Ingeniero de Sistemas, dirigente, emprendedor y empresario, con más de 30 años de experiencia en el mercado de Software y Servicios Informáticos.
Presidente de la Cámara Argentina de Software CESSI, que asocia a 400 empresas de software de Argentina Vicepresidente de la Fundación Sadosky, Dedicada la vinculación tecnológica entre el Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Nación, CESSI y CICOMRA Vicepresidente para Latinoamérica de WITSA, la mayor asociación mundial de asocioaciones de TICs Fundador y Presidente de Unitech, empresa experta en Transformación Digital con 26 años en el Mercado.
Premio al mejor CEO Vistage Argentina, la mayor organización de CEOs de Argentina.
Reconocido disertante nacional e internacional, en numerosos congresos del ámbito político, social y tecnológico.

Anupam Govil is a Partner with Avasant, a leading management consulting firm focusing on Digital Transformation, Sourcing and Globalization services. He is also the President of AvaSense (wholly owned subsidiary of Avasant), which provides a SaaS based Managed Governance service. At Avasant, Anupam manages corporate initiatives such as the Digital practice, Partner alliances and Marketing. He also leads the Banking and Insurance vertical and Globalization practice for Latin America.

Anupam has over 25 years of experience providing sourcing, business and globalization advisory services to global enterprises and private equity funds. He has advised technology and services firms on their global expansion plans through a combination of strategic consulting, cross-border M&A and investment advisory roles. He has led globalization engagements with government agencies and funding institutions across more than 40 countries such as Colombia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Jordan, Cyprus, Ghana, Dubai, Jamaica, Mexico, Haiti, Egypt, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Barbados, Costa Rica, Trinidad, Mauritius and others. Anupam has been consistently ranked amongst Top 30 Influential Industry Executives by Nearshore Americas.

nupam is a recognized digital transformation and globalization advocate and is active in many industry organizations supporting the technology and global services sector. He is a sought after keynote and speaker and has also chaired several conferences on Technology, Venture Capital and Outsourcing such as Digital Convergence, Wall Street Tech, BPO Innovations, and CIO Connect. Anupam is a frequent contributor in industry publications such as CIO, CFO, Global Services, CIO Leadership, Pulse, Globalization Today, Outsourcing, Nearshore Americas. He has been a contributing author in a best-selling book on globalization – “Six Billion Minds: Managing Outsourcing in a Global Knowledge Economy” (2005).

Anupam supports and is on the Board of several industry associations such SIG (Sourcing Interest Group), Global Digital Innovation Council and non-profit organizations such as Avasant Foundation and Asset Foundation. He has also been actively involved in the venture capital and entrepreneurial ecosystem through his Board level role at TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs).

Anupam resides in Austin, Texas and received his Master’s degree in Computer Science from J. N. University, New Delhi and his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Delhi University.

Alan Uriel Hofman is the current the Latin American Collaborations Director in the Israel Innovation Authority. In this role, Mr. Hofman is responsible for the development and the implementation of joint R&D collaboration programs with organizations and companies in Latin America, developing innovation based synergies with private and public organizations in the region, including the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Conacyt (Mexico), MDIC, Finep and EMBRAPII , MINCyT and Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario , Ruta N ANII (Uruguay) and Corfo (Chile). His vision is to promote cooperation between the countries of Latin America and Israel, and contribute to the development of both regions by promoting R&D collaboration, and the exchange of technological innovation.

Alan is an experienced International collaboration professional, trained in international leadership, working group management, and strategic project design at local and international levels.

Alan has served in the Israel Air Force in the Department of Military Diplomacy, being responsible for the International Military Cooperation with Air forces of Europe. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with a degree in International Relations and Political Science.

Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina; he now resides in Jerusalem.

Recognized globally as one of the leading experts on globalization, technology, sourcing and governance, Atul was named to Consulting Magazine’s “Top 25 Most Influential Consultants” and “Top 6 IT Powerbrokers”. Globalization Today recognized Atul as an “Industry Most Influential Powerhouse 25”, and Near Shore Americas recognized him as one of the “Power 50.” Additionally, Atul’s company, NeoGroup, has been recognized multiple times by IAOP as one of World’s Best Advisors, and in 2018 Atul himself was inducted into the prestigious IAOP Hall of Fame. Shared Assessments recognized Atul in 2018 with its Evangelist Award. Atul is the author of three books: Globalization Wisdom, Outsourcing Wisdom and The Offshore Nation.

Atul is the Founder and Chairman of NeoGroup & Supply Wisdom, founded in 1999 and 2012, respectively. Atul is also the visionary behind Sourcing Executives and AutomationBoard.org.

Media and Wall Street analysts at CNN, ABC, CNBC, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, Economist, CIO, CFO and other global organizations seek Atul’s expert opinion. Atul continues to be a vocal proponent of globalization and has taken on the critics, such as Lou Dobbs on his former “Exporting America” segment on CNN. He is also a frequent contributor to other magazines such as Fortune, CFO, WSJ and Business Finance. Atul writes ongoing columns for Outsourcing, Global Decisions, Pulse and Global Services.

Atul is honored to serve on the Boards of US Department of Defense’s Defense Business Board (dbb.defense.gov), LatAm Alliance, Shared Assessments, Young Presidents Organization (YPO) Gold New England and IAOP. Atul is a Former Chair of YPO Norcal and also supports numerous economic development, youth development and corporate social responsible initiatives such as Echoing Green, GreenStart, World Education Foundation, One Girl and Jnana Mandira.

Prior to founding NeoGroup, Atul was Senior Vice President of International at Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) where he led the international operations of the Fortune 25 Company. Atul and his seasoned team at Cardinal expanded profitable operations to Australia, New Zealand, Spain, UK, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, Japan and other global locations. More importantly, his in-depth international experience earned him the admiration and respect of global CEOs and investors.

Atul and his firms are redefining how nations, corporations and individuals can leverage the globalization of talent and automation mega-trend to build better futures for all. Further details can be found at www.vashistha.com or www.google.com (search for Atul Vashistha).

Avinash (Avi) Vashistha is global chairman and CEO of Tholons. He is the former Chairman and CEO of Accenture (India). Avi is a highly accomplished, results oriented Chief Executive (CEO) and Venture Capitalist (VC) with 30+ years of experience in large global projects, CEO / board level strategy consulting, venture capital, digital transformation, and innovation.

As Chairman of Accenture, he led a multi-billion-dollar business and a workforce of over 160,000 delivering a >3X growth in 5 years. Prior to that he was the founder of Tholons and neoIT and earlier with Nortel and AT&T in US and UK. Avi has done over 100 large globalization deals valued at over USD 50B. He has led investments in over 30 companies and has been a Limited Partner in 5 Venture Capital / Seed funds.

Avi has an exceptional network and relationships with top 1000 Chairman/CEOs, Bureaucrats, Ministers and policy makers across USA, Europe/UK, Asia/India and Latin America. He is a known Thought Leader in the industry and co-authored the book “The Offshore Nation” (McGraw-Hill) and soon to be released book, “Innovation at Scale”. He has worked with over 500 Global Fortune clients like Goldman Sachs, GM, Chevron, Pfizer, Vodafone, Stanford University, TATA and others.

Dr. Carlos Baradello is an investor, advisor, public speaker and university professor. A leading innovation and entrepreneurship practitioner, Carlos draws his understanding from his broad global business and academic experience, deep technical knowledge and understanding of the realities innovators encounter in organizations both large and small. His experience working with hundreds of entrepreneurs around the world has enabled him to gain key lessons for high-growth ventures to scale globally.

Carlos' interests include new global business creation, venture funding, business acceleration for "born global" startups and global scaling for “foreign born” startups in emerging economies. He is a practitioner of these concepts, as a Co-Founder/GP of ALAYA Capital Partners, a pioneer VC fund in Argentina and Chile, and Founder/Managing Partner of Sausalito Ventures, an enabler for Latin American ventures to scale globally. In addition, he is public speaker and corporate advisor to Fortune 500 companies, Economic Development Agencies and NGOs across the world.

In addition, Carlos has teaching responsibilities across four continents as a member of the faculty at Hult International Business School, the Danish Technical University (Denmark), CENTRUM Católica (Peru) and the University of International Business and Economics (Beijing, China), etc. He was the founder of the groundbreaking Silicon Valley Immersion program, while serving as Associate Dean for Global and Executive Programs at the University of San Francisco.

After earning his Engineering Degree from Argentina’s Catholic University of Cordoba, Carlos earned his MSc from the Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) and his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University . For over 30 years, Carlos was in the telecommunications and computer industry with progressively senior executive roles at ITT, NYNEX, Digital Equipment Corporation, Advanced Fibre Communications (IPO 1996) and Motorola, where he was the company’s Corporate Vice President for the Latin America and Caribbean region. He has authored over 50 technical and management papers and has been awarded six USA/EU patents for his inventions.

Carlos lives with his wife Ana in Tiburon, Northern California and has four grown children. He is fluent in English, Spanish and Italian.

Carolina Aguerre is Co-Director of the Center for Technology and Society (CETYS), professor and researcher at the University of San Andrés in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires and a Master's Degree in Communication from Goldsmiths College, U. of London. Previously she was the director of the Latin America and the Caribbean Association ccTLD association, LACTLD, and was appointed by the UN Secretary General to be part of the MultiShareholder Advisory Group of the Internet Governance Forum (2012-2014). Her research has been published in several academic journals and edited books on topics related to Internet governance, digital commerce and digital technologies and social development. She has advised several international and regional organizations. Recently she was invited to participate in the expert group of the LAC platform of Artificial Intelligence of the IDB and at the International Advisory Board of the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub of The Elliot School of International Affairs.

Great experienced leader with over 18 years of experiences and proven track record in building and managing Decision Analytics & Data Mining capabilities and Business Intelligence infrastructure in banking and consumer finance organizations. Expertise in Risk Management, Credit Policies, Predictive Modeling and Automatic Solutions projects for banks and financial companies.

In-depth understanding and hands-on experiences of advanced data mining & statistical methodologies, marketing tests methodologies.

Design and implementation score models at different Banks in Argentina and Latin America.

Start ups Data Mining department at important Bank in Argentina and Insurance Company.

Diego Bekerman is the Director General for Microsoft Argentina and Uruguay. He implements business strategy and operations and oversees building relationships with customers and partners, promoting new services and products, and attracting and developing the best professional talent as part of Microsoft’s new corporate mission.

He has worked at Microsoft for 18 years. From 2013 to 2015, he served as director of marketing and operations, overseeing business management, marketing strategy, and communications and bringing significant growth to the commercial and consumer areas.

Before this, he held various positions in Argentina and Latin America, with a focus on working with business partners and developing solutions for small and midmarket business. Before joining Microsoft in 2001, he worked for Grupo ASSA, where he finished his time as manager of the Business Intelligence and Pre-Sales Sector.

He has an undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of Buenos Aires and postgraduate qualifications from the IAE Business School and other business schools in Latin America and the United States.

Es licenciado en Economía. Experto en desarrollo, política industrial y negociaciones Internacionales. Cuenta con una amplia trayectoria vinculada a la función pública en organismos dedicados a la definición de políticas industriales y de relaciones internacionales en los distintos niveles de gobierno.    Es uno de los principales referentes económicos de la Argentina y los países de la región, tanto para el sector público como el sector privado. Ha sido asesor de gobiernos, organismos de Estado y diversas embajadas de países con representación en América Latina.    En Argentina, fue miembro consultativo del Consejo de la Producción del Ministerio de Producción de la Nación y del Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI). Anteriormente, ocupó el cargo de Secretario de Industria, Comercio y Minería de la Nación.    Fue condecorado en 2017 por el gobierno de Brasil con la Orden de Río Branco, la más prestigiosa distinción otorgada a quienes contribuyen a estrechar las relaciones entre los  dos países.    Fundó la consultora ABECEB, que asiste a directivos de empresas, cámaras y diversas organizaciones en la formulación y definición de estrategias de negocios.    Es profesor Adjunto de la Cátedra de Macroeconomía I de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata y profesor invitado en Facultades Nacionales y Extranjeras de Postgrado. 

Fabrizio Opertti is Manager Integration and Trade Sector at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), where he supervises an operational team in charge of a large portfolio of international trade and foreign direct investment promotion loan and technical cooperation projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. Fabrizio leads the ConnectAmericas business platform and the IDB’s initiatives in the services globalization sector. He also directs the organization of pan-regional trade events, including CEO Summit of the Americas, Outsource2LAC, LAC Flavors and Asia-LAC Forums, among others. Fabrizio holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins’ School of Business, a Master in Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Bachelor of Arts in International Political Economy from American University.

Federico Basañes is the Manager of the Knowledge, Innovation and Communication Sector, from where he promotes the generation and dissemination of knowledge and innovation to strengthen public and private sector capacities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Between 2014 and 2018, Mr. Basañes served as manager of Knowledge and Learning at the IDB. In this position, he strengthened the role of open knowledge as a key tool for development, generating an ecosystem to leverage the Bank’s knowledge and experiences to increase development in the region.

Between 2007 and 2013, Mr. Basañes was head of the Water and Sanitation Division, a role in which he was responsible for the Bank’s pipeline in water, sanitation and solid waste management; generation and dissemination of sectorial knowledge; management of specific Funds (Spanish Fund for Water and Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean, and AquaFund), as well as the relationships with partners in the public and private sectors within the different initiatives (Latin American Water Fund Partnerships, Regional Initiative for Inclusive Recycling) and platforms (HydroBID and AquaRating).

Mr. Basañes is an Argentine citizen, graduated from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. He holds a master's degree and a PhD in Economics, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition, he has a master’s in Public Policy from the Torcuato Di Tella Institute.

2019 – Present Managing Partner at Taram Capital Investing in B2B solutions for eCommerce, Digitalization and Data Science areas, throughout the Latam region

2015 – 2019 Gerente General at Dimerc Labs Responsible for eCommerce, Digital Strategy, Business Development, R&D, Corporate Venture and M&A at Empresas Dimerc for Chile and Perú.

2016 – 2017 Biotechnology Program Private Sector Advisor at CORFO Participated in the design and implementation of the National Biotechnology Program (IFI Biotech) to develop the biotechnology industry in the Country and foster its international integration, particularly with the US.

2013 – 2017 Accelerator Program Advisor at Pontificia Universidad Catolica Participated as an evaluator and judge for the University technology transfer program and financing proposals.

2015 - 2015 Senior Advisor to the Undersecretry of Economy of Chile Responsible for advising in innovation, technology and entrepreneurship policies, with focus in early stage financing access and health IT.

Previously, he was partner at Figueroa, Valenzuela & Cia (Santiago, Chile), Chief of Staff, National Institute of Industrial Property of Chile, Senior Associate at Morales & Besa (Santiago, Chile) and Senior Adviser, Undersecretary of Telecommunications of Chile.
Additionally, on 2009 Gonzalo was appointed to the ICANN Board, serving on two consecutive terms (2009-2012 and 2012-2015).
From 2001 to 2007, Gonzalo served as Senior Adviser on International Affairs, Undersecretary of Telecommunications of Chile. In this role, Gonzalo took part on the implementation of public policies derived from international negotiation processes including the US-Chile FTA (Telecommunications and IP Chpaters) and acted as permanent representative of Chile at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Internet Governance Forum, CITEL and APEC TEL.
Gonzalo's education includes: a law degree fom Universidad de Chile (Cum Laude 2000); and a Masters in Law (LL.M) from Columbia University, New York (2008).

Gabriela es Managing Partner de Overboost, un company builder y aceleradora de startups que opera en América Latina. Actualmente, Overboost desarrolla y gestiona distintos fondos y programas dirigidos a emprendedores tales como Kamay Ventures, el primer fondo de capital abierto corporativo en la región. Fondedado por Coca- Cola de Argentina y Arcor, Kamay Ventures invierte en proyectos de innovación para transformar digitalmente las distintas etapas del proceso productivo. Overboost también lleva adelante Thinkmovil.com, un programa de company building con foco en startups que innovan en la industria móvil, y Edu4.me, un programa de innovación que acerca a emprendedores, universidades, corporaciones, inversores y entidades públicas con el objetivo de construir soluciones para la educación basadas en la innovación tecnológica. Actualmente, Gabriela es inversionista y asesora de empresas como Extendeal, Blended, Edutest, Viaedu, Workana, Unicorn Games, Gomovil.co, Warner Innovation Hub, N5, entre otras. Adicionalmente, ella continúa gestionando Seagrass Capital Partners, una compañía de inversión con foco en inversión en América Latina. Durante 6 años representó a DMGT International como Directora de Desarrollo de Negocios para América Latina. La estrategia consistió en invertir en empresas de información y medios de comunicación de alta calidad, sostenibles y líderes en el mercado, tanto en los sectores B2B como de consumo a nivel mundial.

Gabriela es miembro de la junta en las inversiones realizadas por DMGT, Overboost, Seagrass y Eastpoint Ventures en la región. Gabriela fue integrante del Directorio de la junta de la Foundation Junior Achievement para Argentina y actualmente es mentora en Endeavor, a nivel mundial. Anteriormente, se desempeñó como Directora General Regional para ISI Emerging Markets dentro de Euromoney Institutional Investor, desde sus orígenes en América Latina. ISI Emerging Markets fue fundada inicialmente en la región por Gabriela, en 1997, y luego vendida a Euromoney Institutional Investor. Es economista de la Universidad Católica Argentina, trabajó y estudió en los Estados Unidos, Brasil y Chile; habla español, inglés y portugués con fluidez

Héctor Cárdenas es Ingeniero en Mecatrónica por la Universidad de Waterloo en Canadá y es el actual CEO de Conekta, la solución de pagos integral que ayuda a clientes a procesar pagos de manera exitosa en el mercado mexicano.
Es uno de los emprendedores más destacados del sector Fintech en México, con gran experiencia en la creación e impulso de compañías, atracción de fondos de inversión y el desarrollo de tecnología en el entorno financiero de pagos en línea en México.
Enfocado en utilizar la tecnología como motor de cambio, está centrado en impulsar a Conekta, donde es cofundador y actualmente dirige al equipo ejecutivo hacia la misión de la compañía: Habilitar la economía digital en México.

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta was born on October 29th 1965 in the City of Buenos Aires. He is married to Barbara Diez and has three daughters: Paloma, Manuela and Serena.
He holds a Licentiate degree in Economics from the Universidad de Buenos Aires (he graduated in 1988) and a Master Degree in Business Administration from Harvard University.
In the 90s, he founded the “Fundación Grupo Sophia”, an NGO composed of young people with the intention to assume public responsibilities. In fact, important Argentinean politicians used to be part of this NGO. Politicians as the Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires Maria Eugenia Vidal, the Minister of Social Development Carolina Stanley or the Minister of Education Esteban Bullrich, among many others.
In 2002 he started to participate actively in politics with Mauricio Macri, with whom in 2003 founded the political party “Compromiso para el Cambio”, political party that was renamed as “Propuesta Republicana” (PRO) in 2005.
In 2005, when Mauricio Macri was elected as deputy, he was the General Director of the PRO electoral campaign. Later on, in 2007 and in 2011, he held the same position and, as a consequence, Macri was appointed Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires.
While Mauricio Macri was the Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires, he worked alongside with him as Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of the City of Buenos Aires. During these years, he stressed the need for a better management of the city as a whole, for a major investment in new and better public policies. However, the most important value he stressed for was the closeness with the neighbors of the city.
In June 2015 he was elected as the new Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires till 2019, after obtaining 53% of the votes. In this new role, he still considers the closeness with the neighbors as something of extreme importance. This is why, every week, he organizes meetings in different neighborhoods so as to listen and know what each neighbor thinks about the place where they live.
Horacio is an unconditional fan of his dear Racing Club. In fact, back in the 1970s, his father used to be President of this famous football club.

Previously, he was partner at Figueroa, Valenzuela & Cia (Santiago, Chile), Chief of Staff, National Institute of Industrial Property of Chile, Senior Associate at Morales & Besa (Santiago, Chile) and Senior Adviser, Undersecretary of Telecommunications of Chile.
Additionally, on 2009 Gonzalo was appointed to the ICANN Board, serving on two consecutive terms (2009-2012 and 2012-2015).
From 2001 to 2007, Gonzalo served as Senior Adviser on International Affairs, Undersecretary of Telecommunications of Chile. In this role, Gonzalo took part on the implementation of public policies derived from international negotiation processes including the US-Chile FTA (Telecommunications and IP Chpaters) and acted as permanent representative of Chile at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Internet Governance Forum, CITEL and APEC TEL.
Gonzalo's education includes: a law degree fom Universidad de Chile (Cum Laude 2000); and a Masters in Law (LL.M) from Columbia University, New York (2008).

Ignacio Blanco is the Head of Latin America & Caribbean at SWIFT. In this role, Ignacio is responsible for SWIFT’s commercial organization in the Latin America & Caribbean region, including the relationship with SWIFT’s Global Key Accounts who conduct business in the region. Ignacio was previously responsible for managing strategic relationships with key clients in North America and for SWIFT’s strategic vision and thought leadership on payments in that region.

Prior to joining SWIFT in June 2016, Ignacio was VP Network Products for FIS, overseeing the development and management of products and solutions for the NYCE and PayNet networks of FIS. Prior to his role at FIS, Ignacio worked for both Mastercard and Visa. While at Mastercard, Ignacio was VP Product Management, responsible for defining the Debit strategy in the U.S. as well as developing new products and solutions; during his tenure at Visa, Ignacio was a member of Visa Inc.’s Consulting Services leading consulting engagements with financial institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean region.

Ignacio began his career in the payments industry with MBNA Corporation, spending his first years with the company in Spain building MBNA’s business in that country. Ignacio moved to the U.S. in 2005 with responsibilities at MBNA America that included growing the multicultural segment with focus on both Credit and Debit products.

Ignacio holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Universidad Argentina de la Empresa, and an M.B.A. from University of Phoenix.

Jordi Botifoll oversees Cisco’s Latin American Theater, comprised of 45 countries and territories. Chuck Robbins, Cisco CEO quoted in his press release announcement, "Jordi’s track record in leading change, promoting innovation, creating high performance teams and building strong relationships with business and government leaders make him the ideal choice to lead the team in Latin America for Cisco.”

For over 25 years, Botifoll, a visionary in business strategy, technology architectures and country digitization, has driven growth and innovation in the geographies he has served. Botifoll is globally recognized for his leadership expertise in digitizing governments, cities and industries. He has focused on revolutionizing government efficiencies, national competitiveness and social inclusion, including improved citizen services, smart cities, connected industries, education, healthcare, and public safety.

During his 20 years at Cisco, Botifoll has led or contributed to multiple international projects across market segments with an emphasis in country transformation assignments. In Latin America, he has led or contributed to country transformation projects, with an emphasis on digital, in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, Chile, and the Caribbean.

Botifoll’s multi-cultural leadership strategy of inclusion and diversity has been recognized externally by the Great Place to Work Institute, where Botifoll and his teams have achieved #1 & #2 IT company status across several countries in Europe and Latin America. In 2017 he was named ‘Top Geography Great Leader in Latin America’ by the Great Place to Work Institute.

His industry expertise, combined with his passion for country transformation has also earned him several Cisco accommodations and awards including VP of the Year and GM of the Year. Additionally, Botifoll has been the recipient of prestigious industry awards such as, The Hispanic IT Executive Council’s “HITEC 50” – 50 most influential executives in the IT industry.

Juan de Antonio is Maxi Mobility CEO since 2011 when he founded Cabify. He also serves as Board Member of Endeavor Spain, COTEC and Fundación Cabify. Juan majored in Telecommunication Engineering in 2002 at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. That is where he first got exposed to technology and entrepreneurship, learning how to overcome technical challenges to bring to the market innovative services. Thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, he completed his education with an MBA in 2010 at Stanford University, where he got more aggressively exposed to entrepreneurial opportunities. On his previous life before starting Cabify, he worked in companies like Ericsson, BCG and Zero Motorcycles. During all those years, he strived to combine a passion for learning with a drive to have a positive impact in our environment. All his family as far as we have been able to trace back, comes from a small village called La Velilla, in the municipality of Pedraza, province of Segovia. Small means less than 200 people live there. It’s only 125 Km. away from Madrid, where he spent most of my childhood. Balancing his love for the outdoors with the concrete of a big city is something he still struggles with. Nowadays, when he is not flying between the cities where Cabify has operations enjoying time with the different teams, he tries to spend time surfing empty breaks or discovering new trails in the wilderness with his wife and his two dogs.

For twenty years, he has supported Korean startups in the Silicon Valley. Prior to Born2Global Centre, he was the founding member and CEO of ETRI Silicon Valley, The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute a Korean Government research institution. Creating Silicon Valley atmosphere bridging academia and the industry, making an idea into reality. Prior to that, he has been the CEO of iPark Silicon Valley government agency, and of the incubating business. He was responsible for developing, implementing, managing business strategies for iPark Silicon Valley's portfolio companies and directing Korea government policy & budget development of high-tech industry. In addition, he has focused on creating investments, partnerships and strategic alliances with U.S. channel partners.

On top of establishing and running Government operation in the American market, he himself is an entrepreneur with multiple startups in the heart of SV, Santa Clara.

His expertise in technology startups and global business are among many. He has supported over 1,000 startups penetrating in the global market.

He completed Ph.D. course at Vanderbilt University in Finance and received MS from Seoul National University in Environmental Planning and Design.

Jose is the president of ABB SA in Argentina since August 2017. He joined ABB in 1980, serving, over the years, in different technical, sales and management positions.

During the last 10 years, Jose took the role of President of ABB in Chile (from 2009 to 2014) and Vice-President of Business Development, Government Affairs and Power Grids in ABB Brazil (from 2015 until July of 2017).

Jose has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Escola de Engenharia Maua and also in Business Administration from Mackenzie University, both in Sao Paulo.

Argencon es una asociación conformada por más de 30 empresas argentinas líderes prestadoras de servicios basados en el conocimiento –SBC-. Argencon abarca todos los clústeres de la Economía del Conocimiento, incluyendo empresas de software y IT, de business process, de I+D, de ingeniería, audiovisuales y de biotecnología. Los ejes estratégicos de Argencon abarcan tres temas: • Posicionar Argentina en la consideración de los potenciales compradores e inversores en servicios de conocimiento, a nivel global. • Trabajar con el sistema educativo para promover las carreras afines, y preparar a los jóvenes para el empleo y la innovación. • Fortalecer el ecosistema local, influyendo sobre las políticas públicas y regulaciones nacionales

Luis Galeazzi es el Director Ejecutivo de Argencon. Luis es egresado de la Universidad de Buenos Aires como Contador Público. En su carrera ha sido Director de Consultoría para Latinoamérica en Arthur Andersen y ha trabajado con responsabilidades regionales en corporaciones como Banco Santander, HSBC y KPMG Consulting. Luis también ha sido profesor en las carreras de Administración y Negocios de las universidades de El Salvador y Austral en Buenos Aires.

Jordi Botifoll oversees Cisco’s Latin American Theater, comprised of 45 countries and territories. Chuck Robbins, Cisco CEO quoted in his press release announcement, "Jordi’s track record in leading change, promoting innovation, creating high performance teams and building strong relationships with business and government leaders make him the ideal choice to lead the team in Latin America for Cisco.”

For over 25 years, Botifoll, a visionary in business strategy, technology architectures and country digitization, has driven growth and innovation in the geographies he has served. Botifoll is globally recognized for his leadership expertise in digitizing governments, cities and industries. He has focused on revolutionizing government efficiencies, national competitiveness and social inclusion, including improved citizen services, smart cities, connected industries, education, healthcare, and public safety.

During his 20 years at Cisco, Botifoll has led or contributed to multiple international projects across market segments with an emphasis in country transformation assignments. In Latin America, he has led or contributed to country transformation projects, with an emphasis on digital, in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, Chile, and the Caribbean.

Botifoll’s multi-cultural leadership strategy of inclusion and diversity has been recognized externally by the Great Place to Work Institute, where Botifoll and his teams have achieved #1 & #2 IT company status across several countries in Europe and Latin America. In 2017 he was named ‘Top Geography Great Leader in Latin America’ by the Great Place to Work Institute.

His industry expertise, combined with his passion for country transformation has also earned him several Cisco accommodations and awards including VP of the Year and GM of the Year. Additionally, Botifoll has been the recipient of prestigious industry awards such as, The Hispanic IT Executive Council’s “HITEC 50” – 50 most influential executives in the IT industry.

Juan de Antonio is Maxi Mobility CEO since 2011 when he founded Cabify. He also serves as Board Member of Endeavor Spain, COTEC and Fundación Cabify. Juan majored in Telecommunication Engineering in 2002 at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. That is where he first got exposed to technology and entrepreneurship, learning how to overcome technical challenges to bring to the market innovative services. Thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, he completed his education with an MBA in 2010 at Stanford University, where he got more aggressively exposed to entrepreneurial opportunities. On his previous life before starting Cabify, he worked in companies like Ericsson, BCG and Zero Motorcycles. During all those years, he strived to combine a passion for learning with a drive to have a positive impact in our environment. All his family as far as we have been able to trace back, comes from a small village called La Velilla, in the municipality of Pedraza, province of Segovia. Small means less than 200 people live there. It’s only 125 Km. away from Madrid, where he spent most of my childhood. Balancing his love for the outdoors with the concrete of a big city is something he still struggles with. Nowadays, when he is not flying between the cities where Cabify has operations enjoying time with the different teams, he tries to spend time surfing empty breaks or discovering new trails in the wilderness with his wife and his two dogs.

Como ex Asesor Jurídico Corporativo de Amazon Web Services, Inc., Marek Bute ahora respalda las iniciativas mundiales de ventas y mercadotecnia del Sector Público en América Latina, Canadá y el Caribe para organizaciones gubernamentales, educativas y sin fines de lucro en un rol de Desarrollo de negocios, centrándose en compromisos estratégicos.
Con base en el área de Washington, DC, el rol de Bute incluye supervisar la búsqueda de compromisos estratégicos complejos, no tradicionales, para servicios en la nube con entidades gubernamentales federales, estatales/provinciales y locales, organizaciones sin fines de lucro e instituciones educativas en la región de LCC.
Con su experiencia ayuda a los clientes a superar los desafíos de contratación y adquisiciones, así como temas relacionados con la protección de datos y el acceso a la información. También colabora con el equipo de expansión global para la diligencia debida y los esfuerzos de localización, y apoya al equipo de políticas públicas en los esfuerzos para permitir la expansión del sector público en el territorio.
Antes de unirse a AWS, Bute vivió en Las Vegas, Nevada durante más de 10 años, donde fue socio de Snell & Wilmer LLP, concentrando sus áreas de práctica en litigios comerciales, con énfasis en disputas contractuales y reclamos relacionados con la construcción, obras públicas. Proyectos, entretenimiento y hospitalidad. Durante su estadía en Snell & Wilmer, la cartera de Bute incluía la representación de organizaciones de derechos de desempeño, hoteles, casinos, propietarios comerciales y residenciales, desarrolladores, contratistas generales, instituciones financieras y compañías de seguros en litigios multimillonarios.
Además, Bute ofreció su tiempo como voluntario para apoyar a Lambda Legal como abogado pro bono local para las parejas de los Demandantes en el caso de igualdad de matrimonio de Nevada, Sevcik v. Sandoval, y se desempeñó como Presidente de la Junta de Fideicomisarios de Ayuda para el SIDA de Nevada (AFAN), la organización sin fines de lucro más grande del estado que apoya a los afectados por el VIH/SIDA.
Nacido en Polonia y criado en Memphis, Tennessee, Bute se graduó magna cum laude de la Pepperdine University en Malibu, California, con una a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising and a Spanish en conjunto con un programa internacional en Buenos Aires, Argentina y Madrid. Después de una pasantía en Bolivia, regresó a los EE.UU. y completó su licenciatura, magna cum laude, en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Roger Williams en Rhode Island.

Matías is 33 years old argentine entrepreneur, married and with two daughters. He has a degree in Psychology, graduated with honors from the University of Buenos Aires (U.B.A. by its acronym in spanish).
After some years of participation in the socio-educational field and non-profit organizations, he entered in the world of digital business. He created and led the Tourism area in Groupon for Latin America, as well as serving in various international roles in the company, including North American and Europe regions.
In 2014, he founded Linio.com in the country, a leading e-commerce marketplace in Latin America that stood out for its wide variety of local and international products, low prices, and distinguished logistics experience. In 2018 the company was sold to Fallabella, with the intention to compete in the region with Mercado Libre, Alibaba, OLX and Amazon, amongst others.
Also in 2018, he joined Rappi as General Manager of Argentina to lead his landing in the country, position it locally, expand its portfolio of services and extend to other cities. A few months later, he took over the operations of Uruguay for the company.

Argencon es una asociación conformada por más de 30 empresas argentinas líderes prestadoras de servicios basados en el conocimiento –SBC-. Argencon abarca todos los clústeres de la Economía del Conocimiento, incluyendo empresas de software y IT, de business process, de I+D, de ingeniería, audiovisuales y de biotecnología. Los ejes estratégicos de Argencon abarcan tres temas: • Posicionar Argentina en la consideración de los potenciales compradores e inversores en servicios de conocimiento, a nivel global. • Trabajar con el sistema educativo para promover las carreras afines, y preparar a los jóvenes para el empleo y la innovación. • Fortalecer el ecosistema local, influyendo sobre las políticas públicas y regulaciones nacionales

Luis Galeazzi es el Director Ejecutivo de Argencon. Luis es egresado de la Universidad de Buenos Aires como Contador Público. En su carrera ha sido Director de Consultoría para Latinoamérica en Arthur Andersen y ha trabajado con responsabilidades regionales en corporaciones como Banco Santander, HSBC y KPMG Consulting. Luis también ha sido profesor en las carreras de Administración y Negocios de las universidades de El Salvador y Austral en Buenos Aires.

Matias currently serves as Regional Senior Public Policy Manager at Mercado Libre. Based in Buenos Aires, he coordinates Mercado Libre´s Public Policy agenda and regulatory efforts in Argentina, Uruguay and Peru. Prior to joining Mercado Libre, Matias served as Public Policy Director at GSMA Latin America. He holds a Bachelor Degree in International Relations (Universidad Catolica Argentina) and Master in Telecommunications Management (Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina).

Abogado de la Universidad Austral, su carrera profesional estuvo focalizada en emprendedorismo y capital de riesgo, tanto en el asesoramiento de startups y fondos, como en la colaboración con las principales instituciones que fomentan el emprendedorismo en Argentina. Se desempeñó como Director General de Emprendedores de la Subsecretaría de Economía Creativa de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, ambas dependencias creadas como parte del plan de innovación y emprendimiento de la ciudad. Realizó su Maestría “Derecho Empresario” en la Universidad Austral y sus investigaciones de posgrado se centraron en la temática Patentes. En 2014, durante el GCE 2015 en Milán, la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires fue ganadora del GEC Cities Challenge, por la rápida expansión del ecosistema de starups y las políticas de innovación diseñadas para favorecer el crecimiento de sus emprendedores. Fue socio del Estudio Tanoira Cassagne, donde se desempeñó en las áreas de Derecho de Sociedades, Propiedad Intelectual y Agronegocios. También fue miembro y Socio Semi- Senior del Departamento para Emprendimientos del Estudio Uriburu & Bosch. Además, realizó estudios en Finanzas Corporativas en CEDEF, fue docente de Derecho de la Información en la Escuela de Comunicación de la Universidad AUSTRAL y ha oficiado de jurado en numerosos concursos de negocios vinculados con el ecosistema emprendedor nacional e internacional.

Martin Migoya is the CEO and co-founder of Globant, where his role is to grow the company into a global leader for the cognitive and digital revolution. Martín is also responsible for teambuilding, corporate culture, revenue generation, and implementing Globant’s corporate strategy.
Since Globant began operations in 2003, Martín has helped it grow into a public company with more than 8,300 employees in the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Belarus, Romania, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Argentina, and India. Globant is now listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GLOB and its solutions have been used as case studies by universities like Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. Martín is a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and a board member and director of Endeavor Argentina. He was awarded the Bravo Business Awards Emerging CEO of the Year prize in 2017 and was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2013.

Paula Arregui is product senior vice president at MercadoPago and has held several positions at MercadoLibre since she joined the company in 2000. She first gained experience in the Administration and Finance Sector as the controller for MercadoLibre in Argentina, Uruguay, and the United States. In 2003, she became the first employee at the MercadoPago business unit and was later promoted to director of operations for the region. She has been product vice president since 2011, a role in which she has actively participated in developing the company’s product and business strategy in eight Latin American countries.

Nicolas is head of economic research and reach & relevance for McKinsey in Latin America. Since he joined the firm in 2013, he has work mostly with clients in the public and social sectors. His main áreas of expertise are: economic growth, competitiveness, sector strategy, digital economy, public policy, and disruptive trends.

Before joining the firm, Nicolas taught a class on Economics and Poverty at Harvard University for which he received an award for excellence in teaching. Prior to that, he worked as a consultant for the Government of Ethiopia, as a public policy advisor for the Government of Buenos Aires, and as a Senior Economist for the Central Bank of Argentina. Nicolas graduated in Economics at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Argentina. He holds a Masters of Economics from Universad Torcuato Di Tella and a Masters in Public Administration and International Development from Harvard University.

Nicolás Jodal es Ingeniero de Sistemas, egresado de la Universidad de la República de Uruguay.

Junto al Ing. Breogán Gonda, es co-creador de GeneXus, la herramienta líder en el mundo para hacer aplicaciones de misión crítica en múltiples plataformas, utilizando inteligencia artificial. La creación de GeneXus les valió a ambos el Premio Nacional de Ingeniería - por parte de la Academia Nacional de Ingeniería de la República Oriental del Uruguay.

Actualmente, el Ing. Jodal, es el CEO de la compañía GeneXus, empresa uruguaya creadora del software homónimo utilizado en más de 45 países.

Jodal es también un activo impulsor del emprendedorismo. En la actualidad, participa además, en la directiva de ThalesLab, a Company Builder, creada para apoyar Startups y Spin-offs tecnológicas de alto potencial.

Pablo Beramendi holds a bachelor’s in business administration from the University of San Andrés and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University. He has been general manager of Google Argentina since May 2018. He joined the company in 2014 as director of branding, a role in which he oversaw regional accounts for verticals including CPG, retail, telecommunications, government, and consumer electronics. In 2017, he was appointed head of product solutions for Spanish-speaking Latin America and was responsible for designing product launch strategies for the region.

Before joining Google, Pablo worked for over 17 years at SC Johnson, where he held different positions in Latin America and around the world. In his last year at the company, he served as vice president and general manager for Southeast Asia, where he oversaw 11 countries and over 600 employees.

Pablo also gained considerable experience in management consulting, financial services, and advertising working in the US at companies like Booz Allen Hamilton, Bank of America, and Lopez Negrete Communications between 1999 and 2003.

Pablo M. Garcia is a long-experienced development economist. Actually, is the Director of INTAL at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Previously, he was President of BICE (Argentinean Development Bank) and President of the Latin American Association of Development Financing Institutions (ALIDE). In the Past, Pablo was Lead Economist at the IDB specializing in Foreign Trade and Investments. He was in charge of the IDB's regional Hub on foreign trade and investment issues for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. From there he led the design and execution of several projects related to export promotion, investment attraction and trade in services.

He has authored studies on international economy, trade in services, and export and investment promotion. Pablo holds a MA in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University, a MS in Economics from Di Tella University and a BA in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires.

Virginia CRAM-MARTOS is the CEO of Triangularity SàRL which supports economic development through Innovation, eCommerce and Trade.

She also participates as an expert in a range of activities related to blockchain and other technologies. This includes being the leader for a project of the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) that created a white paper on Blockchain in Trade Facilitation and co-leader of another white paper project on the Internet of Things and Trade Facilitation. In addition, she participates in blockchain fora of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the European Union and the World Economic Forum.

Prior to Triangularity she worked for 25 years at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva. During her last 11 years at the UN, she was a Director responsible for: trade facilitation, global UN electronic business standards, regulatory cooperation, national innovation frameworks and public-private partnerships.

She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a Masters in Finance from the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium.

Vicente is head of automation (using robots in hybrid digital operations) for the Americas region at everis and has over 20 years’ experience working on technological innovation projects. He has worked in 11 countries across a broad variety of sectors, including financial institutions (banking and insurance, and telecommunications, but also in utilities, industry, and the public sector. His focuses include defining and developing value propositions, commercial development, delivery control, talent development, innovation, and knowledge in asset management.

Before this, he oversaw the launch of the Business Intelligence skill centers in Spain, implemented data and analytics and business development at everis Colombia, led innovation in big data analytics in the Americas region, and developed technology and advanced solutions service units in Chile and Argentina.

Vicente holds an undergraduate degree in Theoretical Physics from the Complutense University of Madrid, was a member of the advisory board for the Big Data Program at the EOI Business School in Spain, and is a speaker and coordinator for the Big Data Program at the Catholic University of Chile.

Welby Leaman is the Senior Director for Global Government Affairs at Walmart and is lead on the Americas and on global digital policy advocacy. Previously, he led U.S. House of Representatives passage of the U.S.-Colombia trade agreement as Trade Counsel to the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee and was lead House drafter of the digital trade section of trade promotion authority legislation. At the U.S. Treasury, he led issuance of the 2017 CFIUS regulations and was lead U.S. financial services negotiator for the U.S. trade agreements with Peru and Colombia. He served as director for international investment at the U.S. National Security Council, practiced law at Debevoise & Plimpton in NY and WilmerHale in DC and was placed for several years into Peru’s government in Lima by UNDP. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations; was an Eisenhower Fellow in Brazil; serves on advisory councils for the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, Rosenthal Fellowship, Aspen Institute’s Socrates Program, and INCAE Business School; and holds a BS in Business (Messiah College) and a JD (Yale Law).