John Felipe Branch CV
Intermediation · Market Intelligence · Cross-Border Transactions
Intellectual Property | Renewable Energy | AI-Native Operations | Industrial Engineer
AI-Native Operations
I use AI across deal work end to end: tracking investor outreach (40+ GCC funds; technical due diligence with 3 institutions), screening renewable energy pipelines, investor-ready materials and due-diligence responses (AI drafting, human verification), and rule-based lead qualification for IP mandates. I have solo-built websites and a green certificate trading MVP with Claude Code, Next.js and Vercel.
Professional Experience
IPGlobalBroker — Deal Advisor, Technology Commercialisation & Deal Origination
Spain · November 2025 – Present
Open to new mandates. Actively responding to enquiries.
Intellectual property commercialisation and transaction advisory: deal origination, investor and buyer outreach, and buyer–seller matching for patented and patent-pending technologies across renewable energy generation, cleantech, and industrial sectors. Converting protected technology into commercial outcomes in global markets.
Built an AI-supported lead-screening workflow for IP mandates, codified into qualification rules.
Paid engagement basis: an upfront fee plus a success fee on closed transactions.
GdOSolar — International Renewable Energy Advisor, Deal Origination Solar, BESS & Wind
Spain / Switzerland · July 2022 – July 2026
Open to selective and well-scoped collaborations (deal origination, asset screening, buyer/investor matching, market intelligence for Spain).
Cross-border advisory experience in renewable energy transactions, connecting Spanish generation and storage assets with international institutional investors and strategic counterparties across solar, wind, and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
- Built a systematic pipeline over 400 MW of solar, wind, and storage projects and operating assets.
- Supported renewable startup with patented technology in mapping and reaching international institutional investors.
- Advised 3 Swiss companies on Spanish market entry: 2 battery manufacturers on partnership identification and market positioning, and 1 BESS operator on project acquisition evaluation.
- Developed a beta trading platform for Guarantees of Origin and Power Purchase Agreements that attracted the interest of 26 independent producers with over 310 MW in operational assets. Solo-built with AI-assisted development (Claude Code, Next.js, Vercel).
- Conducted applied research focused on flexible ownership and software development for community solar projects and compensation strategies through green certificates.
BaselDAO/Kunst21 GmbH — Managing Director, Digital Asset & Capital Market Infrastructure
Germany / Switzerland · July 2020 – July 2022
- Led the development of a regulated digital investment vehicle for physical assets, structured under the Swiss Distributed Ledger Technology Act.
- Designed tokenisation, governance, and investor protection frameworks for fractional ownership of real-world assets (artworks).
- Established Kunst21 GmbH (Germany), hired and managed a team of three, and raised grant funding from FutureSAX and the Stellar Development Foundation, with support from the university HTW Dresden accelerator.
HTW Dresden University — Autonomous Vehicles Laboratory
Germany · March 2020 – June 2020
Student Assistant. 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
- 2024Prize best project at Hackathon Stoos, organised by Schwyz Next, business association canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.
- 2021Grant by the Stellar Development Foundation from San Francisco via the Stellar Community Fund.
- 2020Grant by FutureSAX the innovation agency from Saxony, a German federal State.
Education
- 2015–2021Bachelor of Engineering — Industrial Engineering, Production Systems — Universidad de Málaga, Spain
- 2020–2021Final research project: autonomous driving tests simulation — HTW Dresden, Germany
- 2018–2019Exchange year, production systems + business — HTW Dresden, Germany
- 2017German language Summer course — LMU Munich, Germany
Languages
Spanish
Native
English
Fluent
German
Professional
French
Basic
Additional
- International exposure: United Kingdom (8 months), United States (2 months)
- Public education Spain