Business and Planning expert.
She earned a degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Simón Bolívar and a Master’s degree in Agri-Food Chains from the University of Toulouse III, France. She has also a Master’s degree in Food Innovation from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy
Since 2017, she has been working as an innovation consultant supporting institutions, entrepreneurs and companies (regardless of size or their field) to study their markets and better understand their consumers. To do so, she combines innovative methodologies including: Design Sprint, Design Thinking, Deep Dive and Agile.
Among the organizations she has collaborated with are: Tetra Pak (Europe), Austrian Startup (Austria), The Good Food Institute (USA), Future Food Institute (Italy), Maki Cultura (Ecuador), Dr. Müller Rice Cakes (Ecuador), Sisterly Nuts (Ecuador), Go to Truckers (USA) and Zecovery (Chile).
She was also a researcher in the food technology department at Natural Resources University of Vienna (Austria) and a junior environmental consultant in the engineering firm VEPICA (Venezuela).
Business expert.
He is an independent international consultant with experience in project management, intellectual property, technology products protection and the development of better practices for transparency. Víctor has developed efficient and useful services for Fortune 500 companies. His extensive experience as a legal professional and corporate advisor, has allowed him to help companies from different fields.
In technology, Víctor has provided professional services to prestigious companies such as Hewlett Packard, Apple, Samsung and Huawei. For the pharmaceutical industry, he provided support in products protection for manufactures Pfizer, Sanofi and Bristol New York.
Víctor received training in project financial management and administration during his time at Inter-American Development Bank. As a project manager, he has been a counterpart with Inter-American Development Bank in public financial sector modernization projects. And has also participated in the board of directors of international cooperation funds such as the Association of Caribbean States based in Trinidad & Tobago, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development based in Rome.
In 1991, Víctor started working as a legal advisor for the human rights organization NGO PROVEA, and was awarded a diploma in human rights from the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights in Costa Rica (1993). He has postgraduate studies at Universidad Metropolitana, where he was awarded diplomas in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (2003), and also a diploma in Hydrocarbons Law (2017).
Additionally, Víctor provides free support to Venezuelan entrepreneurs so they can consolidate and accelerate their projects. And he helps them strengthen essential foundations for their long-term sustainability and development.
Marketing expert.
She is director and Co-Founder of Piña Colada Digital, a marketing agency that focus on digital strategies to help clients achieve their goals. She is passionate about creativity and possesses a strong inclination to collaborate in social projects. She currently manages the communications of three non-profit foundations with her agency. She earned a degree in Communications at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, in Caracas. And has more than thirteen years of experience as a creative writer. Was awarded at Festival de Jóvenes Creativos (ANDA), in Caracas. She has earned diplomas in creative writing and audiovisual script. And is also a photographer. She studied photography at Taller de Fotografía de Roberto Mata, in Caracas. Natasha has produced documentary projects, participated in different exhibitions and has built a wide portfolio of commercial photography.
She loves to meet new people and places, and her work in documentary photography allows her to do so. She was a dancer for many years, and is now taking a course to become a yoga instructor.
“I’d like to be the voice and eyes of positive stories that deserve to be told”, she says. You can follow her on social media @natylashly and contact her agency @pinacoleando.
Strategic planning expert.
She is Manager of Training and Mentoring Programs at Impact Hub Caracas. She offers support to entrepreneurs and a variety of programs in design and innovation, incubation, acceleration and escalation programs. She is also an expert in co-creating innovative opportunities between entrepreneurs and the private industry.
She worked in Telecommunications for ten years, mainly in the area of Product Development for companies. She has extensive experience in leading projects and managing work teams. She also worked for Citibank N.A., in Cash Management Products (Venezuela), and at the Superintendence of Banks in Venezuela in the Risk Management department.
She earned a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from IESA and is a graduate Computer Engineer from Universidad Simón Bolívar. She completed a Diploma in Inbound Marketing at IESA in 2017. She is a mother of two and loves running.
María Alejandra is a mentor in the area of product development, business modeling and project presentation.
Innovation expert.
He is a facilitator and specialist in strategic innovation, with more than 20 years of experience in the implementation of innovation and entrepreneurship processes and tools in the corporate sector and Startups in Latin America.
Co-founder of Impact Hub Corporate Services and Business Director of THINK for Latin America, the school of innovation and creative leadership founded with the collaboration of McKinsey, Amazon, Pixar and the Stanford School of design in Amsterdam. Juan Claudio has attended programs in Stanford mediaX, Vancouver, Lisbon, Sao Paulo and Shanghai.
He has worked as an advisor and coach of strategy and innovation for Fortune 1000 and many companies. Among its clients and friends are companies and institutions such as the World Bank, the German Development Agency – GIZ, AES, PWC, Brenntag, Grupo Lamosa México, LG, CadburyAdams, Saber Travel Network, American Express, BBVA, and Cinepolis. He is advisor and mentor for several ventures in Edtech, Big Data and urban mobility.
Juan Claudio has been a lecturer and facilitator in more than 200 regional events. He is an instructor of the TEC Beyond program at Tecnológico de Monterrey. Collaborator of the book “Innovation the Art of Inventing the Future” with Luigi Valdés and the book “Knowledge and Competencies in 21st Century Organizations”.
Trained in the THINK executive innovation and creative leadership program in the Netherlands and the Strategos Strategic Innovation program, the innovation consulting firm founded and directed by Gary Hamel. Juan Claudio graduated in Industrial Engineer at University of Western Michigan, and has a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the Manchester Business School in England and the Rotterdam Business School in Holland.
Finance expert.
Joaquín is a curious person, self-taught and passionate about research. Always looking for new things to learn. He is a graduate in Accounting at Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), and later on obtained a degree in Business Management from Universidad Santa Maria. His desire to continue growing led him to be a researcher at the Institute of Economic and Social Research (IIES) of FACES; where he was part of the project: “The Caribbean Tribal Societies of Caracas, their Ancestral Culture” from 2003 to 2005. His passion for teaching would lead him to become a professor of methodology at Universidad Central de Venezuela.
He worked in the telecommunications industry, at CANTV (Venezuela telephone Company), and gained ten years of experience. Then, he worked in banking and finance for nine years.
He was certified as a Leadership Trainer in the School of High Impact Leadership (ELAI), becoming General Director of this organization in 2018. He has always been committed to nurture emerging leaders in the country and in Latin America.
Ideation expert.
Iva is an Electronic Engineer with a Master’s in Mobile Communications. She also completed Postgraduate studies in Audiovisual Interactivity. She reinvented herself as a specialist in Innovation Strategies applying Design Thinking. She is an autodidact who loves to learn, and has lots of experience in Design Thinking, Innovation, Business Modelling and Service Design. She also gained a lot of experience in change processes, creative leadership, validation of ideas through prototypes and iteration processes.
Her work is her passion, so she decided to create the brand Dreamkers. They help companies in different areas in many countries to develop their innovation capabilities, their culture and skills. Helping their clients to solve real problems, to rethink how they can improve products, services and/or processes. Helping them to create more value that responds to the needs of their customers and new business models.
Her vast experience allows her to put together multidisciplinary teams to make things happen. Her enthusiasm will give you lots of energy.
Finance expert.
Eddy helps entrepreneurs to make corporate finance something exciting and a real differentiator in their businesses. He is passionate about empowering leaders and teams by making sure they speak the financial language. And helps business owners to make decisions that increase cash flow, profitability and long-term value in their businesses.
Eddy is a graduate in Business Administration at Universidad Central de Venezuela. With a major in Currency and Financial Institutions in the same University. He has more than 25 years of experience in international consulting projects, in cost management, profitability & finance, sales and operations.
He is also a certified Facilitator in Advisory Sales in the People Buy People methodology from Neural Consultants. He is a member of the International Chamber of Entrepreneurs, CAINEM. And columnist in Dominican Republic’s magazine Factor de Éxito.
He has been a lecturer at universities in Chile, Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Curacao. He is very skilled in the Harvard case study methodology, the “learning by doing” approach, distance education systems and high-impact facilitation techniques.
Business expert.
Diego has a degree in Industrial Relations. This mentorship will focus on developing business plans, and helping business owners depending on their target market, products, services and team of workers. We will help business owners reach financial goals so they can continue growing and expanding their businesses.
In addition, according to the processes involved in each entrepreneurship, we design and implement management and direction models. This facilitates technical, commercial and organizational development of people and teams.