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Location: Schwyz, Switzerland
Professional Path
AgilexAI. Innovation Partner and Business Consultant for SMEs. August 2024 - present
- Combining the Agile approach to business with the power of Artificial Intelligence to achieve efficiency gains, reduce costs and develop new revenue sources.
GdOSolar. Platform developer and Energy broker. July 2022 - present
- Intermediary between renewable energy producers and clean energy consumers. The beta trading platform attracted the interest of 20 producers with more than 200 MW of renewable energy installations in operation.
- Conducted research focused on flexible ownership and software development for community solar projects and compensation strategies through green certificates.
BaselDAO - Kunst21. Founder and Team leader. July 2020 - July 2022
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Led product development until its launch and team of 3 members, from Basel (Switzerland). A decentralized investment fund for art following the Swiss Distributed Ledger Technology Act. The project moved from Germany to Switzerland to take advantage of this regulation.
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Established a limited liability company,managing director Kunst21 GmbH (DE), hired and managed a team of 3 members, and raised funding from the Stellar Development Foundation.
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Created a crowdinvesting platform concept using blockchain technology for art investment. Raised funding from FutureSAX, innovation platform from Saxony, and support from the HTW Dresden accelerator (Gründungsschmiede). 2 collaborators.
HTW Dresden University of Applied Sciences. March 2020 - June 2020
- Student Assitant. Employed at the autonomous vehicles laboratory. Final research project for bachelor's degree. Developed Multi-Object test procedures for ADAS/HAD (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems Highly Automated Driving) with MATLAB.
Awards:
2024 Prize best project at Hackathon Stoos, organized by Schwyz Next, startups and innovation agency from Canton Schwyz (Switzerland).
2021 Grant by the Stellar Development Foundation from San Francisco via the Stellar Community Fund.
2020 Grant by FutureSAX the innovation agency from Saxony, a German federal State.
Education
Industrial engineering, production systems. Universidad de Málaga · 2015 - 2020
Exchange year. Production systems. HTW Dresden · 2018 - 2019
German language course. LMU München · Summer 2017
Previously
8 months in Portsmouth, England, and 2 months in the USA.
Public education Spain
Languages
German, proficient user. Spanish, mother tongue. French, independt user. English, proficient user. Italian, basic user.
Skills
Interpersonal: Building and maintaining relationships, Persuasion and influence, Effective communication and Networking.
Leadership and Management: Adaptive management, Goal setting and tracking (OKRs), Culture development, Team coordination, Collaborative leadership, Employee engagement, Team building, Development of employees, and International teams.
Cognitive Skills: Decision-making, Understanding and overcoming cognitive biases, Strategic thinking, and Problem-solving.
Business and Entrepreneurship: Business strategy and development, Innovation and risk management, Product development, Product management, Lean startup methodologies, Design-thinking, and Fundraising.
Finance and Economics: Market analysis, Economic theory and history, Quantitative analysis, Understanding financial markets and behaviors, and Brokerage.
Marketing: Marketing strategy development, Consumer behavior analysis, Branding and positioning, Digital marketing techniques, Market segmentation and targeting, Business-to-business (B2B) marketing strategy, Business-to-customer (B2C) marketing strategy, Social media marketing and Community building.
Software Development: JavaScript programming, Web development, Web analytics, Web design, Web applications, Agile methodologies, Scrum, User interface design, Trello and Jira.
Technology and Innovation: Blockchain, Network design, Sensors, LoRaWAN, Identity and access management (IAM), Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO)
Renewable Energy: RE markets, RE certificates, Renewable energy systems, Solar energy and Solar PV.