Armando Betancourt

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Developing LATAM next decentralized financial services @ Paradox Ventures
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Zug, Zug, Switzerland, Switzerland
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About Armando Betancourt

Financial Technology business development director and investor specialized in the Latin American market. Passionate about building strategic partnerships using Blockchain & AI technologies to accelerate financial inclusion and financial health in emerging regions.

Armando Betancourt's Current Company Details
Paradox Ventures

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Developing LATAM next decentralized financial services
Armando Betancourt Work Experience Details
  • Paradox Ventures
    Strategic Venture Partner
    Paradox Ventures Nov 2023 - Present
    Ciudad De México, Ciudad De México, Mx
    A conscious, decentralized, and autonomous venture capital system would allow for the democratization of start-up funding across Latin America, fostering wealth redistribution, social good, and financial inclusion.
  • Crypto Valley Association
    Member
    Crypto Valley Association Sep 2023 - Present
  • Google
    Head Of Partnerships Latam, Google Pay
    Google May 2022 - Aug 2023
    Mountain View, Ca, Us
    Enabled a more secure and useful digital wallet bringing essential use cases to life through multi-ecosystems partnerships, making Google Wallet available to more users in LATAM countries.Led Google Wallet launch in Mexico achieving 15x MAU in less than 2 months
  • Google
    Financial Services Industry Advisor Latam, Google Cloud
    Google Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
    Mountain View, Ca, Us
    Accelerated customer-centric and data-driven financial services transformation across Retail Banking, Payments, Insurance, and Capital Markets in Latin America through 10X value propositions leveraging industry-specific solutions enabled by an open ecosystem from all Alphabet/Google and specialized partners.
  • Capitaltech
    Head Of Sales
    Capitaltech Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
    San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mx
    Merged a solid regional financial company (MFM) with over $6 billion in transactions along with a digital factoring platform (KONSIGUE) to provide immediate trade finance solutions in Mexico.Led the cultural transformation of the sales team (+40 people) into strong customer-centric & data-driven consultants enabled by a forecasting methodology.Implemented CapitalTech's new products and digital channel strategy to disrupt business lending access in Mexico leveraging non-traditional sources of information and Artificial Intelligence.Incubated a new set of scale-up products for Venture Debt Market.Achieved FY19 +20% Income growth rate in Q4 vs Q1 and +44% current portfolio growth +$250MDP
  • Ge Digital
    Industry 4.0 / Industrial Iot Sales Director Latam
    Ge Digital Jul 2015 - Dec 2018
    San Ramon, California, Us
    Developed Power Digital Solutions franchise in LATAM assisting Power Services customers to digest the shift to a digital industrial environment defining business cases for 5+ electricity markets in the region using AI, blockchain, cloud and IoT direct connections.Enabled a new Outcome as a Service business model to integrate New Units, Multi-Year Agreements and GE Capital Financial Services to deliver Reliability/Availability as a Service and Efficiency/Capacity as a Service.Created a new organization (commercial, engineering, solutions architects) to support the Fleet 360 strategy with digital solutions for Gas, Steam, Nuclear, Wind, Solar and Hydro GenerationCreated internal and external partnerships to expand the Power Digital Solutions coverage across 18+ countries in the region, 1st Predix Hackathon in Mexico with more than 150 students in partnership with Tec de Monterrey university.FY16 300% Personal Quota Achieved | ~3900MW with GE digital solutions (LATAM)FW17 110% Commitments achieved
  • Ge Power & Water
    It & Digital Transformation Leader Latin America
    Ge Power & Water Jan 2013 - Jun 2015
    Schenectady, Ny, Us
    Accelerated GE Power Generation growth in Latin America using big data, AI/ML advanced analytics, sensors, and automation to increase productivity and deliver asset, operations, and market optimization to our customers, enabling the next generation of GE Industrial Internet services.
  • Ge Power & Water
    Global Program Manager, Power Generation Services
    Ge Power & Water Oct 2010 - Dec 2012
    Schenectady, Ny, Us
    Designed and executed the integration of two business units (Revenue 2010: $7.5B USD) to simplify the interaction with their customers, and enable their expansion in emergent markets. Responsible for partnering with regional teams to define the integration and standardization of Supply Chain Management and Finance global processes.Directed a 20-people international team (US, India and China) to consolidate the Order To Cash process (Outage Management) using a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Oracle ERP 11.5/12, Web Services and Business Process Management (BPM)
  • Ge Power & Water
    Enterprise Architect, Contractual Services
    Ge Power & Water Jul 2009 - Sep 2010
    Schenectady, Ny, Us
    Extended the IT platform for Contractual Services (Revenue ~$4B USD), exposing core Oracle ERP functionality (Service Contracts, Field Services, Project Accounting and Inventory) as reusable services, obtaining $150K USD in benefits during the same year of implementation and 50% reduction in the integration cycle time.Obtained Energy Services Everyday Excellence Award, using Cloud Computing (SaaS) to deliver solutions faster for highly collaborative and workflow based systems. Collaborated in the +5% reduction of Communications & Computations costs in 2010 vs. the target of $52M USD.
  • Aeromexico
    Chief Enterprise Architect & It Planning Director
    Aeromexico May 2006 - Jun 2009
    Mx
    Responsible for all aspects of IT strategic planning.Redesigned the architecture of aeromexico.com integrating Revenue Management, Pricing, Distribution, and the on-line payment engine with Banamex, increasing on-line sales +30% during the first semester and reducing the operational cost of this distribution channel.Implemented a CRM for Corporate Agreements, Customer Support and VIP lounges with Salesforce.com Aeromexico obtained the 20th position of the “50 More Innovative Companies” in 2007 by Information Week Mexico, thanks to my implementation of the Fleet Planning System in just one month, using Force.com (PaaS)Collaborated in the design of the new integration platform for SkyTeam using a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to develop new passenger services and reduce the barriers to entry of new members of the alliance.
  • Aeromexico
    Ecommerce, Revenue Management And Production Planning It Manager
    Aeromexico Nov 2004 - Apr 2006
    Mx
    Directed the design and implementation of the frequent flyer program on-line auctions, reducing the liability of +3.5M of KMs Premier during 2006 and 2007.Defined and executed a Revenue Management program, implementing controls throughout the revenue management, fleet planning, distribution, sales, check-in and boarding processes reducing losses of +$10M USD.Updated all Crew planning and operations applications without affecting the crew union contract.Implemented Jeppesen Disruption Management suite with an international team of 15 persons, integrating fleet, crew and passengers disruption recovery processes in the International Mexico City Airport (MEX).
  • Iusacell
    B2C Software Architect - Ecommerce
    Iusacell Jul 2003 - Oct 2004
    Redesigned Iusacell's call center application, integrating prepaid and postpaid services under a single user interface, these features reduced the attention time per client by 60%.Developed a new prepaid sales channel (dialing *AIRE from Iusacell's cellphones) and a real time sales monitor; both applications helped to increase the sales of this channel 20% every month, also decreasing call center's saturation at the same time.Led a 3 person team during 4 months to develop an on-line Payment & Address Verification distributed service, connected with American Express, Visa, Master Card and Banco Azteca. This service was re-used in all the commercial applications.

Armando Betancourt Skills

Project Management Integration Strategy Enterprise Software Management Outsourcing Enterprise Architecture Cloud Computing Strategic Planning Crm Leadership Team Leadership Six Sigma E Commerce Business Intelligence It Management Project Planning Telecommunications Competitive Analysis Soa Business Process Business Strategy Business Process Improvement It Strategy Erp Cross Functional Team Leadership Software Project Management Customer Relationship Management Project Portfolio Management Erp/crm Due Diligence Bpmn B2b Pmp Saas Industrial Internet M&a Analysis Salesforce.com B2b Ecommerce Supply Chain Management M&a Execution Operational Technology M2m Enterprise Resource Planning

Armando Betancourt Education Details

  • Universität Zürich
    Universität Zürich
    Cas In Crypto Compliance
  • Texas Mccombs School Of Business
    Texas Mccombs School Of Business
    General
  • Tecnológico De Monterrey
    Tecnológico De Monterrey
    Computer Systems

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