Bio

On the corporate side, after spending 21 years doing M&A, in 2 investment banks, I am active doing Executive Education and Consulting for large companies looking to innovate through disruptive emerging technologies and acquiring startups as a form of innovation. I develop innovation programs based on creative collaboration agreements with or acquiring startups. In particular, I sit on several company boards in Saudi Arabia and Qatar with a primary focus on strategy and international partnerships / acquisitions. As Professor of Entrepreneurship and Managing Director of the Venture Lab, I teach several International MBA courses at IE Business School, both core and electives. Since leaving my position as Associate Dean of Blended Programs, I am Managing Director of the Venture Lab where we prepare the most promising startup projects from across the University to be investor ready and for our bi-annual Venture Days in Madrid. Since I joined 12 years ago, the Venture Lab has accelerated over 1,500 Startups with over 30% of our alumni becoming entrepreneurs. Until 2017, I was also responsible for organizing IE Venture Days internationally where IE students, Alumni and key local startups present new venture projects every year. Since 2013, we organized over 15 venture days in international cities every year. As Visiting Professor, I teach an elective for two weeks in New Venture Acceleration for Media Design students at KEIO University in Japan. On the startup side, I continue being an angel investor and co-founder of startups, with extensive experience since 2002, having founded 5 startups in Banking CRM, Sports Marketing, Hispanic Advertising Agency, Video Games and Renewable Energy. On the research side, I continue my original PhD work researching individuals who struggle with uncertainty, those I call, ''Quants''​ and have teamed up with Dr. Mario Alonso Puig, Prof. Ikhlaq Sidhu from UC Berkeley and Prof. Mike Leech from Stanford, to study this topic in greater detail: http://engineeringleadership.net/2013/10/04/get-out-of-your-box-in-madrid/ So if you want to open your professional mind... visit and join my LinkedIn Group...EQ Careers Also see my Youtube and Tedx Talks.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgdavOpMtJY and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJPisjh8OLI and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg6C-BTPihY