TechIE 2021 Conference: Defining the New Normal

Juan José Güemes

Vice President Finance

IE Business School

https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanjoseguemes/

Juan Jose Güemes joined IE Business School in March 2010, as President of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. 

As Chairman of IE’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship he is focused on fostering the entrepreneurial spirit and creating new business and social projects. In January 2012 he was appointed VP of Economic Affairs at IE. He makes compatible this responsibility with the Chair of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Güemes is also co-Founder and member of the Board of Fundación Creaté and an early stage investor focused on FinTech, FoodTech and e-Health startups.

Francisco Dalmau

International Executive EMEA South

Zoom

https://www.linkedin.com/in/franciscodalmau/

Francisco Dalmau, has been in the IT world for more than 20 years and is currently based in Madrid. He started from the first line of support, through consulting, pre-sales and sales. Francisco has always considered that the choice to start from the "bottom" has been part of who he is. A great believer that people make technology and technology should be created for people and the common good.

His international career spans cities such as Washington DC, Miami and Madrid where he has been going back and forth for a few years.

Francisco started his IT career at OTG Software where he got his start and always remembers it as his "school" acquired by Legato Systems and this became part of EMC which is now Dell Technologies. Later he created from scratch the division of NUTANIX Spain, Dell Technologies and is currently Sales International Executive at Zoom. Francisco has managed national and international sales teams and is an alumnus of IE Business School.

Among his passions are "the countryside", motorcycles and travelling.

Daniel Bedoya

Regional Manager

Cabify

https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielvbedoya/

Daniel M. Velazco-Bedoya has a degree in Agronomic Engineering from the University of São Paulo (Brazil), where he also completed a Master in Operations Management.

After starting his career in administration and economics, he decided to jump into entrepreneurship in the mobility sector, with the founding of a ridesharing platform in 2013 called Caronas.co. This company, which had a great success since its launch, was sold to the Rocket Internet group, where he became the Country Manager of Tripda (a group company) in Brazil for two years.

Then he made the leap to Cabify, assuming the leadership of the operations of the Spanish mobility company in Brazil since its implementation there, as Country Manager. In 2018 Daniel moved to Europe to work at Cabify, and he was promoted to Regional Manager for Europe at Cabify, a position he currently holds.

Luigi Carafa

Chief Sustainability Officer & Head of Institutional Affairs

Zeleros Hyperloop

Luigi Carafa, PhD, is Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of Institutional Affairs at Zeleros Hyperloop, a transportation company that develops ultra-high speed land mobility systems for passengers and cargo.

Luigi works with government, business, civil society and finance to accelerate the development of hyperloop mobility systems. He has 13+ years of work experience in infrastructure, mobility and renewable energy within the private, public, and non-profit sectors. Extensive fieldwork in developing countries.

The WEF included hyperloop in the top 20 emerging markets that can help build an inclusive and sustainable post-pandemic economy.

Elena Alfaro

Global Head of Data & Advanced Analytics

BBVA

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elenalfaro/

Elena Alfaro is the Global Head of Data & Advanced Analytics in Client Solutions BBVA Group, which functions include the generation of machine learning algorithms that constitute the intelligence behind BBVA's financial digital products, as well as the transformation of BBVA's skills and culture into a data-driven organization.

Ignacio Zaera

Commerical Director

Deliveroo

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ignaciozaerarodriguez/

Inmaculada Reinoso

Digital Marketing Expert - Associated professor and mentor International MBA Tech Lab

IE Business School

https://www.linkedin.com/in/inmaculadareinoso/

Inmaculada has more than 10 years of experience in international retail and currently works for one of the world's largest fashion retailers. She has developed her professional career in companies such as Google and El Corte Inglés, with direct work experience with companies on the Fortune 500 list and markets such as Spain, the UK, Italy, Nordics and Benelux. She combines this work with teaching at internationally renowned universities such as IE Business School.

Paul Álvarez

Regional Manager

Bolt

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-alvarez-gentles-9854634a/

Paul Álvarez is the Regional Manager, Rentals for Southern, Benelux and Northern European markets at Bolt. His role at Bolt includes driving growth in his regions through micromobility services to enable progress and stimulate economic growth through employment opportunities, and smart mobility solutions. Under him, Bolt has expanded to more than 15 cities in 5 countries, planning to grow to 30 cities and 7 countries in total before the end of 2021.

Prior to Bolt, Paul has worked in both public institutions as United Nations, as well as private companies like IBM and Operations and Delivery startups for the last 10 years. Leading several teams and structures, he’s successfully managed to build solid teams, partnerships and businesses that have grown rapidly and positively over the years. 

Paul holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid as well as an Executive MBA and a Master in International Relations. Cooperation and Development.

Daniel Medina

Academic Director

IE Business School

https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmedinar/

Director of Opinno Ideas, where he manages 5 business unit: Innovation and Strategy, Business Design, Culture Transformation, Enterprise Agility and Data-driven business.

Since 2014, Diego has been at Opinno in charge of building a portfolio of over 10M in projects, becoming one of the most important innovation, design and transformation consulting companies in the country.

In the past Diego had worked in 6 different countries in companies like Microsoft and PricewaterhouseCoopers, with organizations from IBEX, CAC and FTSE organizations to SMES and startups. He also launched, developed and sold two digital startups in Spain and Latin-America.

Diego is professor on corporate innovation, business design, and culture transformation in: ESIC, Istituto Europeo di Design and Instituto de Empresa, obtaining the IE Academic Excellence Award for 2 years in a row.

Natalia Bayona

Director of Innovator, Education and Investments

World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalia-bayona-b5551a18/

Till Lesinski

Head of IT DevOps Corporate Systems

Lilium

https://www.linkedin.com/in/till-lesinski/

With more than 20 years in the automotive and financial services industry, Till Lensinski is now building and leading international teams at Lilium establishing new solutions to satisfy future customer needs bringing mobility services to a new level.