain
Packlink
AGUSTÍN VALENTÍN GAMAZO |Mentor at EOI
If you are an ENTREPRENEUR: I can mentor your project personally (http://vivirdelmedioambiente.com) or through some of the events we organize from Enviroo to help entrepreneurs (http://greenweekend.org, http://socialweekend.org, http : //bicity.org)
If you are looking for a PEACE AND RELAXATION ESCAPE: you can come to http: //cabañasconencanto.com, our family project of pasiegas cabins rehabilitated in the mountains of Cantabria. Above all, I am open to collaborate and always looking for new challenges.
Agustín Valentín Gamazo
Mentor
EOI
CARLOS KAN | Co-Founder at ComeAround.Work
Carlos Kan
Co-Founder
ComeAround.Work
Gabriel Castillo
CEO
Es Mundano
ANA SEPÚLVEDA | Co-Founder & COO at Wildcom
Degree in Journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid. Master in Documentary and Transmedia Reporting by the Carlos III University of Madrid. Co-Founder and COO of WILDCom.es She is currently a producer of Pymetech at EFE Radio. She is a freelance editor of the magazine Emprendedores, Buena Vida of El País, Forbes Magazine and El País Retina.
Ana Sepúlveda
Co-Founder & COO
Wildcom
JAVIER PÉREZ | Founder at Customia
Javier is a serial entrepreneur who has been involved with Internet and Tourism for over 15 years.
He is now involved in startup investments. He is regularly invited to conferences to talk about Tourism, Technology and Innovation.
Customia, the company he founded, is now a “Company Builder” with 100+ projects.
Javier Pérez
Founder
Customia
ALBERTO MORATIEL | Promotion & Institutional Relations at ENISA
BA in Marketing and MBA in Business Management, he is currently member of the Department of Institutional Relations at ENISA (a branch of the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness) and is in charge of activities aimed at disseminating funding lines for disruptive and viable projects, especially those developed by young entrepreneurs. He is also professor in several business schools such as ESIC, ICEMD and EOI.
Alberto Moratiel
Promotion & Institutional Relations
ENISA
LEONARD PERA | CEO at Open-Ideas
Leonard Pera is a Spanish economist that after having worked for the top technological companies like Telefónica and T-Systems decided to start up a new project.
The first project he started in the wimax industry was a failure but now he is leading the digital marketing agency Open-Ideas as one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry helping companies and startups with their digitalization and internationalisation strategies.
Leonard is a member of the board of Intug, the international information society users association, that has consultative status of the European Commission.
He is regular speaker in industry events and is author of the book, “100 tips to sell on the internet” as well as many articles on digital economy and internationalization.
Leonard Pera
CEO
Open-Ideas
Paco Ibañez | Country Head Business Acceleration & Access to Finance at EIT Digital
Francisco (Paco) has been involved in the digital industry since 2009 and has founded 3 companies focused on knowledge and learning – dontknow, Practikalia Experience and LifeLike Interaction. In 2015 he joined EIT Digital, a leading European open innovation organization that invests in strategic areas to accelerate the market uptake of digital technologies and to bring entrepreneurial talent and leadership to Europe. Paco received an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
Paco Ibañez
Country Head Business Acceleration & Access to Finance
EIT Digital
JUAN MANUEL CORCHADO | Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer at University of Salamanca
Juan Manuel Corchado was Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer from 2013 to 2017 and he is Full Professor with Chair at the University of Salamanca.
He was the Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca and Director of the Doctoral School of the University. He has been twice elected Dean at School of Science of the University of Salamanca. In addition to a PhD in Computer Sciences from the University of Salamanca, he holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland.
Corchado is the Director of the BISITE (Bioinformatic, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, which he created in 2.000, Presidentof the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Spanish Chapter, Academic Directorof the Institute of Digital Art and Animation of the University of Salamanca.
He also oversees the Master’s programs in Digital Animation, Security, Mobile Technology, Community Management and Management for TIC enterprises at the University of Salamanca. Corchado is also editor and Editor-in-Chef of Specialized Journals like ADCAIJ(Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal) and IJDCA (International Journal of Digital Contents and Applications).
Juan Manuel Corchado
Full Professor & Director at BISITE Research Group
University of Salamanca
RICARDO PEREIRA | Correspondent in Portugal at StartSe
Ricardo Pereira is a StartSe correspondent in Portugal. Graduated in architecture where he invested his work and knowledge during 9 years.
He moved from architecture to do what he loves the most, the architecture of technologic companies. After the creation of some “models”, he is now dedicated to the growth of Helppier, and is responsible for the management of large clients and increasing new markets.
Ricardo Pereira
Correspondent in Portugal
StartSe
AURELIO JIMENEZ | COO at Zapiens
Aurelio Jimenez
COO
Zapiens
BEATRIZ OLITE | Team Member of Zabala H2020 European Project
Beatriz Olite is Computer Engineer from Public University of Navarra (Spain). She is actually part of the European project team at ZABALA where she is involved in the management of different ICT EU projects within H2020. Beatriz has a solid technical and analytical education combined with 6 years of professional experience across software developer, consulting and technical management. Prior to ZABALA, she has worked at Microsoft in positions related to technical project management and defining the strategy for customer’s digital transformation.
Beatriz Olite
Team Member
Zabala H2020 European Project
WILHELM LAPPE | Founder at The Biz Tour
Entrepreneur and consultant in new technologies and startups. Founder of emprelab, providing entrepreneurship consultancy and training services, and theBizTour, helping companies to expand throughout Europe.
He works as a professor, tutor and course director with business schools and universities such as EOI, UNIR, UCJC and as a mentor for initiatives such as Berlin Hardware Accelerator, Tetuan Valley and Startup Weekend.
Playing an active role in Europe’s technological and entrepreneurship industries, he is a speaker and organizer for industry events.
Currently involved with startups, agile methodologies, European innovation and business by pushing the startup scene and fostering connections in Europe.
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder
The Biz Tour
LUIS FERNÁNDEZ RIVAS | Data Protection and Startup Departament at Unive Abogados
Related to the world of technology since the beginning of his career in law, at the end of his career he specialized in electronic contracting processes, and after completing his master’s studies he made a study on the regulations applicable to drones. submarines.
He has worked in technology-based companies related to 3D printing and robotics. Participating as a member of the team of one of them in the selection processes of Lanzadera. Member of the Board of Directors of Makers of Murcia, promoter of technological development in the Region.
In recent years he has incorporated data protection into his professional background given the importance he has acquired and the legal implications that it will have for all companies, once again participating in the most innovative fields of law.
Lola Ruiz González
Responsible of the IT & Startups
Unive Abogados
VICENTE MUÑOZ ALMAGRO | Managing Director at Lazarus - Fundación Caja Rural Castilla-La Mancha
Vicente Muñoz Almagro
Managing Director
Lazarus – Fundación Caja Rural Castilla-La Mancha
EDUARDO SÁNCHEZ | Manager for European SME Programmes at ICEX Invest in Spain
Eduardo Sánchez is Manager for European SME Programmes at ICEX Trade and Investments. Since 2009 he has been managing the Technology Fund programme at ICEX-Invest in Spain. This initiative, focused on attracting R&D projects to Spain, has been awarded as a Best Practice in 2012 and 2014. In 2016 he has been part of the team in charge of launching the Rising Start Up Program.
This initiative aims to encourage foreign entrepreneurs to establish their startups in Spain. The first call has been a success with more than 10 times the number of applications than positions available. This program will increase its presence in the map of the Spanish startup ecosystem in the coming years.
Eduardo Sánchez
Manager for European SME Programmes
ICEX Invest in Spain
PASCUAL PARADA | Innovation Entrepreneurship Business School at IEBS
Pascual Parada
CEO
IEBS Venture Lab
Gustavo Tissera | Founder and Business Development at About Growth
Gustavo Tissera, combines a degree in senior management from IESE Business School, with extensive international experience, as a Senior Manager, Mentor & Executive Consultant in the fields of: International Marketing, Sales Management & Communication, Business & Market Development, Coaching commercial skills to Executives, Managers and Sales Teams. Most relevant areas of expertise have been for projects in the Beauty Sector, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Educational/ Business School, Industrial Distribution,Technology and E-business B2B & B2C models. International markets with most recent focus have been in Spain, Italy, South Europe and Latin America.
Gustavo Tissera
Founder and Business Development
About Growth
Antonio Sainz | President & Founder at European Institute for Entrepreneurship
Antonio Sainz is a theoretical physicist and architect. He has founded over 50 companies in various sectors such as real estate and hostelry. In 2013 he founded the European Institute for Entrepreneurship (EIE) where he currently acts as both founder and Executive President.
The European Institute for Entrepreneurship (EIE) is a pioneering organization created by a group of entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. The EIE gives particular importance to people and not just exclusively to their projects, the overall mission is to promote entrepreneurship. Out of all the companies Antonio has founded over the years he has never felt more dedicated to a project and its initiative.
Antonio Sainz
President & Founder
European Institute of Entrepreneurship
ALAIN SALDAÑA | President at Asociación de Hostelería Salamanca
Experience: + 30 years in the tourism sector, in different companies and organizations of first national and international level, hotels, events, catering, exhibitions … and with professional dedication in various areas of tourism, such as marketing and marketing, accommodation management, hotel management, food and beverage services, event organization … etc.
Specialties: 4 and 5 star Urban Hotels – Event Management
HOTELS OPENING, and Teams training.
Alain Saldaña
President
Asociación Empresarios Hostelería Salamanca
DIEGO ALONSO | Professor at Polithecnic University of Cartagena
Diego Alonso (male) received the M.Sc Degree in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, and the Ph.D degree from the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) in 2008. In 2004, he joined the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at the UPCT, where he is currently an associate professor. He has participated in four H2020 projects, three related to entrepreneurship: Startup-Scaleup, EUXCEL (as responsible), and MERLIN (as coordinator), and one related to Cloud Computing: UNICORN (as responsible). He has supervised 2 PhD theses, and published 13 JCR-indexed articles and more than 40 papers in conferences and books chapters. He has organized two 1-week summer schools and two workshops in the context of the H2020 European projects Startup-Scaleup and EUXCEL, from 2015 to 2017.
Diego Alonso
Professor
Polithecnic University of Cartagena
LUIS EMILIO MARTINEZ GAVIRA | Managing Entrepreneurship & Startups Programs at Enagas Emprende
INTRApreneur, Blogger, twitter user @aemiliusmg, entrepreneurship and innovation speaker, startups mentor, SMEs advisor, usual suspect at Spanish Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, social media fan user and always working in multinational and innovative environments. After being the head of a Business Accelerator for entrepreneurs and startups I’m currently coordinating the Corporate Entrepreneurship & Open Innovation Program within a Spanish multinational. I´m flexible, motivated, dynamic, driven, goal-oriented, and always eager to improve, learn and prosper.
Luis Emilio Martinez Gavira
Managing Entrepreneurship & Startups Programs
Enagas Impulsa
Álvaro Sánchez
Co-Founder & CEO
Wayook
ASIER BASTERRATXEA | Partner & Corporate Director at Socios Inversores & Madrid Startup House
Asier Basterretxea-Gomez Industrial Engineering from the University of the Basque Country, Master in Materials Engineering from the University of Exeter (UK) and PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Swansea (UK). He has worked as an engineer R & D + i for Rolls Royce Aerospace, although the bulk of his career has focused on the world of strategic consulting, with particular focus on the fields of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Asier has held management positions in international companies such as Lloyds Register or everis, and founded and directed the strategic consulting boutique Neuos. He is currently the Corporate Director of SociosInversores leading business projects collective investment company. SociosInversores is present in 19 Spanish-speaking countries, and has been awarded in 2012 as Best Company Internet by the Senate of Spain, and in 2013 for Best Website of the Year.
Asier Basterretxea
Partner & Corporate Director
Socios Inversores & Madrid Startup House
DANIEL TWAL | Acceleration Manager at IMPACT Accelerator
I’ve worked in online marketing, finance controlling and digital marketing in 5 different cities and two continents. Working on IMPACT Accelerator since the beginning. We have attracted more than 3.500 European Startups.
Invested and accelerated more than 60 startups. Evaluator and judge for startups selection process and international competitions. Volunteer and deeply engaged in the startup ecosystem, always willing to help them grow.
Daniel Twal
Acceleration Manager
IMPACT Accelerator
LUIS FELIPE CAMPUZANO | Director at Sevilla Capital Inteligente & Partner at Basics4growth
The aim of Sevilla Capital Inteligente is become a one stop shop, a place were entrepreneurs can find the different services they need to go on with their projects along their different stages.
Based on that , we have brought together under the same umbrella the main companies, universities, business schools and administrations of Sevilla in order to achive sinergies offering to the startup community the best possible service. My position is president of all this organization.
Luis Felipe Campuzano
Director
Sevilla Capital Inteligente
ELADIO DELGADO | Chariman at ACLE (Asociación de Crowdlending Española)
Eladio is a senior advisor in corporate strategy, digital disruption and business development . He currently advices to European Commission as contributor on digital entrepreneurship, startups, corporate development and 2020 Horizon investments for SMEs by public funding, venture capital and Corporate Venture.
He is currently part as associate professor of the global educator network from Financial Times IE Business School Corporate Alliance.
He has a 15 years background in different fields including Business and Financial consultancy, direction of business development for private companies and public organisms, and public policies. He holds a double Degree in Law and Economy and a Master in Telecom and Digital Management.
Eladio Delgado
Chairman
ACLE
EDUARDO MARTÍNEZ | Founder & CEO at GO Tech Accelerator
Eduardo is an avid entrepreneur who has set up, run and supported numerous ventures over the last 10 years. Eduardo spent his earlier career in senior positions at Accenture, but has years’ of experience working globally and with start-ups.
Eduardo is passionate about designing and creating unique things.
After creating and running a number of innovation businesses in the UK, he has decided to create GoMadrid, a new digital innovation ecosystem, which comprises tech investment capabilities, digital teams to support internal ideas and international incubation projects, on an innovative environment.
Born and educated in Madrid, he holds an MBA from IE Business School and an MSc in IT Engineering. He moved to the UK 16 years’ ago having worked for multiple industries in the US, Spain, India, East Asia and Latin America.
When he isn’t overseeing one of his businesses, Eduardo can be found cycling, cooking and, weather permitting, driving his Morgan 4/4 around Madrid.
Eduardo Martínez
Founder & CEO
GO Tech Accelerator
JOSÉ VICENTE MARTÍN GALEANO| President at CES - Businessmen Confederation of Salamanca
José Vicente Martín Galeano has spent his extensive career as an entrepreneur in the sectors of security, hospitality and business consultancy.
He currently holds the position of President of the Polygon Business Association of Los Villares (AEPOV) and is the owner of the Companies Salamanca Protection and Surveillance (PROVISA) and Serca services, which ensures a great People Management in sectors as complex as the security, teaching skills such as people skills and capacity for dialogue. Mr. Martin Galeano combines these abilities with being a Security Adviser at the Bull Ring in Salamanca and his role as elected President of the Chamber of Commerce of Salamanca. Since July he assumes the new responsibility of President of the Confederation of Entrepreneurs in Salamanca (CES), which will become the representative of employers in Salamanca. He believes in the power of eagerness and passion, with a little bit of luck.
José Vicente Martín Galeano
President
CES – Businessmen Confederation of Salamanca
FÉLIX LÓPEZ CAPEL | Director at SEK Lab EdTech Accelerator
Felix Lopez is Director at SEK Lab EdTech Accelerator initiative from SEK Educational Group.
He has more than 20 years experience in marketing and sales in B2B from top companies to, SME’s, non profit organizations and startups. Mentoring startups and connecting them with investors and customer since 2011. Speaker and professor in Business Schools. He is also founder of Conectando Empresas a Marketing Consultancy.
Félix López Capel
Director
SEK Lab EdTech Accelerator
BENJAMÍN CRESPO | Chairman at AESCO
Has a wealth of experience in business representation and is currently President of Salamanca Chamber of Commerce, AESCO (Salamanca Confederation of Commerce), member of CONFERCO (Castille and Leon Confederation of Commerce), member of the management board of CEC (Spanish Confederation of Commerce) and member of the management board of CES (Salamanca Confederation of Businesses) He is noted for his capacity for dialogue, people skills and through experience in commerce-team leading, an essential job-creating sector in the region.
Benjamin Crespo
Chairman
AESCO
JORGE MILLÁN-ASTRAY | Project Manager at Santa Lucía Impulsa
Holds a degree in Business Administration and Management and has an MA in Company Valuation from IEB (Madrid). Lifelong learning, professional growth, teamwork and attaining his objectives are his main motivations.
He currently works in Innovation, analyzing new trends in the insurance business and opening up this field to the world of entrepreneurship.
Jorge Millán-Astray
Project Manager
Santalucía Impulsa
LUIS GOSÁLVEZ | Co-Founder & CEO at Metricson
Lawyer and Master’s Degree in Corporate Law, ESADE.
Metricson Founder and Managing Partner.
Arbiter of the reassignment of red.es domain names.
Advisory committee expert for PIN-SME (the European Association of ICT small and medium-sized enterprises).
Member of the Barcelona Activa expert network.
Member of the board of directors or consultant for several companies.
Serial entrepreneur.
Speaker at international events related to law, the Internet and entrepreneurship.
Languages: Spanish, English, French and Catalan.
Luis Gosálbez
Co-Founder & CEO
Metricson
JOSE CARLOS SÁNCHEZ | Director of Chair of entrepreneurship at CEUSAL
José Carlos Sánchez-García. President of the AFIDE Association. Director of Chair of entrepreneurship.
Director of Master in Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation PhD. in Psychology from the University of Madrid, UAM. Professor of Faculty of Psychology (University of Salamanca).
Dean of the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Salamanca during the 2005-2013 period.
Jose Carlos Sánchez
Director of Chair of entrepreneurship
CEUSAL
ANTONIO BERNAL DIONIS | CO Founder at tthegap
Antonio Bernal Dionis is an expert in providing marketing solutions for Companies related to digital transformation.
His experience is focused on understanding the communication and Business strategy as a unique (on and offline) and to propose efficient and cost effective solutions for the customers, to take advantage of it.
Co – Founder tthegap in 2003 , a Digital Advertising company located in Barcelona and also with offices in Madrid www.tthegap.com
Director PETD, Digital Transformation Postgraduate of IEBS school http://www.iebschool.com/programas/executive-program-transformacion-digital/
Mentor and Business Angel in Seedrocket, First Spanish accelerator from 2008 www.seedrocket.com
Mentor in NUMA, International accelerator locates in Paris https://barcelona.numa.co
Graduate in law Barcelona university
Antonio Bernal Dionis
Co Founder
tthegap
Salvador Molina| President, Editor & Director at Foro Ecofin
SM is a journalist, economic analyst, mentor, company advisor, coach, business school professor, writer and poet. SM is also the chairman of ECOFIN Forum and director of ECOFIN Magazine.
SM has been chairman of Telemadrid (Radio Televisión Madrid S.A. – 2016/17) and is currently independent advisor (2016/2022)
He was founding partner of AEPP (Spanish Association of Written Press) and ProCom (Association of Media Professionals), which he also chairs. He is member of the board of directors of ATA Federation (Spanish National Federation of Freelance Workers), being the representative of media and communication professionals.
As a financial journalist, he is the head of ECOFIN Magazine and of Alternativa Press publishing house. He was chief editor in magazines such as Finanzas y Banca, Mercado de Riesgos and Q Calidad Turística. He is a financial commentator for Intereconomía, Caìtal Radio and Gestiona Radio, and he also worked for Telecinco TV. He was team manager in magazines such as Actualidad Económica and Cinco Días. Ha has also worked for Expansión, Mercado, Gaceta de los Negocios, El Nuevo Lunes, Emprendedores, Dirigentes, Banca 15, Banca y Finanzas, Nuestros Negocios, Economía 3, Dossier Economic, El Profesional, etc. as well as for other general media such as El Mundo, El Periódico, Época, ABC, Diario 16, Antena 3, etc.
Salvador Molina
President, Editor & Director
Foro Ecofin
General Director
CEO
EL MAJELAR
Jose Antonio Gutiérrez | Founder at NEO
Jose Antonio is passionate about technology, software, mobility and Engineering. With a background in Computer Science (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid) and Economy (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos), he’s currently founder at NEO and leads a technical team of more than 40 people.
He is in charge of the business strategy, operations management and company’s goals. Throughout his career he has focused on mobilization processes and applied technology related to field services in all areas: route optimization, fleet management, asset tracking, etc He has developed and leaded technological projects (software, electronics and communications) all around the world in different sectors such as Energy, Facility Services, Telecommunications, Logistics and Distribution.
Jose Antonio Gutiérrez
Founder
NEO
PASCAL PYTEL | Sales Manager at The Bright Biz
Pascal Pytel is the godfather of sales and has nearly 30 years of experience as a sales, sales manager, recruiter and trainer for top, global companies in the high-tech industry.
Ever since he started running sales for Xerox in the ‘80s in Belgium, Pascal has been developing and refining his training program. Today, it is widely acknowledged as one of the most comprehensive, practical and effective in the region.
With his razor-sharp insights and rock-solid advice, Pascal is sought out to help crack some of the toughest sales challenges. There’s almost nothing he hasn’t seen and coached people to conquer. With a degree in education, he thrives at helping people realize their potential and take control of their own success.
Pascal Pitel
Sales Manager
The Bright Biz
FEDERICO BUENO DE MATA | Professor of Procedural Law at University of Salamanca
Professor of Procedural Law / Vice-Dean of Students and Communication of the Faculty of Law. University of Salamanca.
In contact with the pioneering associations in digital advocacy at the Ibero-American level, as Vice President of Research and Innovation of the Ibero-American Federation of Law and Computer Associations (FIADI), as well as at national level, as a member of the Board of Directors of ENATIC Of Digital Advocacy in Spain).
He promotes the talent of new researchers, being the Academic Director Forum of Experts and Young Investigators in Law and New Technologies (Fodertics), an event that serves as a platform for young researchers to showcase their research on digital law. He is also deputy director of the Master of Digital Law at the University of Salamanca.
Great experience in research in procedural law and new technology. Author of the monograph “Electronic Proof and Process 2.0,” Tirant lo Blanch, March 2014. He is also the author of more than fifty publications on topics related to Law and New Technologies in prestigious legal journals or collectibos books. He is also a regular speaker at congresses, conferences and scientific meetings both nationally and internationally, highlighting his participation in virtually all Latin American countries.
As a teacher of procedural law, as well as vice- dean of students, he promotes the values of entrepreneurship among his students
Federico Bueno de Mata
Professor of Procedural Law
University of Salamanca
AGUS SCAB | Creative Director at El Despacho de Kotler
Agus Scab. Or Mister Scab, as you prefer. When I was a child they used to scold me for talking too much, today they pay me for it. Creative Director at ” El Despacho de Kotler ” agency. I’m a passionate (crazy man) of innovation and creativity. Storyteller ON and OFF, telling stories is my life, either to transform companies, create advertising campaigns, write scripts or to write lifestyle articles. Blogger on YellowBreak.
Speaker, trainer and marketing and communication consultant for companies. I have participated in the creation of 5 Startups in the field of marketing, technology, health, culture and fashion. Finalist of the Santander Yuzz program and co-author of the book ” What should brands do with Youtubers? ”.
In summary, a crazy person who thinks that changing the world is still possible.
Agus Scab
Creative Director
El Despacho de Kotler
Marcos Eguillor | Founder at BinaryKnowledge_
He is the founder and managing partner of the Innovation as a Service resultancy firm BinaryKnowledge_ (www.binaryknowledge.com), focused on business model, product innovation and digital transformation. He has (co-)founded, invested, advised, mentored and/or played an interim role in more than twenty companies and startups since 2006, such as IdeaFoster (ideas consultancy), Tequila Works (videogames), Velneo (SaaS ERP engine), Insulclock (IoT ehealth), Wonnova (gamification), VisualBox (content marketing), Things2Help (social digital marketplace) or Pensumo (collaborative economy and shared consumption loyalty program), among others.
Marcos is adjunct professor at the IE Business School, evaluator of FP7 and Horizon2020 – European Commission DG Connect calls, member of the Internet of Things Council, advisor to the IMAN foundation and volunteer of the Spanish Red Cross.
He has been Vice-President of the organization in Madrid, member of the board of the Spanish Association of Telecommunication Engineers and representative at the Spanish Engineering Institute.
Marcos Eguillor
Founder
BinaryKnowledge_
GERARD VALVERDE I POLO|Project manager – investment vehicle and investors community at Ship2B
Gerard Valverde i Polo
Project manager – investment vehicle and investors community
Ship2B
DAMIAN CARPINTERO ROMAN |CSO at Paythunder
Damian Carpintero Román
CSO
Paythunder
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