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𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱-𝘂𝗽. I always thought my dream was to be a 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 solving extreme engineering problems in a shipyard and on-board. But, I was 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄-𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 than the why-so of a PhD in Hydraulics. And that’s what I dedicate myself to now; being 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀 building new companies and 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀. I feel the same passion and energy till date to deepen already existent industry knowledge and 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝟭𝟬-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 of both seed-stage companies (ForceManager, Worldsensing, Orain, BoatBureau, Nubelo, Talmix-London) and growth companies (Signaturit, Exoticca, Nexenta-San Jose California, StackStorm-Palo Alto California). My specialities include Entrepreneurship, Investments, New business development, Product strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Deal structure, Negotiation, Venture Capital, Start-ups, Fund management, Board management and Public speaking. I am fluent in 4 languages, including 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵. With a 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 who can toggle between fantasy and reality, the world as it was and how it should be. 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵. 🚀🚀