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Miguel Malnati, General Manager and Co-Founder of BNS.In charge of the Commercial and Administrative operations of the Company.
Leader of the Research, Design and Development of new agri-food products, through the use of agile innovation methodologies to guide the scientific process.
Startup valuation, negotiation and formulation of private investment projects.
Formulation of Seed Funding Projects (Minister of Production,Tics America, Concytec-Fincyt and International projects)
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Guayaquil. Expert in Digital Transformation, Smart Cities, Smart Mobility, Design Thinking facilitator, Lean StartUp Mentor, Scrum Master/ Product Owner.
Experience in the public and private sector, Former Director of Innovation and Smart Mobility of the Municipal Transit Authority of Guayaquil achieving the creation of the first Intelligent Transport System in the country and one of the first ones in the region, CIO in companies in Panama, Ecuador and Chile , Member of the Clúster de Tecnología y Transformación Digital de la Ciudad de Guayaquil.
He is currently CEO of 593innova.com – Consultant specialized in Digital Transformation for companies, working with the Public Company of Innovation and Competitiveness of Guayaquil for the development of the digital ecosystem of the city and the Digital Acceleration program of Pymes in Guayaquil and the country.
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Bachelor of Administration from the University of Buenos Aires. After 2 years in charge of institutional relations at iBillionaire, Mariano was called to lead the execution of the Argentine Chamber of Fintech since its inception, in November 2017. It started as a project between 13 fintech startups and today brings together more than 220 companies, representing the most dynamic sector of the Argentine economy.
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CEO of Curitiba Agency of Innovation. Specialist in Digital Marketing, Digital Communication in the public sector. Responsible for the Vale do Pinhao Innovation Program in Curitiba. President of the innovation council of Curitiba and president of the InovaCity Forum. Angel investor. TEDx Speaker.
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Ricardo di Lazzaro Filho is a doctor, who graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of USP, and a pharmacist-biochemist who graduated from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of USP. He holds a master's degree in Genetic Counseling and Human Genomics and is a doctoral candidate in Genetics and Evolutionary Biology at the Institute of Biosciences (USP). He is co-founder of Genera, the largest personal genomics laboratory in Latin America, and co-founder/angel investor of more than 10 health, education and technology startups. He was recognized by the MIT Technology Review as one of the Innovators Under 35 Latam, and by Editora Abril and Fundação Estudar, as one of the Young Inspirers in the country.
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President and co-founder of Arkangel Ai.
Profile: Laura is the president and co-founder of Arkangel AI. A technological company that uses artificial intelligence to end the crisis of highly preventable illnesses through early detection of illnesses. Laura has previous experience in international contexts, such as NYC, Bogotá, Santiago de Chile, Madrid and Montreal, working for large, high-growth startups. This has allowed him to develop the capacity to create strategies for growth, digital transformation and global impact. You are TEDx speaker and One Young World 2021 speaker. It is a "Dream Maker" and believes in innovation as the main source of change.
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For almost 40 years I have been a Hi-tech entrepreneur, developed technology-intensive Latin American businesses and over the last 8 years was focused on Startups & innovation. Currently an independent Startup Advisor, Investor and BOD Member. Previously Director of NXTP Corporate Partners, implementing the vision to accelerate corporate innovation in the Americas mainly by fostering collaboration between Startups and Corporations. I Co-founded Imagine Lab, a tech-focused accelerator in Santiago & Buenos Aires, and Microsoft´s Innovation Center in Chile, developing "Startup Driven Innovation" in several Latam businesses.
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Life Entrepreneur, Tech Enthusiast and Digital Transformation Advisor
Chief Digital Officer @ SkyMed
Been in Digital Marketing for +15 years with +7year of SME in HealthTech, helping big companies and Start-Ups to achieve the best results, strategy, guidance, operation and even a chit-chat coffee about their doubts :)
Early investor in disruptive ideas, better if they are tangible products.
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A Brazilian globetrotter, having lived, studied, and worked in 6 different countries: Denmark, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania, Latvia, and Russia.
For more than 20 years, Darlan has worked in top positions in the best advertising agencies in the world as MacCann in Brazil, Grey in Slovakia, Leo Burnett in Czech Republic, BBDO in Latvia & Russia among others. Founder of New Option, a company specialising in the soft landing of digital solutions looking forward to exploring LATAM markets and LATAM companies aiming to explore EEU, Scandinavia and Russia.
Darlan is a premium partner of Latam Scaleups and is currently doing an MD in Business Management with a focus on internationalization.
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Mariana is a PhD and MBA with more than 25 years of experience in research, innovation and management of technology transfer offices, startups, accelerators, incubators and venture funds. In 2020 she founded Berenstein Consulting, which focused on technology transfer and deep tech business creation. Previously occupied C-level management positions at leader Science and technology institutions in Chile (know How Chile ) and Argentina (as Deputy Director of Conicet’s OTT ) and General Manager of Fundacion Instituto Leloir's OTT and Bioincubator. She was the advisor of Finvest VC and other VC funds and was instrumental in the founding of Securitas Biosciences. Also, the founder of Argentina´s Genomic & Data Biobank for Precision Medicine. She is the director and professor of several programs in Biotechnology, business and innovation in Argentina, Chile and Costa Rica.
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Guila Calheiros has a Master in Production Engineering from UFPE, is Executive Superintendent at Anprotec, a postgraduate professor at the Catholic University of Pernambuco (UNICAP) and a member of the Boards of FINEP and ABDI. Guila is also Co-Leader of the Axis for Strengthening Intermediate Organizations at ENIMPACTO - National Strategy for Impact Investments and Businesses.
In his career, Guila was also secretary of Economic Development, Science, Technology and Innovation of Recife, vice president of innovation environments at the Inova Cidades Forum linked to the National Front of Mayors (FNP) and member of the Board of Directors of Porto Digital, of SOFTEX Nacional, SOFTEX Recife and ARIES, as well as Director of Science and Technology of the City Hall of Olinda and Project Manager of a technology-based company.
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Commercial director at Agrilink, a Colombian company that connects the agribusinesses players by promoting connections, technology, and access to investors to connect with several markets. He's also de Co-Founder of Lola, a startup to provides sustainable mobility in the cities.
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Robinson López Monzón is a Mechanical Electrical Engineer and has a Master's Degree in Automation and Process Optimization. He is a member of the British Royal Academy of Engineering, recognized in 2020 as a "Visionary" in the MIT Under 35 list and founder of AGROS.
AGROS connects local family producers with the opportunities of the world's digital economy, allowing them greater access to formal financial services, profitable markets, insurance, and quality advice.
Winner of the Inclusive Innovation Challenge, organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States, winner of the Everis Foundation award, in addition to the Green Latin America Awards 2021, in the Rural Development category.
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Gabriel was born in Venezuela; he holds a degree in Systems Engineering and possess over 20 years of experience in software development and B.I. He is the CEO &c Co-founder of Colektia, Colektia is the first Collection company utilising B.I. in LATAM and has been recognised as one of the most outstanding Fintech of the region. The company operates in 4 different countries in LATAM and employs more than 200 people.
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Entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of QMAX Intelligent Energy, developing the technology platform for the clean energy services of the future. He is also a mentor and investor at NXTP Ventures and a mentor at Saint Andrew's University.
He was Director of Entrepreneurs at the City Government of Buenos Aires helping startups flourish. Also, he was the Commercial Director of the National Industrial Technology Institute of Argentina helping Research Centers to co-develop technology and provide services to SMEs from all different industrial sectors. He has a corporate career of 16 years working as a manager at Tenaris, an industrial multinational company, leading projects in IT, Processes, Planning and Purchasing departments. And he was also a judge at different entrepreneurship contests such as MIT 50k Latam, Santander X and CORFO.
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30 years of professional and academic experience in finance, investment and new business. Currently (April 2022) he's acting as Adjunct Professor of the Center for Entrepreneurs of IESA, in Panama and Venezuela, Executive Director of the International Center for Energy and Environment of IESA, from Panama, and Director of Otepi Renovables, focused on solar energy, micro-networks and electric mobility, from Panama. He is also President of the Panamanian Chamber of Solar Energy,
Mentor of entrepreneurs of the Innovation Center of the City of Knowledge, Panama,Mentor of entrepreneurs at Founder Institute, in Panama, Venezuela and Spain, External Director of Intelligis, in Panama, External Director of OTEPI and Digital Businesses, in Venezuela, Member of VentureClub (Panama) and Wealthing VC Club (Silicon Valley).
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14 years of experience managing technology and innovation projects, currently at the Smart Cities Unit leading and promoting collaborative development and mobility solutions between public and private organizations in Chile. .
Experience in the direction of studies, public tenders and negotiations with large technology companies such as Google, Moovit and Waze in the development of collaboration agreements for the development of strategic and large-scale projects with a focus on improving mobility with resources efficiency for the state.
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Economist and entrepreneur. Co-founder & CEO of UNIBAIO, a biotech company dedicated to creating new nano-materials that make pesticides less toxic. This science-based company arise as a spin-off of the CONICET research institute of Argentina and was recently relocated to the US. Matias has been working for more than 15 years in the intersection of entrepreneurship, internationalization, and public policy focused on STEM and the creative economy.
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Graduated in Engineering at UNICAMP. He worked for three years as a junior entrepreneur for internal and consulting projects. While still in college, he took a one-year run in small business. During a year and a half during the pandemic, he coordinated the Campaign for Lives, an itinerant crowdfunding campaign that raised more than BRL 80,000, had 250 ambassadors from all over Brazil and supported 1,800 people in situations of social and economic vulnerability. He currently works at the Instituto de Cidania Empresarial (ICE) as a Portfolio Manager, monitoring 14 social and environmental impact businesses and making impact investments in financial products. He has experience in the areas of project management, impact measurement, fundraising and investment, entrepreneurship and startups.
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She is a civil servant at the Ministry of Social Affairs in Brazil, working as a leader at the National Strategy of Impact Investing and Social Business, an organization responsible for organizing the public policy around the subject in the country. She is also the founder of Altruistic Capital, a consultancy organization focused on orientating the design of impact investment vehicles. She is a social worker and got two MSc´s. One in Social Business and Entrepreneurship from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the second in Social Policy from the University of Brasília (UnB).
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Holds a doctorate in science (genetics and molecular biology) from UFRGS, CEO and founder of the innovation company Brava. He was also the founder and CEO of Neoprospecta, a researcher in bioinformatics, computational biology and genomics as well as coordinator of several innovation projects in biotechnology.
Position: CEO of the company Brava
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Founder&CEO of Moraes Leme Consultoria since 1996. Member in General Reporting Initiative (GRI);Board of Benchmarking Inteligência Sustentável Brasil para Governança, Compliance e ESG; Board fo Business Sustainability Research Center – International Business School Americas (IBS); Coordinator ESG – Instituto Brasileiro Governança Corporativa (IBGC);Judge in AWARD ESG – Associação Brasileira de Shopping Centers- (ABRASCE) –