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Professional Path
GdOSolar. Renewable Energy Broker. July 2022 - present
- Renewable Energy Assets Buying / Selling in Spain and Switzerland, Battery Systems Distributor for Industry and Utility Scale (Spanish and Swiss Manufacturers), Renewable Energy Businesses Buying/Selling + Investment Facilitation
- Intermediary between renewable energy producers and clean energy consumers. The beta trading platform attracted the interest of 26 producers with over 310 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 concept for art, following the Swiss Distributed Ledger Technology Act.
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Created a crowdinvesting platform concept for art investment using blockchain. Raised funding from FutureSAX, innovation platform from Saxony, and support from the HTW Dresden accelerator (Gründungsschmiede). 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.
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.
Project
AgilexAI. Innovation and Business Consultant for SMEs. August 2024 - present
- Leveraging Agile principles and Artifical Intelligence to drive efficiency, reduce costs and develop new revenue streams for SMEs and independent professionals.
Awards:
2024 Prize best project at Hackathon Stoos, organized by Schwyz Next, innovation agency from the canton of 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
Final research project. HTW Dresden 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. Actively learning Chinese.
Relevant Courses
Becoming a Product Manager: A complete guide. 10h certificate Project Management Foundations. 4h certificate, Business Development Foundations. 1h certificate, Design Thinking: Understanding the process. 1hcertificate, Product Management: Building a Produt Roadmap. 1h certificate , Technical Product Management. 1h certificate, Agile Product Owner Role: Foundations. 1h certificate, Scrum: The Basics. 1h certificate, Business Writing Principles. 2h certificate, Critical thinking by the Logic, Language and Information Unit. By Sevilla and Malaga Universities, Andalucia Tech campus. 24 hours, Analysis and optimization of purchases. By BravoSolution (Jagger). 70 hours
Skills
Cognitive Skills: Decision-making, Understanding and overcoming cognitive biases, Strategic thinking, and Problem-solving.
Interpersonal: Building and maintaining relationships, Persuasion and influence, Effective communication and Networking.
Leadership and Management: Team coordination, Goal setting and tracking (OKRs), Collaborative leadership, Employee engagement, Culture development, Team building, Development of employees, and International teams.
Business and Entrepreneurship: Innovation and risk management, Product development, Business strategy and development, Product management, Lean startup methodologies, Design-thinking, and Fundraising.
Marketing: Marketing strategy development, Consumer behavior analysis, Branding and positioning, Digital marketing techniques, Market segmentation and targeting, Business-to-business (B2B), Business-to-customer (B2C), Social media marketing and Community building.
Software Development: JavaScript programming, Web development, Web analytics, Web design, Web applications, Agile methodologies, Scrum, User interface design.
Finance and Economics: Market analysis, Economic theory and history, Quantitative analysis, Understanding financial markets and behaviors, and Brokerage.
Technology and Innovation: Blockchain, Network design, Sensors, LoRaWAN, Identity and access management (IAM)
Renewable Energy: Batteries, RE markets, RE certificates, Renewable energy systems, Solar energy and Solar PV.