IESE Business School - University of Navarra   ·   PDG

Barcelona, ES2008 - 2009

IMD (International Institute for Management Development)   ·   Leadership Program

Lausanne, CH2005 - 2006

Autonomous University of Barcelona

Barcelona, ES1993 - 1995
Bachelor in Business Administration

University of Girona

Girona, ES1990 - 1993
Diploma in Business Studies

Google (www.google.com)

New York City, NY Present
Product manager for Google TV Ads. Previously for Google Checkout.

Product Manager

ArmorMount (www.armormount.com)

New York City, NY October 2007 - Present
Founded this market leading supplier of TV Wall Mounts.

Founder

Flagr.com - Bookmark the real world (www.flagr.com)

Mountain View, CAOctober 2005 - October 2008
Founded angel-funded web startup, Flagr.com, a community based around Google Maps.

Co-Founder

Y Combinator Winter Founders Program (www.ycombinator.com)

Mountain View, CAJanuary 2006 - April 2006
The second Y Combinator Class. Met with entrepreneurs, lawyers, venture capitalists, and technology evangelists. Program run by Paul Graham.

Fundee

Cold Spring Harbor Labs (URP) (www.cshl.edu)

Cold Spring Harbor, NYJune 2005 - August 2005
Studied apoptosis, programmed cell death in cancer cells under influence of asbestos fibers.

Undergrad Researcher

MD Anderson Cancer Center (www.mdanderson.org)

Houston, TXDecember 2004 - January 2005
Worked in Dr. Kobayashi’s molecular pathology lab.

Intern

Hoberman Designs (www.hoberman.com)

SoHo, NYCMay 2004 - September 2004
Worked under Chuck Hoberman, inventor of the Hoberman Sphere™, on company’s 2004 product line.

Product Designer / Engineer

Siomedia, Inc. (www.siomedia.com)

Oyster Bay, NYApril 1999 - August 2003
Web development firm focused on interactive design. Clients include New York Islanders and Hoberman.com.

Co-Founder

Designer

Business & Entrepreneurship

Founder of multiple ventures, including an ecommerce storefront, and a web2.0 startup.

eCommerce

Conceptualizing, building and marketing ecommerce storefronts.

Search Engine Marketing

Optimizing AdWords Campaigns for max performance. Volunteer Google Grants Optimizer.

UI / UX Design

Mocks help me think, clarify my features and plot the future.

Programming

Ruby, PERL, Javascript, PHP, C++, Compliant HTML ... does CSS Count?

Biological Engineering

Biomaterials, bio-nanotech, + [insert buzzword here]. Still looking for a way to apply it to my day job.

Product Design and Development

Solid modeling, rapid prototyping, user-centric design.

Shopify (www.shopify.com)

New York City, NYPresent
Advise Shopify on customer acquisition and feature roadmap.

11:23am (www.1123.am)

New York City, NYPresent
Co-founded this newsletter of local lunch specials, sent at 11:23am each morning.

Bloomloop (www.bloomloop.com)

New York City, NYPresent
Co-founded this directory of real local florists.

The Foundry@1795 (foundry.olin.edu)

Needham, MASeptember 2006 - Present
Improving startup hatchery at Olin with new programs to promote entrepreneurship.

 

Medical Device Design

Needham, MASeptember 2006 - May 2007
Working on team with Boston Scientific to design an novel endoscopic surgical device.

 

http://bloomloop.com/v3/

Google TV Ads Summit 2009

New York City, NYFebruary 2, 2009
Addressed audience of TV industry experts about the future of television advertising.

 

New York Tech MeetUp (meetup.com/ny-tech)

New York City, NYOngoing...
The place to take pulse of New York City startup scene.

 

Search Engine Strategies (SES) 2009

New York City, NYMarch 23, 2009
Attended as an interested party of the SEM industry.

 

O’Reilly Where2.0 Conference 2006

San Jose, CAJune 13-14, 2006
Sat on "Social Data Face Off" panel to represent Flagr.com and discuss web startups and user generated content.

 

Stock, Option, & Future trading

Stock Market, Options & Futures, Real Estate

 

Ultimate Frisbee

Play in local Park Slope, Brooklyn league.

 

Digital Photography

Landscapes and patterns in nature

 

Environmental Sustainability

Green design, biocompatible materials