JF Branch background
Career Transition - Career Break
July 2024
Researching artificial intelligence and data science, building a test application. While actively seeking employment, transitioning from entrepreneurship to a structured organisation.
Professional Path
GdOSolar. Platform developer and Energy broker. 2 years
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Self-employed, March 2023 - June 2024 · Almeria, Spain
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.
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Self-employed, July 2022 - February 2023 · Basel, Switzerland
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. 2 years
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Self-employed, March 2022 - July 2022 · Basel, Switzerland.
Led product development until its launch and team of 3 members. 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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Managing director Kunst21 GmbH (DE), November 2021 - June 2022
Established a limited liability company, hired and managed a team of 3 members, and raised funding from the Stellar Development Foundation.
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Self-employed, July 2020 - October 2021 · Dresden, Germany
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
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Student Assitant · Part-time, March 2020 - June 2020 · Dresden, Germany
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:
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.