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Co-founder and CEO of Kudo
Albert Lucius has worked in three Fortune 100 companies. After earning a master’s and a bachelor’s in Computer Science in the US, he started working as an analyst at Goldman Sachs from 2008 to 2010.He became a product engineer at Apple Inc for two years, before going home to work for the Boston Consulting Group in Jakarta in 2013. He also acquired two MBAs from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley and the London Business School. In 2014, he decided to establish PT Kudo Teknologi Indonesia with fellow UC Berkeley alumnus Agung Nugroho.
Albert Lucius has worked in three Fortune 100 companies. After earning a master’s and a bachelor’s in Computer Science in the US, he started working as an analyst at Goldman Sachs from 2008 to 2010.He became a product engineer at Apple Inc for two years, before going home to work for the Boston Consulting Group in Jakarta in 2013. He also acquired two MBAs from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley and the London Business School. In 2014, he decided to establish PT Kudo Teknologi Indonesia with fellow UC Berkeley alumnus Agung Nugroho.
Co-founder and CEO of Investree
Veteran banker Adrian Asharyanto Gunadi graduated in Accounting from the University of Indonesia and later obtained an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management, Eramus University. Adrian started his banking career at Citibank in 1998. He was then based at the Standard Chartered Bank in Dubai, UAE, managing global Islamic finance product structuring for the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), South Asia and Southeast Asia. He specialized in Islamic banking for over eight years at Permata Bank and Bank Muamalat in Indonesia until 2015, when he left to co-found Investree.
Veteran banker Adrian Asharyanto Gunadi graduated in Accounting from the University of Indonesia and later obtained an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management, Eramus University. Adrian started his banking career at Citibank in 1998. He was then based at the Standard Chartered Bank in Dubai, UAE, managing global Islamic finance product structuring for the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), South Asia and Southeast Asia. He specialized in Islamic banking for over eight years at Permata Bank and Bank Muamalat in Indonesia until 2015, when he left to co-found Investree.
Co-founder, CTO and Head of Product of James
A computer scientist with nearly a decade of experience, Sam Hopkins received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of New Mexico. He started his career in the United States, as a software engineer for Flashgroup in Greater Pittsburgh Area. Hopkins moved to Portugal in 2014 to work at GetSocial.io, and then Unbabel. In 2015, he became the third co-founder of CrowdProcess, the producers of James credit risk assessment platform, where he worked as CTO until September 2017. Since then, he co-founded DareData Engineering and Lisbon Data Science Academy.
A computer scientist with nearly a decade of experience, Sam Hopkins received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of New Mexico. He started his career in the United States, as a software engineer for Flashgroup in Greater Pittsburgh Area. Hopkins moved to Portugal in 2014 to work at GetSocial.io, and then Unbabel. In 2015, he became the third co-founder of CrowdProcess, the producers of James credit risk assessment platform, where he worked as CTO until September 2017. Since then, he co-founded DareData Engineering and Lisbon Data Science Academy.
Co-founder and CFO of Farm Friend
With a bachelor’s degree in Management from Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management and an MBA degree of Stanford University, Hou Xiaoxiao began her investment career as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. In 2015, when researching China’s macro economy, she spotted the huge market potential of the country’s agriculture sector, given changes in China's population policy (the one-child policy was soon ended).In 2016, she left Goldman Sachs to found Farm Friend with Yu Yang and Meng Fanqi.Hou was named to the 2017 Forbes China 30 elites under 30 list.
With a bachelor’s degree in Management from Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management and an MBA degree of Stanford University, Hou Xiaoxiao began her investment career as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. In 2015, when researching China’s macro economy, she spotted the huge market potential of the country’s agriculture sector, given changes in China's population policy (the one-child policy was soon ended).In 2016, she left Goldman Sachs to found Farm Friend with Yu Yang and Meng Fanqi.Hou was named to the 2017 Forbes China 30 elites under 30 list.
Co-founder and CPO of Influencity
Alberto Vilva has worked as a web developer, product and graphic designer since 2010, before becoming the CPO and co-founder of Influencity. He graduated in Industrial Product Design and Development from Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in 2014. He is also the creator of artsy-poses.com, a product design programming platform with 5,000 unique visitors. When it was discontinued, over 1,000 petitions were signed to get the platform restored. He also co-founded porlabocamuereelpez.com. The satiric webpage about Spanish politicians was featured by Huffington Post, lasprovincias.es and regional radio stations.
Alberto Vilva has worked as a web developer, product and graphic designer since 2010, before becoming the CPO and co-founder of Influencity. He graduated in Industrial Product Design and Development from Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in 2014. He is also the creator of artsy-poses.com, a product design programming platform with 5,000 unique visitors. When it was discontinued, over 1,000 petitions were signed to get the platform restored. He also co-founded porlabocamuereelpez.com. The satiric webpage about Spanish politicians was featured by Huffington Post, lasprovincias.es and regional radio stations.
Co-founder and CTO of Brankas
Kenneth Shaw is a serial entrepreneur with over 13 years of experience in the USA and Indonesia. After graduating from the University of California, Irvine with a degree in Information and Computer Science, he founded ExpiTrans Inc, a B2B payment processing company. Shaw left ExpiTrans in 2010 and moved to Indonesia the following year before assuming the CTO position at social network Multiply.com in 2013. In 2016, while still based in Indonesia, Shaw established Brankas, a new payment processing platform for startups and other businesses.
Kenneth Shaw is a serial entrepreneur with over 13 years of experience in the USA and Indonesia. After graduating from the University of California, Irvine with a degree in Information and Computer Science, he founded ExpiTrans Inc, a B2B payment processing company. Shaw left ExpiTrans in 2010 and moved to Indonesia the following year before assuming the CTO position at social network Multiply.com in 2013. In 2016, while still based in Indonesia, Shaw established Brankas, a new payment processing platform for startups and other businesses.
Co-founder of AISpeech
In 2005, Lin graduated from the University of Cambridge with a master’s degree in Engineering. Upon graduating, he worked at the British Standards Institution as Chief Representative of China. In 2007, he co-founded AISpeech with Gao Shixing and Yu Kai. He created AISpeech’s oral English teaching business unit and focused on the development of speech assessment technology. In May 2014, AISpeech spun off the oral English teaching business unit into a new company called Chivox. Lin has served as founder and CEO of Chivox ever since.
In 2005, Lin graduated from the University of Cambridge with a master’s degree in Engineering. Upon graduating, he worked at the British Standards Institution as Chief Representative of China. In 2007, he co-founded AISpeech with Gao Shixing and Yu Kai. He created AISpeech’s oral English teaching business unit and focused on the development of speech assessment technology. In May 2014, AISpeech spun off the oral English teaching business unit into a new company called Chivox. Lin has served as founder and CEO of Chivox ever since.
Co-founder, CTO and Head of Innovation of BEEVERYCREATIVE
Francisco Mendes is the CTO, Head of Innovation and co-founder of BEEVERYCREATIVE, the innovative 3D printer and software producer in Portugal. In 2010, he co-founded the startup's preliminary project bitBOX that was transformed into BEEVERYCREATIVE in 2013.Mendes is also a co-founder of Hardware City, a community of entrepreneurs that links hardware startups to manufacturers. He has worked in R&D at Tellus Mater and Milenio 3 in Portugal. He has a master's in Industrial Automation from the University of Aveiro in Portugal.
Francisco Mendes is the CTO, Head of Innovation and co-founder of BEEVERYCREATIVE, the innovative 3D printer and software producer in Portugal. In 2010, he co-founded the startup's preliminary project bitBOX that was transformed into BEEVERYCREATIVE in 2013.Mendes is also a co-founder of Hardware City, a community of entrepreneurs that links hardware startups to manufacturers. He has worked in R&D at Tellus Mater and Milenio 3 in Portugal. He has a master's in Industrial Automation from the University of Aveiro in Portugal.
Founder and CEO of Halodoc
Jonathan Sudharta is the son of Sudharta, the founder of pharmaceutical conglomerate Mensa Group. He graduated from Curtin University, Australia with a bachelor's in Economics, specializing in electronic commerce. Jonathan has since helped to expand his family business, building a social media network for doctors and developing ApotikAntar, a service for delivering medicine from licensed pharmacies to customers. In 2016, he combined the medicine delivery service and online interaction with doctors to create Halodoc, a healthcare platform startup backed by the Mensa Group.
Jonathan Sudharta is the son of Sudharta, the founder of pharmaceutical conglomerate Mensa Group. He graduated from Curtin University, Australia with a bachelor's in Economics, specializing in electronic commerce. Jonathan has since helped to expand his family business, building a social media network for doctors and developing ApotikAntar, a service for delivering medicine from licensed pharmacies to customers. In 2016, he combined the medicine delivery service and online interaction with doctors to create Halodoc, a healthcare platform startup backed by the Mensa Group.
Founder and CEO of The Shonet
Elisabeth Kurniawan has had an established international career in media and fashion, having worked at Saint Laurent and Cartier in both the USA and Indonesia. Elisabeth holds associate degrees in Fashion and Apparel Design from École Supérieure des Arts et techniques de la Mode (ESMOD), France and the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, USA, from which she also earned a bachelor's in Business Management. Prior to establishing The Shonet, she was Editor in Chief of Popbela, a news website under the IDN Media network.
Elisabeth Kurniawan has had an established international career in media and fashion, having worked at Saint Laurent and Cartier in both the USA and Indonesia. Elisabeth holds associate degrees in Fashion and Apparel Design from École Supérieure des Arts et techniques de la Mode (ESMOD), France and the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, USA, from which she also earned a bachelor's in Business Management. Prior to establishing The Shonet, she was Editor in Chief of Popbela, a news website under the IDN Media network.
CEO of Eliport
Dmitry Skorinko had worked in software development for 14 years before starting Eliport. His career as a tech entrepreneur in logistics began with Glovo, where he worked as CTO in 2015. He was responsible for building the technology for the on-demand delivery platform, hiring and managing a team of engineers. He previously worked in the Russian Federation as a software architect at various companies like Acronis, Galssoft, Kaspersky Lab and OKB SAPR. He graduated in MSc Mathematics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2005.
Dmitry Skorinko had worked in software development for 14 years before starting Eliport. His career as a tech entrepreneur in logistics began with Glovo, where he worked as CTO in 2015. He was responsible for building the technology for the on-demand delivery platform, hiring and managing a team of engineers. He previously worked in the Russian Federation as a software architect at various companies like Acronis, Galssoft, Kaspersky Lab and OKB SAPR. He graduated in MSc Mathematics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2005.
Co-founder & CEO of Ontruck
Iñigo Juantegui is a serial entrepreneur with two years of experience in PwC as a senior consultant. He co-founded and led the operations of La Nevera Roja, a food delivery company that was sold to Rocket Internet in 2015. That operation is today considered to be one of the largest and most successful exits in Spain in the past five years, with the company becoming part of Just Eat.Since 2016, he has been CEO and Co-Founder of OnTruck, an innovation-oriented logistics company that optimizes road freight transportation via technology.
Iñigo Juantegui is a serial entrepreneur with two years of experience in PwC as a senior consultant. He co-founded and led the operations of La Nevera Roja, a food delivery company that was sold to Rocket Internet in 2015. That operation is today considered to be one of the largest and most successful exits in Spain in the past five years, with the company becoming part of Just Eat.Since 2016, he has been CEO and Co-Founder of OnTruck, an innovation-oriented logistics company that optimizes road freight transportation via technology.
Advisor and Co-founder of GeoDB
Nominated as one of 21 most revolutionary Spanish techpreneurs under 35 by Business Insider in May 2019, Manuel de la Esperanza co-founded Wave with fellow alumnus Luis Gelado Crespo from the University Pontifica de Comillas (ICAI-ICADE). In June 2018, both men also co-founded GeoDB, a blockchain-powered location big data digital marketplace.Before founding Wave in 2013, the business management and law graduate had also founded a creative digital agency in Madrid. The success of Wave's private "family and friends" tracking app has led to the setting up of Wave Location Technologies.
Nominated as one of 21 most revolutionary Spanish techpreneurs under 35 by Business Insider in May 2019, Manuel de la Esperanza co-founded Wave with fellow alumnus Luis Gelado Crespo from the University Pontifica de Comillas (ICAI-ICADE). In June 2018, both men also co-founded GeoDB, a blockchain-powered location big data digital marketplace.Before founding Wave in 2013, the business management and law graduate had also founded a creative digital agency in Madrid. The success of Wave's private "family and friends" tracking app has led to the setting up of Wave Location Technologies.
CEO and Co-founder of GeoDB
Luis Gelado Crespo graduated in Business Management and has a master's in Real Estate Investment from Comillas Pontifical University (ICAI-ICADE). He worked at Deloitte Consulting for several years before teaming up with ICADE alumnus Manual de la Esperanza to build the Wave app that could track the movements of friends and family. Besides being the CFO and COO at Wave, Gelado is also an associate academy member of International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS). In 2018, he became the CEO and co-founder of GeoDB, a decentralized geolocation data marketplace.
Luis Gelado Crespo graduated in Business Management and has a master's in Real Estate Investment from Comillas Pontifical University (ICAI-ICADE). He worked at Deloitte Consulting for several years before teaming up with ICADE alumnus Manual de la Esperanza to build the Wave app that could track the movements of friends and family. Besides being the CFO and COO at Wave, Gelado is also an associate academy member of International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS). In 2018, he became the CEO and co-founder of GeoDB, a decentralized geolocation data marketplace.
Former CFO and Sales specialist of Atomian
García Ruiz, co-founder and CFO of Atomian until 2015, is an industrial engineering graduate from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, where he is now an associate professor. García Ruiz also works as a business professor in the Chemical Institute of Sarria. He has a background in finance (Account Manager at WorkMeter, Tempos 21 and AIS Aplicaciones de Inteligencia Artificial) and sales (Commercial Manager at proceedit "the BPM process' factory" and Office Manager at Lleidanetworks Serveis Telemàtics, S.L., Hyperion Solutions, and Saari) and is an experienced executive in the IT and Telco industries with international exposure.
García Ruiz, co-founder and CFO of Atomian until 2015, is an industrial engineering graduate from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, where he is now an associate professor. García Ruiz also works as a business professor in the Chemical Institute of Sarria. He has a background in finance (Account Manager at WorkMeter, Tempos 21 and AIS Aplicaciones de Inteligencia Artificial) and sales (Commercial Manager at proceedit "the BPM process' factory" and Office Manager at Lleidanetworks Serveis Telemàtics, S.L., Hyperion Solutions, and Saari) and is an experienced executive in the IT and Telco industries with international exposure.
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